Egypt

On Wednesday, the Central Bank of Egypt conducted an US$800 million exceptional auction, its second in the last two months, to meet banks’ demands for the currency they need to purchase staple commodities.

CBE Governor Hisham Ramez told Al-Masry Al-Youm that this latest auction seeks to secure funds for the purchase of basic [...]

The head of Egypt’s National Council for Women Mervat al-Tallawy met Wednesday with members of a new special unit of female police officers formed by Interior Ministry to combat violence against women.

Tallawy praised the Interior Minister’s decision to form such a special force during a meeting with the Interior Minister’s Assistant for Human [...]

The Assiut Criminal Court sentenced four defendants to death and another one to ten years on Wednesday, after finding them guilty of the murder a priest in February 2011.

State-run agency MENA reported that one of the four defendants was handed the death sentence in absentia, while the same applied to the defendant [...]

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy has called on political powers and Egyptians to engage in dialogue and on militants who possess weapons to turn them in.

Morsy spoke to the press on Wednesday morning at the Almaza airforce base in Cairo, where he received the seven soldiers who were kidnapped last week in Sinai and [...]

Omar Abdel Fattah Abdel Qader Mostafa al-Telmissany (4 November 1904- 22 May 1986) was the Muslim Brotherhood’s third Supreme Guide. Famous for his public speaking skills and flexibility, Telmissany was credited for reinvigorating and reorganizing the group after former president Anwar al-Sadat freed its members from detention.

Telmissany joined the Muslim Brotherhood through its [...]

The North Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday acquitted seven policemen accused of killing one protester and injuring 11 others in the Cairo neighborhood of Marg during the 25 January revolution.

It was the second time for the case to appear in that court, after a previous panel of judges at the same court declined [...]

The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip reopened on Wednesday morning after five days of closure, following the release of seven Egyptian soldiers kidnapped last week in Sinai.

Border police working at the land crossing ended the protest that they started on Friday to pressure the Cairo government to help free [...]

Power went out more than once at the Cairo International Airport on Wednesday, causing some X-ray machines to go out of order.

Official sources at the airport said electricity was cut twice at Arrival Hall 3 on Tuesday, prompting passengers to use their mobile phones for lighting.

Electricity also went out at Arrival Hall [...]