Detained journalist Mahmoud Hussein awarded Percy Kobuza Prize
The National Association of African American Journalists announced that the Percy Kobuza Prize would be awarded to Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist detained for nearly four years in Egypt. The award will be presented during the Association Awards Ceremony, which will…
Sudan, Egypt coordinate to hand over Egyptian opponents to Cairo
Informed sources revealed that Egypt and Sudan have coordinated to hand over opponents and Muslim Brotherhood members to Cairo. Al-Arabiya TV quoted the sources as saying that there is an Egyptian-Sudanese agreement to coordinate in what it called the fight…
Egypt’s state of emergency extended for 3 months
Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the extension of the state of emergency in the country for three months. The decision, which was published in the country’s official gazette, stipulated the declaration of a state of emergency throughout the country…
After attempted abduction, Turkish court summons Egypt’s Chargé d’Affairs
A Turkish court has summoned the Egyptian Chargé d’Affairs in Istanbul after an attempt to kidnap an Egyptian dissident residing in Turkey and withdraw his passport. The attempt on the young Amr Alaa brings to mind what happened to the…
NFP parliamentary candidate: ‘I paid EGP 8mn to get the party’s nomination’
A statement by the Nations’ Future Party (NFP) revealed that a parliamentary candidate in Beni Suef Governorate paid EGP 8 million (about $500,000) for his candidacy on the party lists in the new House of Representatives elections. Engineer Tariq Mukhaimer,…
Judges demand corruption investigation into former head of state council
A request by Egyptian judges in the state council revealed corruption of the council’s former head, Counselor Ahmed Aboul Azm, amid calls for an investigation. The judges renewed demands to hold a general assembly to investigate corruption violations that affected…
For the third time in October the Central Bank of Egypt offers treasury bills worth $1.2bn
On Sunday, the Central Bank of Egypt issued treasury bills worth EGP 19 billion (approximately $1.2 billion) in coordination with the Ministry of Finance to bridge the budget deficit. On its website, the bank stated that the first offering’s value…
Parliamentarian calls for investigating central bank governor’s wife for corruption
An Egyptian parliamentarian submitted an official memorandum to the Administrative Control Authority to open an investigation into corruption of former Minister Dalia Khorshid and her abuse of the position of her husband, the current Central Bank Governor, Tarek Amer, to…
Egypt and Sudan discuss establishment of a joint railway
The Egyptian Minister of Transport, Kamel al-Wazir, discussed with his Sudanese counterpart Hashem bin Auf, during a meeting held on Sunday, via video conference, ways to support joint cooperation between the two countries in the various transportation fields. The meeting…
‘We own the country just as the NDP did,’ says NFP secretary-general
The Secretary-General of the Nation’s Future Party (NFP) in the city of Rashid in the Buhaira Governorate, Ibrahim Ajlan, said that his party owns the country, just as the National Democratic Party (NDP), the ruling party during Mubarak’s era, did….
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