Top Headlines

• Egypt’s justice minister is sacked. Sunday
• Senior Hamas officials travel to Cairo to mend ties with Egypt. Saturday
• Cairo defends abstention from UN resolution on peacekeeping’s sex abuse
• EU Parliament passes resolution to suspend military cooperation with Egypt. Thursday
• Thomas Cook extends Sharm El Sheikh holiday cancellations to October. Tuesday

Main Headlines

Monday

• Two policemen killed in North Sinai in an IED explosion
• Eight more detained over 2015 assassination of Egypt’s top prosecutor
• Prominent reformist judge Zakaria Abdel-Aziz is forced into retirement
• Coptic church proposes law to allow divorce in cases of desertion
• Sisi unveils LE10bn development plan for Sinai

Tuesday

• Central Bank ends foreign currency caps on individuals
• Thomas Cook extends Sharm El Sheikh holiday cancellations to October
• ‪Sisi‪ says Egypt won’t intervene militarily in Libya
• Egypt’s parliament suspends member over shoe- assault incident
• Egyptian taxi drivers start open ended sit in to demand Uber, Careem shut down
• Amr Moussa, public figures to launch institution to protect constitution
• Egypt’s mobile operator Mobinil officially rebrands as Orange

Wednesday

• Egypt is preparing to start loan talks with the IMF, amid a dollar shortage
• One-time Sisi supporter Abul-Ghar criticizes him, laments state of affairs in Egypt
• Lawyer representing cases of forced disappearances is reported missing
• Egypt’s Central Bank lifts US-dollar caps for corporations
• Criminal court sentences 11 to death over kidnap and rape charges
• Egypt’s cabinet forms committee to investigate the legal state of Uber and Kareem
• PM forms Cabinet committee to resolve taxi-Uber conflict

Thursday

• EU Parliament passes resolution to suspend military cooperation with Egypt following Regeni’s murder
• Local groups implore UN to pay attention to human rights abuse in Egypt
• Egypt diplomat Abul Gheit is named new Arab League chief
• Egypt denies seeking IMF loan
• President Sisi met Saudi King after attending the finale of the ‘Thunder of the North’ military exercise
• Explosion in Cairo injures three people
• Egypt drafts bill to ban burqa and Islamic veils in public places
• Egyptian government: Uber and Careem will stay in Egypt
• Egypt lowers gas prices to steel manufacturers by 36 percent
• Annual inflation hits 6-month low in February

Friday

• Egypt plans measures to attract foreigners to debit market
• Egyptian parliament rejects EU parliament’s “interference” in domestic affairs
• State TV anchor is suspended for anti-Sisi comments, again
• Egyptian leftist Sabbahi eyes united opposition to challenge Sisi
• Iran’s charge d’affaires in Cairo: Our disputes with Egypt can be solved easily
• Saudi delegation withdraw from Arab League meeting in Egypt over Iraqi FM’s Hezbollah comment
• Egypt customs deface Bryan Adams’ guitar
• Crisis over killing of Mexican tourists is in the final phase: Egyptian ambassador
• Pressed for papers, ‪Egyptian migrant jumps from German train to death

Saturday

• Senior Hamas officials travel to Cairo to mend ties with Egypt
• Cairo defends abstention from UN resolution on peacekeeping’s sex abuse
• Egypt prepares to show Giulio Regeni’s murder investigation file to the Italian side
• Arab League labels Hezbollah as a terrorist organization
• Egypt to allocate US $32 million to airport security amid tourism crisis
• EU discussion on Italian student’s death was ‘normal’: EU ambassador
• TV guest is jailed for 3 years for comments on Egyptian women’s infidelity

Sunday

• Egypt’s justice minister is sacked after comments criticized as blasphemous
• Before Zend’s sacking was announced, the Judges Club said that it stands by him
• Justice Minister announces deal with fugitive business tycoon the day before tendering his resignation
• Egypt’s prosecution bans expelled MP Okasha from travel
• New legislative amendments stiffen penalties on Egyptian police for rights violations
• Egypt’s public banks to issue Euro certificates for citizens abroad

Good Reports

• Troubled Egypt dreams of the old monarchy
• Where’s my Mercedes? Egypt’s financial crisis hits the rich. Declan Walsh
• As hard times hit, Egyptians at last find fault with Sisi. Ahmed Aboulenein
• Will Egypt solve its police brutality problem? Rami Galal
• Egypt is drafting a bill to ban the burka. Siobhan Fenton
• Travel restrictions surge under Sisi. Viola Fahmy
• Why did Egypt’s PM ask the justice minister to resign? Mada Masr

Good Read

• Egypt is running on empty. Joshua Stacher
• Sisi wags his finger. Steven Cook
• Egypt’s Ultras: The movements and the state. Ziad Akl
• Sisi’s foaming The Economist
• Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam: What options are left with Egypt? Omar Halawa
• What’s behind Sabahi’s “real alternative” initiative? Ahram online

From Twitter

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Plus

• “Cruelty and insult”: A photojournalist’s letter from an Egyptian jail
• A-Z of progress and setbacks for Egyptian women this year
• ‘The last song’: Cairokee music video denounces Egypt’s culture of fear

Photo Gallery

• Taxi drivers hold sit-in against Uber and Careeem