Female circumcision has been illegal in Egypt for years, but authorities are making a stronger push to eradicate it after a young girl died last month during the procedure.
Israel is planning to build a sophisticated fence to prevent smuggling and infiltration across its long desert border with Egypt, an army publication reported, the latest effort to fortify the frontier.
RAFAH, Egypt -- Egyptian police arrested 40 Africans, mostly Sudanese, attempting to illegally sneak into Israel, a security official said Friday.
ARISH, Egypt -- Around 100 Palestinians stuck in Egypt for nearly three weeks have gone on hunger strike to pressure the authorities to open the Rafah frontier post so that they can return to the Gaza Strip.
RAFAH, Egypt - Egyptian police arrested 40 Africans, mostly Sudanese, attempting to illegally sneak into Israel, a security official said today.
Israel is planning to build a sophisticated fence to prevent smuggling and infiltration across its long desert border with Egypt.
Egypt came from behind to disarm Kenya Police 3-1 in a training match at Nairobi's City Park Stadium as part of their preparations for the Beijing Olympic Games hockey qualifiers for Africa, which will be held in Nairobi from next week.
Osama bin Laden's right-hand man Ayman al-Zawahri issued a new video Thursday calling for Islamic fighters to strike Western interests worldwide and for regime change in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He also sought to bolster the terror network's main arm in Iraq in a new video released Thursday, calling on Muslims to rally behind.
Egypt recently announced that it will impose a total ban on female genital cutting, rescinding a provision that allowed the practice to be performed by qualified physicians in exceptional cases, BBC News reports (Abdelhadi, BBC News, 6/28). [click link for full article]
CAIRO, Egypt - In a country where perhaps the most popular national past-time is puffing on a water pipe or chain smoking while drinking tea, new laws designed to curb smoking are receiving a skeptical response.