corruption
Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, Ivory Coast elected to UN Security Council
World
June 4, 2017
Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, Ivory Coast elected to UN Security Council
The 193-member United Nations General Assembly elected Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland to the UN Security Council…
Tunis Village pottery shops close to object state decision to build police station
Egypt
May 21, 2017
Tunis Village pottery shops close to object state decision to build police station
Pottery shops in Tunis Village, Fayoum were closed for the first time in 30 years to protest the arbitrary demolishment…
Finance Minister’s adviser, 3 others referred to court on bribery charges
Egypt
May 15, 2017
Finance Minister’s adviser, 3 others referred to court on bribery charges
Top prosecutor Nabil Sadek referred Tarek Abdel Wahab, adviser to the Finance Minister for real estate tax affairs, Mahmoud Fakhr…
US company denies security risks, prostitution at Iraq base
Middle East
May 7, 2017
US company denies security risks, prostitution at Iraq base
An embattled US contractor, accused of failing to promptly disclose sex trafficking, alcohol smuggling and security violations on a nearly…
US firm in Iraq ignores smuggling, security risks for F-16s
World
May 3, 2017
US firm in Iraq ignores smuggling, security risks for F-16s
An American company that was paid nearly $700 million to secure an Iraqi base for F-16 fighter jets turned a…
Egypt court imprisons Mubarak’s interior minister
Egypt
April 15, 2017
Egypt court imprisons Mubarak’s interior minister
Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday convicted former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and 12 other officials in charges that they acquired…
Court of Cassation upholds prison sentence for former agriculture minister
Egypt
April 9, 2017
Court of Cassation upholds prison sentence for former agriculture minister
Egypt's Court of Cassation upheld an earlier ruling against former agriculture minister Salah Eddine Helal on Sunday, which convicted him of corruption…
Metro ticket price officially doubled to LE2
Egypt
March 24, 2017
Metro ticket price officially doubled to LE2
Transport Minister Hesham Arafat issued a decision doubling the metro ticket price to LE2 starting Friday.The Cabinet approved the decision after…
33 Brazilian govt officials suspended for sales, exports of rotten meat to Egypt
Egypt
March 19, 2017
33 Brazilian govt officials suspended for sales, exports of rotten meat to Egypt
The Brazilian authorities suspended 33 government officials from work in a wide-scale crackdown on charges of selling rotten processed meat…
Interview with Egypt’s first female governor: I love the challenge, there is no room for failure
Egypt
March 8, 2017
Interview with Egypt’s first female governor: I love the challenge, there is no room for failure
Engineer Nadia Abdo, the governor of Beheira, said her selection for the post of governor is, in some ways, an…