Top Headlines
- Egypt’s elections find last-minute challenger to Sisi
- A coalition of eight Egyptian opposition parties called for a boycott of Egypt’s presidential election
- Egypt’s leader issues tough warning after election criticism
- The US Department of State designates Egypt-based Hasm and Liwa Al-Thawra as terrorist groups
- Military spokesperson denies reports that Israel carries out airstrikes in Egypt
- Egypt unveils 4,400-year-old tomb of ancient priestess
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egypt’s elections find last-minute challenger to Sisi
- Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan leaders met over Nile dam impasse
- Red Sea farm established to produce low-cost organic stock
- Morsi’s son prison sentence is reduced from 3 years to 1 month
Tuesday
- A coalition of eight Egyptian opposition parties and some 150 pro-democracy public figures called for a boycott of Egypt’s presidential elections
- Upcoming election will be “Egypt’s fairest”: Sisi campaign
- Court releases 3 defendants over charges of assaulting Hesham Genena
- Negotiations between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over GERD prove fruitful
- IMF official expects Egypt growth rate around 5% in 2018
Wednesday
- Egypt’s Sisi inaugurates Zohr gas field
- Egypt’s leader issues tough warning after election criticism
- Sisi says he is ready to call on Egyptians to take to streets as a mandate to ‘face evil’ if necessary
- Sisi renews vow to bring Regeni’s killers to justice
Thursday
- The US Department of State designates Egypt-based Hasm and Liwa Al-Thawra as terrorist groups
- Egypt welcomes US decision to place Hasm and Lewaa Al-Thawra on terror list
- Egypt’s cassation court refuses appeal
- in 2011 NGO foreign funding caseEgypt, Sudan, Ethiopia agree to establish railways, roads linking the three countries
Friday
- Egyptian opponents slams President Sisi’s warning to opponents
- Egypt-Ethiopia relation is like marriage with no divorce: Egypt’s ambassador to Ethiopia
- Egypt’s NEA extends registration deadline for 2018 election observers till February 15
Saturday
- Egypt unveils 4,400-year-old tomb of ancient priestess
- Russian delegation visits Hurghada to review preparations for return of tourists
- Egypt police arrest six leading Brotherhood members for plotting to disrupt the presidential elections
- Power struggle inside Egyptian intelligence agency favours Al-Sisi
- Egypt army destroys 12 terrorist hideouts in Sinai
- Egypt’s armed forces thwart 20 attempts to smuggle goods, drugs over past week: Spokesman
- Egypt offers Saudi group chance to invest in New Administrative Capital
Sunday
- Military spokesperson denies reports that Israel carries out airstrikes in Egypt: Sputnik
- ‘I will put those calling for election boycott on trial for ‘high treason’ if I win,’ says Egyptian presidential candidate Moussa Mostafa Moussa
- Google-affiliated Accelerated Mobile Pages Project is blocked in Egypt
- Egypt’s Sisi heads to Oman on Sunday in first official visit
- Egypt’s gas production to exceed 6 bcf before end of 2018
- Egypt net foreign reserves rise to $38.2 billion at end of January 2018
Good Reports
- Who is the relatively unknown presidential contender Moussa Mustafa Moussa? Farah Tawfeek
- S. shows beginning of a response to Muslim Brotherhood. Eli Lake
- Capital punishment in Egypt: Condemnation and calls for discussion following spate of executions. Mada Masr
- Critics bash Egyptian ‘propaganda’ film about Sisi . Albaraa Abdullah
Good Read
- The rise and fall of Egyptian Arabic. The Economist
From Twitter
Plus
- Archaeologists in Egypt begin radar scans for secret chamber in Tutankhamun’s tomb
- The whole story behind newly discovered Egyptian dinosaur Mansourasaurus
- $ 3.3 billion Disneyland-style theme park to open doors in Egypt
- Egyptian strawberries exports: The fight to return to international markets
Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
Nervana 
Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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