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Alaa Abd El-Fattah Freed After Sisi Grants Presidential Pardon

Alaa Abd El-Fattah Freed After Sisi Grants Presidential Pardon

September 23, 2025 9:25 am

For more than a decade, Alaa Abd El-Fattah was one of Egypt’s most recognizable political prisoners — a symbol of the promises and betrayals that followed the Arab Spring. On Tuesday, his family announced that he had finally walked free, a day after President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi granted him and five others a pardon.

The moment was emotional. In Giza, his mother, the academic and activist Laila Soueif, stood beside her son as relatives and friends crowded around, celebrating his release. “We’re happy, of course,” she said. “But our greatest joy will come when there are no political prisoners in …

Egypt, Qatar, US continue Mediation For Gaza Ceasefire

Egypt, Qatar, US continue Mediation For Gaza Ceasefire

August 18, 2025 3:54 pm

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aati reaffirmed his country’s commitment to mediating a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, stressing that Cairo would continue its diplomatic engagement with both Qatar and the United States.

Speaking on Monday during a joint press conference with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa at the Rafah border crossing, Abdel Aati criticized what he described as Israel’s deliberate campaign to starve Gaza’s residents.

“The Israeli occupation is working to change the reality in the Gaza Strip by pushing the population southwards,” Abdel Aati told reporters. He emphasized Egypt’s rejection of all attempts to displace Palestinians from their …

Nigeria, Egypt Finally Seal Agreements Worth $30m

Nigeria, Egypt Finally Seal Agreements Worth $30m

October 14, 2022 9:08 pm

In a fresh business deal, it has been reported that Nigeria and Egypt have finally signed some partnership agreements which are worth up to 30 million dollars between business organisations from both countries at the end of the maiden edition of the Nigeria-Egypt Trade Conference and Exhibition (NETCE) which had been hosted in Cairo.

Dr Yousrey El Sharkawi, Chairman, of the Egypt African Businessmen’s Association (EABA), and Mr Mahmood Ahmadu, President, of Nigeria -Egypt Cultural and Socio-Economic Forum (NESCEF), had made this disclosure at the end of the three-day conference in Cairo.

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Judge Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife In Egypt

Judge Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife In Egypt

August 17, 2022 5:49 am

An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced a judge to death for murdering his wife, the judiciary stated, in the third high-profile femicide case in the country in two months.

The criminal court decided ‘to refer the judge who killed TV presenter Shaimaa Gamal, and his accomplice, to the Grand Mufti of Egypt’ — a formality in death penalty cases.

The public prosecutor’s office said last month that the judicial official concerned, Ayman Haggag, had been charged over the ‘premeditated murder’ of his wife, along with the accomplice, businessman Hussein al-Gharabli.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that nearly three weeks after …

41 Killed As Fire Breaks Out In Egyptian Church

41 Killed As Fire Breaks Out In Egyptian Church

August 15, 2022 3:54 am

No fewer than 41 people have been confirmed dead and 14 others injured following a fire that broke out at a church in the city of Giza, near Cairo, Egypt’s Coptic Church disclosed on Sunday, citing the health ministry.

The health ministry in Egypt had earlier disclosed that ‘several’ people were killed in the fire at the Abu Sifin Coptic church in the Imbaba neighbourhood yesterday and that ambulances transferred at least 55 injured people to local hospitals.

According to a police statement which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Monday, an initial investigation pointed to an …

Egypt Angered Over Filling Of Ethiopia's Mega-Dam

Egypt Angered Over Filling Of Ethiopia’s Mega-Dam

July 7, 2021 3:36 am

Ethiopia’s decision to start the next phase of filling a controversial mega-dam on the Nile River has angered Egyptian authorities raising tensions ahead of an upcoming UN Security Council on the issue.

Egypt said the move was ‘a violation of international laws and norms that regulate projects built on the shared basins of international rivers,’ and had expressed its “firm rejection of this unilateral measure’, its irrigation ministry said in a statement sighted by Africa Daily News, New York yesterday.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which is set to be Africa’s …

Egypt Displays Coffins Buried 2,500 Years Ago

Egypt Displays Coffins Buried 2,500 Years Ago

October 4, 2020 4:04 pm

Archaeologists in Egypt said Saturday they had found 59 well-preserved and sealed wooden coffins over recent weeks that were buried more than 2,500 years ago.

Opening one of the ornately decorated sarcophagi before assembled media, the team revealed mummified remains wrapped in burial cloth that bore hieroglyphic inscriptions in bright colours.

The dramatic find was unearthed south of Cairo in the sprawling burial ground of Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

“We are very happy about this discovery,” said Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

 

Since the …

Egypt-Gaza Crossing Opens For First Time In Months

Egypt-Gaza Crossing Opens For First Time In Months

August 11, 2020 6:09 pm

The only crossing between Gaza and Egypt opened on Tuesday for 72 hours, allowing people to leave the Palestinian enclave for the first time since the novel coronavirus outbreak began.

The Rafah crossing in southern Gaza was closed in March, as Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the strip, sought to guard against a major virus outbreak in the densely-populated territory with weak health infrastructure.

Rafah was opened for three days in April, but only to allow Gazans stranded abroad to return home. The crossing re-opened for limited two-way movement on Tuesday.

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WTO: 79 Countries Back Okonjo-Iweala For DG Role

WTO Reacts To Okonjo-Iweala’s Nomination As DG

June 10, 2020 7:52 am

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has accepted the nomination of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of its director general, in spite of a protest by Egypt.

Africa Daily News had reported that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s nomination for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

However, the Egyptian government which nominated Mr. Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh for the same position, had opposed Okonjo-Iweala’s nomination on grounds of it being belated.

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The North African country told African Union not to recognize her nomination, as members of AU had been …

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Twitter Removes Numerous Accounts Linked To Saudi, Egypt

April 4, 2020 6:40 am

Twitter has removed thousands of accounts linked to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and several other countries for either taking directions from the governments or promoting pro-government content.

The social media giant said in a post on its platform on Thursday that it had taken down 2,541 accounts in the Egypt-based El Fagr network because it created “inauthentic accounts to amplify messaging critical of Iran, Qatar and Turkey”.

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“Information we gained externally indicates it was taking direction from the Egyptian government,” Twitter said.

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Hosni Mubarak

Egypt Gives Ex-Leader Hosni Mubarak Military Funeral

February 26, 2020 5:21 am
Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak, who died at the age of 91, will be accorded a military funeral in Cairo today.

Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was forced out of office by protests in 2011. He spent many of the subsequent years in jail and military hospitals before being freed in 2017.

He died on Tuesday in intensive care weeks after undergoing surgery.

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Egypt’s presidency and armed forces mourned the former air force officer as a hero for his role in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. The presidency …

Buhari Back To Abuja After Egypt Trip

December 14, 2019 3:34 am

President Muhammadu Buhari is back to Abuja after a trip to Egypt, where he attended the Aswan Forum designed to set “an Agenda for Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa.”

The aim of the forum was to “address the interconnections between peace and development in Africa while promoting Africa-led solutions through strengthening policies and practices.”

He left Tuesday accompanied by Governors Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, Godwin Obaseki of Edo and Mai Mala Buni of Yobe for the two-day Forum held on December 11-12. The presidential chopper, which conveyed him to Aso Rock Villa from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, landed …

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