An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation will arrive in Cairo on Sunday to review Egypt's progress on economic reforms before it disburses the second installment of a $12-billion loan program, the Finance Ministry said. The IMF delegation will stay until May 11 and meet with officials from the ministry and the central bank, the ministry said in a statement. Egypt agreed the three-year program with the IMF in November, after […]
The Media Review Network (MRN) has expressed its relief that Shaykh Abdu Salaam Bassiouni has finally been released by Egypt and has returned home to South Africa. Shaykh Bassiouni made his way back to Johannesburg on Sunday, about a year after being released from prison in Cairo. The 65year old scholar, academic and humanitarian is relieved that his nightmare has ended and has conveyed his sincere appreciation to all supporters […]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said a suicide bomber carried out the attack that killed 24 Christians during Sunday Mass at a Cairo chapel adjacent to St Mark's Cathedral, the seat of Egypt's ancient Coptic Orthodox Church. It was among the deadliest attacks to ever target Egypt's Coptic minority, which makes up about 10 percent of the country's population and which was perceived to have supported the military overthrow […]
A bombing at Cairo's largest Coptic cathedral killed at least 25 people and wounded 49, many of them women and children attending Sunday mass, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority in years. The attack comes as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi fights battles on several fronts. His economic reforms have angered the poor, a bloody crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood has seen thousands jailed, whilst an insurgency rages in […]
Six police officers were killed this morning after a bomb exploded near a security services building in the Al-Haram area of Cairo, Egypt. The police station in Giza received a report that a roadside bomb planted by unknown assailants near a security base near the Al-Salam Mosque. Civil defence and police forces were dispatched to the scene immediately. Roads leading to the area were closed following the attack. [Source: Middle […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
