Egypt: Police arrest cartoonist and satirist Ashraf Omar in dawn raid
Omar had published several cartoons lampooning Egypt’s electricity crisis and economic policies Egyptian security forces have arrested Ashraf Omar, a cartoonist for the independent news outlet Al-Manassa, at his home in Cairo early on Monday. According to Omar’s wife, Nada Mougheeth,…
US Senator Bob Menendez found guilty in Egypt-linked corruption trial
Menendez faces sentencing in multi-layered bribery scheme involving Egyptian-American businessman and Egyptian officials Prominent US Senator Bob Menendez was convicted on Tuesday on all 16 criminal counts he was facing during his months-long corruption trial involving Egyptian officials and businessmen….
Egypt: Viral video shows Wafd party members ‘planning antique smuggling’
The liberal nationalist party downplayed the footage, insisting that those featured were low level members A video has gone viral on social media showing members of Egypt’s liberal nationalist Wafd party discussing the smuggling of antiquities while apparently inside their party’s headquarters….
Badr Abdelatty: Why is Egypt’s new foreign minister controversial?
Government insiders and activists say Cairo’s appointment is detrimental to human rights and signals the ‘militarisation’ of the diplomatic service Badr Abdelatty, a career diplomat, has replaced Sameh Shoukry as Egypt‘s minister of foreign affairs after Shoukry held the post for 12…
Mohamed Abdel Latif: Egypt’s new education minister has a ‘fake’ PhD
Mohamed Abdel Latif says he holds a doctorate from Cardiff City University in the US, but online fact-checkers say it’s a scam Egypt’s new education minister, Mohamed Abdel Latif, has sparked controversy after online fact checkers revealed that his PhD, advertised…
Killed, disappeared, displaced: Egypt’s Sinai devastated by Sisi’s 10 years as president
President Sisi has declared his war on terror in northeast Egypt over. Survivors say a decade of conflict has shattered lives and homeland In January last year, the 12th anniversary of Egypt‘s 25 January revolution, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi declared the war-torn Sinai Peninsula…
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