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Egypt and Nigeria have both qualified for the knock-out stages of the Africa Cup of Nations following victories on Wednesday, while Uganda and Zimbabwe drew 1-1. Mohamed Salah scored his first goal of the Africa Cup of Nations as hosts Egypt secured a place in the last 16 on Wednesday with a 2-0 win over […]

Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has been buried hours after he collapsed in court and died on Monday. Several members of his family were present. They had been refused permission to take his body to his home town for a public funeral. The former Islamist president had been in prison for six years following his […]

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission have accused Ethiopian Air and Egypt Air of operating drug cartels in Nigeria, following the framing of several people who were arrested, and subsequently released, on allegations of drug smuggling, Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper reported. “To start with the airlines: I am sorry to […]

Beleaguered Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has met his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on his second trip abroad since anti-government protests kicked off across Sudan in December. Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has said there are efforts to destabilise his country through an attempt to replicate the so-called Arab Spring. “This is an attempt […]

Egypt’s prosecutor has ordered a 15-day detention, pending investigation, of yet another political activist for “spreading false news” on his social media profiles, privately-owned al-Fajr website reports. Hazem Abdel-Azim is accused of “deliberately spreading false news and statements about the political and economic situation in the country with the aim of disrupting general peace… via […]

Ex Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafik is no longer considering running for president in this year’s elections, he said in a statement posted on his Twitter account on Sunday. Shafik, an ex-air force commander, was seen as the most serious potential challenger to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in an election due early in the year, […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the partial withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria, during an unannounced visit there on Monday. Mr Putin was met by Syrian President Bashar Assad as he arrived at the Russian Hmeimim air base, Interfax news agency reports. He had already declared in March 2016 that he was planning to […]

The imam had barely made it atop the mosque pulpit to deliver the sermon when intense gunfire rang out and Ebid Salem Mansour knew exactly what was going on. “We knew that the mosque was under attack by (militants),” he said Saturday, a day after the attack, giving a detailed account of the deadliest assault […]

Africa : Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has condemned the extremist attack on a mosque in the troubled Sinai Peninsula, calling it “criminal” and “cowardly” and expressing condolences to the victims and their families. El-Sissi said that the attack “will not go unpunished” and that Egypt will persevere with its war on terrorism. The suffering of […]

At least 235 people were killed and dozens wounded when Islamist militants set off a bomb and opened fire on people at prayers in a mosque in Egypt’s restive northern Sinai on Friday, state media said. No group claimed responsibility for the assault but it was the deadliest yet in the region where for three […]