Egypt in the news on 14 May 2019
No single story is leading the conversation on Egypt in the foreign press this morning. A handful of pieces worth a skim:
- Political activists released after serving prison sentences still have to spend the night in the police station as a condition of their release, languishing from 6pm to 6am of every day at their local police station, reports the BBC.
- From the department of the obvious: The bottom line in a lengthy Reuters feature: Megaprojects sometimes come with mega-headaches, but Egypt’s political leadership is committed to bringing the new administrative capital to life.
- The parents of Giulio Regeni have called for the extradition of five men to Italy to face trial for their son’s murder, in an open letter to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, The Guardian reports.
- Pharaonic military castle uncovered in Sinai: The 11-meter wide castle dates back to the Psamtik era from 664-610 BC belonging to the 26th Dynasty, making it the oldest such castle discovered, reports Xinhua.