Hosni Mubarak

Hosni Mubarak is dead, but the Egypt he built is alive and well

Africa Simon Allison - 25 Feb 2020

Despite the efforts of the Arab Spring, Egypt is still led by a military dictatorship made in Mubarak’s image

Morsi’s death illustrates how the Egyptian state was always going to triumph

Africa Dina Rezk - 22 Jun 2019

An obituary of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, who died in court in Cairo

Egypt’s lucrative tourist sector under threat, again

Africa Simon Allison - 21 May 2019

Just as tourism was beginning to recover, an attack on a busload of South Africans highlights the dangers of travelling in Egypt

Egypt anoints a new pharaoh

Africa Simon Allison - 29 Mar 2018

With Sisi retaining his grip on the presidency, this election is everything but democratic

Jettison the idea of a SA national pavilion in Venice

Article Sean O Toole - 17 Apr 2015

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.

Egypt’s prosecutor fights dropping of Mubarak charges

Africa Staff Reporter - 2 Dec 2014

Egypt's public prosecutor is appealing the dropping of a murder charge against ex-president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters.

Case dropped against Mubarak for death of 239 protesters

Africa Reuters - 29 Nov 2014

Former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, will no longer serve a life sentence for conspiring to murder 239 protesters in Tahrir Square in 2011.

Egypt court sentences Mubarak to three years for graft

Africa Staff Reporter - 21 May 2014

Deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges.

Ethnic conflict in Egypt leaves several dead

Africa Staff Reporter - 5 Apr 2014

Clashes between the Bani Hilal group and Nubian villagers in Egypt have left at least 15 people dead, prompting police to send in reinforcements.

Egypt uprising anniversary marred by clashes

Africa Sapa Afp - 26 Jan 2014

Clashes in Egypt have led to the death of 49 people during rival rallies on the third anniversary of the 2011 revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt’s Mubarak faces new charges of embezzling state funds

Africa Sarah El Deeb - 24 Nov 2013

Egypt's public prosecutor has referred ousted president Hosni Mubarak to a new trial on charges of misappropriating public funds to renovate homes.

Hosni’s escape bodes ill for Morsi

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 7 Nov 2013

The unreformed laws that let Hosni Mubarak off the hook may be used against ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, writes Magdi Abdelhadi.

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