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2 months ago
Emmanuel Ojukwu
2 yr. ago
Egyptian activist takes British nationality in campaign against detention

The family of one of Egypts most prominent human rights activists, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, said on Monday he had obtained British citizenship as part of a campaign to win his release from prison and spotlight the plight of fellow detainees.
#abdelfattah #egyptianactivist
Emmanuel Ojukwu
2 yr. ago
Egypt prosecution says no criminal suspicion in economist’s death

Egypts state-appointed human rights council has urged prosecutors to investigate whether an economic researcher, who authorities say died in a state mental health facility last month, was a victim of forced disappearance. The country’s public prosecution said there was no criminal suspicion in the death.
#egypt
Emmanuel Ojukwu
2 yr. ago
Egypt police abusing Sudanese refugees

Egyptian police have arbitrarily detained at least 30 Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers, subjecting some to abuse and "forced physical labour", Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday.
#egypt #egyptianpolice
Emmanuel Ojukwu
2 yr. ago
Woman sits on key court in Egypt first

Radwa Helmi made history on Saturday as the first woman judge to sit on the bench of Egypt's State Council, a top court in the Arab country. Helmi, making her appearance in a Cairo courthouse, was among 98 women appointed last year to join the council, one of Egypt's main judicial bodies, following a decision by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
#egypt #radwahelmi #abdelfattahalsisi
Emmanuel Ojukwu
2 yr. ago
Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine technology in WHO project

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that six African countries - Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia - would be the first on the continent to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines.
#vaccines #africa
Emmanuel Ojukwu
2 yr. ago
Work to widen Suez Canal is underway

Work is underway to expand the two-way section of the Suez canal to 82 km from 72 km, the chairperson of the authority managing the Egyptian waterway said on Tuesday.
#suezcanal #egypt
Emmanuel Ojukwu
2 yr. ago
Sadio Mane To have stadium named after him in Senegal

Senegal forward and AFCON hero, Sadio Mane etched his name in the history of Senegalese football when he struck home the winning penalty against Egypt in the final of the Nations Cup to hand the Terranga Lions their first ever title.
#senegal #afcon #sadiomane
Emmanuel Ojukwu
2 yr. ago
Liverpool stars Mane and Salah on track for Africa final showdown

Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah have helped Liverpool conquer England and Europe, now both crave Africa Cup of Nations winners' medals. Both sharpshooters will be in quarter-finals action on Sunday in Cameroon with Mane-inspired Senegal tackling surprise packets Equatorial Guinea while Salah and his Egypt teammates confront Morocco.
#salah #egypt #senegal #afcon #mane
Emmanuel Ojukwu
2 yr. ago
Omicron Variant: Canada Adds Nigeria, Egypt, Malawi To Travel Ban List

Canadian health authorities have restricted travel to 10 countries to prevent the spread of a new variant of the COVID-19 virus. Nigeria, Egypt, and Malawi have been added to the list as of today.
#omicronvariant #covid19
Emmanuel Ojukwu
2 yr. ago
Egyptian Court Sentences 22 Jihadists To Death By Hanging

An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging 22 Islamist militants for 54 attacks including the attempted assassination of a former interior minister. The men were found guilty of committing 54 "terrorist operations" across Egypt, including the murder of a senior police officer as well as trying to kill former interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim.
#egypt
Emmanuel Ojukwu
2 yr. ago
Covid-19: Pharmacist arrested after thousands of vaccines found dumped in Egypt

Egyptian authorities arrested three people accused of dumping thousands of unused Covid-19 vaccine jabs found last week in a water drain in a southern city, the public prosecution said.
#covid19 #egypt #vaccinejabs
Emmanuel Ojukwu
3 yr. ago
Egypt's first post-Mubarak ruler, Tantawi, dies aged 85

Egypt's Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, who headed the military junta that ruled after president Hosni Mubarak's ouster in the Arab Spring protests, has died at age 85, the government said Tuesday.
#egypt #mohammedhusseintantawi #hosnimubarak
Emmanuel Ojukwu
3 yr. ago
Researchers find fossil of a four-legged, land-dwelling whale

Egyptian scientists have identified the fossil of a four-legged prehistoric whale, unearthed over a decade ago in the country's Western Desert.
#whale #fossil #westerndesert

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