#clean-up campaign
Downtown street vendors to be relocated
The assistant to the Cairo governor, General Mohamed Ayman, stated on Wednesday that downtown street vendors would be temporary relocated to…
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#Apaches
US Senate proposes reduction of aid to Egypt
The United States Senate Committee — which oversees Foreign Aid — presented a bill for a new law on Wednesday, mandating the…
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#archaeology
Plague victims unearthed at ancient Egyptian temple
A team of Italian archaeologists announced the discovery of several buried bodies and bodily remains in Luxor Governorate reported to have…
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#national railways
Rail accidents up by 75 percent in 2013, despite service suspension
There were 781 train accidents in Egypt in 2013, an increase of 74.7 percent from the 447 recorded in 2012, according…
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#coal
Aide resigns over appointing of new environment minister
Mahmoud Kaissouni, formerly an advisor to the minister of state for environmental affairs resigned in protest Tuesday after Khaled Fahmy was elevated…
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#August 14 Violence
EIPR releases report on post-June 30 violence
A year on, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights has published a report (June 2014) documenting state responsibility for the violence that…
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#death penalty
Court orders execution of 12 Islamists for killing police officer
A court issued death sentences on Wednesday against 12 defendants accused of killing a senior police officer in the Kerdasa neighborhood…
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#entrepreneurship
Event Alert: Calling social entrepreneurs and creatives
Entrepreneurs and creative minds have a lot to do this weekend, with two events in Cairo creating spaces for innovation and knowledge…
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#Egyptian rights groups statements
Number of women in Cabinet draws criticism from rights groups
Human rights group Fouada Watch issued a statement today expressing its disappointment at the low representation of women in the second Cabinet…
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#acquisitions and mergers
Beltone-Sawiris bid for EFG Hermes stake approved
Egypt’s financial regulator has approved a US$257 million joint bid by Cairo-based investment firm Beltone Financial and Egypt’s billionaire businessman Naguib Sawiris…
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#Abdullah al-Shamy
Rights group slams Egyptian prison healthcare system
The health system in Egypt’s prisons is inadequate and does not meet basic requirements as set out by the country’s constitutions, its…
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#detainee and prisoner deaths
Another detainee dies at Matareya Police Station
Since Monday, prosecutors have been investigating the death of yet another detainee in custody at Matareya Police Station. This is the second…
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#Abdullah al-Shamy
National rights council thanks prosecution for prisoner releases
The National Council for Human Rights released a statement on Tuesday expressing gratitude towards the Public Prosecution for deciding to release…
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#Antiquities Ministry
Reshuffle brings old faces to culture and antiquities ministries
Gaber Asfour and Mamdouh al-Damaty were sworn in as culture and antiquities ministers in President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s newly appointed cabinet Tuesday…
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Sisi decrees forming of legislative reform committee
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued his first presidential decree on Monday, forming what has been dubbed the “Supreme Committee for Legislative Reform,”…
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#Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights
Administrative court approves appeal on Protest Law articles
The administrative court approved the referral of a case questioning the constitutionality of two articles in the Protest Law on Tuesday. The…
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#cabinet
Sisi’s Cabinet: New but familiar faces
The new Cabinet was sworn in before President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Tuesday morning under the leadership of Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb. Thirteen…
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#Abdullah al-Shamy
After 10 months detention, hunger striking journalist to be released
After being held in custody for 10 months, hunger striking journalist Abdullah al-Shamy will be released from detention, his brother Mohamed tweeted…
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#Al Jazeera trial
Lawyers make closing arguments in Al Jazeera trial
The court heard closing remarks in the prominent trial of three Al Jazeera journalists on Monday, and is expected to issue its…
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#Cabinet resignations
New Cabinet will not include Information Ministry, to swear in Tuesday
A new Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb is expected to be sworn in by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday,…
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