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A Cairo court has upheld the death sentences issued for the alleged plotting of jailbreaks and attacks on police during the 2011 revolution, amongst them the former President Mohammed Morsi. The international community received the news with strong criticisms and many sides warned the ruling could jeopardize the country’s stability and reconciliation. The press office […]
The second route to the Suez Canal, a gigantic project announced shortly after the coming to power of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, will be inaugurated in Egypt on August 6, President el-Sisi said in a televised address. “The dry digging in the new canal has been 100% completed,” Sisi said, adding that 65% of dredge […]
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has agreed to extend Egypt a $ 500 million credit line to support its trade projects and exports to other African countries. The deal was confirmed by the Egyptian Trade Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour on the sidelines of the economic summit held earlier this week in the resort of Sharm […]
The Egyptian security forces have botched up Wednesday a new terror plot hatched to deal a hard blow to the tourism sector, one of the major pillars of the economy of the most populous country in the Arab world. The target was this time the ancient Karnak Temple in Luxor, one of Egypt’s world famous […]
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will be celebrating one year as the Egyptian Head of State on Tuesday but he is unpleased with the achievements of the government led by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab after he publicly criticized him and some members of his cabinet. The president was at the inauguration ceremony of development projects being […]
The Egyptian government has received a big boost after it sold $1.5 billion of 10-year bonds at a yield of 6% with lead managers claiming that $4.5 billion of investor orders were attracted by the bond issuance. The success of this first international bond issuance under Sisi’s government shows signs of a return to normality […]
Regional security and the joint Arab force project were among the main topics discussed at talks held Thursday in Cairo between Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi and visiting former U.S Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. A statement released by the Egyptian presidency said Panetta is convinced that the joint Arab force being discussed by members […]
Egyptian authorities re-opened on Tuesday Rafah crossing point allowing Palestinians to return to homes in Gaza. Closed since March after Egyptian authorities complained about security concerns, Rafah border is the only gate of in and out for 1.5 million Palestinians living in Gaza. According to Egypt MENA news agency, over 560 Palestinians were able to […]
Defense ministers and army chiefs of staff of Arab countries met lately in Cairo to discuss the project of setting up a joint military force to be deployed to defend common interest and ward off terror threats. The idea to create a joint Arab army came up after Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies formed […]
A court in Cairo sentenced a policeman 25 years of imprisonment, a death sentence on sexual assault charges on an ill girl at Imbaba police station. A few days after the gloomy report by FIDH (International Federation of Human Rights) accusing them of sexual abuses, Egypt authorities have handed death sentence a policeman. Officials said […]