Egypt
CAPMAS: 12.3 % increase in Egyptian exports to US
Economy
July 9, 2017
CAPMAS: 12.3 % increase in Egyptian exports to US
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) has announced the increase in value of Egyptian exports to the US…
Azhar coordinates with security to release detained Uyghur students
Egypt
July 9, 2017
Azhar coordinates with security to release detained Uyghur students
Sources within Al-Azhar University said that coordination with security personnel is ongoing, in order to release some Uyghur detainees confirmed as…
Suez Canal Chairman: we’ll not allow Qatari ships to enter Egyptian ports
Egypt
July 9, 2017
Suez Canal Chairman: we’ll not allow Qatari ships to enter Egyptian ports
Suez Canal Authority Chairman Mohab Mamish said Saturday that Egypt has prevented the entry of Qatari ships to Egyptian ports…
Hasm terrorists killed in security clashes, 6th of October
Egypt
July 8, 2017
Hasm terrorists killed in security clashes, 6th of October
Security forces in Giza said that members of the Hasm terrorist movement were killed on Saturday in 6th of October…
Azhar says no Uyghur students arrested from campus, fellow institutions
Egypt
July 8, 2017
Azhar says no Uyghur students arrested from campus, fellow institutions
Azhar, the world’s foremost Sunni Islam institution, denied that any of their Uyghur students has been arrested on the university…
Electricity Minister: People pay bills, government refrains
Egypt
July 8, 2017
Electricity Minister: People pay bills, government refrains
Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said Thursday that there is a significant difference in the rates of bills collected from residential…
CBE’s interest rate hike last of reform procedures, source
Egypt
July 8, 2017
CBE’s interest rate hike last of reform procedures, source
A high-level government source said Friday that the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Egypt…
IS claims attack in Egypt’s Sinai that killed 23 soldiers
Egypt
July 8, 2017
IS claims attack in Egypt’s Sinai that killed 23 soldiers
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for attacking a remote Egyptian army outpost in the Sinai Peninsula with a…
The persistence of the death penalty in Egypt: why courts insist on ‘an eye for an eye’
Features/Interviews
July 7, 2017
The persistence of the death penalty in Egypt: why courts insist on ‘an eye for an eye’
Given the rise of death sentences issued by Egyptian courts over the past four years – typically for members of the outlawed…
Egypt raises electricity prices and prolongs subsidies for added three years
Egypt
July 6, 2017
Egypt raises electricity prices and prolongs subsidies for added three years
Egypt will hike household electricity prices by up to 40 percent this fiscal year, but will keep energy subsidies in…