Top Headlines
- Ethiopian PM and Egyptian President Hold Talks In Beijing
- Egypt’s Sisi appoints Major General Sherif Seif El-Din Hussein as new head of the country’s anti-corruption authority
- Egypt‘s Sisi ratifies law to clamp down on social media
- Manal Mikhail becomes Egypt’s first female Coptic governor
- Copts attacked in Egypt’s south over homes used as churches
- New Egyptian draft law suggests five year sentence for “insulting historical figures”
- Egypt’s Al-Azhar says sexual harassment is forbidden and cannot be justified
Main Headlines
Monday
- Italy is hopeful for breakthrough in investigation into student’s death
- An Egyptian court has sentenced six people to death for their roles in a 2016 militant attack on a security checkpoint north of Cairo that killed a policeman
- An Egyptian opposition coalition has urged authorities to release a former diplomat who called for a referendum on President Sisi’s government
Tuesday
- Egypt’s Al-Azhar says sexual harassment is forbidden and cannot be justified
- Sports and Youth Minister has promised to solve the on-going dispute between Mohamed Salah and Egypt’s football association
- Military governor upholds death sentences for 14 defendants in a military trial
Wednesday
- Egypt’s El-Sisi stresses “strong will” to identify Italian student’s killers
- Egypt and Sudan discuss bilateral relations, other African developments
- Egyptian forces kill 20 militants in Sinai
- Egypt’s tourism revenues jump 77% to $4.781 in the first half in 2018
- Egyptian Football Association claims accounts involved in Salah feud are fake
Thursday
- Egypt’s Sisi swore in Major General Sherif Seif El-Din Hussein as new head of the country’s anti-corruption body
- Egypt’s Sisi swears in 22 new governors 22 new governors
- Women represent 25 % of governors’ reshuffle for first time in Egypt’s history
- Bright Star 2018 war games to start in Egypt from September 8-20
- Egypt’s PM Madbouly discusses tragic death of two British tourists with Thomas Cook CEO
- Egypt’s Sisi begins three-nation tour to Bahrain, China, and Uzbekistan
Friday
- Eni makes new gas discovery in Egypt’s Western Desert
- Egypt’s Sisi in Beijing for an economic outreach
- Mother of all trolls: Egyptian FA says ‘threats’ to Mo Salah’s mom from fake twitter account
Saturday
- Egypt’s Sisi ratifies law to clamp down on social media
- Copts are attacked in the southern province of Minya over homes used as churches
- New Egyptian draft law suggests five year sentence “for insulting historical figures”
- Egypt’s Sisi appointed the former head of the Administrative Control Authority (ACA) as an advisor to the president
- Egyptian intelligence delegation discusses reconciliation efforts with Palestinian President Abbas
- Egypt Air plane hijacker is detained 15 days pending investigations
- Ethiopia’s new ambassador arrives in Egypt
- Egyptian fans return to stadium as Zamalek crush Enppi 4-1
Sunday
- Ethiopian PM Dr Abiy and Egyptian President Sisi hold talks in Beijing
- A holidaymaker was compensatedby Thomas Cook after falling ill at the Egypt hotel where a British couple were staying when they died
- Fears Brit couple who died on Egypt break “may have been gassed from next door “
- Mohamed Salah arrives in Cairo to calm tension with Egyptian football association
- Taba Crossing port linking Egypt and Israel is complete
Good Reports
- Egypt and Qatar are working on 2 very different deals for Gaza; both are stalled.Avi Issacharoff
- Trump administration releases another $195 million to Egypt. Bryant Harris
- Egypt and Ethiopia are back to the negotiating table. Doaa El-Bay
- Mo Salah’s demands reveal shocking failures by Egypt’s Football Association
- Manal Mikhail becomes Egypt’s first female Coptic governor. Egyptian Streets
- Meet 27-year-old Eman Rayan, youngest deputy governor in Egypt. Al-Masry –Al-Youm
- Cairo is the most polluted city on Earth. Forbes
Good Read
- Modernity, murder, and Coptic identity. Candace Lukasik
- Bitter options for Egypt as tax evasion persists. The Arab Weekly
Timeline:
- Mo Salah’s struggle with Egypt’s football association
From Twitter
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- Egyptian archaeologists find village that predated pharaohs
- Plans to make the Cairo Tower the world’s first intelligent tower using digital technology
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