| 5,990,246 |
30.41667 |
30.21667 |
Egypt |
|
A member of al-Dostour party was according to his wife "forcibly disappeared" onJan. 13, 2014. While the NHCR initially stated that he had been detained in Zagazig prison, his wife later stated that prison administrators told her he was actually in Wadi al-Natroun prison. |
| 5,990,249 |
30.12194 |
31.40556 |
Egypt |
|
Pilots ofEgyptAirheld a four day go-slow protest which ended on14 May demanding higher salaries, causing the delay of 37 flights. In an agreement reached with the airline and the Civil Aviation Minister, they were granted a 40 percent pay raise. |
| 5,990,254 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
An Egyptian court sentenced 152 protesters on 14 May to between two and five years in prison each after they demonstrated against a decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. |
| 5,990,258 |
31.12502 |
33.74021 |
Egypt |
|
An Egyptian conscript was killed and a police officer injured on 15 May after an explosive device went off during a security patrol in the Massaid area in Arish in North Sinai. |
| 5,990,262 |
30.03513 |
31.21399 |
Egypt |
|
The "Egyptis not for sale" campaign launched by the Democratic Alliance party (Civil Democratic Current) announced on 17 May a symbolic open-ended sit-in inside Al-Karama party headquarters. |
| 5,990,266 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
Journalists of the privately-owned Al-Fagr newspaper organised a stand of solidarity on the stairs of the Press Syndicate on 18 May to call for the release of their arrested coworker. |
| 5,990,558 |
-9.9333 |
33.9333 |
Malawi |
|
A number of properties are destroyed and people injured during a clash between three families over ownership of local land. A former MP of the area is implicated in funding the violence. |
| 5,990,270 |
30.04887 |
31.23111 |
Egypt |
|
47 detainees who received five-year sentences after being arrested on Apr. 25 in Giza and Dokki for protesting the transfer of Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia began their hunger strike on 18 May, writing in a letter from inside prison that they are protesting "the unjust and oppressive sentence that has been passed against us." |
| 5,993,697 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Tollbooth workers launched a three-day nationwide sit-in. |
| 5,990,276 |
31.13159 |
33.79844 |
Egypt |
|
A leading tribal figure from the El-Fawkhriya tribe was executed by three masked militants who drove in on a motorbike and opened fire against him in front of his home in Al-Arish city in North Sinai governorate on 18 May. According to residents, the attack was carried out against the leading tribal figure due to his ongoing cooperation with state security forces against "Sinai Province" militants who are affiliated with the Islamic State (IS). |
