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Egypt: Shoe Tossing in Parliament

February 29, 2016

Egyptian lawmakers received their colleague and television show anchor Tawfiq Okasha with shoe tossing Sunday to protest his recent meeting with Israeli envoy to Cairo ... Read More

Egypt: Pro-Sisi parties triumph in parliamentary elections

December 6, 2015

Political parties loyal to President Sisi dominated in the parliamentary elections where For Love of Egypt party won all the 120 seats allocated to the ... Read More

Amnesty International Slams Egypt’s Anti-terror Draft law

July 16, 2015

Amnesty International has decried Egyptian new anti-terrorism law which threatens journalists with jail for reporting anything that contradicts the official account of terrorist attacks. This ... Read More

Egypt: Sisi’s Iftar message to Egyptians

June 26, 2015

President Sisi has called on the Egyptians to be united against those who want to destabilize the country during a weekly Ramadan event dubbed the ... Read More

Egypt : Opposition frowns at government after court ruling

March 2, 2015

The Constitutional court ruled that an article in the Electoral law that demarcated the electoral districts violated the constitution. The decision automatically delays the parliamentary ... Read More

Egypt : El-Sisi to discuss Renaissance Dam with Ethiopia

June 10, 2014

Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom was at the head of his country’s delegation which attended the swearing-in ceremony of Egypt’s newly elected President, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi. ... Read More

Still Short of USD:Egypt’s Booming Foreign Currency Black Market

February 5, 2014

Egypt’s central bank has lately taken some exceptional steps to help the Egyptian pound and restrain the black market in foreign currencies. Despite the central ... 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

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

Egypt : Mubarak’s Prime Minister wants Presidency

January 10, 2014

With less than four days before the crucial referendum, Egypt has got its first public presidential candidate. Ahmed Shafik, Mubarak’s last Prime Minister, said he ... Read More