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FILE: Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Picture: Leanne de Bassompierre/Eyewitness News.

Egyptian government

As Kagame steps down, Egypt takes helm at African Union

By AFP

The single market is a flagship of the AU's "Agenda 2063" programme, conceived as a strategic framework for socioeconomic transformation.

  • Egyptian flag. Picture: Facebook

    Tourist and 2 Egyptian girls die in Luxor building collapse

    The woman, who had been passing by the building the moment it collapsed at around 6:00 pm (1600 GMT), succumbed to her injuries soon after arriving in hospital, he said.

    804 days ago
  • FILE: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Picture: @AlsisiOfficial/Twitter

    Egypt mulls changing constitution to keep Sisi in power

    Backers of the former military chief, re-elected in March with over 97% of the vote, want parliament to discuss repealing an article limiting presidents to two consecutive four-year terms.

    840 days ago
  • An Egyptian policeman stands guard. Picture: AFP

    Egypt court upholds sentence against released activist

    The court also fined Amal Fathi, who was released three days previously in another case, 10,000 Egyptian pounds ($560).

    842 days ago
  • FILE: This picture taken on 26 July 2018 shows Egyptian policemen stand guarding a street in the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish. Picture: AFP

    Egypt kills 40 'terrorists' in crackdown after Giza attack

    The suspects were killed in separate raids in the Giza governorate, home to Egypt's famed pyramids and the scene of Friday's deadly bombing, and in the restive Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said.

    843 days ago
  • Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) and US President Donald Trump (R) shake hands in the Oval Office before a meeting at the White House April 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    Egypt says it supports Saudi Arabia in rights row with Canada

    The Saudi government on Sunday recalled its ambassador from Ottawa, barred Canada’s ambassador to Riyadh and placed a ban on new trade.

    987 days ago
  • FILE: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Picture: @AlsisiOfficial/Twitter

    Italy praises Egypt over ongoing investigation into student's death

    Giulio Regeni disappeared on 25 January, 2016 while doing postgraduate research on Egyptian trade unions.

    989 days ago
  • President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Picture: @AlsisiOfficial/Twitter

    Egypt targets social media with new law

    The Supreme Council for the Administration of the Media, headed by an official appointed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, will supervise the law and take action against violations.

    1007 days ago
  • YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California. Picture: AFP

    Top Egypt court orders temporary YouTube ban over Prophet Mohammad video

    Mohamed Hamid Salem, a lawyer who filed the case in 2013, said the ruling also orders that all links that broadcast the film be blocked.

    1060 days ago
  • File: Ethiopian workers construct on 31 March, 2015 the Grand Renaissance Dam near the Sudanese-Ethiopian border. Ethiopia began diverting the Blue Nile in May 2013 to build the 6,000 megawatt dam, which will be Africa's largest when completed in 2017. Picture: AFP

    No breakthrough in Ethiopian dam talks, Egypt says

    Addis Ababa hopes the dam will make it a hub for the electricity-hungry region and denies it will undermine Egypt’s access to water.

    1079 days ago
  • Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi casting his ballot. Picture: @AlsisiOfficial/Twitter

    Egypt's Sisi wins 97% in election with no real opposition

    Turnout was 41%, despite efforts to get as many Egyptians as possible to polling stations during last week’s vote.

    1113 days ago
  • An Egyptian voter casts her vote in a polling station in the capital Cairo's eastern neighbourhood of Heliopolis on the first day of the 2018 presidential elections on 26 March, 2018. Picture: AFP

    Egyptians begin voting in contest set to hand Sisi second term

    Polls will be open for three days and Sisi, a former military commander, has urged Egyptians to go and vote, hinting that he sees the election as a referendum on his four-year rule.

    1121 days ago
  • Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    Ahead of contentious vote, Egypt sets sights on 'fake news'

    The journalist was detained before he had even begun filming, his lawyer said. The government did not respond to requests for comment.

    1129 days ago
  • Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Picture: AFP

    Crown prince signs $10bn deal on mega-city during Cairo visit

    The investment deal underlines the strategic ties between the richest Arab state and the most populous.

    1143 days ago
  • An Egyptian policeman stands guard. Picture: AFP

    Egyptian authorities detain former Islamist presidential candidate

    The country’s state security prosecution ordered the arrest of Abol Fotouh and several leaders of his Strong Egypt party, the news agency said.

    1161 days ago
  • The remains of a hot air balloon are seen on the ground near the ancient city of Luxor after a fatal crash on 5 January 2018. Picture: AFP

    SA family finalising repatriation of body of Luxor hot air balloon crash victim

    The 34-year-old man died on Friday morning when the pilot lost control of the hot air balloon in bad weather.

    1198 days ago
  • File: Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi stands behind the bars during his trial in Cairo on 16 June, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Egypt sentences Morsi, 19 others to three years in jail for insulting judiciary

    Morsi was overthrown in mid-2013 by then-general Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, now the president, following mass protests against his rule.

    1207 days ago
  • FILE: World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC. Picture: World Bank

    World Bank approves $1.15bn development policy loan for Egypt

    The loan is the last in a series of three annual loans totaling $3.15 billion issued from 2015 to 2017, the World Bank said in a statement.

    1231 days ago
  • FILE: Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the second "Kuwait Financial Forum" in Kuwait City on 31 October 2010. Picture: AFP

    Lebanon's Hariri to visit Egypt on Tuesday - Hariri's office

    Hariri has since Saturday been in Paris, where he met French President Emmanuel Macron, and has said he will return to Lebanon by Wednesday.

    1248 days ago
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