The Egyptian authorities recently ordered the cancellation, without justification, of the videotaping of two programmes for an American satellite television channel, Al-Hura, just hours before their shooting, and in spite of the authorities' four-week-old agreement with the company to allow the videotaping. Both programmes were on the issue of democracy, and involved interviews with Egyptian ...

On 20 August 2008, ANHRI expressed its objection to, and firm condemnation of Al Ahram Press's refusal to print the second edition of "Al-Badeel" daily independent newspaper. The press's decision came on the heels of the newspaper's coverage of a fire in al-Shoura Council, which included comments by experts suggesting that "the fire was deliberately set".

On 23 August 2008, ANHRI and the Hisham Mubarak Law Center reported that the state security investigation agency had decided to keep in prison Mohamed Refaat, editor of the blog Matabbat, http://matabbat.blogspot.com . The authorities have turned a blind eye to a 17 August supreme state security prosecution order calling for the young blogger's release.

The Manager of the Black Stars and Zamalek's striker Junior Manuel Agogo, Mr. Ernest Okudzeto, has stated that the striker's first goal for the Egyptian side on Sunday was a foretaste of good things to happen for the striker .

PREMIERSHIP Kings DeMbare will try to keep in check Egyptian champions Al Ahly's stride to a record-breaking, sixth MTN CAF Champions League title, when the two sides collide in the third match of the mini-league phase, Group A, at the Cairo National Stadium tonight.

Following renewed fighting between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas, Egypt has stepped up calls for dialogue and reconciliation. But critics say Cairo's partiality to Fatah -- which is backed, like the Egyptian regime itself, by the U.S. -- prevents it from mediating fairly in the crisis.

Junior Agogo opened his goal account for Zamalek with the strike that helped the Cairo giants to a 2-1 win over El Masry.

African champions Egypt were handed an embarrassing 4-0 defeat by Sudan in a World Cup warm-up match on Wednesday.

Egyptian government has strongly supported the recent peace agreement between Somali government and the alliance for the reliberation of Somalia that signed in Djibouti.

Amnesty International has written to Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak this week urging him to end the use of lethal force against African migrants attempting to cross Egypt's the borders into Israel.

Flávio Amado, Angolan striker, scored again on the weekend in the African Clubs Champions League, during his team Al Ahly of Egypt's victory over Dynamos of Zimbabwe, by 2-1, in the third and last round of the first phase of this competition.

UGANDA's U-18 girls basketball team will compete at the Africa Junior Championship in Egypt later this year.

Enyimba have moved to the top of CAF Champions League Group B after a hard-fought 2-0 victory over TP Mazembe on Sunday.

The Committee to Protect Journalists is dismayed by the failure of the Egyptian authorities to shed light on the disappearance of a prominent journalist, five years ago today, in one of the most secure districts in Cairo.

One of the lawyers affiliated with the Egyptian National Democratic Party (NDP) who is a specialist in "Hesba" cases (which involve alleged insults to God, which are deemed harmful to Islamic society) against authors and artists has demanded the flogging of an Egyptian female movie director. He sent an official warning to the Sheikh of Azhar demanding the execution of his request, said ANHRI on 13 ...

HARARE giants Dynamos were last night forced to abort their scheduled trip to Cairo, Egypt, for an African Champions League Group A showdown against five-time champions Al-Ahly on Sunday.

The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reports that 129 Egyptian engineering personnel arrived today in the western Sudanese region to join the force that is trying to quell the deadly fighting and humanitarian suffering that has raged since 2003.

On 2 August 2008, the Al Khalifa Misdemeanors' Court sentenced Dr. Saad El Din Ibrahim in absentia to two years in prison.

Security service agents recently confiscated copies of the independent newspapers "Addustour" and "Al Badil" from stores, following the newspapers' publication of a story about an Egyptian businessman's connection to the murder of the well-known Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim in Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates.

AllAfrica's Aliou Goloko rounds up the African action at the Olympics in Beijing.