Egypt: Sadat family angered by Iranian film`s `traitor` portrayal
The family of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat has threatened to sue the Iranian producers of a documentary film portraying his 1981 assassination as the killing of a traitor by a martyr. The documentary, entitled "Assassination of a Pharaoh," has already been shown on Iranian television, the Al-Masry al-Youm ...
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Morocco: Morocco arrests 35 Al Qaeda recruiters: agency
Moroccan authorities have arrested 35 members of a gang suspected of sending volunteers to carry out suicide bombings for Al Qaeda in Iraq or to join Islamist rebels in Algeria, the state news agency MAP said today. Staunch US ally Morocco is already holding some 1 000 Islamists in ...
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Egypt: Probe Team Named as MPs Lead Street Demo
Prime minister Raila Odinga Tuesday chaired a Cabinet committee meeting which named a five-member team to investigate the controversial sale of Grand Regency Hotel. The team to be headed by Attorney-General Amos Wako is expected to report its findings by Wednesday afternoon. Their findings will be discussed during Thursday`s Cabinet ...
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Egypt: UN-Backed Group Issues Recommendations On Advancing Africa`s Development
International development leaders today issued a series of recommendations in such areas as agriculture, education, health and infrastructure to speed up Africa`s progress towards reaching the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG), eight anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro and other officials launched a report of ...
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Egypt: Angolan Premier Leaves for Egypt to Attend AU Summit
El-Sheikh, Egypt, to attend the 11th Summit of the African Union (AU)’s Heads of State and Government, in representation of President José Eduardo dos Santos. During the two-day meeting, set to start on Monday, the AU’s Heads of State and Government Summit will discuss on topics already analysed at ...
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Algeria: UN security chief quits over bomb
The UN`s security chief has resigned following an investigation into the suicide attack on the UN`s mission in Algeria last December. The bombing in Algiers killed 17 UN staff and 20 others. David Veness offered his resignation after a panel found that officials may have failed to respond ...
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Egypt: Angolan Head of State Sends Message to Serbian Counterpart
President José Eduardo dos Santos sent on Monday a message to his Serbian counterpart, Boris Tadic, regarding the unilateral declaration of independence of the provinces of Kosovo and Metohija, under the administration of the United Nations. A note from the Angolan Embassy in Serbia, checked by ANGOP, states that the ...
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Algeria: France signs Algeria nuclear deal
France and Algeria have signed an agreement on civil nuclear co-operation during a visit to Algiers by the French Prime Minister, Francois Fillon. Mr Fillon described the agreement as a sign of a "transformation" in the countries` ties. Relations were very bad for years after the Algerian war ...
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Egypt: Egypt conscripts on murder charge
Ten Egyptian paramilitary police conscripts have been charged with beating a colleague to death in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Egypt`s police have been criticised for condoning a culture of brutality, a charge denied by the interior ministry. The incident came to light after an internal report concluded ...
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Egypt: Fire damages 'Jesus footprint' church
An historic church in the Nile Delta where the Holy Family is said to have stopped during their flight to Egypt, leaving Christ's footprint, has been damaged by fire, a security official said on Tuesday. The fire on Monday at the Sanctuary of the Church of the Virgin Mary ...
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Libya: `Many dead` as migrant boat sinks
An Egyptian man is thought to be the sole survivor of a boatload of migrants that sank trying to reach Italy from Libya, Egyptian officials have said. The man is now in Libyan custody after being rescued and returned to Libya. About 20 bodies have been recovered. The ...
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Egypt: Cops torture colleague to death
Ten Egyptian police conscripts have been charged with torturing and beating to death a colleague and then trying to cover up the alleged murder as a suicide, a security official said on Tuesday. In an unofficial sanction, Ali Zarif, 22, was locked up at a police camp in the ...
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Egypt: Egypt Copts call on president for protection
Egypt`s Coptic church has used unusually strong language to call on President Hosni Mubarak to guarantee Christians` safety after a violent attack on a monastery in which four Copts were injured. The Coptic Ecclesiastical Council called on Mubarak to prevent "more armed attacks on monks" and "insults to the cross," ...
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Egypt: Film director Youssef Chahine in a coma
Egypt's official news agency says renowned film director Youssef Chahine is in a coma after suffering a brain hemorrhage. The Middle East News Agency reports Chahine, 82, is in hospital in critical condition. It also quotes his friend and fellow filmmaker Khaled Youssef as saying Chahine needs treatment ...
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Egypt: Egypt fatwa orders government charity
An Islamic ruling that Egypt should give some of its oil and gas wealth to the people has ratcheted up the pressure on the government, already faced with rising popular discontent over food prices. The Islamic Research Centre of Cairo's Al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam's highest authority, has issued a ...
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Algeria: Al-Qaida branch claims recent attacks in Algeria
Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa claimed responsibility in an Internet posting Saturday for a recent attack on an Algerian train station that killed a French engineer. The statement also claimed responsibility for an attack on a military barracks and another at a cafe on June 4 and a roadside ...
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Egypt: Egypt says 'No' to sugar-grandaddy
Egyptian authorities have banned a 92-year-old Saudi man from marrying a poor teenage girl 75 years his junior, a judicial source said on Saturday. The justice ministry made its ruling under a law designed to prevent wealthy Arabs from the Gulf from snapping up young Egyptian girls and which ...
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Egypt: Egypt fatwa orders government charity
An Islamic ruling that Egypt should give some of its oil and gas wealth to the people has ratcheted up the pressure on the government, already faced with rising popular discontent over food prices. The Islamic Research Centre of Cairo's Al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam's highest authority, has issued a ...
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Egypt: Bleak future ahead for Eritrean migrants
Egypt has deported 400 Eritrean asylum seekers back to Asmara and plans to forcibly return 1 200 more who are being held in detention in Egypt, putting them at serious risk of torture, Amnesty International said on Friday. The London-based human rights group said a first batch of ...
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Egypt: Border police kill Eritrean woman
Egyptian border police killed a young Eritrean woman on Saturday who was trying to enter Israel illegally, Egyptian security sources said. Border guards opened fire on Hana Mohamed, 24, after she failed to heed their warnings to stop south of the Rafah border crossing, the sources said. The ...
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Egypt: Bleak future ahead for Eritrean migrants
Egypt has deported 400 Eritrean asylum seekers back to Asmara and plans to forcibly return 1 200 more who are being held in detention in Egypt, putting them at serious risk of torture, Amnesty International said on Friday. The London-based human rights group said a first batch of ...
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Egypt: Sinai 'dangerous secret' unveiled
Egyptian authorities on Thursday found weapons and explosives in the Sinai desert they believe were destined for the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, a security official said. Authorities found "three automatic weapons, two hand grenades, and three boxes full of ammunition in a warehouse in central Sinai," the official said on ...
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Algeria: Armed man killed in Algeria
Security forces killed an armed extremist in Algeria, a security official said on Thursday, days after deadly bombings in the capital raised fears of an upsurge in Islamist violence. The man was killed in the town centre of El-Oued, some 620 kilometres south-east of Algiers on Wednesday evening and ...
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Morocco: Morocco jails terror cell members
A court in Morocco has convicted 29 men of forming a terror group with intent to carry out attacks. The members of the so-called Tetouan Cell were also found guilty of holding unauthorised public meetings and recruiting Moroccans to fight in Iraq. They received prison sentences between one ...
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Egypt: Egyptian children trade childhood for money
By Alaa Shahine Cairo - Mohamed Gad walks barefoot through the muddy tannery, seemingly not bothered by the acrid odours of chemicals and the stink of unprocessed skins. He places piles of shaved leather on a cart, pulls it across the workshop and unloads the lot next to ...
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