Africa News Update
Egypt: Shark slaughter advances into Red Sea
Cairo(Egypt) - Six Yemeni fishing boats captured in Egyptian territorial waters in June might have gone unnoticed if not for their unusual cargo - several kilometers of long lines and over 20 tons of dead sharks. Read >
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Inter Press Service(IPS)
Egypt: Draft law targets local NGOs
Cairo (Egypt) - A draft law in Egypt curbing the independence of local NGOs has angered aid workers and bodes ill for civil society freedom, experts say. The bill, which is due to go to parliament for endorsement in its current session, would tighten the government's supervision of local NGOs and attempt to mute opposition in parliamentary elections later this year and presidential elections next year, activists say. Read >
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
Egypt: Press freer, but still fettered
Cairo (Egypt) - Not long ago an editorial like the one that appeared in the independent Al- Dustour newspaper this week might never have made it into print. Read >
Monday, 15 February 2010
Inter Press Service (IPS)
Egypt: Minimum wage not enough
Cairo (Egypt) — A stalemate between labour unions and business associations is preventing Egyptian authorities from setting a minimum wage that could improve the lot of millions of citizens living in poverty. Read >
Thursday, 04 February 2010
Inter Press Service (IPS)
Egypt: Darkness at noon clouds Cairo skies
Cairo (Egypt) — For the last decade, the autumn skies over Egypt - especially over capital Cairo, have been overshadowed by a thick haze people call "the black cloud". Read >
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Inter Press Service (IPS)/International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ)
Egypt: New laws not enough to give women equal divorce rights
Cairo (Egypt) - It was a love story of sorts and one that led to marriage. But 18 months later Nayrouz filed for divorce, making her part of a growing number of Egyptian women who are leaving their marriages. Read >
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Inter Press Service (IPS)
Egypt: Mubarak's aches bring succession anxiety
Cairo - Rumours that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is suffering a serious health crisis have sparked fresh concerns about a possible successor. Read >
Monday, 21 June 2004
Inter Press Service, by Cam Mcgrath
Egypt: Alternatives to islamic radicalism and old-style politics sought
Every morning, promptly at nine o'clock, the green police van pulled up outside my window in Cairo's sleepy suburb of Zamalek to collect the 10 policemen who had gathered. Read >
Friday, 09 January 2004
Business Day (South Africa), by Greg Mills
Egypt: Urged to end police torture
A leading human rights group Friday accused the government of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of cracking down on anti-war demonstrators and torturing prisoners while in police custody, a practice that has killed at least 13 people over the past two years. Read >
Friday, 07 November 2003
Inter Press Service (IPS), by Emad Mekay