Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt’s el-Sissi makes rare plea to youth rare plea to the country’s youth
• El-Sisi’s campaign has spent LE12 million on advertising
• Sisi sees Egypt’s situation will improve in two years
• Egypt’s Sisi says he will step down as president if people rise against him
• Egypt seizes more Brotherhood funds
• Egypt’s Interior minister claims over 700 terrorists have been arrested since April
• Qaradawi says Egypt’s Sisi has added to country’s ‘catastrophe’
• BP aims to invest $1.5 billion in Egypt in 2014: MENA
• Travel ban is lifted for Egypt’s representative in International science fair

Tuesday

• El-Sisi: As long as the army is good, Egypt is good
• Interior Minister: Morsi’s pardons of Islamists to be reviewed
• Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy discusses security issues in London
• Detained activistDouma is transferred to hospital, while Al-Jazeera Shamy to undisclosed location
• Government is considering raising energy prices for steel factories
• Egypt reaches deal with Norway’s Hoegh on LNG import terminal
• Tourist visits to Egypt drop 32% in March

Wednesday

• Egypt seizes bomb-making material near the Suez Canal
• Protesters torch Rabea monument
• “West risks losing Egyptian people”, FM Fahmy tells BBC –
• Foreign ministry meets German delegationto discuss EU monetary aid, transition –
• 6 April Youth Movement and Misr Al-Qawia announce boycott of the presidential election
• Amnesty International warns of enforced disappearance of hunger striking journalist
• Ethiopia ignores‘repeated’ calls for dam negotiations: Egypt FM
• Egyptian pound hits new low as central bank sells forex for food imports

Thursday

• PEC: Unprecedented turnout during first day of expat voting –
• Egyptian expatsbegin voting as Islamists call for boycott
• Egypt’s Sisi asks for U.S. help in fighting in fighting terrorism
• TV debatebetween Sabbahi & Sisi campaigns canceled when Sisi’s representatives fail to show up
• El-Sisi campaign plane takes off from Cairo Airport
• Hunger-striking Al-Jazeera journalist warns authorities to blame if health fails
• Pro-Morsi coalition urges Egyptian expats to snub presidential vote
• One killed, 20 stores smashed in Cairo clashes
• Israeli jailed in Egypt sends letter to PM urging action for his release
• UK is concerned about “closure of political space” in Egypt
• Unemployment rateup 0.2% year on year –

 Friday

• Peter Greste’s lawyers quit in court, accusing al-Jazeera of ‘vendetta’
• Hagel: ‪The Egyptian government has done enough to keep US aid
• Egyptian government negotiates US$9 bn in Arab aid for next fiscal year
• Police clash with pro-Morsi students at two Cairo universities
• Egypt allocates $19 million for women, children’s health insurance
• Pool death girl’s family wait for inquiry answers
• Egypt Air’s departing flights switch to daylight saving time

Saturday

• EU will not monitor Egypt’s voteafter equipment blocked
• Carter is warningthat Egypt’s transition to democracy is faltering ahead of presidential elections
• Egypt prosecutor criticizes court over mass death sentences
• ‪Sisi‘s campaign begins distributing 300,000 energy saving lamps
• Pro-Brotherhood Azhar students clash with security in ‪Cairo
• Technical committee recommends radical changes to Egypt’s parliamentary election law
• Egypt to complain to UNESCO about Sphinx replica in China
• 18 Egyptian trucks seized in Libya

Sunday

• Voting abroad is extended for 24 hours
• Revolutionary groups launch anti-Sisi campaign
• Candidates and parties continue campaigning ahead of presidential poll –
• Sabahi: I do not trust El-Sisi in ending corruption
• Explosion at El-Sisi rally, at least 4 injured
• Egyptian court sentenced gives 126 Morsi supporters to 10 years in prison
• Brotherhood “never committed violent acts”: Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide Badie ‪
• Egyptian drivers in Libya are free to go

 Good report

• A visual guide to Egypt’s economic woes. The Middle East Institute
• Egypt: Deadly risks, but female genital mutilation persists Orla Guerin
• A civil Coptic movementstruggles in a polarized Egypt. Leyla Doss
• Concern for health of 2 political prisoners in Egypt. Robert Mackey
• Egypt: Free Illegally Jailed Journalist HRW
• Egypt’s next first lady?Ashraf Abd el-Hameed
• New President will likely boost ties with Russia. Stratfor
• Egyptian expats vote with eased regulations. Joel Gulhane

Interview

•  Sisi’s interview on Sky News Arabia
• Prime Minister speaks about Ethiopian dam, Morsi’s pardons in TV interview in a TV interview
• Egypt to cut energy subsidies to spur growth: Interview with the Finance Minister

Good Read

• Why Egypt’s opposition would be unwise to boycott the election. Mehrunisa Qayyum
• Economic challenges facing Egypt’s next president, by Mohammed Samhouri
• Sisi’s camouflage campaign. Mahmoud Salem
• Dirty dancingin Egypt. Alaa Aswany
• Hamas tones downBrotherhood links to improve Egypt ties
• Why should fair trialsfor MB suspects be important to Egyptian Christians? Ishak Ibrahim

Graph

• Baseera: What are the most important things ‪Egyptians want from the next president?

 Plus:

• A voter’s guide to Egypt’s 2014 presidential elections: Sabahi, El-Sisi or boycott?
• Ahram Online’s guide to Egypt’s 2014 Presidential Polls
• Hamdeen Sabahi has released his full electoral programme

Also

• Egypt celebrates 50th anniversary of building of the Aswan Dam. Ahram Online
• Reopening of Alexandria museum Nevine El-Aref

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayersfor Egypt