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Egypt receives its first shipment of raw materials used to manufacture the Sinovac Coronavac vaccine, as well as a shipment of 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine.
2021-05-21

Seven Pakistani crew members on Iranian cargo ship MV "Joya", sailing from Egypt to Dubai, UAE, are killed in a rocket attack off Yemen's coast.
2016-12-22

Voting in Egypt continues for an unscheduled third day due to concerns about low turnout. Official results show former military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi headed for a massive victory with 92% of the vote.
2014-05-28

An Egyptian court sentences 26 people to death in absentia for plotting attacks on ships passing through the Suez Canal.
2014-02-26

The African Union has announced that it has suspended Egypt's membership.
2013-07-5

Egypt's main opposition demands an investigation into the referendum on the Draft constitution, citing "fraud and violations" in the voting.
2012-12-23

A Draft constitution by the Constitutuent Assembly is approved by a majority of Egyptians in a referendum on 15 and 22 December.
2012-12-23

Clashes break out in Alexandria, Egypt, on the evening of the second leg of voting in the constitutional referendum.
2012-12-21

Voters in Egypt go to the polls for a highly charged referendum on a new constitution with violent clashes reported in Alexandria the evening before.
2012-12-15

A man sets himself on fire outside the parliament building in Cairo, Egypt. Copycat burnings also take place in Algeria and Mauritania.
2011-01-17