The festive atmosphere of newly elected Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s inauguration in early June did little to hide the tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia, whose prime ministers both attended.
The formation of a 19-member board of trustees that will determine the shape of the upcoming national dialogue was announced on Sunday in a statement by the sessions’ managing body.
Egyptian authorities have started removing dozens of Cairo’s iconic houseboats floating near the banks of the River Nile amid protests from residents.
The US State Department on Tuesday reiterated a call for Egypt to conduct an “investigation without delay” into the death of economist Ayman Hadhoud, after an Egyptian court upheld a decision to close his case.
The dead body of journalist and presenter Shaima Gamal, who was killed by her husband, had signs of blows to the head and suffocation in the neck, official sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm.
An Egyptian court sentenced 10 people to death and more than 50 others to life in prison on Tuesday after they were convicted of supporting or carrying out attacks against security forces and sabotage of state infrastructure.
Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory