Egypt Country Profile
News archive:
2012
- Space for Transparency - TI Blog:
'A year in the life of the Egyptian civil society', 01 Feb. 2012
- Egypt Independent:
'Auditing official: USD 9 million of Mubarak funds frozen in Central Bank', 12 Jan. 2012
- CNN:
'Prosecutor seeks death sentence for Mubarak', 05 Jan. 2012
- Reuters:
'Prosecutors accuse Mubarak over protesters' death', 04 Jan. 2012
2011
- Huffington Post:
'A year corruption ignited the Arab Spring, do citizens have a greater voice?', 29 Dec. 2011
- Financial Times:
'Mubarak's corruption trial postponed', 28 Dec. 2011
- Associated Press:
'Latest Egypt voting hit with fraud allegations', 15 Dec. 2011
- Agence France-Presse:
'Egypt islamists threaten demos if poll fraud found', 06 Dec. 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt army issues law against political corruption', 21 Nov. 2011
- Global Post:
'Egypt election: Signs of fraud, vote-buying and corruption', 18 Nov. 2011
- The Daily News Egypt:
'Arab spring raises hope for era of cleaner business', 11 Nov. 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt to ratify anti-corruption law in days: minister', 01 Nov. 2011
- Associated Press:
'Egypt convicts Mubarak's information minister', 28 Sep. 2011
- The Guardian:
'Mubarak minister jailed for corruption', 18 Sep. 2011
- Agence France-Presse:
'Egypt steel magnate, ex-minister jailed', 15 Sep. 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt's revived anti-graft law may net Mubarak', 18 Aug. 2011
- Al Jazeera:
'Egypt: The trial of the century', 15 Aug. 2011
- Bloomberg:
'Mubarak hears conspiracy charges from stretcher in a Cairo courtroom cage', 03 Aug. 2011
- Associated Press:
'Egypt's Mubarak to be brought to Cairo for trial', 28 Jul. 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt PM pledges anti-graft body, other reforms', 22 Jul. 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt detains former PM Obeid for illegal land deal', 14 Jul. 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt's ex-PM, ministers convicted in graft case', 12 Jul. 2011
- Al Masry Al-Youm:
'Impotent oversight agencies stymie fight against corruption', 07 Jul. 2011
- BBC:
'Egypt: Mubarak ministers cleared of corruption', 05 Jul. 2011
- BBC:
'Egypt: Mubarak ministers cleared of corruption', 05 Jul. 2011
- Space for Transparency:
'Egypt needs stronger anti-corruption laws, and enforcement', 02 Jul. 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt steel magate faces new graft charges-agency', 26 Jun. 2011
- Space for Transparency:
'Flattening the pyramid; the struggle to reform Egypt's political system', 13 Jun. 2011
- BBC:
'Egypt:Jail term for ex-minister Youssef Boutros Ghali', 04 Jun. 2011
- Ahram:
'Mubarak regime hid frank corruption reports', 31 May 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt court bars some state bodies from land sales', 30 May 2011
- BBC:
'Helping Egypt's entrepreneurs' (Video), 29 May 2011
- Agence France-Presse:
'Egypt ex-minister gets 5 years for fraud', 27 May 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt PM promotes successes afead of Friday protest', 26 May 2011
- Al Arabiya:
'Hosni Mubarak, two sons to face criminal trial for corruption, deaths of protesters', 24 May 2011
- The Guardian:
'Egyptian political activist: 'Corruption will be difficult to end'', 19 May 2011
- Agence France-Presse:
'Egypt ex-first lady pledges assets to state amid graft probe', 17 May 2011
- Reuters:
'UPDATE 3 - Egypt graft agency orders Mubarak, wife detained', 13 May 2011
- Agence France-Presse:
'Egypt ex-tourism minister gets 5 yrs for corruption', 10 May 2011
- Agence France-Presse:
'Once feared Egypt interior minister gets 12 years', 05 May 2011
- The Wall Street Journal:
'Switzerland freezes three Mideast leaders' funds', 03 May 2011
- Reuters:
'Analysis: Graft, stagnation persist in post-Mubarak Egypt', 29 Apr. 2011
- Huffpost World:
'Former Egyptian information minister charged with corruption/abuse of power', 26 Apr. 2011
- Associated Press:
'Egypt: At least 846 killed in protests', 19 Apr. 2011
- Transparency International:
'A clean start-strengthening integrity in Egypt', 19 Apr. 2011
- Transparency International:
'The start of a new anti-corruption era in Egypt', 19 Apr. 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt puts top ex-ministers on trial in graft crackdown', 17 Apr. 2011
- BBC:
'Egypt: Mubarak and sons detained amid corruption probe', 13 Apr. 2011
- The New York Times:
'Mubarak denies corruption and defends his legacy', 10 Apr. 2011
- Reuters:
'Update 3 - Protesters pack Cairo square, pile pressure on army', 08 Apr. 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt arrests former housing minister Soliman', 06 Apr. 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt corruption panes to quiz Mubarak's son Gamal', Apr. 2011
- The Guardian:
'Egypt is still Mubarakstan', 29 Mar. 2011
- Reuters:
'Egypt clerics protest at graft in religious bodies', 27 Mar. 2011
- Agence France-Presse:
'EU freezes assets of Mubarak and assosiates', 21 Mar. 2011
- BBC Radio 4:
'File on 4: Egypt's missing millions', 16 Mar. 2011
- CNN:
'Cairo court upholds freeze on Mubarak's assets', 08 Mar. 2011
- CNN:
'Mubarak to be questioned in corruption probe', 03 Mar. 2011
- Agence France-Presse:
'Egypt ex-minister 'to go on trial March 5', 28 Feb. 2011
- Canadian Press:
'Authorities arrest former information minister, head of state TV on corruption allegations', 23 Feb. 2011
- Al Jazeera:
'Egypt ask to freeze Mubarak assets', 21 Feb. 2011
- New York Times:
'Swiss locate funds linked to Mubarak', 18 Feb. 2011
- Associated Press:
'Egypt arrests 3 ex-ministers, corruption alleged', 18 Feb. 2011
- Wall Street Journal:
'Legal cases pile up in Cairo', 16 Feb. 2011
- Transparency International:
'Building strong, accountable and transparent institutions is key to a successful transition for Egypt and Tunesia', 14 Feb. 2011
- Voice of America:
'Egypt charges government figures with corruption', 10 Feb. 2011
- Assosiated Press:
'Egypt takes aim at Al-Jazeera for protest coverage', 10 Feb. 2011
- Al Jazeera:
'How did Egypt become so corrupt', 08 Feb. 2011





