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This interview took place in Eritrea during the Eritrea-Ethiopia border war (1998-2000). The conflict started over a border dispute between the two countries for the control of the town of Badme.
After World War II, Ethiopia claimed Eritrea as part of its national territory, once...
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Egyptian women involved in the planning of the National Population Council’s strategy
The National Women’s Council participated in the meeting held yesterday by the National Population Council in preparing its strategy for 2015-2020. The strategy includes a number of different axes, the most...
Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2012
U.S. ambassador in Cairo Anne Patterson met on Wednesday (October 10) with Coptic activists who spoke to her about the status of religious minorities in Egypt under President Muhammad Mursī, a few days after her meeting with Egyptian Shiite leaders who told her they applied for the Dutch...
Date of source: Thursday, December 31, 2009
Homeless children are everywhere on the Egyptian streets, and are increasing in large numbers. This produces the dangerous situation of child trafficking. These two problems can be solved together through the making of an Egyptian adoption law. The idea of an adoption law was presented by the...
Date of source: Thursday, August 12, 2010
Pope Shenouda accepts all the items of the status law project for non-Muslims and a sectarian argument about adoption.
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2010
This article outlines the difficulties faced by two brothers raised as Christians, but with a Muslim father. The boys’ mother helps them with a lawsuit to keep their religion, but it seems they will be forced to convert to Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The lawyer Najīb Jibrā’īl has prepared a draft bill for a law that will allow Christians to adopt in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, March 15, 2009
The trial of those accused in the case of selling Egyptian children to foreign couples started on March 16 under a strict security presence.
Date of source: Sunday, March 1, 2009
The public prosecutor has launched an appeal on behalf of Camilia Lutfī to change the 2008 court ruling that granted her husband custody of their children.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The case of the illegal adoption of young Egyptian children has gained prominence in the press in recent weeks. The editorial looks at the issue and analyses its consequences.