Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt’s President

Egypt says freedom of expression 'stops' when Muslims offended

Politics Oct 29
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday freedom of expression should stop if it offends more than 1.5 billion people, following the display of images in France of the Prophet Mohammad that Muslims see as blasphemous.
World Bank building
World Bank upgrades Egypt growth forecast to 3.5% in 2020
Entertainment Oct 19
The World Bank projects Egypt’s real GDP per capita growth to record 1.7 percent in 2020, down from 3.7 percent in 2019, and to continue its downturn to reach 0.6 percent in 2021.
Five of those sentenced to death were tried in absentia
Six 'get death sentence' for Egyptian policemen's murder
Life Style Oct 01
An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced six people to death for killing two policemen, the AFP news agency quotes a judicial source as saying.
The rape case was first reported online and an official complaint made a month later
Fugitive Egypt gang rape suspects arrested
Life Style Aug 31
Lebanese security forces have arrested five fugitive suspects linked to the raping a woman at a luxury hotel in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
The alleged incident took place at Fairmont Nile City Hotel
Suspects in Egypt's alleged hotel rape flee country
Life Style Aug 27
The suspects in an alleged gang rape incident at a luxury hotel in Egypt's capital, Cairo, have fled the country, according to the public prosecutor.
The timetable for filling the dam is yet to be agreed
Egypt withdraws from latest Nile dam talks
Sports Aug 05
Egypt has withdrawn from the renewed talks on the future of a giant hydropower project on the Nile River being built by Ethiopia.
IFC launches women employment in Egypt
IFC launches program to boost women employment in Egypt
Politics Jul 23
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is launching a new advisory program to improve women employment opportunities in Egypt, by highlighting how private sector companies can tap into the country’s large, underutilized female talent pool and spur economic growth.