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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Egypt has begun a formal investigation into the massive container ship, Ever Given, grounded in the Suez Canal, blocking the world's major

Publishing date: Mar 17, 2021  •  4 days ago  •  3 minute read  •  Article content CAIRO — Egypt is racing to prepare a grandiose new capital city in the desert east of Cairo before the first civil servants move in this summer and ahead of the delayed official opening of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s flagship project. At the heart of the city, workers are putting finishing touches to an avenue of ministries that echo the architecture of pharaonic temples and adjoin a raised Islamic complex, two domed parliament buildings and a sprawling presidential compound. We apologize...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio They demanded freedom, dignity, democracy and social justice amid battles with police and state-hired thugs, and on February 11 President Hosni Mubarak resigned. But the coalition fragmented as it faced two much more established forces: the Muslim Brotherhood that swept to power in later elections, and the military that toppled it in 2013. Egypt now faces a different landscape. Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi, who became president in 2014 after leading the overthrow of the Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi, has overseen a crackdown that activists call...