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Trump administration approves billions in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt
Dec 30, 2020 08:39In its final days in office, the administration of US President Donald Trump has approved arms sales to three Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt, amid widespread criticism of their bleak human rights record.
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Macron dismisses calls to get tough with Egypt's Sisi on human rights
Dec 08, 2020 03:05French President Emmanuel Macron has defied widespread criticism of his close ties with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi over flagrant human rights violations in the African country, saying Paris will not take a tough line on the government in Cairo and would not condition the sale of weapons as well as military equipment to Egypt.
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Media, rights groups slam Italian govt. for continued arms sales to Egypt
Dec 07, 2020 12:25The Italian government has come under fire from human rights groups and a number of domestic media outlets for continuing to secure huge arms deals with Egypt.
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Building collapse in Egypt's Alexandria kills several
Dec 03, 2020 07:04An apartment building collapsed in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing at least six people on Wednesday, Egyptian officials said.
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Trump says Egypt will 'blow up' Ethiopia dam
Oct 24, 2020 05:12US President Donald Trump has said that Egypt will destroy a new Ethiopia's dam built on the Nile River.
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Human Rights Watch denounces Egypt’s mass executions
Oct 23, 2020 04:01The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has strongly denounced Egyptian authorities for executing at least 49 prisoners, including two women, in just 10 days.
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Egypt's Islamic academy slams Macron's Islamophobic remarks
Oct 04, 2020 09:01A prominent Islamic research center in Egypt has denounced French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent Islamophobic remarks as an “explicit call for racism and hate.”
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Egypt unveils 59 sealed coffins in major archaeological discovery
Oct 04, 2020 05:40Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago, with archaeologists saying tens more were found in the vast Saqqara necropolis just days ago.
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Amnesty urges Egypt to release detained protesters
Oct 02, 2020 14:52Amnesty International has called on Egypt to release hundreds of people who were detained last month during anti-government protests.
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Egypt rocked by demos as protesters demand Sisi's resignation
Sep 27, 2020 08:18Egypt has been the scene of mass protests against the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi over the past week, with demonstrators defying heavy-handed police crackdown across the North African country and demanding his resignation.