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Following a defense pact signed by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi earlier this month, Egypt deploys two C-130 aircraft carrying military officers and equipment to Mogadishu, Somalia, as the initial phase of a significant deployment that will see up to 10,000 Egyptian soldiers stationed in Somalia.
2024-08-27

Five people are killed and nine others are injured when a boat capsizes on the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt.
2024-07-30

The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain officially recognise the State of Palestine, after declaring their intention to do so on May 22.
2024-05-28

Three people are killed and two others are injured in a building collapse in Ismailia, Egypt.
2023-08-28

Spain's Maritime Safety and Rescue Society rescues 86 people from a pirogue off the Canary Islands after human rights defender Helena Maleno reports that three boats carrying around 300 people from Senegal have gone missing since June.
2023-07-10

Five soldiers are killed and four others are injured during a shooting at a security post in North Sinai, Egypt.
2022-05-11

Fourteen people are killed after bombs planted by Islamic State militants explode near civilian homes in Bir al-Abd, Egypt. The bombs were placed when militants attacked several villages in the town in July, forcing people to flee their homes, who then returned a month later when soldiers secured the area.
2020-10-25

An Egyptian court hands down a death sentence on 638 Muslim Brotherhood supporters, among them the group's top leader Mohamed Badie.
2014-04-28

Armed men open fire at a checkpoint in the Egyptian city of Arish on the Sinai Peninsula.
2012-08-8

A group of more than 30 journalists from such countries as Turkey, Spain, Germany, Lebanon, Egypt, the United Kingdom and the United States announces it is to take legal action against Israel for equipment lost and money stolen due to the Gaza flotilla raid.
2010-07-14