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As Mubarak was going back home, the world is watching for an intervention in Syria and Libya is living a chaos. One cannot stop...
Five Egyptian Coptic Christians wounded during a clash
Five Egyptian Coptic Christians were injured on Sunday in clashes with Muslims at a church in a village south of Cairo, says security source.
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Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud challenges Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud challenges Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi as he refuses to resign after being removed from office by the President.
The Attorney...
Egypt’s president Mohammed Mursi decrees pardon revolutionaries
Egypt's new president Mohammed Mursi, issued a decree on Monday pardoning all those arrested in support of the revolution since the beginning of the...
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An Egyptian soldier was killed Sunday in clashes with gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula, according to a spokesman for the Egyptian army,...
Social media and cyber-activism in North Africa’s revolution
As hundreds of thousands of Egyptians in Cairo’s Tahrir Square celebrated the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February, some held up mobile...
Ethiopia: Egyptian fears over new dam ‘groundless’
The Ethiopian government has downplayed the effect that a dam it is planning to build near the Sudanese border could have on lower Nile...
U.S-Egypt to pursue ‘strategic interests’ together
The new Egypt says it would preserve its 1979 peace treaty with Israel, and work closely with the United States on counter-terrorism. This eases...
Ethiopia led Nile treaty gains ground as Burundi joins
Ethiopian authorities have expressed their contentment over Burundi’s decision to sign a new Nile water equitable sharing treaty that will end Egypt's historical control...
Egypt’s anti-democracy militias raise concern
As Egypt’s pro-democracy activists protested for reform of the security services, men in plain clothes armed with swords and petrol bombs attacked the rally...
Experts and Gibberish in the Ethiopian, Egyptian, Tunisian, Libyan and Western context
The poetic rhetoric of some American officials in the face of complex political issues tend bring gist to the mill of the satirist. “Some...
Egypt: Gamel Mubarak goes into hiding
The son of ousted Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, is desperately seeking a hiding place for himself and his family in the United Kingdom.
According to...
Can the US allow democracy to take root in Egypt’s shifting sands?
According to Noam Chomsky, President Obama’s reaction to the Egyptian revolution conforms to the normal US response when one of their “favoured dictators” loses...
Libya stifles protests with pro-government rallies on TV
Human rights groups have warned Libyans that an all-out protest against President Muammar Gaddafi may result in human right abuses and crimes against humanity...
US reporter raped by Egyptian mob in Cairo
A senior CBS correspondent is recovering in hospital in the US after she was beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob while covering the...
Egypt and Tunisia: Economic turmoil after revolution?
Shortly after revolting against their autocratic leaders, Tunisians and Egyptians are droning in the aftermath of their uprisings. The political uncertainty in Tunisia after...
US asked to freeze Egyptian politicos’ assets
The post-Mubarak Egyptian government has asked the United States to freeze the financial assets of some officials from that country, according to a senior...
Facebook downplays role in African uprisings
With Facebook playing a starring role in the revolts that toppled governments in Tunisia and Egypt, you might think the company’s top executives would...
Egypt: U.S. playing safe as events unfold in Arab world
The United States has expressed concern over the handling of post Hosni Mubarak-Egypt by the Egyptian military. Following the suspension of the constitution and...
Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain, who’s Arab world’s next?
The successful revolt in Tunisia under the autocratic regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who had ruled for 23 years inspired confidence in...
Egypt: President Hosni Mubarak resigns
It was 18 days of sometimes violent demonstrations that forced the man who ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years to step down. Friday...
Egypt: Bloody day of rage warned
The revolution in Egypt is expected to get vicious as Egyptians vow to raid the presidential palace to forcefully oust President Hosni Mubarak who...
Mubarak’s billions and a lot of hungry Egyptians
President Hosni Mubarak and his family could own as much as 70 billion U.S. dollars in assets against a backdrop of millions of hardworking...
More protests expected in Egypt
The alleged mistreatment of an Egyptian Google executive whose Facebook group may have triggered the Egyptian revolution is set to inspire more protests against...
Egyptian prison releases Google executive
In a tearful, riveting live television interview only two hours after his release from an Egyptian prison, the Google executive Wael Ghonim acknowledged Monday...
Internet service fully restored in Egypt
The Internet is available again in Egypt, after the country cut access to the Web for a week amid mass unrest.
After a long stretch...
When revolution rocks North Africa and the Middle East
The wave of revolt currently rocking the foundations of the Afro-Arab world is unstoppable. Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Mauritania ... Encouraged by the Tunisian...
Egypt: Pride to determine Mubarak’s departure
Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak might not step down immediately because he has to salvage his reputation after a 30 year police state regime,...
Africa’s Political Tsunami and a few bad men
I recall sitting in a West-African classroom in the coastal town of Cape-Coast, Ghana, transfixed by the revelations trickling out of the mouth of...
Egypt: Live Updates – Video
Human Rights Watch researcher Daniel Williams was detained by Egyptian security forces in Cairo today.
Williams was one of several international and Egyptian human rights...