(Members of the special forces police stand guard in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo, March 1, 2015- via Reuters)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• ‪ Egypt shuts its Embassy in Yemen over bad security
• Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah sentenced to five years in prison
• 1,000 Egyptians evacuated from strife-hit Libya via Tunisia
• 14,806 Egyptians return from Libya: Salloum Port official
• Court postpones Al Jazeera trial to march 8
• Egypt dissolves 169 Muslim Brotherhood NGOs
• Farmers protest calling on Al-Sisi to put local people over big profit

Tuesday

• Egypt’s Sisi signs law defining “terrorist entities”
• Egypt FM: A political deal in Libya won’t defeat ‘terrorism’
• Egyptian foreign ministry expresses “extreme discontent” at Amnesty report
• Dozens of detainees are expected to be released
• Al Jazeera airs alleged leaks of interior minister on dealing with protestors
• Egyptian rights groups slam Shura Council case’s verdict
• Egyptian court acquits Mubarak-era ministers of corruption charges
• Sufi orders to field followers in parliamentary elections
• ‪TV host faces defamation trial over police raid on Cairo bathhouse

Wednesday

• Supreme Constitutional Court postpones verdict on election laws constitutionality
• Egypt’s Sinai militant Habara receives second death sentence
• Court sets May 16 for verdict in Morsi’s jail break trial
• I did not create Mubarak’s regime: Mubarak-era tycoon politician
• Egypt set to resume football activities after 40 days of mourning for Zamalek fans
• Egypt and Russia sign new customs regulatory protocol
• Egypt buys 290,000 tones of American wheat

Thursday

• Armed assailants kidnap the head of local water company in North Sinai
• 1 killed, 9 injured in series of blasts at mobile shops, 2 police stations in Giza
• Sisi to meet Jordanian king for Middle East talks
• Russia’s Foreign Minister reaffirms his country’s presence in Egypt’s investment summit
• Two Egyptian policemen held after lawyer’s death in custody
• More Egyptians return to Egypt from Libya
• 3 arrested over a grisly killing of dog was captured on video
• Egypt’s central bank keeps interest rates unchanged in an attempt to control inflation

 Friday

• ‪#Gaza‪ tunnel collapses,killing senior Egyptian officer
• Egyptian court dismisses the appeal of steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz against election ban
• Egyptian prosecution imposes gag order on alleged police torture death
• Amal Clooney slams Canada over Al-Jazeera journalist case
• Egypt’s Sawiris offers to acquire 53% of Euronews media
• ‪#Egypt‪ could raise up to $2 bln in Euro bond
   

Saturday 

• Egypt court lists Hamas as a terrorist organization
• Egyptian court ‘s verdict ruling on Hamas as terrorist group is a shameful taunt: Spokesman
• Al-Sisi: Synchronisation with Erdogan’s visit to Saudi is a coincidence
• Court confirmed the death penalty for four leading Muslim Brotherhood members, and sentenced the group’s leader, Mohamed Badie to life in prison
• Sisi says media attacks on Qatar is a reflection of public opinion
• Egyptian court sentences 168 to two years in jail for the 2012’s US embassy violence
• 18,000 Egyptians have returned home from Libya in the past two weeks
• US Senator John McCain calls out Egypt’s human rights

 Sunday

• King Salman holds talks with Egypt’s Sisi in Riyadh
• Egypt parliamentary poll looks set for delay after court ruling
• ‪‪Sisi urges cabinet to amend unconstitutional parliamentary law within a month
• ‪Political parties blame government for immanent delay in parliamentary elections
• Lawyers rally over death of colleague in Matarya police station
• Egyptian army spokesperson says 173 militants killed in February
• 2 dead, 5 injured by homemade bomb outside police statio in Aswan
• Germany lifts warning against traveling by road to South Sinai
• Deal between UAE-based ‪Arabtec and Egypt’s military to build one million houses is suspended

 Good reports

• Four years after Egypt uprising, patronage politics dominate again. Mahmoud Mourad and Maggie Fick
• Sinai: States of fear Lina Attalah and Heba Afify
• Hear from Egypt’s jailed young revolutionaries behind bars. Laura Dean
• Egyptians are mocking the Islamic State on Twitter. Laura Dean
• Policing football in times of exception. Karim Medhat Ennarah

Good Read

• Allah versus KFC. Mokhtar Awad and Samuel Tadros
• Election laws on their way out? Passant Rabie
• A deafening silence: The price Egypt could pay for the international neglect in Libya? Ahmed Eleiba
• Egypt’s War on ISIS: A Brief history. Joel Gulhane
• For Egypt not to fall in the ISIS trap

Video

• Sisi’s full 22 Feb 2015 speech
• Mohammed Fahmy’s interview with Sky News

Plus:

• A timeline of Egypt’s gas deals Isabel Esterman