An Egyptian medical official says a speeding van overturned and killed two foreign tourists, one of them French, on their way to a Red Sea resort city. The head of South Sinai Emergency Services, Mohammed Fayez, said the tourists: a … read more
Cairo In an apparent bid to quash rumours about his health, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has recently intensified his public appearances in Egypt and abroad. On a single day (October 5), Mubarak, 82, went to the coastal city of Ismailia, … read more
State security forces abducted, activist Abdullah al-Saadawi, from the Imbaba district inCairo while he was collecting signatures during door knocking in support of the chartered seven demands for reform. A police officer from the Imbaba precinct seized Saadawi confiscating the petition with citizens’ signatures. … read more
Human Rights Watch urged Egypt on Friday to stop shooting foreign migrants who try to cross into Israel, as the African country began chairing the United Nations’ refugee agency. The New York-based rights group said Egyptian border police have killed … read more
Egypt’s public prosecutor has ordered the deportation of 14 Tunisian football fans arrested last week after clashes at the end of a continental club match in Cairo. The group would be deported to Tunisia on Sunday so that “Tunisian authorities … read more
The opposition Muslim Brotherhood has confirmed it will take part in next month’s legislative elections in Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported on Saturday. The group plans to field candidates for 30 percent of the 518 seats in parliament, … read more
Twenty current and former members of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist political opposition group, have released a statement urging the organisation’s leadership to boycott parliamentary elections next month. The petition adds to the continuing confusion surrounding the Brotherhood’s position on … read more
The Egyptian government has decided to remove all sex education from the school curriculum. This means that biology students between 16 and 17 years of age will no longer cover the topic of reproductive health. And science text books for … read more
A new guide issued by The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace provides background and analysis to Egypt’s upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. The guide profiles political personas from opposition movements exploring factors which influence Egypt’s electoral process. A detailed analysis … read more
Egypt plans to launch its first privately owned wind farm in 2013 under an ambitious climate change strategy that includes producing a fifth of its power from renewable energy sources by 2020. Trading fossil fuels for greener energy like solar, … read more