Education Minister Mohamed Abdel Lateef announced a new set of reforms for government schools on Wednesday, including a system to make more classrooms available. Underfunding, classroom overcrowding and…
What was behind the attack on a house that had been used as a place of worship by Copts in Giza?
The circle of Coptic Christians in danger of targeted attacks widens in the absence of protection
Very few cast or crew members for international films have been present. The Russian plane crash, travel warnings and general instability in the region most likely discouraged them.
I lost Atef Yehya, one of my best friends. It was painful. The pain was not only in his absence, but also in the details of the journey:…
Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here. A Sudanese delegation pressed for Khartoum’s re-entry into the international financial system on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund…
Bassant Soliman’s suicide triggered renewed public backlash against personal status laws in Egypt
On the third anniversary of the war, Khartoum — recaptured by the military last year and held up as a symbol of a return to the seat of…
Nearly 30,000 people fled south Lebanon in the first moments after Hezbollah launched rockets over the border at the beginning of March. They had only a matter of…
Another wave of inflation is crashing in. On March 10, and for the third time in the course of a year, the government raised fuel prices again, justifying…
Egypt has launched a drug tracking system to curb counterfeit medicines, but is it a silver bullet?
Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here. The Rapid Support Forces advanced on several fronts across Kordofan and North Darfur this week, gaining ground as violence continues…
