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ANHRI's Legal Aid Unit for Freedom of Expression utterly rejects the decision issued by the president of the criminal court in south Cairo at a trial session held on 16 November 2008. This ruling upheld a previous decision to ban the media and the publication of any information from the trial of the individuals accused of murdering Lebanese artist Susan Tamim. All note-taking is prohibited, except ...
Al Ahly coach Manuel Jose believes the Egyptian giant's experience tipped the scale in their favour as they won a record-breaking sixth Champions League title.
Egypt's Al Ahly won a record sixth African Champions League trophy on Sunday, beating Coton Sport 4-2 on aggregate.
The 13-member nation of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will meet in Cairo, Egypt on 29 November for "consultation" on the oil market, a senior Iranian oil official said yesterday, after oil prices continued their slide.
The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) of President Hosni Mubarak promised a "new style of thinking" at its fifth annual party congress last week, but critics in the opposition say they saw little of it.
Egyptian giants Al-Ahly will seek to defy the home invincibility of Cameroonian side, Coton Sport when the two sides come face-to-face in the second leg of the Caf-MTN Champions League final on Sunday.
RWANDA has pulled out of the race to host this year's Cup winners' Cup; the last competition on the annual Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB) calendar.
Research in Egypt and Nigeria has confirmed that a new vaccine, which only acts against the most common strain of polio, is far more effective than a vaccine targeting multiple strains of the virus.
More than 160 Egyptian personnel arrived in Darfur today as part of a large battalion that will boost the strength of the joint United Nations-African Union force deployed earlier this year in an attempt to quell the fighting and humanitarian suffering in the strife-torn Sudanese region.
Nigeria moved one step in Africa and five steps on the FIFA monthly ranking released by FIFA
Al Ahly assistant manager Hossam Al-Badri is aware that the trip to Garoua in Cameroon will not be easy, but declared that the Reds are persistent to return with the Champions League title from Coton Sport.
Since June 2007, Egyptian border guards have killed at least 32 African migrants trying to cross into Israel, and Israel has forcibly returned at least 139 border crossers to Egypt, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Egypt has detained those returned, not revealed their whereabouts, and reportedly deported some to their home countries where they face a substantial risk of ...
On 8 November 2008, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) released a statement expressing its deep concern about the harassment suffered by Kareem Amir in the Borg Al Arab prison in the Alexandria desert, and also about the sharp deterioration in the health of prisoner-of-conscience Mosaad Abu Fajr, who was unable to stand during a visit by ANHRI lawyers to the prison on 6 ...
Pope Benedict has called for religious tolerance in Egypt, a Muslim nation where persecution of the Christian minority is widespread.
IN an effort to promote girl-child education and eliminate cultural and religious practices that hinder 100 per cent attendance of women in various hospitals in Bauchi State, Governor Isa Yuguda has sent forth 23 female adolescents sponsored by the state government to study Gynecology in Egypt with the aim of coming to serve the state.
The Angolan ambassador to Egypt, Pedro Hendrick Vaal Neto, Monday said that the "November 11" is a date with historic meaning in the lives of Angolan people.
Candidates associated with opposition movements, especially the Muslim Brotherhood, were reportedly barred from participating in last month's student union elections in universities across Egypt. Recent weeks have seen dozens of Brotherhood members detained.
In an effort to promote girl-child education and eliminate cultural and religious practices that hinder 100% attendance of women in various hospitals in Bauchi State, Governor Isa Yuguda on Wednesday bid 23 female adolescents sponsored by the state government to study Gynecology in Egypt with the aim of coming to serve the state.
With an extended burst of applause, representatives from more than 120 nations closed an international meeting whose focus was highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza and the need to control and then eradicate the virus in poultry and prepare the planet for a human pandemic.
Al-Ahly took the first leg of the MTN CAF Champions League Final, beating Cameroon's Coton Sport 2-0 in Cairo.
Two Egyptian military aircraft landed in Kadugli, southern Kordofan yesterday, with a donation of two generators, 50 tents and kitchen equipment for the Sudan's Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) from the Egyptian Government.
Sunday's African Champions League final between hot favourites Al-Ahly of Egypt and outsiders Cotonsport Garoua of Cameroon is a classic masters-versus-pupils affair.
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