Cairo is going through a lot of neglect and decay, thanks to the ‘Flight of the Rich’ as a lot of the rich have moved to gated communities in the suburbs while the new capital is being built. Cairo has a lot of crappily built houses, dirt roads which are flooded with sewage water, and almost every neighborhood is over… Read more »
Egyptian security forces have killed 19 people linked to a deadly attack on Coptic Christians, according to the interior ministry. The suspects were killed in a gunfight in the desert of Minya province in central Egypt after security forces pursued them, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday. “The terrorist elements opened fire on the [security] forces who responded,” the… Read more »
Egypt is looking to use its vast, newly tapped undersea gas reserves to establish itself as a key energy exporter and revive its flagging economy. Encouraged by the discovery of huge natural gas fields in the Mediterranean, Cairo has in recent months signed gas deals with neighbouring Israel as well as Cyprus and Greece. Former oil minister Osama Kamal said… Read more »
Billboards across Cairo advertise luxury homes with “breathtaking” views in compounds with names like “La Verde” or “Vinci” in Egypt’s new capital that is under construction in the desert, miles from the Nile-side city which has been the seat of power for more than 1,000 years. Often, what lies behind the billboards are Cairo’s most overcrowded neighborhoods, with shoddily built… Read more »
Egyptian authorities have arrested at least 40 human rights advocates, lawyers and political activists within the last 30 days and held them in “undisclosed locations”, Human Rights Watch has said. “Many of those arrested were people who provided humanitarian and legal support to families of political detainees,” HRW said, calling on the government to reveal their whereabouts. “The Egyptian security… Read more »
When I first read the headline about Egypt putting it’s prisoners to work on the inside of prison I was intrigued and shocked because I had no idea how that could be a good idea or how it work. Egypt has found a way to allow its prisoners to work while behind bars and allow them to still contribute to… Read more »
United Nations Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame has said he expects elections to take place in the war-wracked country in early 2019. The announcement on Thursday is the first official acknowledgement that elections in Libya will be difficult to hold on December 10, as had been agreedby rival leaders at a Paris summit in May. Salame said a national conference in early 2019… Read more »
Archaeologists working at a dig in Cairo have found several fragments of stone slabs with inscriptions that could be 4,000 years old, Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities said. Some of the limestones date to the 12th (founded in 1991 BCE) and 20th dynasties, of the Middle and New Kingdoms, the ministry said on Tuesday. German Egyptologist Dietrich Raue, the head of the… Read more »
Egyptian authorities are drawing on prisons to combat rising retail prices and boost the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) by giving jails another dimension as production centers for a range of consumer products. In line with the “reform and rehabilitate” principle called for in the Egyptian Constitution, sentenced craftsmen, carpenters, farmers, veterinarians, shoemakers and many others have an opportunity to work, make money and become… Read more »
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has expressed his readiness to hold talks with neighbouring Algeria, a long-time regional rival. In a speech delivered on Tuesday, the king said dialogue was necessary to overcome the two countries’ differences, as he proposed setting up a joint political consultation mechanism to resolve the ongoing dispute. “I should like to say today, in a very straightforward and… Read more »