Top Headlines
- Trump welcomed Egypt’s Sisi amid questions on rights record
- Twin attacks kill at least 45 Christians in Egypt on Palm Sunday
- ISIS claims responsibility for Egypt’s Palm Sunday church bombings
- Coptic Christians rage at Tanta security chief over shortfalls
- Egypt’s Sisi declares state of emergency after church attack
- Egypt urges ending military conflict in Syria
- IMF to discuss with Egypt measures to bring down inflation
- IS-affiliate Province of Sinai claims responsibility for assassination of 4 soldiers in North Sinai
- Sudan imposes new visa requirement on Egypt national
Main Headlines
Monday
- Trump welcomes Egypt’s Sisi amid questions on rights record
- Trump says U.S. will forge a ‘great bond’ with Egypt
- Brotherhood to vote on reconciliation with Sisi’s regime
- Egypt’s foreign reserves rise to $28.5 billion in March
- Egypt and Jordan sign four gas supply deals
- Slain Giulio Regeni’s parents urge the Pope to raise case with Egypt
Tuesday
- Trump promises Sisi more backing, cooperation on counter-terrorism
- Egyptian MPs head to Russia for nuclear-power talks, tour of stations
- Egyptian cabinet approves new national insurance health bill
- State Council urges Sisi to block presidential appointment of judicial posts
Wednesday
- Egypt’s Sisi discusses intelligence cooperation with director of the US National Intelligence
- Egypt’s Sisi discusses Palestinian cause, counter-terrorism with a number of US congressmen and senators
- Egypt receives third batch of Rafale fighter jets from France
- Egypt strongly condemns ‘indiscriminate bombardment’ in Syria’s Idlib
- Kuwait signs new energy supply deal with Egypt
- TV host Ahmed Moussa receives suspended jail term for airing a private call of ElBaradei
Thursday
- IMF to discuss with Egypt measures to bring down inflation
- Egypt says polarization in UN over Idlib attack hurts Syrian people
- Italy accuses 10 of killing Regeni, removes 16 officials from lists of suspects
- Studies on newly discovered pyramid point to 13th Dynasty King Kamaw
Friday
- Egypt’s Sisi concludes visit to US, returns to Cairo returns to Cairo
- Egypt urges US, Russia to “contain conflict” following Syria airstrikes
- IS-affiliate Province of Sinai claims responsibility for assassination of 4 soldiers in North Sinai
- Prosecution opens investigations into widely criticized excavation of ancient statue unearthed in Matariya
- Egyptian professor investigated over belly dancing video
- Sudan imposes new visa requirement on Egyptian nationals
Saturday
- Egypt urges ending military conflict in Syria
- Egyptian police killed what is believed to be a member of the armed Islamist Hassm group
- Egypt cautiously revamps bloated subsidy system
- Egypt’s FM to head to Khartoum for talks on Egypt-Sudan relations
Sunday
- Twin attacks kill at least 45 Christians in Egypt on Palm Sunday
- ISIS claims responsibility for Egypt’s Palm Sunday church bombings
- Coptic Christians rage at Tanta security chief over shortfalls
- Egypt’s Sisi declares state of emergency after church attacks
- Pope Francis denounces deadly Egypt attack in Palm Sunday address
- UN Security Council says Egypt’s Palm Sunday bombings “heinous and cowardly”
- Condemnation dominate reactions to church attacks
- A funeral will be held for the victims of the Mar Girgis Church bombing in Tanta
Good Reports
- A timeline of recent attacks on Egypt’s Christians. AP
- Twin attacks kill at least 45 Christians in Egypt. The Economist
- Trump shifts course on Egypt, praising its authoritarian leader. Peter Baker and Declan Walsh
- Will new Journalists’ union chief give Egypt more control over press? Muhammed Magdy
- Egyptian women’s tales of sexual harassment anger conservatives. Heba Afify
- Jailed for using Grindr: homosexuality in Egypt. Mia Jankowicz
- Report reveals Egypt has world’s highest female circumcision rate. Mada Masr
Good read
- Why ISIS Declared War on Egypt’s Christians. Mokhtar Awad
- After Egypt attack, sectarianism and extremism go hand in hand. A. Hellyer
- What Egypt and America can do together. Egypt’s PM Sherif Ismail
- Egypt’s resilient and evolving social activism. Amr Hamzawy
From Twitter
On Church bombing
https://twitter.com/Mokhtar_Awad/status/851154472571211777
https://twitter.com/Mokhtar_Awad/status/851065783434260480
https://twitter.com/Mokhtar_Awad/status/851065505473495040
https://twitter.com/raveenaujmaya/status/851050444453498880
On Sisi’s visit to Washington
https://twitter.com/exumam/status/848849965128482817
https://twitter.com/btelawy/status/849165743296045056
Others:
Video
- Egyptian army troops deployment countrywide to help secure vital facilities
Plus
- ‘I’ll be back’ promises Ryan Giggs after short Egypt tour
- Egypt moves up again in the FIFA rankings.
Nervana 
Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News and commented:
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#Egypt ‘s Sisi gets a #Trump handshake in Oval Office, Germany’s Merkel & Iraq’s Abadi didn’t
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