ABC News Militant Leader Urges Jihad, or Holy War, in Egypt The purported leader of a militant group that has staged several small attacks over the past year in the Egyptian capital has urged holy war, or jihad, calling on the young to join the extremists' fight. The call came in an hour-long interview with a man identified as Magd Eddin al-Masri, who claims to be the leader of Ajnad Misr, or "Egypt's Soldiers," a group that surfaced as part of a rising insurgency in Egypt following the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013. In the footage, al-Masri claimed that Egypt is well suited for jihad to avenge the killings, torture and detentions of Islamists in the wake of the authorities' crackdown on Islamists following Morsi's ouster. The crackdown has killed hundreds and jailed thousands. "Jihad in Egypt is an obligation," he said, urging young Muslims to join the fight to avenge "the killing of our men, the dragging of our women and the imprisoning of our youth." Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/militant-leader-urges-jihad-holy-war-egypt-28247171 All Africa Kenya: Egypt Says It Will Go On Buying Kenyan Tea Egypt will continue to be the leading importer in Africa of Kenyan tea, its trade Minister told a Kenya-Egypt business forum held in Nairobi on Tuesday. The two called for diversification of trade between the two countries and witnessed the formation of a business council that draws 10 representatives from each country to explore trade opportunities. "Our trade volumes have risen from shillings 253 million to shillings 500 million, however it is still a drop in the ocean as we can do better than that," said Mohammed. Read more: http://allafrica.com/stories/2015011505.html World Bulletin Egypt slams European Parliament call for MPs' release Egypt's Foreign Ministry on Thursday slammed a European Parliament decision criticizing the country's human rights record and calling for the release of 167 members of the dissolved parliament. The ministry said the European Parliament approach "does not serve the support of the bilateral relations between Egypt and the European Union." "The decision violates the simplest democratic principles of the separation of authorities in tackling the matters in subjective way," the statement said. The decision called also for "putting an end to all violent activities against the opposition politicians, demonstrators, journalists, bloggers, students, women right activists, civil community representatives and minorities." It also called for the release of 167 detained lawmakers who were elected in 2011. Read more: http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/153075/egypt-slams-european-parliament-call-for-mps-release
