Somali President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo arrived in Cairo on Sunday for a two-day state visit to Egypt, after he received an official invitation from Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi. Somali President Farmajo, along with a delegation of [ More … ]
Sudan’s Defence Minister Awad Ibn Ouf and his Egyptian counterpart Sobhi Sedki Sunday held talks on threats to the regional security and stability, according to the official news agency. The meeting comes after the capture [ More … ]
The media watchdog described Egypt as “one of the world’s biggest prisons for journalists” Egypt has blocked access to the website of international media watchdog Reporters without Borders, as part of ongoing censorship measures in [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities closed the Rafah crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday after an exceptional four-day opening made for the passage of Palestinian pilgrims traveling to perform the Muslim hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. [ More … ]
A source from the Ministry of Finance revealed Egypt’s plan for early 2018 to return to the international financial markets and borrow $4bn to cover a budget deficit. The source told Bloomberg that the ministry [ More … ]
Gaza’s forces have tightened security in the besieged enclave on Thursday after a suicide bombing targeted Palestinian security forces near the Egyptian border earlier in the day, killing two, including the attacker, and injuring four [ More … ]
The Egyptian government announced on Wednesday (August 16) that transit rates for container vessels in the northern and southern Suez ports will be reduced from between 3 – 50 per cent depending on the number [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* Founding anniversary commemoration ceremonies and activities are not only a means of a celebratory cheer and joy in the AK Party, but also of self-criticism and self-consciousness. The AK Party continues to play [ More … ]
A Palestinian security officer in Gaza was killed and another was injured when an unidentified assailant blew himself up near the Egypt-Gaza border at dawn on Thursday. Spokesperson of the Gaza Ministry of Interior and [ More … ]
Italian student ‘Regeni’ was killed by Egyptian security forces, yet no one was blamed Italy has let its ambassador take up his post in Cairo, citing on Monday progress by Egypt in the investigation of [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi will head to Gabon in an official visit. Al-Sisi’s visit to Gabon comes on the anniversary of Egypt’s Rabaa Massacre, the largest killings of protesters in a single day in recent history. [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi is heading to Chad tomorrow in an official visit which comes on the anniversary of Egypt’s Rabaa Massacre, the largest killings of protesters in a single day in recent history. Abd Al [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi will head to Rwanda in an official visit on the anniversary of Egypt’s Rabaa Massacre, the largest killings of protesters in a single day in recent history. Egyptian Ambassador in Kigali Namira [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi headed to Tanzania today (Mnday) in an official visit, which is his first trip in Tanzania since President Dr John Magufuli was elected and sworn in two years ago. Al-Sisi’s visit comes [ More … ]
Four years have passed since the Egyptian army and security forces brutally dispersed the peaceful sit-in in Rabaa al-Adawiya Square. Memories of the day remain as harrowing as ever for those who witnessed the events, [ More … ]
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