Two people were killed and several others injured Tuesday in a train accident north of Cairo, Egypt’s health ministry said after the country’s latest rail tragedy.
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‘Never forget’: The turbulent world of Egypt’s Ultras Ahlawy
On 1 February 2012, rival Egyptian football teams Al Masry and Al Ahly played each other in Port Said on what would become the darkest day in Egypt’s footballing history.
Explosion kills three children in Egypt’s North Sinai
Three children were killed Sunday evening in an explosion in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, tribal sources told The New Arab’s sister site.
Despair, fear, repression: Sisi is driving Egypt toward disaster
In 2019, I wrote that, given its current course, Egypt would soon be facing bankruptcy and a failure of the state’s ability to provide basic services for its citizens.
Daesh claims responsibility for Egypt police checkpoint attack
Daesh, have claimed responsibility for an attack on a police checkpoint in Ismailia Governorate, eastern Egypt that killed four people and injured 12 others, Anadolu news agency reported.
Egypt: Militants attack police in Suez Canal city, 4 killed
Suspected Islamic militants attacked a police checkpoint on Friday in Egypt’s Suez Canal city of Ismailia, killing at least four people, including three police officers, officials and state-run media said.
5 wounded as Egypt opens fire at civilian vehicle
Egyptian security forces yesterday opened fire at a civilian vehicle and wounded five people in the governorate of north Sinai, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported.
Egypt’s government headquarters to be transferred to administrative capital in January
Work is continuing in full swing to transfer the government in the Administrative Capital in January, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New Administrative Capital Company Khaled Abbas announced.
Sinai residents fear plans to expel them from restive region
Residents of Egypt’s restive North Sinai region have gathered to protest feared plans by the army to expel them from their homes as a military offensive against an Islamic State group (IS) offshoot continues.
Egypt: Sexually Abused Refugees Find No Justice
The Egyptian authorities have failed to protect vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers from pervasive sexual violence, including by failing to investigate rape and sexual assault, Human Rights Watch said today.