Category: Egypt

Egypt Tightens Security around Churches on Christmas

December 20, 2017

Egypt has increased the alert level to high in preparation of the Christmas celebrations given the massive church and mosque bombings the country suffered earlier ... Read More

Egypt, Worst African Country for Journalists- CPJ Report

December 16, 2017

The Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) has slammed in a recent report Egypt for being the African country with the most journalists in ... Read More

Cyprus, Egypt, Greece to Reinforce Maritime Security Cooperation

December 15, 2017

The defense ministers of Egypt, Cyprus and Greece vowed to step up cooperation in combating drug, weapons and human trafficking in the East Mediterranean and ... Read More

North Africa: IFC Supports SMEs with €15 Mln Investment

December 8, 2017

The International Finance Corportation, a member of the World Bank Group, is injecting €15 million in a new private equity fund by AfricInvest, a leading ... Read More

Egypt: Heavy Death Toll of Mosque Attack in Sinai

November 24, 2017

The terror attack perpetrated on a mosque in Egypt's restive northern Sinai during the Friday prayers recorded the heaviest toll ever among civilians in the ... Read More

Egypt Detains 29 people on Charges of Spying for Turkey

November 23, 2017

Egyptian prosecutor ordered the arrest of 29 people on charges of spying for Turkey and plotting to revive the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood organization. A statement ... Read More

UK Maintains Flight Ban on Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh Airport

November 10, 2017

Egypt's tourism revenues were hard hit by a travel ban on its popular winter sun destination of Sharm el-Sheikh, which continues to be maintained by ... Read More

Egypt Summons Several Western Ambassadors over “Intervention” in its internal affairs

November 6, 2017

The Egyptian foreign ministry announced Sunday it summoned the envoys of several Western countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Canada and Britain to protest against ... Read More

Egypt’s al-Sisi in Paris amid human rights deterioration

October 24, 2017

Rights groups have alerted French President Emmanuel Macron over hosting Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi who has rolled back human rights in the North African country ... Read More

Egypt: US insists Cairo cut all ties with Pyongyang

October 12, 2017

Washington, which already froze military assistance package to Egypt over its intriguing relations with Pyongyang, has reiterated its demand to Cairo to curtail all ties ... Read More