Tag: Cairo

Egypt’s Transport Ministry to Offer Tender for a New Subway Line

March 26, 2014

Egypt’s Transport Minister, Ibrahim al-Demeiry, said yesterday (March 25) that the ministry had started three new projects worth LE20 billion aimed at improving the country’s ... Read More

Egypt seals military cooperation with South Sudan

March 25, 2014

Egypt has signed a military cooperation with Africa’s youngest state, South Sudan. The deal comes at a moment when both countries are experiencing violence from ... Read More

Egypt’s Unprecedented Move: 528 Morsi Supporters Sentenced to Death

March 25, 2014

In an unprecedented move by Egypt’s judiciary, 529 people have been sentenced to death in the south of the country. After only two court sessions, ... Read More

Libya: a move towards the right direction

March 6, 2014

Libya has decided to reunite with its past after the General National Congress approved a draft submitted by Prime Minister Zeidan to abrogate the law ... Read More

Morsi’s Supporters Acquitted: Freedom of Speech at Stake?

February 4, 2014

An Al Jazeera cameraman who has been in detention in Egypt has been acquitted along with 61 other defendants. The men, most of whom have ... Read More

Amnesty International : Unprecedented Violence in Egypt

January 24, 2014

Since the army toppled Islamist ex-President Mohamed Morsi in July last year, the country has been witnessing violence “on the unprecedented scale”, according to the ... Read More

Egypt : Investors begin their return

January 23, 2014

As elections draw close this year, Egypt aims at attracting foreign currency into the country after investments almost dried up following the revolution which overthrew ... Read More

Odd One in the Pack: London, a New Hub for Islamic Finance?

January 23, 2014

New year 2014 will likely be very significant at least from the viewpoint of the London Stock Exchange, which stakes to become the world centre ... Read More

Egypt’s Central Bank:The Country’s Economy’s “Sluggish”

January 21, 2014

Egypt’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate continued to slow down in the first quarter of the 2013/2014 fiscal year to reach slightly more than ... Read More

Egypt Votes in Constitutional Referendum

January 16, 2014

Egyptians are voting in a constitutional referendum, the first ballot since July 3 last year when President Mohamed Morsi was toppled by the military. Prime ... Read More