EGYPT: Egypt's Morsi promotes generals to ease tensions

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi and the military have closed ranks to deny charges that soldiers had killed and tortured protesters, following leaks of an inquiry report implicating officers. Defence Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, who is also army ...

Egypt's military chief on Saturday ruled out intervention in the country's polarised politics after the army handed power to Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last year, state media reported. General Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, who is also defence ...

Since the most recent but now routine eruptions of violence between street protesters and Egypt's state, speculation has swirled about the durability of the pact between the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's armed forces. The elected civilian ...

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) hopes to raise at least $17 million in an auction this week of the premier league's television broadcast rights for clubs financially strapped by two years of political strife that has seen soccer suspended ...

The military and presidency announce a truce, Amira Ibrahim reports Tensions between the military and the ruling Muslim Brotherhood have moved increasingly to the fore in recent weeks, culminating in the leak to the UK newspaper The Guardian of a ...

Art and poetry, more than politics, express the true spirit of the Egyptian revolution, which cannot be concealed or silenced Khaled Fahmy , Wednesday 10 Apr 2013 I had gone to Tahrir nearly two hours earlier to check on my sister. She had beaten me ...

during the Wasat (Centre) Party's monthly cultural salon, stunned public opinion and ignited anger and suspicion among the ranks of Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS). Madi, who heads the Wasat Party, claimed that GIS had established a ...

A deteriorating political and economic situation has created a tense situation for the president and the military, muddied with rumors, sly press statements and decrees. It all began in late January with Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's ...

It was a perilous time for Egypt. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was demanding subsidy cuts in exchange for a loan Egypt Within hours, workers were pouring off the docks in the Suez Canal zone and Alexandria and out of the factories in the ...