Egypt: Parliamentary elections start with low turnout
Voting in a long-awaited election for a new parliament opened Sunday in half of Egypt’s provinces as the government works to complete a roadmap to […]
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U.N: Egypt and Senegal win Security Council seats
Egypt and Senegal along three other countries were elected on Thursday to the U.N. Security Council during an uncontested vote held at the General Assembly. […]
Egypt: About 800 Islamist movements-linked militants arrested nation-wide ahead of elections
About 800 people said linked to Islamist movements have been arrested across Egypt this week on alleged plans to perpetrate terrorist attacks in the country. […]
Egypt : Sisi says Government will not resign after elections unless…
The Egyptian new government that was sworn in last month, was expected to be replaced by December or January after the parliamentary elections scheduled this […]
Egypt ventures into Iraq for oil
Egypt has acquired 10% of the concession of Kuwait Energy, a private firm, on an oilfield in Basra, southern Iraq. Egyptian Petroleum minister Tarek El-Molla […]
Palestine: World Bank warns of fragile situation
An economic report released by the World Bank on Tuesday and is to be presented this week in New York has highlighted that Palestine is […]
Egypt: President frees Aljazeera journalists, other prisoners
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned 100 prisoners, including Al Jazeera TV journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, on Wednesday. A statement from the presidency […]
Egypt: New cabinet sworn in
The new Egyptian government, led by Sharif Ismail, who served as petroleum minister in the previous cabinet, which resigned a week ago following a corruption […]
Egypt: 12 tourists killed by Security forces
Egyptian security forces killed 12 tourists and injured 10 others and guides on Monday “by accident” in the country’s vast western desert, which borders Libya. […]
Smile Telecom to expand African wireless with $365 mln
Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd, which owns and operates mobile wireless 4G LTE broadband networks in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, has raised $365 million in debt […]