Latest in Tag: Morsi Highlight
Latest in Tag: Morsi
Morsi supporters resume protests
Plans for nationwide protests continue, show-up rate decreases
Turkey ambassador returns to Egypt
Egypt is yet to make a decision as to whether or not it will be sending its ambassador back to Ankara
Egypt is living the worst time of its history: National Coalition for Legitimacy
The coalition held a press conference explaining that they are open to negotiations only if the president returns
Interior Minister sacks head of the Prisons Authority
Interior Minister reshuffles the Ministry’s leadership amid accusations of misconduct and negligence
Central Bank of Egypt sells $1.3bn in its first exceptional auction
CBE set to hold an exceptional dollar auction of $1.3bn on Wednesday for banks in attempt to cover clien’’s outstanding import needs
FM Nabil Fahmy meets unofficial group of ‘Egyptian ambassadors’
A group dedicated to “popular diplomacy” seeks help from the Foreign Ministry
Al Jazeera accuses armed forces of jamming satellite signals
The Qatari based news network identifies four locations where it believes jamming signals are being broadcast
Reports of buffer zone plans near Gaza, military denies
Various media reports over the past two days have claimed that the army is planning to establish a buffer zone along the borders with Gaza
Morsi supporters to protest on Tuesday
The National Coalition to Support Legitimacy calls for “the coup is terrorism” protest
Latest casualty from August clashes
6 April member died after sustaining injuries on 14 August
General Prosecution refers Morsi to Criminal Court
Former president referred with others regarding Presidential Palace clashes
Brotherhood: Arrests include anyone who opposes the ‘putschists’
Muslim Brotherhood says “unprecedented” numbers took to the streets on 30 August
I knew the regime would collapse: interior minister
Ibrahim says that Sinai will be “terrorist-free” during 2013
Barbatoze
Sherif Adel’s weekly look at Egypt’s events.
Foreign Ministry condemns arrests of Egyptians in Gaza
Egyptian Cultural Centre in Gaza raided by “elements of the Hamas police”, Egyptians arrested
Around 5.5m tonnes of wheat to be imported in October
On 30 August, the GASC stated on its official website that its Vice President Mamdouh Abdel Fattah is seeking wheat cargoes from the US, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Russia, Romania and Ukraine.
Al-Beltagy detained for 15 days
Muslim Brotherhood leader faces a myriad of charges following his arrest on Thursday
Arab League should send fact-finding mission to Egypt: Arab rights groups
Arab civil society organistations blame “lack of political will” for human rights infringements
Seven dead following Friday protests
Pro-Morsi demonstrations see lower turnout ending in clashes
One army conscript dead, three soldiers injured in Port Said
The attack follows clashes between residents and pro-Morsi protesters leaving one dead and 25 injured.
Morsi supporters call for civil disobedience and mass rallies on Friday
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy announces plans for mass protests and civil disobedience with the call of “regaining the January 25th Revolution”
Dispersals were ‘necessary and inevitable’: El-Beblawi
Prime minister comments on security, economy and ElBaradei
Prosecutor general renews detention for 888 pro-Morsi protesters
Protesters apprehended during the dispersal of the Rabaa Al-Adaweya and Al-Nahda Square sit-ins face another 15 days of detention
US reluctant to sever ties with Egypt: Hagel
State department continues to review “entire relationship” with Egypt
Where is Egypt heading?
Today Egypt stands mired in a political conflict so dire and complex that the country’s future is hard to forecast. Egypt, once hailed as a beacon of democratic hope for other countries associated with the so-called Arab Spring, is more consumed with calming political infighting following the ouster of its first elected president. In an attempt to understand where Egypt is heading, political analysts offered explanations and lessons from the history of countries such as Algeria. The Daily News Egypt explores these scenarios and their feasibility for Egypt.
Greek foreign minister to visit Egypt
Evangelos Venizelos, who is also currently the deputy Prime Minister of Greece, was invited to visit Egypt on 5 September by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy, announced a statement from the Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s fate: An Algerian explosion or a Turkish resurrection?
By Nervana Mahmoud October 6, 1981 _____ the distance between my home and the bakery was no more than a few hundred metres, yet it felt like an endless journey. The vibrant streets of Cairo were reduced to a deafening silence, as if everyone has disappeared. My mother and I were totally unaware that President …
The Arab Spring: An implosion of historic proportions
By Ralph F Georgy When the Egyptian people rose, in what can only be described as a spontaneous and unprecedented show of collective displeasure with the status quo ante, to remove a dictator from power, the world witnessed the unmediated power of freedom emerging from centuries of control and manipulation. This power, densely compact and …
Mubarak’s trial postponed
Trial overshadowed by charges pressed against Morsi; defence requests summoning Al-Sisi to testify in court
El-Badawi barred from travelling
Prosecutor General to remove his name from a Morsi-era travel ban