June 18

• Egypt: Prisons Will Not Be Stormed On June 30 - Interior Minister

  Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has said that the Republican Guard are responsible for securing the presidential palace, not the police whose duty is to protect... Read more »

• Egypt: Nation and Ethiopia Resume Discussions On Nile Crisis

  Egypt and Ethiopia have both agreed on the significance of resuming discussions, joined by Sudan, over a dam that Ethiopia plans to build on the Nile River. Read more »

• Egypt: President Mursi Meets With Wasat Party Leaders to Discuss Initiative

  President Mohamed Mursi met on Monday with leading figures of the Wasat Party at the presidential palace to discuss the details of a national initiative presented by the party days... Read more »

• Egypt: ElBaradei Says Youths Were, Are Nation's Dream

  Egypt's youths were and still are its hope and dream, Mohamed ElBaradei said. Read more »

• Egypt: Demonstrators Protest Against New Luxor Governor

  Demonstrators in Luxor staged a protest on Monday at the city council to protest the appointment of Asaad al-Khayyat as the city's new governor. Read more »

• Egypt: Shura Council Agrees On Amendments to NGO Law

  Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of parliament) agreed in principle on Monday on amendments to the civil society law, the state news agency MENA reported. Read more »

• Egypt: Mubarak-Era Official Investigated Over Illicit Gains

  Former Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament Ahmed Fathy Sorour was discharged after questioning over graft charges on Monday. Read more »

• Egypt: Sexual Harasser Sentenced to Life for Killing Victim

  An Egyptian man who murdered a girl last year for spitting at him after he sexually harassed her was sentenced to life in prison on Sunday. Read more »

June 17

• Egypt: Brotherhood and Opposition Clashes Leave 38 Injured in Fayoum

  Clashes erupted on Sunday night between supporters of Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents in Fayoum, injuring 38 people. Read more »

• Egypt: Egypt's New Governors to Take Oath of Office

  Seventeen new governors will take the oath of office before Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Monday in the presidential palace. Read more »

• Egypt: World Bank Provides $1.25 Million to Support Job Creation in Upper Egypt

  The World Bank group and its partners are investing more than $1.25 million in the Egypt Development Marketplace program that addresses job creation, poverty alleviation and rural... Read more »

• Egypt: Centre Founds Museum to Document Women's Role Since 2011 Uprising

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• Egypt: NGO Launches Campaign to Monitor June 30 Events

  The Egyptian Association for Community Participation Enhancement announced on Sunday that it has launched a campaign to monitor the demonstrations scheduled for the end of this... Read more »

• Egypt: Egyptian Preacher Gets 11 Years in Prison for Bible-Tearing

  A Cairo court has sentenced Islamist preacher Ahmed Abdullah, known as "Abu Islam", to 11 years in prison on charges of tearing up a Bible, defaming religion and disturbing peace... Read more »

• Egypt: Shura Council Approves Amendments to Political Rights Law

  Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of parliament) approved on Sunday the amendments suggested by the High Constitutional Court to the law on exercising political rights and will... Read more »

• Egypt: Mursi Replaces Governors

  The Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi issued a presidential decree appointing 17 new governors on Sunday, reported the state-owned news agency. Read more »

June 16

• Egypt: Sudan Envoy in Cairo Calls for Cooperation Over Dam Crisis

  Sudanese Ambassador to Cairo Kamal Hassan Aly said on Saturday that the spirit of cooperation between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia may lead to an end to the crisis over a dam that... Read more »

• Egypt: Mursi Support Slides - Report

  A recent poll conducted by the Arab American Institute showed that only 28 percent of participants in the poll support President Mohamed Mursi, his cabinet and the Muslim... Read more »

• Egypt: Plane Forced to Land in Scotland - Paper

  An Egyptian plane has been forced to land at a Scottish airport after a passenger found a note in the plane toilet, on which was written: "I'll set this plane on fire", reported a... Read more »

• Egypt: Mursi Severs Diplomatic Ties With Syria

  President Mohamed Mursi announced on Saturday during a conference to support the Syrian uprising that Egypt has decided to cut diplomatic ties with Syria and to close down its... Read more »

June 15

• Egypt: Intelligence Agency Arrests Alleged Israeli Spy

  Egypt's General Intelligence Service arrested on Saturday an Egyptian on charges of spying for Israel's Mossad. Read more »

• Egypt: Court Slams Activist With 1-Year Prison Sentence

  An Alexandria appeals court on Saturday sentenced political activist Hassan Mostafa to one year in prison for assaulting a member of the judiciary and inciting violence. Read more »

• Egypt: Foreign Minister to Visit Ethiopia Next Week - Sources

  Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr is expected to visit Ethiopia next week, diplomatic sources have said. Read more »

• Egypt: Mass Resignations From Salafi Watan Party to Protest Internal Division

  One hundred and thirty members have tendered their resignations from the Salafi al-Watan Party to the party's head, Emad Abdel Ghafour. Read more »

• Egypt: Ethiopian PM Calls for Cooperation With Egypt

  Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn called for prioritizing cooperation with Egypt in order to achieve the best interest of both countries. Read more »