Clashes erupted in Cairo on Sunday between Egyptian police and pig farmers who were trying to prevent their animals being taken away for slaughter, an AFP correspondent said. Egypt began a mass cull of the nation’s 250,000 pigs on Saturday, … read more
French animal rights activist and former actress Brigitte Bardot has written to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, slamming the decision to slaughter the country’s pig population in the wake of swine flu. “Taking advantage of the global hysteria over the propagation … read more
 Egypt began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precautionary measure against the spread of swine flu even though no cases have been reported here yet, the Health Ministry said. The move immediately provoked resistance from … read more
Egypt ordered its police on alert to foil a nationwide strike planned by pro-democracy activists for Monday. Sunday’s order from the Interior Ministry came a day after police arrested 28 activists of the April 6 Movement, which has called for … read more
A Cairo court has sentenced a man to seven years and his wife to three years in prison for setting up a swingers’ club, the press reported on Sunday, in a case that has angered conservative Egyptian society. Tolba Abdel … read more
Egyptian villagers have set fire to Bahai homes after a member of the religion said on television the village was “full of Bahais,” the latest incident to reflect religious tensions in the country. Furious villagers rampaged through Sharoniyah, near Sohag … read more
Egypt’s president will skip a key Arab summit this week, the country’s foreign minister announced Saturday, in a move highlighting divisions within the group. President Hosni Mubarak will not attend the Arab summit in Qatar on Monday, although Egypt will … read more
Egyptian authorities have released a 22-year-old Egyptian blogger and activist after nearly seven weeks in detention, an Egyptian human rights group said on Saturday. Police detained Diaa Eddin Gad on February 6 outside his home in the Nile Delta province … read more
The Egyptian ministry of health Thursday confirmed that an Egyptian girl has contracted the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza. According to a spokesman for the ministry, the girl is the 60th case of the virus infecting the human population. … read more
Egypt is sending extra forces to its border with Sudan in an effort to prevent smuggling into the Gaza Strip, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday. According to Haaretz, the alleged Israeli bombing of a weapons’ convoy headed for Sudan … read more