Top Headlines

• An Egyptian military court sentences former chief auditor Geneina to 5 years in prison for ‘broadcasting false news’
• Egypt wants to speed up Ethiopia dam negotiations
• Heavy rains pummel Cairo and parts of Egypt
• Egyptian, Bahraini special forces conclude joint military exercise in Bahrain
• Egypt decries HRW report on bad conditions due to ‘siege’ its army imposed on North Sinai
• Death sentence upheld for six MB members over 2013 violence
• Egypt approves £400 fines for people who pester tourists

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Detained photojournalist Shawkan wins UNESCO Press Freedom Prize
• British tourist bookings to Egypt surge 89% in 2018: Thomas Cook
• Foreign investment in Egypt’s petroleum sector is about $10 billion in FY 2017/18
• Football fan group Ultras Ahlawy freezes activities in effort to mend ties with the government

Tuesday

• An Egyptian military court sentences former chief auditor Geneina to 5 years in prison for “broadcasting false news”
• HRW report on a humanitarian crisis in North Sinai is ‘baseless’: Egypt’s Army spokesman
• Egypt’s Sisi met on Tuesday with leading European energy officials to discuss transforming Egypt into an energy hub for the region
• Tourists to Egypt increased by 30% during the first quarter of 2018
• Careem says its security systems was hacked in Egypt

Wednesday

• Heavy rains pummel Cairo and parts of Egypt
• 30 terrorists and 3 officers were killed in a security raid in North Sinai
• Egypt’s Sisi says Sinai facesthreat of terrorism decades after liberation from Israeli occupation
• Egypt approves £400 fines for people who pester tourists

 Thursday 

• Most of floodwater is removed from streets of New Cairo
• In a post on Facebook, Egypt’s Sisiexpressed his understanding of the suffering of some Egyptians during recent floods
• Egypt-backed East Libya commander Haftar returned to Benghazi
• Egyptian, Bahraini special forces conclude joint military exercise in Bahrain
• UN says Egypt’s Alexandria among high-risk locations due to climate change
• Eni boosts production of Egypt’s Zohr gas field with the start up of a second unit

Friday

• Members of Parliament have launched an attack on the governmentover sewage crisis
• ‘Unusual’ animals may have escaped New Cairo nature preserve after heavy rains
• Egypt to open Rafah crossing with Gaza for three days
• French FM to visit Egypt on Sunday
• Liverpool’s Mo Salah falls out with Egyptian FA over image rights

Saturday

• Egyptsuspends number of New Cairo officials after heavy rain crippled new suburb
• Egypt’s top prosecutororders report into ‘failure to manage’ heavy rain in New Cairo
• State cohesion is the current challenge for Egyptians, says El-Sisi
• Death sentence upheld for six MB members over 2013 violence
• Egypt, Russia to sign industrial zone agreement
• Egypt to build high-speed railway to connect Mediterranean with the Red Sea
• Egypt’s foreign direct investment rises 15%

Sunday

• Egypt wants to speed up Ethiopia dam negotiations
• Egypt sets 2022 deadline for $16 billion Sinai development project
• Fire breaks outat building site of new Egyptian museum
• Egypt strengthens terror financing crackdown
• Egyptian football star Salahsays ‘the way of handling things is very insulting’ amid dispute with the Egyptian football association

Good Reports

• Why investors expect Egypt to keep roaring as the dust settles on its presidential election.Dawn Kissi
• An $80 Billion debt manager finds gems in Egypt and Ukraine. Lilian Karunungan

From Twitter

Interview:

• Immigration Minister Ebeid on the ‘Nostos” project to host Greeks and Cypriots who once lived in Egypt

Plus

• Egyptian expedition discovers marble head of Roman Emperor in Aswan

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt