Egyptian authorities have started removing dozens of Cairo’s iconic houseboats floating near the banks of the River Nile amid protests from residents.

Central Security Forces used tear gas to disperse a sit-in staged by thousands of workers at the 6th of October City industrial zone site of the Universal for Electrical Appliances on Tuesday morning.

Forty-one residents of Nazlet al-Semman, a neighborhood adjacent to the Giza pyramids complex, are trying to take the government to court for ordering the expropriation of their houses, lawyer Mohamed Abu Saleeb told Mada Masr.

After finishing a day of work as a Giza tour guide under the blazing August sun, Sayed Omar* returned to his neighborhood, Sin al-Agouz in Nazlet al-Semman, to find his house, along with dozens of others, had been reduced to rubble.

Egyptian authorities have started relocating the residents of a sprawling slum near the Giza Plateau to a new housing community, drawing a lot of criticism but also giving insight into the ongoing upgrade of one of the most important sites on Egypt’s tourist map.

Egypt’s prosecution ordered on Tuesday the release of three defendants in the 2014 Fairmont gang rape case on LE 100,000 bail.

Five residents of a Giza neighborhood have been forcibly disappeared after they were arrested during a Friday demonstration against expropriation and home demolitions in the area for which residents fear they won’t receive proper compensation.

Egypt’s Public Prosecution ordered, on Wednesday, for the release of two provisional detainees who were being held pending investigations into an infamous gang rape case known as the Fairmont incident. The released have been identified as Seif El-Din Ahmed and Nazly Mustafa.

The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced 35 defendants to prison sentences ranging from life to five years over charges of assembly and using violence against state servants to hinder demolition of illegal buildings on the Warraq Island.

Security forces used batons and water cannons to disperse a protest by refugees in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 6th of October City on Sunday, according to several eyewitnesses. Police arrested a number of protesters and confiscated phones from several others to prevent any pictures …