BRICS ignores Nigeria, invites Egypt, Ethiopia, UAE, Saudi as new members

Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations ignored Nigeria as they invited Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates to join.

Nemesis as Egypt says 21 jihadists killed in Sinai

Egypt said Saturday that 21 jihadists were killed in clashes with security forces in the restive Sinai peninsula, where Islamic State group-affiliated militants have waged a long-running insurgency.

Egypt overtakes South Africa as death toll following corona virus in Africa hits 1126

The Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) has said that there are now 23, 505 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 52 countries across Africa.

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75-year-old grandfather scores on professional debut

An Egyptian, Ezzeldin Bahader, has become the oldest professional footballer to ever scored on his debut.

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The 75-year-old man scored from the penalty spot on Saturday for his club 6th October in the third division of Egyptian football.

Guiness World Records: Egyptian club signs 75-year-old footballer Ezzeldin Bahader

The septuagenarian is set to become the oldest professional player in the world after joining a third tier team in the North African country

6 October, a third division team in Egypt has signed 75-year-old footballer Ezzeldin Bahader.

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Egypt FA write to FIFA for explanations after Mo Salah removes all mention of Egypt from social media after they failed to vote for him in FIFA's Best awards

Mohamed Salah may not be in good terms with Egypt's FA after the country's votes for FIFA player of the year awards were deemed invalid and therefore did not count towards the striker's overall tally in the Awards held this week where he came fourth behind Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Van Dijk, missing out by 20 points.

Alas!!! Egyptians storm major cities in protest, demand President’s resignation

Nigeria - Thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched in cities across Egypt on Friday to demand the resignation of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, according to Al Jazeera.

Egypt balloon crash at Luxor resort kills tourist

A hot air balloon carrying tourists has crashed near the Egyptian city of Luxor, with one person killed and 15 injured, officials say.

About 20 people were on board when the accident occurred on Friday. The tourist who died was South African.

EGYPT'S MOHAMED SALAH NAMED 2017 CAF AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Egypt international Mohamed Salah has been named 2017 Caf African Player of the Year award.

Salah takes home the award for the first time ever, as he managed to defeat competition from fellow finalists Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at the awards ceremony in Accra.

Egypt archaeologists discover mummy in Luxor

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a mummy in one of two previously unexplored tombs across the Nile from the southern city of Luxor, the antiquities ministry said Saturday.

The tombs were found in the 1990s by German archaeologist Frederica Kampp, though she had only reached the entrance gate “but never entered”, the ministry said.

Death toll in Egypt mosque attack rises to more than 300

Gunmen attacked a packed mosque in Egypt's restive North Sinai province on Friday and set off a bomb, killing at least 305 people in the country's deadliest attack in recent memory.

According to officials, the militants opened fire from four off-road vehicles on Sufi worshippers during a Friday sermon in the Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometres west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, blocking off escape routes from the area by blowing up cars and leaving the burning wrecks blocking the roads.

How 235 worshippers were killed in deadliest terror attack on Egypt’s mosque

At least 235 worshippers were killed in a bomb and gun attack on an Egyptian mosque yesterday.

The attack on the packed mosque located in Egypt’s restive North Sinai province is regarded as the deadliest in Egypt’s recent history.

Egyptian Army destroys extremists hideouts, 2 vehicles in Central Sinai

The Egyptian Army destroyed five hideouts and two vehicles belonging to extremists in Central Sinai, the Egyptian military spokesman, Tamer al-Refaay, said in a statement on Wednesday in Cairo.

The Central Sinai is at the Southern part of North Sinai province bordering Israel and the Palestinian Gaza strip.

Salah goals take Egypt to 2018 World Cup to join Nigeria

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah converted a stoppage-time penalty to give Egypt a dramatic 2-1 win over Congo Brazzaville Sunday and a place at the 2018 World Cup in Russia with Nigeria.

Salah put Egypt ahead during the second half in Alexandria only for Arnold Bouka Moutou to equalise two minutes from the end of regular time.

Wow! ‘World’s heaviest woman’ dies in Abu Dhabi hospital

An Egyptian believed to be the world’s heaviest woman died Monday morning of heart and kidney failure at an Abu Dhabi hospital.

A team of more than 20 doctors had been caring for Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty since her arrival at Burjeel Hospital in May.

Not again! Sinai attack kills 18 Egyptian policemen

At least 18 Egyptian policemen were killed and three injured on Monday in an attack claimed by Islamic State on a security convoy in the Sinai Peninsula, which is gripped by an insurgency.

Security and medical sources said the attack took place near Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, and two of those killed were officers. A brigadier general lost a leg in the blast.

US slashes military and economic aid to Egypt citing poor human rights record

The Trump administration cut or delayed hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Cairo, citing human rights concerns, hours before Egypt's president and foreign minister met with White House adviser Jared Kushner on Wednesday.

Kushner, who is also President Donald Trump's son-in-law, was in Cairo as part of a Middle East tour aimed at exploring ways to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, which last collapsed in 2014.

And Egypt kills 30 extremists in Sinai

Egyptian forces have killed 30 extremists during several days of security operations in the Sinai Peninsula involving the army, air force and police, the military said Saturday.

The Egyptian authorities are battling an insurgency by the Islamic State (IS) group in North Sinai that has killed hundreds of members of the security forces.

At least two foreign tourists killed in knife attack at Egyptian resort

Two foreign tourists were killed and four others were wounded by an attacker armed with a knife at an Egyptian holiday resort in Hurghada, the interior ministry said Friday.

The motive for the attack was still under investigation, Egypt’s interior ministry and security sources said, adding that the assailant was arrested immediately. The wounded tourists were rushed to a local hospital.

Egyptian police kill 16 gunmen in raids targeting militants

Egypt's Interior Ministry said on Saturday police officers had shot dead 16 gunmen in two shootouts, adding that most of those killed were fugitive militants linked to recent attacks on security forces in Northern Sinai.

Egypt faces an Islamist insurgency led by the Islamic State group in the restive Sinai Peninsula, where hundreds of soldiers and police have been killed since 2013.