BBC News | The shadow over Egypt BBC News Warning: This piece contains details of torture and sexual violence that some readers may find upsetting. It was a family wedding, a happy occasion that was supposed to lift her spirits. Zubeida was badly in need of that. The 23-year old was an ... |
Al-Monitor | Egypt faces public backlash after signing $15 billion gas deal with Israel Al-Monitor Under the deal — hailed as "historic" by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — the Egyptian company Dolphinus Holdings would import around 64 billion cubic meters of gas over a 10-year period (starting at the end of next year) from Israeli ... Egypt Resolving Dispute Holding Up $15 Billion Israel Gas Deal Cyprus to Egypt gas pipeline deal to be signed: Petroleum Minister EGYPT: Court sentences 21 to death for planning attacks |
BBC News | The shadow over Egypt: Looking for the disappeared BBC News Egypt will elect a president next month, with the incumbent set to win. And the authorities stand accused of arresting and torturing his opponents. What has happened to the disappeared? Click here to find out more. Related Topics. Abdul Fattah al-Sisi ... |
The Guardian | Thousands of Gazans rush to border as Egypt opens crossing ... The Guardian Scores, many sick, wait for their names to be called out as Rafah crossing point is opened for four days for humanitarian cases. Egypt closes Rafah crossing early - Arab-Israeli Conflict - Jerusalem ... |
Electrek | World's largest solar park under development in Egypt Electrek The Benban Solar Park aims to reach somewhere between 1.6-2.0GW of solar power by the middle of 2019. The projects will receive no incentives, however, it will be given a 25 year contract to sell its electricity at 7.8¢/kWh to the the state-owned ... |
Voice of America | Egypt Military's Anti-Terror Campaign Raises Doubts Voice of America Early this month, the Egyptian army launched a military campaign in the North Sinai and areas of the Nile Delta, all of which have seen major terrorist attacks in the past year. But experts say it will take more than security measures to eradicate ... |
Washington Post | A crackdown by Egypt's Sissi is devouring his own regime Washington Post Mohamed Soltan is a human rights advocate and founder of The Freedom Initiative. Aya Hijazi is an Egyptian-American social activist and founder of Belady Foundation. Last week, security forces in Egypt arrested a man named Hisham Geneina. Geneina, the ... Egypt puts prominent politician critical of Sisi on terrorism list Egypt Puts Prominent Politician Critical of Sissi on Terrorism List Egypt court puts government critic on terror list |
Telegraph.co.uk | Hero police officer catches falling child in Egypt Telegraph.co.uk An Egyptian policeman was able to catch a five-year-old child as he fell from a third-floor apartment balcony in the southern city of Assiut, saving the boy's life. Egypt's Interior Ministry released a video of the incident this week showing three ... Heart-stopping moment hero Egyptian cop catches boy, 5, after he ... Officer in Egypt catches boy who falls from balcony; incident caught on video Video shows quick cop catch Egyptian boy falling from window |
Voice of America | Egypt's Twice-Annual Sun Phenomenon Wows Crowds Voice of America Visitors from across the world gathered Thursday in Aswan, Egypt, for a rare glimpse of a unique event that still amazes the world - when the sun rays go inside the corridor of the Abu Simbel temples and perpendicular on the faces of Ramses II, his ... |
Financial Times | Seun Kuti & Egypt 80: Black Times — 'continuing the family trade' Financial Times For three generations, the Kuti family has been challenging the authorities in Nigeria. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was an early advocate for women's rights and critic of colonialism; her son Fela was the arch-Provocateur of post-Independence Nigeria ... |