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Egypt sets a presidential election for December with el-Sissi likely to stay in power until 2030
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt will hold a presidential election over three days in December, officials announced Monday, with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely to remain in power until 2030. Waleed Hamza, the chairman of the National Election Authority, said the vote will take...
Journalist detained, home searched over reporting on French intelligence, news outlet says
PARIS (AP) — A French journalist was arrested and her residence searched Tuesday by the country’s domestic intelligence agency, her employer the investigative news outlet Disclose, said. Disclose said reporter Ariane Lavrilleux's detention was linked to her reporting on leaked...
The US says Egypt's human rights picture hasn't improved, but it's withholding less aid regardless
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday that Egypt's poor human rights record hasn't improved, but it won't withhold as much military aid as it did last year regardless. Administration officials cited what they said were overriding U.S. national security interests for the...
New highways carve into Cairo's City of the Dead cemetery as Egypt's government reshapes the city
CAIRO (AP) — The cane chairs and umbrella still stand in the courtyard of Hussein Omar’s family mausoleum, where his grandmother came every morning for 19 years after her daughter — his mother — died. Near her grave, she would sit and pray under the date palm and among the flowering plants,...
Sudan's army chief travels to Qatar for talks with emir as fighting rages in his country
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's army chief traveled to Qatar on Thursday for talks with the country's emir, making his third international trip since fighting broke out between the military and a rival paramilitary force in mid-April, media reports said. Sudan plunged into chaos almost five...
Egypt resumes commercial flights to war-torn Sudan for the first time in nearly five months
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt on Tuesday resumed direct commercial flights to Sudan for the first time since a devastating war broke out between Sudan’s rival generals nearly five months ago. Flight MS865, operated by Egypt’s national carrier EgyptAir, departed from the Egyptian capital,...
Sudan’s top general meets with South Sudan's president on the war
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top military general held talks in Juba Monday with South Sudan's president on his second trip abroad since the war in his country started earlier this year. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, chairman of the ruling Sovereign Council, arrived in the South Sudanese...
EgyptAir will resume direct flights from Egypt to conflict-stricken Sudan
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities said the national carrier will resume direct flights to Sudan this week following high profile talks between the Egyptian president and Sudan's military chief. Egypt's Ministry of Civil Aviation said Tuesday that EgyptAir would launch a weekly...
Sudan’s military leader visits Egypt on his first trip abroad since his country plunged into war
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top military officer made a one-day visit to Egypt on Tuesday for talks with the Egyptian president, making his first trip abroad since his country plunged into a bitter conflict this year. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, chairman of the ruling Sovereign Council,...
Coalition of Egyptian parties criticize government in rare act of public dissent
CAIRO (AP) — A new coalition of Egyptian political parties publicly criticized the country's current government Monday for persecuting politicians, in a rare act of political dissent. In a news conference Monday, Emad Gad, a spokesmen for the Free Current coalition, said the...
