Egypt’s aims to attract $2.5 billion worth of new investments in its oil sector with a plan of issuing as much as 18 oil concessions to be offered on bidding, the oil minister was quoted as saying on Friday. The … read more
In recent years Egypt has opened itself as a hub for outsourcing, particularly in the technology sector. In doing so, the government hopes to create much-needed jobs for fresh graduates and is even hoping to revamp the education system to … read more
In response to Egyptian activists calls for declaring January 25 a day of protest and civil disobedience, a pro-government group is calling on people to label the day the “day of loyalty to president Mubarak.” The group plans to go … read more
Arab leaders have begun taking extraordinary measures in an attempt to avoid widespread public protests like those seen over the past month in Tunisia, leading to the ousting of Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Kuwait’s Amir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad … read more
A man was arrested while attempting to set himself on fire outside the Egyptian parliament in downtown Cairo on Thursday, according to a security source. Parliament’s security personnel arrested Saeed Abu Amany before he set himself on fire. He was … read more
Security sources said one person was arrested while attempting to set himself ablaze in front of the People’s Assembly downtown Thursday. Parliament’s security personnel arrested Saeed Abu Amany before he set himself on fire. He was turned over for prosecution, added … read more
Grimy old Fiats and Ladas have long been a defining feature of Cairo’s creaking taxi fleet, clogging the city’s streets and sputtering out fumes. Now the scruffy black-and-white cabs are giving way to metered, air-conditioned cars assembled in Egypt using … read more
A man has died after setting himself on fire in Egypt’s northern port city of Alexandria. Officials say the 25-year-old unemployed man – Ahmed Hashem el-Sayed, who had suffered third-degree burns – died in hospital. Earlier on Tuesday, another man … read more
A Muslim men was awaiting execution Monday, January 17, after a court in Egypt sentenced him to death for his alleged involvement in the January 2010 killings of six Coptic Christians following Christmas mass. A Muslim policeman also died when … read more
An Egyptian state security court on January 16 handed a death sentence to a man for the killing of six Coptic Christians and a Muslim police officer on Coptic Christmas Eve in January 2010, the Egyptian media reported, according to RIA Novosti. … read more