Top Headlines

• Egyptian prosecutors ordered the detention of journalists Amr Badr and Mahmoud El-Sakka. Monday
• Egyptian papers begin publishing interior minister’s photo in negative. Wednesday
• Espionage case of former President Mohamed Morsi has been adjourned. Saturday
• Egyptian policemen killed in an ambush South of Cairo, several groups including ISIS claimed responsibility. Sunday

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egyptian prosecutors ordered the detention of journalists Amr Badr and Mahmoud El-Sakka for 15 days pending further investigation
• Journalists brace for escalating protests following syndicate raid
• Journalists Syndicate head calls for Interior Minister’s immediate dismissal
• The Saudi cabinet approved a Saudi-Egyptian maritime border demarcation agreement
• A court case and parliament vote to challenge islands’ transfer to Saudi Arabia
• Egypt’s top prosecutor demands investigation into killing of Egyptians in Libya

Tuesday

• ‘Western perspective’ on human rights not applicable in Egypt, Sisi tells US delegation
• US State Department, EU release statements regarding the security raid on Journalists syndicate
• Egypt regime ‘at war’ with the press: media union
• Journalists Syndicate denies Interior Ministry warning prior to HQ storming
• Egypt’s stocks plunge amid currency woes, global decline in markets
• 28% of Egyptians believe corruption increased in 2015: Transparency International

Wednesday

• Under siege, Egyptian journalists escalate action against police “assault”
• Egyptian papers begin publishing interior minister’s photo in negative
• Cairo court sentences activist Sanaa Seif to 6 months for “insulting judiciary”
• President Sisi extends state of emergency in North Sinai for 3 months
• Egypt court acquits former Mubarak-era PM Ahmed Nazif
• Senior Egyptian official blames ‘Tom and Jerry’ video games for violence across the Middle East

Thursday

• Sisi’s speech at wheat harvest celebration: I do not get scared
• News outlets adopt Journalists Syndicate decisions following security raid on headquarters
• Hamas says Egypt has restored calm after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
• Al-Ahram slammed for “insulting” coverage of press syndicate meeting
• Egypt hopes to receive $2 bln deposit from UAE before the end of May
• FM Shoukry discusses Syria ceasefire efforts with Russia’s Lavrov
• Egypt’s budget deficit rises to 7.9pct in Jul-Feb: Finance ministry
• Military court sentences 144 Morsi’s supporters to prison on 2013’s violence charge

Friday

• Egypt’s press syndicate calls on papers to run black front pages on Saturday
• Egyptian security forces arrested activists Malek Adly, Zizo Abdo in Cairo
• Rights lawyer Malek Adly and activist Zizo Abdo exhibit signs of abuse after arrest
• Russian delegation discusses military cooperation with Egypt
• Rights groups condemn the continued pre-trial detention of Belady founders

Saturday

• Egyptian court recommends death penalty for journalists, Morsi’s verdict is postponed
• Egyptian court rejects activist Douma’s request to suspend life sentence
• Egypt’s El-Sisi shifts his support to the UN-backed GNA
• Egypt ‘s parliament to discuss crisis between Journalists Syndicate and Interior Ministry
• ‪Egypt gives Italy phone records of street vendors’ union chief:
• Suez Canal revenue has risen, despite reports to the contrary: Sisi
• Funerals for two policemen killed while evacuating a burning building in Suez

Sunday

• Egyptian policemen killed in an ambush South of Cairo
• Several militant groups claim responsibility for death of 8 policemen                                                                                                                                    in Helwan
• Giulio Regeni murder investigators from Italy and Egypt meet in Cairo
• Activist Malek Adly is remanded for 15 days, faces subversion, protest charges
• President Sisi and government maintain silence on journalists’ stand-off with Interior Minister
• Journalists Syndicate postpones Tuesday general meeting for a week
• Archeologists clash in Egypt over King Tut tomb theory
• Egypt’s Islamist Authority blasts ISIS organ harvesting
• Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood unveils plan to heal rifts plaguing the group
• Egypt detains satirist over video mocking the government

 Good reports

• Egypt’s Interior Ministry, in error, releases memos on restricting news media. Declan Walsh and Nour Youssef
• Israel, Hamas and Egypt form unlikely alliance against Islamic State affiliate Sudarsan Raghavan and William Booth (From April 30)
• Who is Egypt’s ‘enemy’ today? How Egyptians see relations with Israel. Aswat Masriya
• Is Egypt-Sudan border dispute new thorn in Renaissance Dam negotiation? Walaa Hussein

Good Read

• S. doubles down on Egypt’s dictator. Josh Rogin and Eli Lake
• Egypt: Three lessons of April 25. Ziad Bahaa Eldin
• Egypt: A faltering revolution. H.A.Hellyer

From Twitter

Photo Gallery:

• Hundreds of Egyptian journalists demand justice and respect
• Sisi inaugurates harvest in 1st phase of 1.5mln feddan project in El-Wadi El-Gadid

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt