Al-Qaeda emerges amid Egypt’s turmoil

Information is emerging that al-Qaeda’s growth in the region is extending into the Sinai Peninsula and across Egypt.

Egypt

Sabahi won't run for Egypt presidency without NSF support

In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, Wafd Party leader Sayyid al-Badawi comments on the upcoming presidential elections, US aid to Egypt and his views on criticism directed at the current authorities.

Egypt

Egypt protests intensify after student death

The killing of a student demonstrator is stoking further confrontations between police and protesters.

Egypt

Egyptian protesters detained indefinitely

Those arrested in the crackdown on supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi face seemingly indefinite incarceration.

Egypt

Prominent Egyptian activist arrested for defying new protest law

Alaa Abd El Fattah is the latest activist to be arrested in a week of crackdowns that have energized protesters on polar ends of the political spectrum.

Egypt

Egypt’s civil parties prepare for upcoming elections

Following Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi’s announcement that parliamentary elections will be held early next year, Egypt’s civil parties are holding discussions aimed at forming alliances to guarantee electoral success.

Egypt

Egypt’s new government repeats its predecessor's mistakes

The transitional government cannot count on the endless patience of Egypt’s public while insisting on repeating the same mistakes which ended its predecessors' reign.

Egypt

Activists detained protesting outside Egypt Shura Council

While the president-appointed committee met to prepare the new Egyptian Constitution, activists protested outside their meeting, only to be harassed and detained by security forces.

Egypt

Egypt’s new protest law provokes demonstrations, backlash

Egyptian police use water canons and tear gas to disperse protests.

Egypt

Egypt moves ahead with nuclear plant to address electricity crisis

Egypt's government is seeking to expedite the construction of a nuclear power plant to generate desperately needed electricity.

Egypt

Egypt government to review Morsi pardons

The Egyptian government has announced that it will review the pardons issued by ousted President Mohammed Morsi in October 2012, with some calling this an unconstitutional step.

Egypt

Tamarod founder says Egypt’s new constitution limits military

In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, founder of the Egyptian Tamarod Movement Mahmoud Badr stresses that despite claims to the contrary, the new constitution further limits the army’s purview.

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