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© Ahmed al-Tantawi, Egypt’s only candidate campaigning so far for a presidential election next year against incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Photo supplied

predetermined outcome?

Egypt’s sole presidential challenger Tantawi alleges campaign harassment

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a former army chief, is widely expected to run for re-election next year.

Planet Earth, illustration. (Photo by Visible Earth, NASA/JOHAN SWANEP / JSW / Science Photo Library via AFP)

digging deeper

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© A scene from the film Mambar Pierette, now showing at the Toronto Film Festival.

fantastic films

Top 7 African movies at the Toronto International Film Festival From 7 to 18 September, the international film community will be focused on Canada’s 48th TIFF featuring diverse features from the continent.
Saddam Haftar, son of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar

bad to the bone

Premium badgeLibya: 10 things you need to know about Saddam Haftar Despite his fiery reputation, the youngest sibling of Khalifa Haftar, ruler of eastern Libya, is now seen as a possible successor.

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digging deeper

Premium badgeMining, energy, construction: Where in Africa is it best to invest? In a complex economic environment in Africa, political risk, soaring construction costs and rising interest rates are putting the brakes on internatio...
Saddam Haftar, son of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar

bad to the bone

Premium badgeLibya: 10 things you need to know about Saddam Haftar Despite his fiery reputation, the youngest sibling of Khalifa Haftar, ruler of eastern Libya, is now seen as a possible successor.
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Least Dirty

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Egypt top stories

Planet Earth, illustration. (Photo by Visible Earth, NASA/JOHAN SWANEP / JSW / Science Photo Library via AFP)

digging deeper

Premium badgeMining, energy, construction: Where in Africa is it best to invest? In a complex economic environment in Africa, political risk, soaring construction costs and rising interest rates are putting the brakes on internatio...
Saddam Haftar, son of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar

bad to the bone

Premium badgeLibya: 10 things you need to know about Saddam Haftar Despite his fiery reputation, the youngest sibling of Khalifa Haftar, ruler of eastern Libya, is now seen as a possible successor.
© REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Least Dirty

Premium badgeEnlarged BRICS faces uphill battle to dethrone dollar as trading currency BRICS countries have struggled to reduce their reliance on the dollar and the alternatives remain limited.

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FILE PHOTO: Harrods chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed attends a news conference in London December 14, 2006 after the publication of The Operation Paget inquiry into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed. (REUTERS/Stephen Hird)

at loggerheads

Mohamed Al-Fayed: Egyptian tycoon who craved ‘establishment’ approval The businessman lived most of his life in Britain where he often hit the headlines, particularly after his son Dodi and Princess Diana died in a car c...
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Least Dirty

Premium badgeEnlarged BRICS faces uphill battle to dethrone dollar as trading currency BRICS countries have struggled to reduce their reliance on the dollar and the alternatives remain limited.
China-Africa Leaders’ Roundtable Dialogue

bigger club

BRICS hails ‘historic’ entry of new members amid bloc rivalry BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the “historic” admission of six new countries, including Egypt and Ethiopia, as the bloc seeks to reshape the West...
© People walk in front of the Egyptian Press Syndicate’s headquarters in downtown Cairo, Egypt July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

held incommunicado

Egypt arrests journalist after report on smuggling to Zambia Karim Asaad was apprehended at his home in Greater Cairo early Saturday following questioning over coverage of the case.
Centamin is exploring 300,000ha in Egypt’s Eastern Desert. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

‘absolute dream’

Premium badgeCentamin eyes new gold mine in Egypt after Burkina Faso exit: Martin Horgan The Canadian miner’s CEO says the company aims to retain its Sukari joint venture with the government and later develop a new mine that it fully owns ...
Mahmoud Mohieldin, Egypt’s climate champion, during an interview.

Multiple reforms

Premium badgeAfrica’s green transition currently unattainable, says Mahmoud Mohieldin Mahmoud Mohieldin speaks about his vision for public and private sectors working together to accelerate the green energy transition.