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Wednesday, 13 February 2019

All quiet on the foreign press coverage front for Egypt

On a blessedly quiet morning for Egypt in the foreign press, a headlines worth noting in brief:

  • Four students were arrested last week after mocking Christian rituals in an online video, AFP reports.
  • Love from Tunis: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has the potential to do a great job in his presidency of the African Union, according to Tunisian President Béji Caid Sibsi, who was quoted in the Tunisian newspaper AlChourouk in a story picked up by Sada Elbalad.
  • Judicial independence: The proposed constitutional amendments could have a negative impact on the judiciary’s independence, Human Rights Watch said in a statement yesterday.
  • Ancient workshop: Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient workshop in Northern Sinai that was used to build and repair ships in the Ptolemaic Era, reports the Associated Press.

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