Sudan Nashra: Military lifts Dalang’s 2-year siege | Washington, Riyadh reactivate truce track, Khartoum signals rejection | Egypt’s intelligence chief in Port Sudan for border security talks, RSF forces transit via South Sudan | Burhan in Doha for “direct financing”

Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here. The Rapid Support Forces’ siege of Dalang — which had left the Kordofan city’s residents suffering a severe humanitarian crisis…

Staging a grand opening for the grand museum

In Cairo, sidewalks have been repainted, screens set-up and security measures tightened. People living nearby say fireworks have been test-run in Giza. These are the visible signs that…

Cairo Eye: Will the great wheel of history keep turning?

“It is as if Cairo as a whole now is just a place under a bridge. Cairo’s levers are disintegrating"

Unhappiness and Mohamed Salah’s Egypt

Salah is a hero of disruption, a political voice without talking politics

Live updates: Egypt votes in first stage of parliamentary elections

Throughout the day, Mada Masr reporters and local correspondents will be providing updates on the first stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections. See below for a running timeline on…