Tag: Egypt
Egypt seizes 68 trying to enter Israel
Egyptian border guards have arrested 68 Eritreans and Ethiopians trying to sneak across the border into Israel, a security official said on Sunday. The...
Ushna loses in doubles quarters of Egypt Tennis
Ushna Suhail, national ladies and junior tennis champion in Pakistan, who competed in ITF Procircuit Womens Tennis Tournament in Shrem ul Sheikh, Egypt, lost...
Egypt women speak up against sexual violence
Egyptian women are speaking up against sexual violence after harrowing tales of mob attacks in Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square prompted initiatives to combat the...
Egypt at the hustings
A nascent democracy tries to find its footing
Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) Chair Farouk Sultan's nearly interminable announcement of the outcome of Egypt's presidential election...
‘Open door’ draws aggrieved to Egypt presidential palace
Hundreds of Egyptians have been making their way to the presidential palace in Cairo to air their grievances and demand solutions directly from newly-elected...
The Islamists are coming
On the ascent of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
Ending months and decades of speculations, the Muslim Brotherhood has finally emerged triumphant by working within...
Morsi sworn in as Egypt’s first Islamist president
Mohamed Morsi took the oath of office on Saturday to become Egypt’s first Islamist president and its first elected head of state since Hosni...
Morsi’s win a small step ahead for Egypt: US media
The presidential election victory of Islamist candidate Mohamed Morsi in Egypt is a step forward but much more needs to be done to secure...
Morsi declared egyrt’s President
Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Morsi was on Sunday declared the first president of Egypt since a popular uprising ousted Hosni Mubarak, capping a tumultuous...
Egypt’s Mubarak in coma as tension spikes over successor
Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was Wednesday in a coma on life support at a Cairo hospital, sources said, as tension spiked over who will succeed...
Egypt’s Mubarak is clinically dead
Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak was declared clinically dead after he was transferred to hospital from prison on Tuesday, state media reported, after his heart...
Egypt Islamists claim victory amid army power grab
Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi claimed victory on Monday in Egypt’s divisive race for the top job, as a military power grab overshadowed the...
Israeli civilian, two gunmen killed in Egypt border ambush
A group of militants who sneaked across the Egyptian border killed an Israeli civilian on Monday, sparking a firefight which left at least two...
Egypt military to oversee laws, budget: army
Egypt’s ruling military council is to stay in control of legislation and the budget in the absence of a parliament, even as the country...
Egypt votes on final day of presidential election
Egyptians were voting Sunday on the last day of a highly divisive presidential run-off between an Islamist and Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, amid...
Egyptians choose new president amid political chaos
Egyptians voted on Saturday in a run-off presidential election pitting an Islamist against Hosni Mubarak’s last premier as the military rulers entered a showdown...
Court puts Egypt path to democracy in disarray
Egypt’s transition to democracy was thrown into further disarray on Friday after its top court ordered parliament dissolved and allowed a disputed candidate to...
