News24 Egypt court recommends death for 25 over tribal clash An Egyptian court on Wednesday recommended death sentences for 25 people over deadly tribal clashes in 2014 in the southern province of Aswan, judicial and prosecution officials said. The court asked the mufti - the country's official interpreter of Islamic law - to consider the death sentences and it scheduled a session to pronounce its final decision on June 7. The 25 defendants were among 163 people accused of killing 28 people in clashes between two tribes in Aswan that erupted after a woman was accosted in April 2014. Read more: http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/egypt-court-recommends-death-for-25-over-tribal-clash-20160511-3 Xinhua Egypt surpasses South Africa as second largest economy in Africa: IMF Egypt has surpassed South Africa as the second largest economy in Africa, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest World Economic Outlook. The IMF said South Africa has been taken over by Egypt because of the depreciation of its currency, the rand. The IMF also projected that the South African economy would grow by a mere 0.6 percent this year, lower than the 0.9 percent predicted by the South African government. Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-05/12/c_135352443.htm
