Ethiopia Starts Hydropower Worrying Neighbors
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has launched electricity production from the country’s mega-dam on the Blue Nile river, despite opposition from neighbors Egypt and Sudan.
Mahmoud Abbas, Egypt’s Sisi meet, talk Israeli-Palestinian peace process
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met on Tuesday with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli media reported.
Egypt: Teachers attack Coptic Christian students in school
The headmaster and other teachers at the Al-Thawra school in Upper Egypt’s Minya Governorate earlier this month ordered their Coptic Christian students to remove any jewelry with a cross, and then beat them, International Christian Concern (ICC) report…
‘Egypt Christian Beaten For Wearing Cross’
Several Christian students in southern Egypt were beaten after being told to remove pendants or bracelets bearing a cross, rights activists said Wednesday.
Egypt Allows Thousands Of Churches, But Attacks Continue
Scores of churches have been licensed by Egypt’s government raising state-approved church operations to over 2,000, but anti-Christian incidents continue, Worthy News established.
Egypt Jails Muslims Who Murdered Christian Shopkeeper
An Egyptian court sentenced two Muslim brothers to life imprisonment for killing Egyptian Christian shopkeeper Ramsis Hermina, an advocacy group announced Tuesday.