Egypt elections: Authorities detain dozens of Sisi rival’s campaign volunteers

Rights group says at least 73 Ahmed Tantawi campaign members, including four lawyers, have been rounded up in recent days. Egyptian security forces have detained at least 73...

Egypt announces presidential election to be held in December

Egypt will hold a presidential election on 10-12 December, after originally being due to take place in 2024, with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi widely expected to win a...

Egypt: Father of Belgium-based journalist charged after ‘hostage-like arrest’

Egyptian journalist Ahmed Gamal Ziada announced on Wednesday that his father has been detained, after he had disappeared for nearly 24 hours. The arrest is the latest...

Egypt: Forces arrest journalist after report on officials aboard seized plane in Zambia

Forces arrested Karim Assaad after reporting on identity of several officials allegedly aboard plane seized in Zambia carrying millions of dollars in cash, gold and weapons

Egypt’s Sisi pardons jailed activist Ahmed Douma

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has pardoned a number of prisoners, including prominent activist Ahmed Douma after over 10 years in arbitrary detention. Lawmaker Tarek al-Khawli,...

Sinai shooting: Concerns raised over fate of ‘forcibly disappeared’ prisoners

Campaigners have raised concerns about the fate of Egyptian detainees held at a Sinai facility where a shooting last month killed at least three security officers. 

Zambia seizes plane with $5.7M cash, weapons

Drug Enforcement Commission says 10 people detained, money placed in Bank of Zambia Authorities in Zambia on Tuesday announced the seizure of a private...

Will Egypt’s asset sale get it out of its economic hole?

Egypt is privatising – but is it enough to please the IMF and get more funding from the international financial body?

Analysis: As deficit soars, Egypt expands money supply, fuelling inflation

CAIRO, July 14 (Reuters) - Egypt risks fuelling its record inflation and putting more pressure on the Egyptian pound if it does not slow an expansion of...

Egypt has hit a financial deadlock. Sisi’s only hope now is a miracle

At a finance summit in Paris last month, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called on lenders to show more “understanding” of his country’s deteriorating debt crisis. The previous week, Sisi appeared...