Tag: Egypt
Egypt reopens Rafah border with Gaza
on Saturday reopened its Rafah border crossing with Gaza, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years, in a...
Christians worry Egypt being hijacked by Islamists
Last January, Nazih Moussa Gerges locked up his downtown Cairo law office and joined hundreds of thousands of fellow Egyptians to demand that President...
Egyptians protest, demand more and faster reforms
Thousands of Egyptians converged on Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday in what organisers called a “second revolution” to push for faster reforms and a...
Over 50 injured in Egypt sectarian unrest
Clashes between Muslims and Christians in the centre of Cairo have left 51 people wounded, the health ministry said Sunday, as Coptic Christians pursued...
Egypt graft agency rules to detain Mubarak, wife
Egypt’s anti-graft agency said on Friday it had questioned former President Hosni Mubarak and his wife in a probe into corruption charges and ordered...
Thousands rally for Egypt unity after church attacks
Thousands of people rallied in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday calling for national unity, after attacks on Egyptian churches, and for solidarity with the...
Egypt military warns of sectarianism as unity rally planned
Egypt’s military warned on Thursday it will strike down sectarianism, as Muslims and Christians prepared to hold a unity rally denouncing attacks on Cairo...
12 killed in Muslim-Christian clashes in Egypt
The death toll from clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Egyptian capital Cairo rose to 12, state television said on Sunday, as the...
190 held in Egypt sectarian clashes to face military trial
Egypt's military rulers said on Sunday that 190 people detained overnight in connection with deadly clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo will face...
Egyptian political forces meet to ‘protect revolution’
Hundreds of Egyptian political figures, scholars and activists gathered in Cairo on Saturday, in the biggest post-revolt meeting of political forces aimed at “protecting...
Protests rage in south Egypt against Christian governor
CAIRO - Hundreds of Egyptians on Monday protested against the appointment of a Christian governor in the southern city of Qena, as officials scrambled to end the four-day crisis, security officials said. Protests first kicked off on Friday after Emad Mikhail was appointed governor of Qena which has a large Coptic Christian population and a history of sectarian strife.
Interior Minister Mansur Essawy, who made an impromptu visit to the southern province late on Sunday, failed to
Interior Minister Mansur Essawy, who made an impromptu visit to the southern province late on Sunday, failed to
Egypt refers former PM, finance minister to court
CAIRO - Egypt will put on trial the former prime minister and his finance minister on charges of profiteering and squandering public funds, the public prosecutor's office said on Sunday. No date has yet been set for the trial.
But the military generals ruling Egypt since pro-democracy protests ousted president Hosni Mubarak in February are keen to show they are committed to holding to account members of the previous government, which many Egyptians saw as steeped in graft.
But the military generals ruling Egypt since pro-democracy protests ousted president Hosni Mubarak in February are keen to show they are committed to holding to account members of the previous government, which many Egyptians saw as steeped in graft.
Mubarak heart OK, health stable: Egypt state media
CAIRO - Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was hospitalised this week due to a drop in blood pressure, and his condition is stable, state media reported late Saturday.
Mubarak, who is suspected of involvement in the deaths of anti-regime protesters, was previously reported to have suffered a heart attack during questioning by prosecutors on Tuesday.
But the MENA state news agency reported that the 82-year-old had suffered from a "steep decline in blood pressure" at the
Mubarak, who is suspected of involvement in the deaths of anti-regime protesters, was previously reported to have suffered a heart attack during questioning by prosecutors on Tuesday.
But the MENA state news agency reported that the 82-year-old had suffered from a "steep decline in blood pressure" at the
Court dissolves former Egypt ruling party
CAIRO - An Egyptian court dissolved the former ruling National Democratic Party on Saturday and ordered its funds and property to be handed to the government, a judicial source said.
"The administrative court issued a ruling to dissolve the NDP and seize its money, and its headquarters and buildings will be handed to the government," the source said.
The NDP, the party of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, was fighting for its survival after protests forced Mubarak to resign on
"The administrative court issued a ruling to dissolve the NDP and seize its money, and its headquarters and buildings will be handed to the government," the source said.
The NDP, the party of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, was fighting for its survival after protests forced Mubarak to resign on
Mubarak ‘stable’ as Egypt protesters hail his detention
CAIRO - Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak, in detention pending a probe into state violence against protesters, was reported Thursday to be in "stable" condition after suffering a heart attack.
The official MENA news agency in a brief statement said the 82-year-old former strongman's condition was "stable and reassuring." Egyptian protesters who spearheaded a popular uprising that toppled Mubarak in February, hailed his detention and that of his two sons as a "positive step" by
The official MENA news agency in a brief statement said the 82-year-old former strongman's condition was "stable and reassuring." Egyptian protesters who spearheaded a popular uprising that toppled Mubarak in February, hailed his detention and that of his two sons as a "positive step" by
More than 1,000 defy Egypt army order to quit square
CAIRO - More than 1,000 protestors ignored an army order to leave Cairo's main square on Sunday, taking their calls for a quick move to civilian rule and a deeper purge of corrupt officials into a third day.
Barbed wire blocked roads into Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the protests that toppled President Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11.
Protesters cried "revolution, revolution" and brandished an effigy of Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, who heads the military council now
Barbed wire blocked roads into Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the protests that toppled President Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11.
Protesters cried "revolution, revolution" and brandished an effigy of Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, who heads the military council now
Egypt confirms legislative election in September
CAIRO - Egypt will hold a legislative election in September and will lift emergency laws before the vote, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said on Monday. Mamdouh Shaheen, a member of the military council, said a date for a presidential election had yet to be set. The legislative election date means parties that were crushed under Hosni Mubarak's rule have some five months to prepare for the first free parliamentary polls in decades. The military council has ruled Egypt
