News & Reports

By Vivian Yee – NYT – It’s so hot in Cairo that people like to go out all night. It might look like a party, but in reality, one shopkeeper said, “everybody is dead on the inside.” Ten [...]

Hundreds were killed in north-central Burkina Faso on Saturday (Aug 25) after suspected jihadists opened fire on them as they were digging trenches around a town to protect it from attacks, [...]

The Coptic Orthodox Church has announced the launch of the first specialized academy for training Coptic football players. The academy aims to train these players and pave the way for them to [...]

By CIHRS – Ten Egyptian human rights organizations submitted a joint report on the human rights situation in Egypt, in preparation for the fourth session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of [...]

By Kendall Tietz – Fox News – Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ): “News of his hunger strike makes it more urgent than ever that he be released.” A father of five has been detained in Egypt for over [...]

By NYT – Gov. Philip Murphy has selected George Helmy, his former chief of staff, to finish Senator Robert Menendez’s term, passing over Representative Andy Kim, the Democratic nominee. [...]

By WSJ – Defeated by American-led forces half a decade ago, the terrorist group is rebounding amid the chaos of the Middle East Islamic State is mustering forces in Syria’s Badiya [...]

By MadaMasr – This year saw Egypt and the European Union “elevate” their relations with a “strategic and comprehensive partnership” to the tune of 7.4 billion euros. An investment [...]

By Fabio Beretta – Fides News Agency (via AINA) – Although the black flag of the Islamic State no longer flies over the Nineveh Plains, “only 60 percent of Christians have [...]

By MEMRI – JTTM – Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) claimed, in four statements published on July 25-27, 2024, that on July 24 its fighters attacked six villages in the Democratic [...]