Alaa Abd el-Fattah: MPs and peers call for Egypt travel advice to be changed...
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a dual UK-Egpyt citizen, has been under lock and key in North Africa for nine of the past 11 years. The legislators want the...
Egypt: 10 years on, Sisi’s coup continues squeezing country
Ten years ago, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi launched a coup against Egypt's first democratically elected president in history, removing Mohammed Morsi from power, suspending the constitution, and establishing...
Egypt coup: A decade on, liberals must do some serious self-reflection
Drawing lessons from the tumultuous events of the past decade, they should strive to rescue the country from the grip of authoritarianism.
Foreign travel advice, Egypt
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advises against all travel to:
the Governorate of North Sinaiwithin 20km of the Egyptian and Libyan border....
Greece boat disaster: Trafficking suspects plead not guilty
Nine Egyptian men accused of causing a disaster last week when a vessel carrying hundreds of people sank off the Greek coast have pleaded not guilty.
Egypt approves budget amid privatisation drive, economic crisis
Egypt is dealing with an economic crisis, with the government seeking investments to meet its foreign debt obligations.
One of three Britons who died in Egypt boat fire named
One of the three Britons who died after a diving boat burst into flames in Egypt’s Red Sea on Sunday has been named as Christina Quinn, who...
Russian man killed in shark attack off Egypt’s Red Sea resort
Coastline to remain off limits with a ban on swimming, snorkelling and other water sports activities until Sunday.
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Egypt’s headline inflation slows to 30.6% in April
Egypt's annual urban consumer inflation in April slowed to 30.6% from 32.7% in March, data from the state statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Wednesday, lower than analysts...
UN Human Rights Committee discusses Egypt’s human rights situation
On Tuesday, the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva held a session to examine the human rights situation in Egypt and discuss the country's compliance with...