A few weeks ago, at one of the Friday demonstrations in Tahrir Square, the epicentre of Egypt’s popular revolution, a woman protester told me that Libya’s uprising had “achieved more” than Egypt’s. It was a perplexing assertion given that Libya … read more
There have been clear shifts in Egypt’s foreign policy since the ouster of ex-President Hosni Mubarak, long considered a “strategic treasure” by Israel, in February. The speed of these changes has come as a surprise to many. Egypt is most … read more
Ethiopia has agreed to delay ratification of a treaty that strips Egypt of rights to the lion’s share of the Nile river’s waters until it has elected a new government, officials said on Tuesday. Egypt has been at odds with … read more
Egypt will make a formal request to Germany for the return of the 3,400 year-old bust of fabled Queen Nefertiti, the state minister for antiquities said Tuesday but Germany said the bust will remain in Berlin. Zahi Hawass said a … read more
Son of the former Egyptian leader before the deposed Hosni Mubarak, Abdel Hakim Gamal Abdel Nasser, who is one of the 48 member Egyptian public diplomacy delegation who visited Ethiopia, said that his country will not be against any project … read more
Egypt’s influential Muslim Brotherhood condemned the “assassination” of Osama bin Laden, claiming anyone accused of a crime should be put on trial. However, the conservative group – the inspiration for mainstream political Islamists across the Arab world – said Bin … read more
Hotels in Egypt and other countries hit hard by the Arab uprisings are again starting to fill rooms but a full recovery remains a long way off, industry executives said Sunday. Bookings plunged earlier this year as violent protests gripped … read more
British Foreign Secretary William Hague was in Cairo on Monday for talks with Egyptian officials on the country’s transitional period, as well as on the region’s multiple crises. Britain ‘supports what Egypt has achieved in the last three months,’ and … read more
Authorities stepped up security at Cairo airport on Monday for fear of reprisal attacks by al-Qaeda after its leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces in Pakistan, an airport source said. “Egyptian security authorities at Cairo Internatinal Airport … read more
What effect Osama Bin Laden’s death will have on al-Qaida’s operations is uncertain. Retired CIA veteran Paul Pillar, who served as the agency’s national intelligence officer for the Middle East and South Asia from 2000 to 2004, said that al-Qaida … read more