Much of the focus on the Egyptian constitutional amendments ratified on April 20-22 has been on those allowing President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to stay in power for an additional eight years and gain full control over the judicial branch. However, little attention has been paid to the amendments affecting the …

The 2011 Arab Spring had seen the end of President Hosni Mubarak‘s 30-year rule and within 18 months, Mohamed Morsi had become Egypt‘s first democratically-elected president. But after one year in office, almost weekly street protests and riots appeared to reach a climax with calls for Morsi to resign and even for …

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi vowed to hold those responsible for the deadly Cairo Railway Station accident, which killed 22 people and injured 40 others, adding that the armed forces as well as other state institutions will cooperate in order to develop the railway system in Egypt.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi issued a decree yesterday prohibiting senior state officials from travelling abroad without obtaining his permission.

Egypt’s and Jordan’s military forces will start joint military exercise Aqaba 4 on 21 December, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Defence.

Egypt will convene a committee next month tasked with responding to, and trying to counter, claims of human rights abuses against the often-accused country.

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with Sudan’s Minister of Defence Awad Bin Owf on Tuesday, to discuss bilateral relations, according to a statement from the presidency spokesperson, Bassam Rady.

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with the Director of US National Intelligence, Dan Coats, on Tuesday in Cairo in the presence of the Chief of Egyptian General Intelligence Service, the presidency said.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated Monday the first arms fair organised in Cairo, where hundreds of companies are exhibiting, state TV footage showed.

Egypt’s defense minister concluded a meeting on security cooperation with his Sudanese counterpart in Khartoum on Sunday, with sources close to the talks saying that Libya was slated to be the primary focus of the meeting.