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 […]
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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 […]
Egypt: parliamentary polls to start from Oct. 18
The head of Egypt’s High Elections Committee, Ayman Abbas, has announced on Sunday that the first round of the parliamentary election will begin on October […]
Egypt: Protesting police officers fired warning shots at sister force
Protesting police officers in the province of Sharqiya, Nile Delta region, broke into the province’s security directorate after closing down six police stations. Personnel of […]
Egypt: al-Sissi says national interest overrides his mother’s death
A statement from the Egyptian Presidency Monday urged Egyptians to support projects initiated by President al-Sissi instead of spending money on the presentation of condolences […]
Egypt: leader of pro-Mursi party released
Opposition politician Abul-Ela Mady was released on Wednesday after nearly two years of pretrial detention, Mady’s son Ahmed said, two days after a court ordered […]
Five Egyptian banks among Top 1000 World Banks
The Banker magazine said five Egyptian banks have entered the top 1,000 world banks, alongside 78 other Arab banks, according to “Tier1Capital.” Egyptian banks that […]
Egypt: New Suez Canal dedicated
The Egyptian government has opened the Suez canal expansion project which added 35km channel to the canal and deepened the main waterway to make it […]