Egypt News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:40:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Egypt News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Egypt’s President al-Sisi heads to Qatar for 1st visit after 4-yr row https://www.theinfostride.com/egypts-president-al-sisi-heads-to-qatar-for-1st-visit-after-4-yr-row/ https://www.theinfostride.com/egypts-president-al-sisi-heads-to-qatar-for-1st-visit-after-4-yr-row/#respond Wed, 14 Sep 2022 06:00:10 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=332405 Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi headed to Doha, the capital of Qatar, for a two-day visit, the first-of-its-kind in four years, according to a statement by the Egyptian presidency office. “The visit, that is made after a four-year rift between the two countries, comes upon an invitation by the Qatari emir,” the statement said on Tuesday. [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/egypts-president-al-sisi-heads-to-qatar-for-1st-visit-after-4-yr-row/feed/ 0 Africa 2017: Heads of State and Business Leaders set to Gather at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-2017-heads-of-state-and-business-leaders-set-to-gather-at-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/ Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:10:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=176351 African Heads of State and business leaders have set to gather once again in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for Africa 2017. At the three-day forum, over 1,000 delegates are expected to discuss and collaborate on African trade and investment The Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation of Egypt and COMESA Regional Investment Agency announced today the [...]

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]]> President Buhari And Other African Heads To Meet In Egypt To Reinforce Their Commitment To Promoting Regional Investment And Trade https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-and-other-african-heads-to-meet-in-egypt-to-reinforce-their-commitment-to-promoting-regional-investment-and-trade/ Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:02:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=118279 * President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon will join President El-Sisi of Egypt next month at the Africa 2016 forum. * The Forum will discuss key issues impacting African economies, as well as highlighting the African opportunity. * The Forum will showcase investment opportunities from 18 countries. CAIRO, Egypt [...]

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]]> Egyptian Government extends Journalist’s Detention for a Second Time https://www.theinfostride.com/egyptian-government-extends-journalists-detention-for-a-second-time/ Mon, 14 Dec 2015 23:47:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=112729 The Egypt’s government has for the second time extended the detention of a journalist accused of “releasing false news aimed at spreading terror” and “joining a banned group” by another 15 days pending further investigation, the detainee’s family and local media said. Award-winning investigative journalist Ismail Alexandrani is likely be held until at least the [...]

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]]> Egypt Court orders Release of Hosni Mubarak’s sons https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-court-orders-release-of-hosni-mubaraks-sons/ Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:42:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=102589 A court has ordered the release of the two sons of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, taking into account they have completed their three-year sentences on corruption convictions. The brothers are expected to walk free later today or tomorrow after the Cairo Criminal Court announced its verdict in the multi-million dollar embezzlement case on Monday. [...]

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]]> Australian journalist held in Egypt defiant on press freedom https://www.theinfostride.com/australian-journalist-held-in-egypt-defiant-on-press-freedom/ Fri, 02 May 2014 16:50:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=39900 Australian journalist Peter Greste on Friday said his detention and that of his Al-Jazeera colleagues in an Egyptian jail had become a powerful symbol of press freedom worldwide. In a statement from his prison cell on the eve of World Press Freedom…

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]]> Egypt to try the brother of Qaeda chief Zawahiri brother https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-to-try-the-brother-of-qaeda-chief-zawahiri-brother/ Sun, 06 Apr 2014 17:01:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=33645 The brother of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri will stand trial in Egypt along with 67 others on charges of forming a "terrorist group", state media reported on Sunday. Mohamed al-Zawahiri was arrested last August for supporting Islamist president…

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]]> Egypt’s Sisi ditches army fatigues, quits as defence minister https://www.theinfostride.com/egypts-sisi-ditches-army-fatigues-quits-as-defence-minister/ Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:08:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=31266 Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ditched his military fatigues on Thursday and resigned as Egypt's defence minister, a day after announcing he would run for president. Sisi turned up in civilian clothes at the weekly cabinet meeting to submit his…

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]]> US urges Egypt against executions in mass sentencing https://www.theinfostride.com/us-urges-egypt-against-executions-in-mass-sentencing/ Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:42:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30896 The United States on Tuesday urged Egypt not to execute 529 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi who were given the death penalty in a mass sentencing which has triggered an international outcry. Deputy State Department spokeswoman…

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]]> 529 Morsi supporters sentenced to death in Egypt https://www.theinfostride.com/529-morsi-supporters-sentenced-to-death-in-egypt/ Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:23:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30534 A court sentenced 529 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death on Monday after just two hearings, in the largest mass death sentencing in Egypt's modern history. Legal experts said the shock verdict would likely be overturned…

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]]> Egypt court sentences 529 Morsi supporters to death https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-court-sentences-529-morsi-supporters-to-death/ Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:28:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30413 A court in Egypt on Monday sentenced 529 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death after a mass trial, judicial sources said. Islamist backers of Morsi are facing a deadly crackdown launched by the military-installed authorities…

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]]> Egypt court bails prominent leftwing activist https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-court-bails-prominent-leftwing-activist/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:04:56 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30313 An Egyptian court released a leading leftwing activist on trial for joining an unsanctioned and violent protest on bail Sunday, as the army-installed regime seeks to quell political unrest. Alaa Abdel Fattah and 24 others are accused of taking part…

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]]> Eyes on army chief as Egypt announces referendum results https://www.theinfostride.com/eyes-army-chief-egypt-announces-referendum-results/ Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:12:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=11552 Officials are to announce on Saturday the results of a constitutional referendum likely to set the stage for a presidential bid by the army chief who toppled Egypt's first freely elected head of state. Initial tallies suggest this week's two-day referendum…

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]]> Egypt vows “full force” against Brotherhood https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-vows-full-force-against-brotherhood/ Sat, 04 Jan 2014 14:34:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7939 Egypt vowed on Saturday to confront Muslim Brotherhood protests with "full force," as security officials said 17 people had been killed in nationwide clashes the previous day. The Brotherhood, which demands the reinstatement of ousted president Mohamed…

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]]> Egypt summons Qatar envoy amid row over Brotherhood https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-summons-qatar-envoy-amid-row-over-brotherhood/ Sat, 04 Jan 2014 13:24:17 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7915 Egypt's foreign ministry said it summoned Qatar's ambassador on Saturday in protest at Doha's criticism of the military-installed government's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. Relations between the two countries have deteriorated following the Egyptian…

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]]> Slain Swiss couple found buried in Egypt resort https://www.theinfostride.com/slain-swiss-couple-found-buried-in-egypt-resort/ Fri, 03 Jan 2014 13:43:32 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7694 Egyptian police found a murdered Swiss couple buried in the garden of their house in the Red Sea resort town of Hurgada, an Egyptian security official said Friday. The security official said preliminary investigations revealed the two Swiss citizens…

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]]> ‘Core’ Al-Qaeda not behind Benghazi attack – US https://www.theinfostride.com/core-al-qaeda-not-behind-benghazi-attack-us/ Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:37:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7034 The United States is still investigating last year's attack on its diplomatic mission in Benghazi but has no evidence that "core Al-Qaeda" leaders directed the assault in which four Americans died, a US official said Monday. State Department spokeswoman…

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]]> Bomb near Egypt intel building wounds four soldiers https://www.theinfostride.com/bomb-near-egypt-intel-building-wounds-four-soldiers/ Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:27:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6865 A bomb near an army intelligence building wounded four soldiers Sunday, the third such blast within a week in Egypt after the Muslim Brotherhood's terrorist designation further polarised the country. The explosion, which the army said was a "cowardly…

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]]> Protester killed in Cairo as Brotherhood members rounded up https://www.theinfostride.com/protester-killed-in-cairo-as-brotherhood-members-rounded-up/ Fri, 27 Dec 2013 11:00:32 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6582 Egyptian police said Friday a man died in clashes as tensions soared in Cairo following a bus bombing and further arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood after its listing as a terrorist group. Defiant student supporters of the Brotherhood protested…

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]]> Cairo bomb wounds five as Egypt widens crackdown on Islamists https://www.theinfostride.com/cairo-bomb-wounds-five-as-egypt-widens-crackdown-on-islamists/ Thu, 26 Dec 2013 12:19:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6487 A bomb exploded near a bus in Cairo Thursday injuring five people, a day after the government widened a crackdown on Islamists by declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group. The windows of the red and black public transport bus were shattered…

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]]> Egypt declares Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-declares-muslim-brotherhood-a-terrorist-group/ Wed, 25 Dec 2013 22:13:08 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6430 Egypt's military-installed rulers declared the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted president Mohamed Morsi a "terrorist" organisation Wednesday, signalling a wider crackdown after blaming it for a deadly police compound bombing claimed by a jihadist group.…

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]]> Egypt police arrest former Morsi PM: ministry https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-police-arrest-former-morsi-pm-ministry/ Tue, 24 Dec 2013 20:29:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6337 Egyptian police arrested on Tuesday Hisham Qandil, who was prime minister under deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, the interior ministry said. The ministry said he was arrested in the desert outside Cairo with a "smuggler attempting to escape…

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]]> In bomb-hit city, Egyptians vent anger at Brotherhood https://www.theinfostride.com/in-bomb-hit-city-egyptians-vent-anger-at-brotherhood/ Tue, 24 Dec 2013 11:31:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6282 Angry Egyptians standing on piles of debris and shattered glass pointed the finger of blame at the Muslim Brotherhood after a car bomb ripped through Mansoura's police headquarters on Tuesday. "The people want the execution of the Muslim Brotherhood…

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]]> Egypt court jails anti-Mubarak activists for 3 years https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-court-jails-anti-mubarak-activists-for-3-years/ Sun, 22 Dec 2013 14:00:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6102 An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced three activists who spearheaded the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak to three years in jail for organising an unlicensed protest, judicial sources said. It was the first such verdict against non-Islamist protesters…

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]]> The Federal Council extends the freezing of assets of several individuals from Tunisia and Egypt https://www.theinfostride.com/the-federal-council-extends-the-freezing-of-assets-of-several-individuals-from-tunisia-and-egypt/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 17:05:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/the-federal-council-extends-the-freezing-of-assets-of-several-individuals-from-tunisia-and-egypt/ BERN, Switzerland, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Federal Council decided during today’s session to extend by three years the freezing of all assets held in Switzerland by deposed presidents Ben Ali (Tunisia) and Mubarak (Egypt) and by politically exposed persons in their entourage. The aim of this extension is to provide more [...]

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]]> Foreign Minister Wang Yi Holds Talks with Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy of Egypt https://www.theinfostride.com/foreign-minister-wang-yi-holds-talks-with-foreign-minister-nabil-fahmy-of-egypt/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 17:05:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/foreign-minister-wang-yi-holds-talks-with-foreign-minister-nabil-fahmy-of-egypt/ BEIJING, China, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On December 16, 2013, Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with the visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy in Beijing. Wang Yi said that China and Egypt enjoy profound traditional friendship. China highly values the important status and role of Egypt as a major country in [...]

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]]> Metito Awarded USD $25m Thermal Power Plant Project in Suez, Egypt https://www.theinfostride.com/metito-awarded-usd-25m-thermal-power-plant-project-in-suez-egypt/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 17:05:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/metito-awarded-usd-25m-thermal-power-plant-project-in-suez-egypt/ CAIRO, Egypt, December 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Metito (http://www.metito.com), the leader and provider of choice for total intelligent water management solutions in the emerging markets, has won a new project worth USD $ 25million to deliver water and wastewater systems for a new 650MW thermal power plant in Suez, Egypt. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/metito.jpg Photo: [...]

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]]> Egypt NGO says office raided by police https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-ngo-says-office-raided-by-police/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:39:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5674 Egyptian police raided the offices of an NGO affiliated with a leftist former presidential candidate, arresting three employees and confiscating computers, the group's director said Thursday. The Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights, founded…

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]]> Egypt court acquits ex-PM, Mubarak sons of corruption https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-court-acquits-ex-pm-mubarak-sons-of-corruption/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:25:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5607 An Egyptian court has acquitted Ahmed Shafiq, a former prime minister and presidential candidate, and two sons of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak, of corruption charges. Shafiq fled to the United Arab Emirates shortly after he narrowly lost to the Islamist…

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]]> Egypt arrests jihadist implicated in 2012 border ambush – Army Spokesman https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-arrests-jihadist-implicated-in-2012-border-ambush-army-spokesman/ Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:51:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5350 Egypt's military has arrested a jihadist suspected of involvement in an ambush that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers near the border with Israel last year, an army spokesman said Tuesday. Silmi Mohammed Masbah was arrested Monday in Sinai and is allegedly…

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]]> Egypt army says jihadist leader killed in Sinai peninsula https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-army-says-jihadist-leader-killed-in-sinai-peninsula/ Mon, 09 Dec 2013 20:36:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=4186 Egyptian troops killed on Monday a leader of an Al-Qaeda inspired militant group that operates in the Sinai peninsula and that has claimed attacks against security forces, the army said. Ibrahim Mohammed Salaima, also known as Abu Sohaib, a "field leader…

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]]> Egypt arrests third pro-democracy activist in a week https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-arrests-third-pro-democracy-activist-week/ Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:03:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=3345 Prominent Egyptian youth leader Ahmed Duma was arrested on Tuesday for participating in a protest, his wife told AFP, the third pro-democracy activist to be detained within a week. Egyptian authorities have widened their crackdown on protesters since…

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]]> Egypt’s revolutionary poet Negm dies at 84 https://www.theinfostride.com/egypts-revolutionary-poet-negm-dies-84/ Tue, 03 Dec 2013 10:03:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=3329 Egyptian poet Ahmed Fouad Negm, renowned for his revolutionary poetry and for his harsh criticism of political leaders, died on Tuesday at the age of 84, a publisher said. "Ahmed Fouad Negm passed away. He was 84," Mohammed Hashem told AFP. Negm spent…

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]]> Egypt panel approves over half of new constitution https://www.theinfostride.com/egypt-panel-approves-half-new-constitution/ Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:11:13 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=3018 An Egyptian panel approved Saturday more than half of the articles of a new constitution aimed at paving the way for a return to elected rule after July's military ouster of president Mohamed Morsi. If adopted in full, the charter will be put to a popular…

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]]> Protest law, jail terms boost Egypt opposition https://www.theinfostride.com/protest-law-jail-terms-boost-egypt-opposition/ Thu, 28 Nov 2013 21:48:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=2734 Restrictions on protests and hefty jail terms for girl demonstrators are reviving Egypt's autocratic past, say activists and erstwhile supporters of the government that replaced Islamist president Mohamed Morsi after he was overthrown. The military,…

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]]> Statement by the Tánaiste on the release of Halawa sisters in Egypt https://www.theinfostride.com/statement-by-the-tanaiste-on-the-release-of-halawa-sisters-in-egypt/ Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:15:00 +0000 http://apo.theinfostrides.com/africa/statement-by-the-tanaiste-on-the-release-of-halawa-sisters-in-egypt/ DUBLIN, Ireland, November 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore T.D., today welcomed the release of three of the Halawa siblings who have been detained in Egypt since August 17: “I am very pleased to hear that Somaia, Fatima and Omaima Halawa have been released [...]

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