National laws to protect women in Sudan, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon remain inadequate despite efforts made to change legislation, a new report by Plan International says.

Masked assailants fired gunshots at a member of Egypt’s parliament, who is running in the ongoing parliamentary elections in the province of Fayoum, injuring him and his nephew.

Egypt’s law is going through a process of complete overhaul, the legal advisor to the Central Bank of Egypt Tamer al-Dakkak said, beginning with the Cybercrime law which was followed the Protection of Personal Data law, the Electronic Payments law and the Central Bank law.

How much do Egyptians know about their rights and laws? Not much, new legaltech startup Hekouky says.

Abdel Rahim Ali and Mortada Mansour have served as two of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s most devoted advocates in the Egyptian parliament – no mean feat in a body packed with his supporters.

Head of the National Elections Authority (NEA) Lasheen Ibrahim announced, on Monday, that the second phase of the House of Representatives elections has witnessed 29.5% voter turnout.

The Egyptian parliament’s Legislative Committee approved Nov. 1 a draft law submitted by the government, approving the dismissal of civil servants who support terrorist groups, mainly the Muslim Brotherhood, from all state agencies and institutions, without taking disciplinary measures.

President of Zamalek Club and candidate in Egypt’s parliamentary elections Mortada Mansour filed on Tuesday an appeal against the results of the first round of elections wherein he failed to secure enough votes to proceed to the next round.

Election violations have continued in the second round of elections for the House of Representatives as voters turn out in 13 governatores and the pro-state Nation’s Future Party moves to secure its ruling majority.

Egyptians began voting on Saturday in the second phase of a parliamentary election in which supporters of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are expected to win.