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OPEC calls emergency meeting as oil prices slide
According to a senior Iranian oil official, the falling oil prices that has affected the revenues of oil producing countries will be checked and...
Egyptian court rules to allow humanitarian aid to Gaza despite Israeli blockade
Despite an Israeli economic blockade in place to limit traffic to and from the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian court has ruled that Cairo must...
Kenya slams Egypt and Sudan over Nile agreement
Kenyan Minister of Water Charity Ngilu has slammed Egypt and Sudan after the two nations refused to endorse the agreement for the Nile Water...
25 members of Islamic organisation arrested in Egypt
At least 25 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement were arrested by Egyptian police in the Nile Delta Saturday in the latest crackdown...
Egyptian Opposition set their own headquarters on fire
Egypt's opposition Al Ghad party members clashed, Thursday, and set ablaze the party's downtown Cairo headquarters. The party has been in shambles since its...
Egypt sends first man sent to jail for sexual assault but …
Noha Rushdi has won a monumental court case that saw an Egyptian court send a man to prison for the first time for sexual...
Egyptian gov’t makes donation to Sudanese military
The Egyptian government has donated two electricity generators, 50 tons of tents and kitchen equipment to Sudan's Joint Integrated Units (JIUs), as part of...
11 year old pupil killed by teacher in Egypt
An 11-year-old primary school student, Islam Amro, has allegedly been beaten to death by his teacher at a school in Alexandria, Egypt, the local...
Islamic heads say women have the right to fight back
Sunni Islams highest authority, Egyptian Sheikh Abdel Hamid Al Atrash, has said that women have the right to fight back against their husbands if...
Egypt wins Out-sourcing Destination of the Year
Egypt has been named the Out sourcing Destination of the Year at the National Outsourcing Association's 2008 Awards ceremony held in London, beating out...
Egypt to host international conference to broker Israeli/Palestinian peace
The Egyptian foreign ministry has confirmed confirmed that it will host an international conference at the Red Sea resort town of Sharm El Sheikh...
Head of Egyptian broadcasting company fined by gov’t for operating without a licence
The head of an Egyptian broadcasting company, Nader Gowhar, has been fined by the government for operating without a licence, judicial sources reported Sunday....
Head of Central Bank of Egypt favours a weaker Egyptian pound against the US dollar
The head of the Central Bank of Egypt has told reporters that he favored a weaker Egyptian pound against the US dollar. Farouk El...
Egypt promises an end to World Cup qualifier drought
The final segment of the African qualifiers for the World Cup finals in 2010 have drawn Egypt, Algeria, Zambia and Rwanda in one group.
The...
Cotonsport and Al Ahly qualify for next stage of MTN CAF champions league
Cotonsport of Cameroon on Saturday crushed Dynamos FC to reach the finals of the African Champions League. The Cameroon side, became the ...
Dynamos and Cotonsport clash in CAN / WC qualifiers
Dynamos FC of Zimbabwe and Cameroonian champions, Cotonsport Garoua will clash in a do or die game. The match kicks off this...
10 smuggling tunnels in Sinai by Egyptian authorities
Egyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula destroyed 10 smuggling tunnels this week in yet another show that Cairo is increasing efforts to stem...
Cinéma-vérité highlights Egyptian film “Hassan and Morcos”
The film, "Hassan and Morcos" by the Egyptian actor Abdel Imam, sponsored by the Office of the High Commission of the United Nations for...
Woman wounded and husband killed by her brother for converting to Islam
An Egyptian husband, Ahmed Saleh, was killed by his wife's brother after she had converted from Christianity to Islam and married Saleh. Saleh's wife...
Pregnant woman killed in police raid in Egypt
Riots erupted in a town south of Cairo on Thursday when a woman died of wounds sustained after she refused to allow police into...
Building collapses trapping and killing several people in Egypt
At least 10 people have died after a five-storey building collapsed in Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria, security officials reported. The building crashed to...
Oil output in Egypt increased by 55,000 BPD
Oil output in Egypt has increased by 55,000 barrels per day, bringing the North African nation's oil production to 700,000bpd for the first time...
Nigerian team Enyimba to get 1million naira for every goal scored against Egyptian club Al Ahly
Two-time African Champions League winner Enyimba football club of Nigeria will get 1 million naira (US$8,500) for every goal its scores in Sunday's first-leg,...
Sunni and Iran comments made by Egyptian cleric spark sectarian worries
An Egyptian Sunni cleric, Sheikh Yusuf Al Qaradawi, has sparked worries of a rift between Shia and Sunni Muslims in Egypt, after he accused...
Kidnapped tourists in egypt freed
The 19 hostages abducted by armed men in South-western Egypt on 19 September have been released and are in good health, Egypt's state-run television...
European tourist kidnappers killed
Six of the kidnappers who seized a group of European tourists in Egypt last week have been killed by Sudanese forces in a high...
Kidnapped European tourists are not on Libyan soil, says Libyan government
The Libyan People's General Committee in Charge of External Relations and International Cooperation has denied the presence in the country, of foreign tourists kidnapped...
Egypt arrests and detains journalist for covering demonstration
An Egyptian journalist, Hossam Al Wakeel has been detained by security forces, after his arrest while covering a demonstration in Egypt's second largest city,...
Egyptian gov’t makes contact with kidnappers of European and Egyptian tourists
The Egyptian government said it had made contact with masked kidnappers who abducted 19 people, including 11 European tourists, on 19 September. According to...
Dynamos only two steps away from FIFA Club World Cup in Japan
ZIMBABWE champions Dynamos set up a semi-final Africa Champions League match against Coton Sport of Cameroon after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Zamalek at...