Ayman Nour, the chairman of Egypt's liberal El-Ghad party, talked to Arian Fariborz and Mahmoud Tawfik about his party's perspectives for the future and his plan to run for office again in the next presidential elections
The Director of Information in Khartoum state, El Tayeb Saad Eddin, was arrested yesterday for alleged involvement in leaking state information to ‘an active group affiliated to the ousted Al Bashir regime’.
Saudi to test Egypt labour force before granting visas
Workers dye yarns in a vat at a traditional hand-dying workshop in the Egyptian capital Cairo s centuries old district of Darb al-Ahmar on January 21, 2020 [KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images] March 10, 2021 at 11:01 am
Saudi Arabia s Ministry of Labour has imposed new conditions on the recruitment of Egyptian workers, the official spokesman of the Egyptian Ministry of Manpower, Haitham Saad Eddin, revealed yesterday.
According to
the New Khaleej news site, Saad Eddin said the Human Resources Department at the Saudi Ministry of Labour will oversee the new conditions, which include professional tests.
Ex-top judge elected to lead Egypt legislature Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent
Cairo: A former top judge has been elected as head of Egypt’s lower house of parliament at the first meeting of the recently elected assembly.
Hanfi Al Jebeili, an ex-chief judge of the Supreme Constitutional Court, won the majority of votes at the 569-strong House of Representatives. He got 508 votes in favour.
Al Jebeili, 71, was mainly backed by the Mostqbal Watan (The Nation’s Future) Party, which won the majority of the seats in Egypt s legislative elections held in two stages late last year. He outrivaled three others contenders for the post.