Egypt

By Jude Ndukwe Typical of a political party that does nothing right and gets everything wrong, the All Progressives Congress, APC, finally announces its readiness to hold what it terms a “mega rally” in Abia State after postponing the…
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The Egyptian Criminal Court sentenced Al Jazeera journalists Ibrahim Helal, former director of news at Al Jazeera's Arabic channel, and Alaa Sablan, identified by the prosecution as an Al Jazeera journalist,  to death on Saturday, 18 June…
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Following today’s retrial verdict in Cairo, Al Jazeera Media Network’s Acting Director General Dr Mostefa Souag said: "Today's verdict defies logic and common sense. Our colleagues Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy will now have to…
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An Egypt court has sentenced former President Mohamed Morsi to death for a mass prison break in 2011. The court ruled on Saturday that the sentencing of Morsi and 105 others will be referred to the Grand Mufti, the highest religious…
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An Egyptian Court on Saturday sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison in a retrial on charges of corruption. The Criminal Court also gave a similar sentence to each of his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, and ordered…
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ABUJA – The Egyptian President, Abdel Fatah Al-sisi has invited the President-elect Gen Muhammadu Buhari to Cairo for a discussion on how to strengthen bilateral relationship with the countries. The Egyptian presidential spokesman Amb.…
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An Egyptian court sentenced former president Mohammed Morsi to 20 years in prison on Tuesday in connection with the deaths of protesters during demonstrations against his rule in 2012. Morsi also faces charges in two other trials. Morsi…
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Al Jazeera has condemned a claim by President Sisi that its journalists are activists rather than impartial observers. The network has also strongly defended its coverage of an airstrike by Egypt in Libya last month, after Sisi said it had…
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By Ehi Ekhator, Naija Center News Egyptian authorities has released one of the Al Jazeera journalists, Peter greste who was imprisoned in Cairo for 400 days. The remaining two journalists, a producer, Baher Mohamed, and the…
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Interpol, the international organisation for police cooperation, has rejected a request from Egypt to issue one of its red notices against Ahmed Mansour, an Al Jazeera journalist. An Interpol red notice is one of the closest instruments…
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