Life sentence for Burundi journalist
The sentencing of Radio France Internationale reporter underlines ongoing threat facing independent reporters
Ganzouri Economic Plan outlines long term economic recovery
The plan aims to achieve social justice, to raise the living standards of Egyptian citizens, and to develop a strategic, 20-year vision to transform Egypt’s social and economic reality
Pakistani-US generals in border talks
General John Allen, who commands 130,000 NATO troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, flew into Chaklala air base and went straight into the talks with General Ashraf Kayani at his…
More advice to Morsi
As Egyptians await to see their newly-elected president undertaking his first presidential tasks and fulfilling his promises to keep watchful guard on the demands of 25 January revolution, columnists in…
Tanzanian police hunt driver after 43 Ethiopians suffocate
Forty-three Ethiopians and Somalis died in the back of a crowded, suffocating truck while being smuggled into Tanzania
North Mali Islamists seize Tuareg headquarters in Gao
Islamists in the northern Mali town of Gao on Wednesday seized the headquarters of Tuareg rebels after a day of violent clashes
Morsi’s hopeful revamp of Egypt
By Alya Essam After a curtailed euphoria surrounding the presidential elections, Egyptians remain clutching to optimism that their newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi will forgo the attitude of former pompous Egyptian…
Safarkhan’s Rolling Summer Collection
Unique to the rest of the year, the Summer Collective presents stored art for display and sale. It is an opportunity to see what you missed when you missed the…
Brief news on: Alexandria, Cairo, Demietta
Alexandria Workers from the Italian Pirelli Tire Company staged a demonstration in front of the Italian Consulate in Alexandria on Wednesday protesting the firing of their co-workers. The demonstrating workers…
Brief news on: Tunisia, Sudan, West Bank, Iraq
Tunisia TUNIS —The Tunisian consulate in Libya was struck with a petrol bomb thrown by two people from a car in the capital city of Tripoli, officials said. According to…