Tag: Egypt
Egypt to build 1 million homes for the poor
Egyptian Housing Minister, Mustafa Madbouly, said plans are underway to build 1 million homes for poorer people at a cost…
12 killed in attack on Egypt restaurant
No fewer than 12 people were killed in an overnight attack on a restaurant near Cairo, a report said on…
U-23 Nations Cup: Nigeria in tight corner, draw with Egypt
Taiwo Adelu Nigeria’s Dream Team VI found themselves in a tight corner qualifying for the knockout stage of the U-23…
Investigators “90 percent sure” bomb downed Russian flight in Egypt
Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are “90 percent sure” the noise heard in the final second of…
Russia holds day of mourning after 224 die in plane crash
AFP – International investigators on Sunday began probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula,…
Senegal, Egypt, Ukraine, Japan win UN Security Council seats
Senegal, Japan and Egypt won seats at the UN Security Council on Thursday as world diplomacy is overshadowed by tensions…
Afrobasket Women: D’Tigress overwhelm Senegal
Sarah Ogoke was the top performer on Monday at the City Arena in Yaounde, Cameroon as D’Tigress shot to the…
Egypt police kills militants who attacked Italian consulate
Reuters – Egyptian security forces on Friday killed nine militants who took part in a bomb attack at the Italian…
Egypt president pardons 100 prisoners, including Al Jazeera journalist
Egypt’s President Abdel Fatta al-Sisi pardoned 100 prisoners, including Canadian Al Jazeera TV journalist Mohamed Fahmy, on Wednesday, security sources…
Congo overtakes Nigeria, Egypt in table tennis doubles
Hosts of the 11th African Games, Congo is currently topping the medals table in table tennis event of the Games.…
AFCON 2015: Nigeria to face Egypt, Algeria, Mali
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the result of draws for the final tournament of the Africa U-23…
AAG: Table Tennis gold medal, a promise fulfilled — Oshodi
Wale Joseph in Congo President of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, NTTF, Wahid Enitan Oshodi, has said that the victory over…
Egypt security forces accidentally kill Mexican tourists, others
Reuters – Egyptian security forces killed 12 Mexicans and Egyptians and injured 10 “by accident” on Monday, mistaking a tourist…
‘Largest ever’ Med gas field found off Egypt – Eni
Cairo (AFP) – Italian energy giant Eni on Sunday announced the discovery of the “largest ever” offshore natural gas field…
Egypt hands Al-Jazeera journalists three-year sentence
Three al-Jazeera journalists convicted in Egypt of “spreading false news” have been sentenced to three years in prison at their…
Egypt’s Sisi imposes tough anti-terrorism law, slams $25k fine on journalists
Cairo (AFP) – Under pressure from a jihadist insurgency, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has boosted police and judicial powers…
Nigeria, Egypt will triumph over terrorism, says Salama
Egypt’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Ashraf Salama, on Tuesday night in Abuja expressed confidence that Nigeria and Egypt would overcome…
Kaduna to host Nigeria/Egypt AFCON qualifier
The Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna state will host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match between the…
Egyptian court confirms Morsi’s death sentence
The Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence for deposed president Mohammed Morsi for orchestrating a prison escape…
Egypt hangs six Islamist militants
Egypt on Sunday hanged six convicted Islamists militants, who were members of Sinai-based Ansar Beit al-Maqdis group, the state prison…
Egyptian court seeks death penalty for ex-president Morsi
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death penalty for former president Mohamed Morsi and 106 other…
Egypt: Mubarak, sons bag 3 years each for corruption
An Egyptian Court on Saturday sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison in a retrial on charges…
Egypt’s Morsi risks death penalty in first trial verdict
An Egyptian court could sentence deposed president Mohamed Morsi to death on Tuesday in the first verdict against the Islamist…
Top Muslim body, Egypt condemn Ethiopia Christians killings
The Cairo-based top Muslim body Al-Azhar on Monday condemned the executions of some 30 Ethiopian Christians captured in Libya by…
11 to die in Egypt over football riot
An Egyptian court Sunday sentenced 11 people to death after a retrial over a 2012 football stadium riot in the…
Egypt court confirms death sentence for Brotherhood chief, 11 others
An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 11 other defendants on Saturday, and jailed…
Bombing on bridge in Egypt capital kills one
A bomb exploded near a police checkpoint on bridge in an affluent Cairo neighbourhood on Sunday, killing an officer, Egyptian…
Egypt to try 48 for killing journalists, 2 others
Egypt on Saturday referred to trial 48 suspects accused of shooting dead a journalist, a boy and a Christian woman…
Egypt policeman to face trial in death of woman protester
Egypt’s state prosecutor referred on Tuesday a police officer to trial for allegedly shooting to death a leftist female protester…
Egypt Brotherhood chief handed fourth life sentence
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment the head of the banned Muslim Brotherhood over the killing of…