Officials from nearly a dozen Egyptian ministries and state institutions have completed a six-month course on migration governance offered by IOM and the American University in Cairo's Center for Migration and Refugee Studies.
The course is the (...)
António Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, has said that Egypt plays a "central role" in resolving regional crises, which he argued was vital to reduce the numbers of those displaced by conflict.
"We have seen it with the success of (...)
First of two days of voting in Egypt's presidential election saw voters choose between former military chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and leftist Hamdeen Sabahi; Ahram Online reporters followed the events of the day as they unfolded
22:00 Egyptian Prime (...)
For the second part of Ahram Online's live coverage of the day, click here.
15:30 Ahram Online reporter Salma Hegab reports that voter turnout is very low at Ahmed Maher Experimental School, a women's-only polling station in the eastern Cairo (...)
A group of Syrian medical professionals were arrested by Egyptian police on Wednesday on charges of running a clinic without the required licences, sources within the Syrian community told Ahram Online.
Thirteen Syrian medical professionals, (...)
A Sudanese refugee who was arrested in Cairo on Thursday faces deportation, colleagues say.
Mohamed Suliman Mohamed, a refugee from Nyala in the Sudanese state of South Darfur, was arrested by Egyptian security forces on 25 July, according to (...)
Massive anti-Morsi rallies in Cairo, Alexandria and other governorates, while Morsi's supporters turn out in smaller numbers; figure of 7 deaths in Cairo clashes not confirmed officially
00:30 It's been another turbulent day in Egypt. We are closing (...)
Ittihadiya presidential palace and Tahrir Square both packed as Cairo sees unprecedented numbers on the streets calling for President Morsi to step down; major protests also in Alexandria, Nile Delta cities
19:55Members of the Muslim Brotherhood's (...)
On Friday, two days before President Mohamed Morsi marks his first year in power, Cairo's Nasr City will host mass rallies to support the president propelled to power last year by Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.
The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice (...)
Moataz, a 41-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker from Darfur, has called Egypt home for the last year, but it has not always been a welcoming one.
He worked in north Darfur for several years, until he started to have problems with the Sudanese (...)
Dozens of Ethiopian refugees protested on Sunday outside the Egypt office of UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in Cairo's 6 October City to demand protection from what they describe as increasingly frequent xenophobic attacks by Egyptians.
Protesters, (...)
A group of Eritrean refugees held a demonstration on Sunday at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in 6 October City on the outskirts of Cairo, protesting what they describe as inadequate protection and help from the UN (...)
On Saturday, the April 6 Youth Movement, a leading force behind the 2011 revolution and a powerful actor on the political scene since, commemorated the fifth anniversary of a historic strike in the city of Mahalla with anti-government protests in (...)
In a ground floor flat in a quiet, leafy street in Cairo's Nasr City district, Sayyed, 11, sits at a kitchen table, pouring over an exercise book. He is off school with a sore leg, and has nothing to do except label a diagram showing the parts of (...)
Rehab, student
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Despite expectations that life for women would improve after the Revolution it has worsened. We are oppressed and sexually harassed in Tahrir Square, and people are accusing us of deliberately wanting it, purely because we go the (...)
In an interview with Ahram Online on Thursday, UNICEF Representative in Egypt Philippe Duamelle spoke of "serious concerns" related to the rights of children detained following clashes and demonstrations.
Egypt has witnessed a wave of demonstrations (...)
One protester is slain and dozens injured after anti-Morsi rally outside presidential palace turns violent, with security forces and demonstrators continuing to trade teargas, Molotov cocktails into the night
22:13 Rights lawyer and activist Rajia (...)
17:40 Famous football player and former parliamentary candidate for the moderate Islamist Wasat Party list, Nader El-Sayed, speaks in Tahrir Square, pointing out the large numbers of Egyptian flags displayed and commenting:
“This is because all (...)
Multiple marches converge on Tahrir Square in protest at President Morsi's recent constitutional declaration; opposition protests seen across governorates, while president's supporters also hold rallies
18:05Ahram Online's Osman Sharnoubi reports (...)
The vast majority of Egyptian Christians belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church, but there are a number of other Christian denominations with significant numbers of followers in Egypt. Ahram Online takes a look at three of the largest.
The Greek (...)
Preliminaryreportsfrom the first day of Egypt's historic parliamentary elections suggest that women voters have turned out in high numbers to make their voices heard.
However, some women's rights campaigners fear that, despite the enthusiasm of (...)
A Guinean graduate student at the American University in Cairo conducting academic research in Gambia has been detained by notorious security services and has not been heard from since
Mouctar Diallo, a graduate student at the American University in (...)
“We reject in the strongest terms the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity.” So argued Susan Rice, the US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a meeting of the Security Council on 18 February 2011. She had been called (...)