Fahmy visits DRC and Tanzania
Interim foreign minister tours Nile Basin Countries; prepares for COMESA summit
US warns Egypt not to target media
Washington, whose ties with historic ally Cairo have cooled in recent months, has previously reprimanded Egyptian authorities for the trial of 20 journalists of the Doha-based television news network.
Unannounced inspection commences in seven prisons
Abo Za’abal Prison Number Two is the worst in condition
What do the democratic entities want from the next president?
During recent weeks, different democratic entities have insisted that a presidential candidate must have clear programmes and political directions so that voters have sufficient information regarding their experience in office…
Murky Turkish football politics mesh with massive corruption scandal
By James M. Dorsey Always murky, Turkish football politics have become even murkier as a politics-laden match-fixing scandal meshes with a corruption investigation that targets Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
Trial of Al Jazeera journalists adjourned to 5 March
Committee to Defend Press Independence condemns international critique of Al Jazeera journalists trial, considers it “foreign meddling in internal affairs”
Libyans vote for constitution body amid bombs, tensions
Polling stations opened across most of Libya, although they stayed closed in Derna after gunmen forced one voting centre to shut
Army blames lack of notification, weather and geography for hikers’ deaths
Armed forces details the efforts taken to rescue the missing hikers earlier this week
Egyptian pound inches up on official, steady on black market
Reuters - The Egyptian pound was up slightly at a central bank foreign currency sale on Thursday and traded within its recent range on the black market. The central bank…
Family of Taba bombing bus driver receive EGP 150,000
Security tightened in all tourist areas following Taba bombing