Category Archives: Egypt

Egypt News

Wave of violence threatens Presidential Elections in Egypt as proteste...

May 12, 2012 no comments

Cairo - Shahira Amin* –  Violent clashes between  protesters staging a sit-in outside the Defence Ministry Headquarters in Cairo’s Abbasseya district and unknown assailants killed at least 20 p...

Mubarak and sons trial set for August 3

June 1, 2011 no comments

According to Egypt’s state news agency, former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons will go on trial Aug. 3. The Middle East News Agency quoted a court official on Wednesday as saying Mubar...

Another day of anger as protests continue in Egypt

May 27, 2011 no comments

Pro-democracy activists  in Egypt were gearing for nationwide rallies on Friday to protest against the ruling military council’s handling of the post-revolt phase, in a call that has exposed po...

The witch-hunt continues as Mubarak’s wife is taken to intensive...

May 14, 2011 no comments

The wife of former  Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, Suzanne Thabet, was moved to an intensive care unit after suffering a heart attack Friday, hours after being ordered detained in a corruption pro...

Is Hosni Mubarak the victim of a nasty smear campaign?

April 10, 2011 no comments

CAIRO, April 10, 2011 (AFP) – Egypt’s former leader Hosni Mubarak complained he has been the victim of a smear campaign, in his first comments aired Sunday since he was ousted in February...

Mubarak steps down – What Next for Egypt?

February 11, 2011 no comments

CAIRO, February 11, 2011 (AFP) – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down on Friday, his deputy Omar Suleiman announced in a televised address.  Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped do...

Mubarak to make an important statement on TV from Sharm el-Sheikh

February 11, 2011 no comments

CAIRO, February 11, 2011 (AFP) – The Egyptian presidency is to make an “urgent and important” statement shortly, state television said Friday, after a ruling party spokesman confirm...

Lifeline for Mubarak as army endorses plan to stay in office

February 11, 2011 no comments

CAIRO, February 11, 2011 (AFP) – Egypt’s army threw President Hosni Mubarak a lifeline on Friday, endorsing his plan to stay in office until September even as hundreds of thousands of ang...

Protesters in Egypt block access to Parliament

February 9, 2011 no comments

CAIRO, February 9, 2011 (AFP) – Several hundred Egyptian protesters attempted to block parliamentary buildings in Cairo on Wednesday as part of their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak...

Egypt rejects ‘hasty’ reforms as U.S. piles pressure for c...

February 9, 2011 no comments

CAIRO, February 9, 2011 (AFP) – Galvanised by the biggest day of protest since their campaign to oust Hosni Mubarak’s regime began, Egyptian pro-democracy campaigners reinforced their vig...

As calm returns to Egypt government and opposition agree on the way fo...

February 6, 2011 no comments

CAIRO, February 6, 2011 (AFP) – Participants in talks between the Egyptian regime and several opposition groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, agreed on Sunday to form a constitutional refo...

Calm returns to Cairo as protests die down

February 6, 2011 no comments

CAIRO, February 6, 2011 (AFP) – The Egyptian military on Sunday reinforced its presence around Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicentre of anti-regime protests, as a semblance of normal life ...

Muslim Brotherhood: There is no Islamic revolution in Egypt

February 5, 2011 no comments

BERLIN, February 5, 2011 (AFP) – Egypt’s influential Muslim Brotherhood is keeping a low profile in the current unrest because it does not want the revolt to be seen as an Islamic revolut...

Chaos in Egypt as protesters clash with Mubarak supporters

February 2, 2011 no comments

CAIRO, February 2, 2011 (AFP) – Tensions between supporters of embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and opposition protesters boiled over on Wednesday, as violent clashes broke out on Cai...

Mubarak supporters take to the streets in numbers

February 2, 2011 no comments

CAIRO, February 2, 2011 (AFP) – After over a week of protests demanding Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak quit, thousands of the embattled leader’s supporters took to the street Wedne...

Internet services restored in Cairo

February 2, 2011 no comments

CAIRO, February 2, 2011 (AFP) – Internet services were at least partially restored in Cairo on Wednesday after a five-day cut aimed at stymieing protests against President Hosni Mubarak’s...