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Sudan on Monday said that negotiations over Ethiopia’s massive and controversial dam construction on the Blue Nile have been postponed for a week.
Sudan says Nile dam talks delayed for ‘consultations’
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Egypt sends 150 troops to Syria to ‘fight for Assad’
Egypt has reportedly sent 150 soldiers to fight alongside Bashar al-Assad‘s regime in a planne…
20/07/2020
Egypt’s parliament approves sending troops abroad to protect ‘national security’
Egypt’s parliament has approved the deployment of troops outside the country to protect “…
23/03/2020
HRW: Egypt’s Security Forces Disappear, Torture Children
Egyptian police, National Security Agency, and military officials arbitrarily arrested, forcibly dis…
26/02/2020
Egypt: 8 executed in one day
Eight men were executed yesterday in Egypt in what is thought to be the first death sentences carrie…
26/02/2020
Mubarak dies at 91 but his legacy lives on: Corruption, impunity, brutality
When former President Hosni Mubarak was acquitted of corruption in January 2015, analysts had alread…
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Egypt’s National Elections Authority (NEA) is considering imposing a fine on any electors absent from casting their votes in the Senate elections, scheduled to start on August 9 and 10 abroad, and August 11 and 12 in Egypt.
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Egypt extends detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein
Egyptian authorities have extended the detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein by another 45 days. The extension on Sunday came more than 1,300 days after his arrest upon arrival in Egypt’s capital, Cairo.