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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Relatives, friends and residents of Alexandria mourn during the funeral of Shaimaa al-Sabbagh, an activist at the Socialist Popular Alliance Party (SPAP), in Alexandria January 25, 2015.

Death of young woman in Egypt sparks anger

Conflict

The death of young activist and poet Shaimaa al-Sabbagh was caught on camera. She was among a group of Egyptians who were marching on the streets of Cairo, four years after the Tahrir Square revolution.

Cairo University students shout slogans against the government and flash the "V" and "Rabaa" signs, protesting the release of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's. Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on November 30, 2014, in response to the

Egyptians are shocked as former president Hosni Mubarak goes free

Justice
Hamas Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh

It was exhaustion, more than a real desire for peace, that fueled the latest cease-fire in Gaza

Conflict
Egypt's government is determined to get more voters to the polls after a lower than expected turnout in a presidential election threatened to undermine the credibility of the frontrunner, former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Why are some people calling Egypt’s presidential election a ‘huge embarrassment?’

Global Politics
Shoubra El-Kheima Power Station, belonging to the North Cairo Electricity Distribution Company, is pictured in Cairo, April 19, 2014. Egypt needs to find at least $5 billion to invest in its dilapidated power grid, a government official told Reuters.

What’s on Egyptian voters’ minds? They want enough electricity to keep the lights on

Development & Education