BBC Egypt: Mubarak to be retried over killings of protesters An appeals court in Egypt has ordered former President Hosni Mubarak to stand trial again over the killing of protesters in 2011. Mubarak was cleared in a retrial in November 2014 after originally being jailed for life over the death of 800 people during the revolution. He was separately convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail earlier this year. Mubarak, 87, is currently in the Maadi military hospital in Cairo. Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33003424 Reuters Egyptian court adjourns Al Jazeera journalists' retrial to June 11 A Cairo court on Thursday adjourned the retrial of Al Jazeera television journalists to June 11 for more closing statements by the defense team. The journalists are charged with aiding a terrorist organization, a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood, which was outlawed in Egypt after the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi amid mass protests against his rule in 2013. Mohamed Fahmy, a naturalized Canadian who has given up his Egyptian citizenship, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were released on bail in February after spending more than a year in custody. A third Al Jazeera journalist, Australian Peter Greste, was deported in February. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/04/us-egypt-jazeera-idUSKBN0OK12920150604 Star Africa Malawi, Egypt partner in cigarette manufacturing plant Egypt Eastern Tobacco Company has partnered with Auction Holdings Limited (AHL) Group to set up a $20 million cigarette manufacturing plant to be situated in the capital Lilongwe. Egyptian Company's Chairperson, Nabil Abdelaziz said Thursday that his company is impressed with the Malawi burley tobacco which is mostly of good quality for making cigarettes. "There is a ready market for cigarette sticks in Egypt from the factory which is yet to be established because the country requires a huge number of sticks for consumption," he said. AHL Chief Executive Officer, Evans Matabwa said the development is an important milestone to both local and global tobacco industries. Read more: http://en.starafrica.com/news/malawi-egypt-partner-in-cigarette-manufacturing-plant.html
