First Independent Mena Newspaper
A major shuffle of the top brass of the Egyptian military was announced on Sunday and it coincided with the killing of at least 12 people, of which six were soldiers, in northern Sinai. The change in the military ranks came after a similar action concerning 22 top officials, including the head of the National […]
Eleven political parties attended the first dialogue meeting with Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to discuss possible amendments that could be made to the articles that have been ruled as unconstitutional. An agreement is yet to be reached but Mahlab is optimistic that they are very close to it. The Nour Party, the country’s only Islamic […]
As Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies joined forces to stop the Iran-backed Houthi Shiite insurgents from tightening their grip on the impoverished country, many analysts say this joint Arab move to defend the legitimate Yemeni government may lead to the creation of an Arab army, a dream which has so far been an elusive […]
Egypt’s head of Nile Water Resources Division at the ministry, Ahmed Bahaa El-Din, has told state-owned news agency MENA that the signing of the Declaration of principles in Khartoum earlier this week does not mean that Egypt recognizes the legitimacy of the Renaissance Dam being built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile or its specifications. […]
President Al-Sisi has warned that terrorism is no longer a national or regional issue but a “threat to the stability and security of the whole world” that continues to expand. He called for a religious “revolution” and urged moderate Muslims to “stand up” against terrorists giving a distorted image of Islam before stressing that it […]
British Petroleum (BP) and Russian-owned DEA have agreed a partnership investment of $12 billion in Egyptian gas fields in the West Nile Delta with the hope of producing five trillion cubic feet of gas resources and 55 million barrels of condensates when the project is completed in 2017. The investment plan is being described as […]
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have reached a preliminary agreement that has helped them to overcome their main differences. The three countries have the main share of the Nile and Cairo was concerned about Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam project on the Blue Nile because of fears that it will affect its own supply of the river […]
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 elections that were set to begin on 22 March. Egypt has been without a parliament since June 2012 when a court decision dissolved it during Morsi’s presidency. Since then, the […]
President Sisi stated in a recorded address aired by state television that Egypt’s military has no interest in invading or attacking other nations, but will defend Egypt as well as the region “if required and in coordination with our Arab brothers.” Associated Press reported in November last year that Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab […]
The killing of Egyptian nationals by a Libyan extremist group affiliated to the Islamic State was followed by bombings from Egypt on their alleged positions in Libya. The incidents have however turned out to be a diplomatic row between Qatar and Egypt after an Egyptian diplomat accused Doha of supporting terrorism in a dispute over […]