A passenger plane with 212 people on board has gone missing. Egyptian air traffic control lost contact with a civilian airliner shortly after it took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to head to Russia, aviation sources said this morning. The sources said the passenger plane was mainly carrying Russian tourists and … Continue reading
Explosive experts in Egypt Sunday defused a bomb that had been planted outside the Embassy of Ghana located on the 26th of July Corridor Street in the district of Mohandessin, west of Cairo. According to the Egypt Independent, the explosive experts, notably called the bomb squad, were notified by civilians in the area. Sources say the … Continue reading
South Africa has the highest number of dollar millionaires in Africa, according to a new report. According to a report by AfrAsia Bank and New World Wealth, Johannesburg alone, known as the “city of gold”, is home to 23,400 millionaires. South Africa has 30% of the total. Egypt’s Cairo comes second with 10,200, with Nigeria’s … Continue reading
Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has been sentenced to death over his part in a mass prison break that took place during the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. Judge Shaaban el-Shami on Saturday referred the death sentence on Morsi and others to the nation’s top Muslim theologian, for his non-binding opinion. He set June … Continue reading
Three people have died in the past week after contracting the H5N1 avian influenza virus in Egypt, the country’s health ministry has said. Egypt has now confirmed 11 cases of the virus in people this year, including the six who have died. The most recent victims were a 40-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman from … Continue reading
Egypt has declared a three-month state of emergency in parts of the Sinai Peninsula after at least 31 soldiers were killed in two attacks there. President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has declared three days of mourning in the wake of the suspected jihadist attacks. Egypt’s Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip was also closed, state TV … Continue reading
An Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters to death on Monday, intensifying a crackdown on the movement that could trigger protests and political violence ahead of an election next month. The Brotherhood, in a statement issued in London, described the ruling as chilling and said it would “continue … Continue reading
Five policemen have been killed in Egypt in an armed attack on a checkpoint south of Cairo, the interior ministry has said. Two others were injured, one seriously, in the attack in Beni Suef province, some 100km (62 miles) from the capital. Two men riding motorcycles “opened fire heavily” on forces at the checkpoint, the … Continue reading
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