Rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, have reached an agreement on aspects of their bid to end a decade-long split
The belief that ancient Egyptians needed help from supernatural beings to built the Giza pyramids relies on racism and colonial attitudes
More tourists are choosing to holiday on the continent according to data.
More extreme variations between wet and dry seasons will make life harder for Egypt’s farmers
Two Coptic churches were attacked on Palm Sunday.
The military junta has used the law to effectively block all opposition and curtail the work of NGOs.
The hijacker – who earlier released all the passengers except four foreigners and the crew – has also demanded asylum in Cyprus.
Readers write in about the Farlam commission’s report, and Egypt.
How can western ‘universal’ museums acquire and display artefacts without stoking the illegal arts trade and reproducing colonialist narratives?
A court has affirmed the death sentence against former Egypt president Mohamed Morsi.
The upcoming AU summit in South Africa will likely see issues such as Boko Haram and the Burundi protests steal attention away from development talks.
Surrounded by golden mantlepieces, tasselled curtains, a coterie of suits – Morsi didn’t have the air of a man about to be ousted as president.
Sean O’Toole suggests taking a few pages out of Egypt’s book and venture something brave for SA pavilion rather than big empty ideas.
South Africa has many attributes that make it a worthy representative of Africa on the world stage, but is set to lose its first place.
Egypt is enraged after footage showed 21 handcuffed hostages in orange jumpsuits being beheaded by black-suited captors on a beach.
Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were freed after spending more than 400 days in an Egyptian prison, and must appear in court again on February 23.
Egypt has suspended football league matches after clashes between police and fans at a Cairo stadium sparked a stampede, killing at least 22 people.
"There is a constant fear and anxiety. I never had this kind of feeling in my life. Now you are afraid in your own home," says a gay man in Egypt.
Egypt’s top court has ordered a retrial of three reporters whose imprisonment on charges of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood triggered global outrage.
Egypt has banned an annual festival, which attracted hundreds of Jewish pilgrims, in honour of a Moroccan rabbi renowned for performing miracles.
Despite cracking down on fundamentalists, the country’s rulers base their support on Islam.
Michele Dunne, a former US diplomat and a senior analyst at a think-tank, was detained on arrival in Cairo and deported the next day.
Former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, will no longer serve a life sentence for conspiring to murder 239 protesters in Tahrir Square in 2011.
Eyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has unveiled a project to add a 72km lane to allow more ships through the canal each day.
In a departure from its usual ‘quiet diplomacy’, the South African government has condemned the increased suppression of media freedom in Egypt.
Al-Jazeera staffers are found guilty despite clearly flawed evidence presented by the prosecution.
Three Al Jazeera journalists have received sentences of seven to 10 years each after being detained in Egypt for the last six months.
US Secretary of State John Kerry will press Egypt President President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi over a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.
An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed death sentences for more than 180 Islamists, including Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie.
After 10 months the news agency’s Abdullah Elshamy, who was on hunger strike for nearly five months in protest of his detention, has been set free.
Ibrahim Mahlab, followed by his ministers, has taken an oath of office in front of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Egypt’s new president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is likely to face the same challenge from Islamists as his predecessors.