Senior Reporter
Omar El-Shazly
National News Reporter
Covers national news across Egypt — government decisions, public policy, the institutions that run the country, and the stories shaping daily life from Cairo out to the governorates. The beat spans announcements from ministries and parliament through to how a policy actually lands in Minya or Port Said. Reporting starts from the primary document wherever one exists: the decree, the budget line, the official statement. Where a claim cannot be sourced, it is not published, and where two official figures disagree, the story says so rather than choosing the tidier number.
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Latest stories by Omar El-Shazly
Why Egypt is on alert as Houthi forces seize the Red Sea's Bab al-Mandeb strait
Egypt has formed a crisis team and stepped up diplomatic contacts after Houthi forces seized Yemen's Red Sea coast near the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a chokepoint tied to Suez Canal revenue.
15 Oct 2026
Egypt invites Hamas and Fatah rivals to Cairo after Abbas delays Palestinian elections
Egypt has invited Hamas and a rival Fatah faction to Cairo for reconciliation talks after President Mahmoud Abbas postponed Palestinian elections to September 2027.
14 Oct 2026
Sudanese rights groups blame Egypt for air strike that killed dozens of gold miners
Sudanese rights groups accuse Egypt's air force of killing dozens of gold miners near the disputed Halayeb Triangle, in a strike Cairo sources describe differently.
13 Oct 2026
Sisi ends three-nation Asia tour with new Egypt-Indonesia partnership plan
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi closed a six-day tour of South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia by signing a strategic partnership action plan with President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta.
12 Oct 2026
Egypt condemns Riyadh airport strike that killed Egyptian flight attendant
Cairo condemned a missile strike on Riyadh's King Khalid airport that killed Egyptian flight attendant Azza Ramzy Mohamed Hassan, 28, and injured five other Egyptians.
12 Oct 2026
Infinity Power, Hassan Allam sign 1GW wind deal for Ras Shokeir on the Red Sea
Infinity Power and Hassan Allam Utilities signed a PPA with Egypt's state transmission company for a 1GW wind farm at Ras Shokeir on the Gulf of Suez — the second major wind deal for that coast this year.
4 Sept 2026
In Luanda, Madbouly calls Africa’s challenges “unprecedented” — and points to Egypt’s file of fixes
Representing President Al-Sisi at the AU’s extraordinary summit on conflict prevention, Egypt’s PM listed poverty, climate, water scarcity and terrorism — and the mechanisms Egypt wants strengthened.
31 Aug 2026
Gaza has no DNA lab — and more than 8,000 families are waiting on names
The Palestinian Health Ministry counts over 8,000 people missing beneath rubble. The ICRC says identification needs biological samples, reference databases and matching capacity Gaza does not have.
31 Aug 2026
Washington takes the Iran file to the G20 — with tariffs straining the very allies it needs
The US Treasury Secretary heads to the G20 to rally support on Iran while the administration’s tariff policy tests the patience of the partners being asked to help.
31 Aug 2026
Xi, Putin and Pezeshkian in Bishkek: the SCO turns 25 with a war on its agenda
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation opens its two-day summit in Kyrgyzstan with China’s and Iran’s presidents in the room, Putin expected, and the question of what the bloc can actually do for Tehran.
31 Aug 2026
Egypt at the AU summit on conflict prevention, with Sudan next door
The prime minister heads to Angola for an African Union extraordinary summit on conflict prevention. For Egypt this is not abstract diplomacy — the war is on its southern border.
30 Aug 2026
Thousands missing after floods in Nepal and Tibet, and what mountain disasters do differently
Around 2,500 people are missing after floods swept away communities in Nepal and Tibet. Mountain flooding fails in ways that lowland flooding does not.
30 Aug 2026
