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Foreign minister presses AU panel to reconsider membership freeze
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy urged the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) to reconsider its decision to freeze Egypt’s membership during a meeting with the African Union’s High Level Panel for Egypt in Cairo on Tuesday. The panel, led by former Malian President Alpha Oumar Konaré, was formed following the suspension of Egypt from …
US-Egypt strategic dialogue still in the pipeline
Relations have been strained since the US suspended the delivery of military aid pending “credible progress” toward democracy
Cartoonist acquitted of mocking Algeria president: Lawyer
Ghanem was accused at the criminal court in Oran last month of insulting the president, with the prosecution demanding an 18-month prison sentence and a DZA 30,000 (€280) fine.
Fahmy meets Bouteflika
Egypt’s foreign minister discusses regional and international issues with Algerian president
Fahmy travels to Algiers
Foreign minister Nabil Fahmy begins a two-day visit to Algeria
Fahmy holds intensive round of meetings in Kuwait
Foreign Minister discusses range of issues with African and Arab counterparts ahead of summit
Algeria’s Bouteflika nominated for 4th term: party
Bouteflika, in power since 1999, had been largely unseen for months because of health problems before he presided over a cabinet meeting on September 29 for the first time this year.
Fahmy continues diplomatic efforts in UNGA
Fahmy meets more diplomats from across the world and discusses disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation among other issues in New York
African World Cup Qualifiers: The Final Showdown
Egypt is in the second seed for the draw, expects to face one of five first-seeded teams
Arab foreign ministers reiterate support for Egyptian interim government
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy meets with Iraq’s and Algeria’s foreign ministers
Where is Egypt heading?
Today Egypt stands mired in a political conflict so dire and complex that the country’s future is hard to forecast. Egypt, once hailed as a beacon of democratic hope for other countries associated with the so-called Arab Spring, is more consumed with calming political infighting following the ouster of its first elected president. In an attempt to understand where Egypt is heading, political analysts offered explanations and lessons from the history of countries such as Algeria. The Daily News Egypt explores these scenarios and their feasibility for Egypt.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s fate: An Algerian explosion or a Turkish resurrection?
By Nervana Mahmoud October 6, 1981 _____ the distance between my home and the bakery was no more than a few hundred metres, yet it felt like an endless journey. The vibrant streets of Cairo were reduced to a deafening silence, as if everyone has disappeared. My mother and I were totally unaware that President …
Muslims celebrate Eid amid bombs, threat of violence
Muslims marked the Eid al-Fitr festival Thursday with feasts and prayers, even as the threat of fresh violence loomed in the Middle East
Foreign ministry tours continue
Ambassadors inform other nations of Egypt’s political developments
Algeria: Middle East’s next revolt if football is a barometer
By James M. Dorsey Algeria is competing to be the next Arab nation to witness a popular revolt. That is assuming football is a barometer of rising discontent in a region experiencing a wave of mass protests that have already toppled the leaders of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen and sparked civil war in Syria. …
Egypt major recipient of illicit Libyan weapons: UN report
A new report published by the United Nations says illicit arms from the Libyan civil war fuelling conflicts in the wider region
The treasures of Darb Al-Barabra
The name in Arabic means the Berbers’ Area and from the 19th century on the area was inhabited by Algerians, Moroccans and Africans who are all called Barabra by Egyptians
Qaeda replaces North Africa chief slain in Mali: Algeria TV
Okacha is a close aide of AQIM boss Abdelmalek Droukdel and considered the “real leader” of group
Algeria lifts sanctions on Djezzy GSM, allows Orascom Telecom the right to convert profits
Move will allow Djezzy to operate in Algerian market alongside other telecommunications corporations
Egyptian investors seek industrial zone in Algeria
Also calling for removal of customs duties on imports from Egypt
Algeria gas pipeline attack
The attack comes nearly a fortnight after a deadly Islamist attack on a gas plant in Algeria’s southern Sahara desert, in a hostage-taking siege that ended with the deaths of almost 40, mostly foreign, captives.
Seven hostages killed in Algeria desert ‘final assault’
Amid a virtual news blackout in Algiers, harshly criticised by local media, world leaders took a tough stand on the fate of the remaining hostages.
Two Norwegians found alive in Algeria hostage crisis
A spokesman for the “Signatories in Blood,” headed by Islamist commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, said 34 hostages were killed when Algerian special forces raided the plant on Thursday, a day after it was seized.
Al-Qaeda attacks BP plant in Mali blowback
Algerian state media said that one person had been killed and seven wounded, two of them foreigners, in the attack on the field at In Amenas, in the Sahara desert 1,300 kilometres (810 miles) southeast of Algiers.
Algeria pilot asks Clinton to lift 9/11 warrant
Raissi was accused of having trained the 19 Islamist militants who carried out the attacks
Egypt imports gas to meet its exportation requirements
Minister of Petroleum, Osama Kamal, refused to comment on the matter
Despite failed ceasefire, Syria peace envoy not giving up
Rebels criticise Brahimi as they did with Kofi Annan
Qandil says he did not ask for aid
Algeria still holds economic potential
Rebel economy wrap
Egypt debt default, Algeria lifeline, green energy thinking
Qandil visits Algeria for economic talks
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil arrived yesterday in Algeria for a three-day visit amidst speculative press reports over the visit’s agenda. State-owned Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported the objective of Qandil’s visit to Algeria is to hold talks with the Algerian government over solidifying economic relations and boosting mutual investment. “During his visit to Algeria …