Top Headlines

• Louvre attacker refuses to speak to investigators
• Islamic authority rejects Egypt’s move to reform divorce
• Egypt court acquits 12 lawyers accused of ‘spreading false news’ on Red Sea island deal
• Cairo airport to allow barred travelers to board US bound flights after Trump ban blocked
• Egypt allows passage of goods through border crossing with Gaza
• South Sudan rebels accused Egypt of carrying out bombing raids against their position
• Egypt’s foreign reserves climb to $26.3 billion at the end of January
• Cameroon fights back to beat Egypt 2-1 in the African Cup of Nations final

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Sisi discusses bilateral relations with Ethiopian PM
• Egyptian parliament to investigate MP’s claim that cars were purchased in excess of budget
• Egypt’s army Chief of Staff met with the Chief of Greece’s Navy General Staff
• Egyptian PM forms committee to legalize status of churches that were constructed without licenses

Tuesday

• IMF delegation in Egypt ahead of review for second loan installment
• US Embassy in Cairo says Beecroft remains US ambassador to Egypt for now
• Egypt’s army chief of staff heads to UK for talks on military cooperation
• Egypt parliament responds to Sadat’s accusations, denies misuse of funds
• Gold miner Centamin to pay about $100 million to Egypt in 2017

Wednesday

• Egypt allows passage of goods through border crossing with Gaza
• Egypt’s central bank receives $4 billion from Eurobond sale
• Dozens arrested near Cairo’s Ahly Club on anniversary of Port Said Stadium disaster
• Egyptian MP Sadat vows to reveal “more parliamentary corruption”
• Egyptian State Council rejects draft law granting president power to appoint heads of judicial councils
• Egyptian court sentences two to death over post-Morsi violence in Giza

Thursday

• Egypt in talks to import 12 million barrels of Iraqi oil
• Egypt cabinet spokesman says forthcoming reshuffle is not yet finalized
• Cameroon down Ghana to set up African Nations Cup final showdown against Egypt
• Egyptian FM heads to UAE to discuss regional developments and bilateral ties
• Egypt keeper Hadary sets record for longest run without conceding a goal in African Nations Cup

Friday

• Russian inspectors arrive in Egypt for final decision on flight resumption
• ‪Egypt has returned once again: Saudi King Salman
• Egypt says attack on Saudi frigate threatens security in Red Sea

Saturday

• South Sudan rebels accuse Egypt of bombing raid, drawing an immediate denial from Cairo
• Egypt court acquits 12 lawyers accused of ‘spreading false news’ on Red Sea islands deal
• Cairo airport to allow barred travelers to board US bound flights after Trump ban was blocked
• Demyana Amir, a 14 year-old died, from wounds she sustained in December’s Cairo Cathedral bombing
• Egypt denounces terror attack near Paris Louvre Museum
• Cairo court annuls criminal proceedings against Mubarak era minister Rashid following reconciliation

Sunday

• Islamic authority rejects Egypt’s move to reform divorce
• Louvre attacker refuses to speak to investigators
• Father of alleged Louvre ‪ attacker insists son is innocent‪
• Egypt struggles as non-oil business activities shrink
• Egypt’s foreign reserves climb to $26.3 billion at the end of January
• Sudan’s Al-Bashir tells Al Arabiya TV: Sudan will go to UN if Egypt refuses talks over Hala’ib
• Egypt and UAE seek to bolster cooperation on regional challenges
• Cameroon fights back to beat Egypt 2-1 in the African Cup of Nations final

Good Reports

• How is Egypt’s economic crisis affecting ordinary person? Mada Masr
• A year after discovering Regeni’s body, Cairo stalls and Rome seeks a way out. Asmahan Soliman

Good Read

• The Egyptian roots of feminism. Khaled Diab
• After the terror: how Egypt’s Museum of Islamic Art is fighting back. Jayson Casper

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