Egypt Court Orders Closure of Prominent Independent News Website

Bloomberg Politics28 October 2026, 05:57 UTCEgypt

A Cairo court ordered the closure of Mada Masr, one of Egypt’s few remaining independent news outlets, and fined its editor-in-chief for operating it without a license.

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