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Habib al-Adly, Mubarak’s interior ministry until his demise in 2011 has been handed seven-year in prison sentence for corruption related charges, reports say. Known as Mubarak’s iron man, Adly served as interior minister from 1997 to 2011 when a popular revolt swept away the Egyptian autocratic leader and his regime. He was the longest serving […]
Egypt’s main state-owned newspaper Tuesday lambasted the interior ministry in an “unprecedented editorial” following the arrest of two journalists and police raid on the Press Syndicate headquarters on Sunday. Al-Ahram, one of government vibrant supporters, took millions of Egyptians by surprise as it chided state security apparatus over brutality committed on journalists over the past […]
US Republicans Sunday stunned the world as they threw support behind Egyptian strongman al-Sisi calling him “the right man at the right time” to lead Egypt even as the latter is lambasted by right groups and the Obama Administration for the gloomy human rights situation in Egypt. A group of US Republicans led by war-thirsty […]
Egyptian veteran diplomat, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, was elected Thursday as the next Secretary General of the Arab League. Ahmed Aboul Gheit was the only contender for the post and was highly expected to win votes of the 22 members of the organization. Egypt traditionally nominates the League’s chief. Even though the election was a vote […]
An Egyptian court Monday ruled in favor of the two sons of the ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, ordering their release, a lawyer of the defendants said. Alaa and Gamal Mubarak will be freed after spending three years behind bars since 2011, the year they were sentenced to three years in jail for corruption. A […]
The death of Egyptian lawyer Karim Hamdy, 27, in police detention has triggered major human rights watchdogs’ concerns about the rule of law in the most populous Arab country. According to local media, medical officials who examined Hamdy’s body reported signs of torture, including ten broken ribs and bleeding in the brain. The victim died […]
President Sissi’s spokesman has announced that the president has signed into law the amended electoral law that provides for the number of constituencies in the country. The long-awaited parliamentary elections could soon be organized if the law is not challenged again. Since the Supreme Court declared in 2012 that the parliament’s lower chamber was unconstitutionally elected, Egypt […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that the Egyptian economy is on the right path in recovering from the shambles of the protests that started in 2011. The implemented structural and monetary reforms are boosting the economy and IMF projected that growth could reach 3,8% in 2014-2015 and rise to up to 5% over […]
“The reserves will continue going up.” These are the words of the Governor Hisham Ramez to assure investors and restore confidence in Egypt’s economy. The country’s reserve has fallen by more than 50% since the departure of President Hosni Mubarak. Gulf States have pumped in billions to salvage the economy after the ousting of President […]
An Egyptian woman has been elected lately head of the Liberal Dostour party in a country where women still do not play a major political role in a patriarchal and Muslim-dominated society. She is called Mrs. Hala Shokrallah. She is a Christian and apparently she has broken the rules and become the Chief of her […]