25 January 2011 marked the start of Hosni Mubarak’s fall but also moves by the military to take over In the centre of the place… Read More »‘The release of six decades of fear’: Egypt’s lost revolution
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Three members of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights detained over ‘fake news’ Emboldened Egyptian security forces have stepped up their crackdown on human rights groups… Read More »Egypt cracking down harder on human rights groups, experts say
Six Americans, one Czech and one French citizen killed while one survivor remains in critical condition A helicopter carrying members of a multinational peacekeeping force… Read More »Eight international peacekeepers killed in Sinai helicopter crash
Project championed by Egypt’s powerful military will slice across world heritage site Egypt is building two highways across the pyramids plateau outside Cairo, reviving and… Read More »Egypt cuts highways across pyramids plateau, alarming conservationists
Former construction worker Mohamed Ali exposed alleged corruption in government Egypt is seeking to extradite a former construction contractor who exposed alleged corruption in the… Read More »Egypt asks Spain to extradite dissident who sparked protests
Diplomatic efforts intensify to avert Cairo’s entry into Libya’s nine-year civil war amid wider tensions A standoff on the north African coast between rival factions… Read More »End of Tripoli siege raises fears of full-scale proxy war in Libya
UN-backed GNA intends to capture airbase with Russian jets and strategic city of Sirte Libya’s resurgent UN-recognised government has said it will defy any Russian… Read More »Libyan government defies Russian warnings with plans to take eastern sites
Sisi’s initiative includes peace talks in Geneva and is backed by rebel general Khalifa Haftar Egypt’s president has announced an initiative to end nearly a… Read More »Egyptian president announces plan for ceasefire in Libya