Algeria’s Tebboune says army ready to build hospitals in Gaza once Egypt border reopens
Algerian president vows to send troops to ‘help rebuild what the Zionists destroyed’ The Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune declared that the North African country’s military was ready to enter Gaza to build three hospitals within 20 days once the border with Egypt would reopen. …
Qatar, Egypt, US invite Israel and Hamas to resume Gaza ceasefire talks
The mediating nations urge Israel and Hamas to resume their negotiations amid fears of a wider conflagration in the region. Qatar, Egypt and the United States have called on Israel and Hamas to resume talks to reach a ceasefire in…
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,…
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…
Saudi Arabia detains Egyptian cancer patient after criticising Hajj deaths
Saudi authorities have detained an Egyptian man after he posted an online video during Hajj criticising the alleged neglect that led to the deaths of hundreds of Egyptian pilgrims. According to a video posted online by his father, Islam Osama Sobhi, 27, is currently held…
Egypt: How Sinai became a graveyard for education in ten years under Sisi
Schools destroyed, students and teachers killed, and children’s right to education systematically violated, report finds Egyptian army and security forces have destroyed dozens of schools and killed 186 students and 21 teachers during the decade-long conflict with Islamic State militants in Sinai, a…
IMF could augment Egypt’s loan programme over effects of Gaza war
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the Israel-Gaza war has had an economic impact on neighbouring countries. The International Monetary Fund is seeking to increase Egypt’s loan programme due to the effects of the war in neighbouring Gaza, according to a…
Israel-Palestine war: Egyptian activists call for ‘convoy of conscience’ to break Gaza siege
Union organisers say Sisi’s government ‘has not done its best’ to challenge the Israeli blockade on Gaza and assert its sovereignty over the Rafah border crossing Egypt’s Journalist Syndicate has called for a humanitarian convoy into Gaza as very little aid has been allowed…
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