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Egypt’s public prosecution orders actress, Menna Shalaby, to appear in court over drug possession charges

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1 year ago

December 26, 2022

Popular Egyptian actress, Menna Shalaby, is to appear before a Cairo Criminal court on charges of drug possession, as ordered by the North African country’s Public Prosecution on Monday.

The famous actress was arrested in November at the Cairo International Airport, for alleged possession of cannabis which is illegal and punishable by the law in Egypt.

The Public Prosecution had received a notification to arrest Shalaby during the completion of customs procedures, and X-rays showed the presence of organic densities inside her luggage.

After being thoroughly searched, the forces discovered materials suspected of being drugs inside the actress bags, so she arrested, and the suspected materials were sized.

She was detained briefly before being granted bail with a fine of LE50,000, but after listening to the testimony of five witnesses in addition to the results of the police investigations, the Public Prosecution referred Shalaby to the criminal court and also ordered that the results of the chemical laboratory which examined the seizures found in her possession be presented as evidence.

The Public Prosecution had on November 25, ordered the release of Shalaby after interrogating her in the case of possessing narcotics at the airport after returning from abroad with materials suspected of being narcotics, local Egyptian media had reported.

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Egypt reclaims 3,400-year-old stolen statue of King Ramses II

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2 hours ago

April 23, 2024

Akanimoh Etim

Egypt has received a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II that was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three millennia a ago, the country’s Antiquities Ministry said in a statement.

According to the Ministry, the statue was stolen from the Ramses II temple in the ancient city of Abydos in Southern Egypt more than three decades ago.

Head of Egypt’s Antiquities Repatriation Department, Shaaban Abdel Gawad, who received the artefact said though the exact date the artefact was stolen is not known, the piece is estimated to have been stolen in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

“The statue is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo but not on display. The artefact will be restored,” he said.

He stated that Egyptian authorities spotted the artefact when it was offered for sale in an exhibition in London in 2013 before it was moved to several other countries before reaching Switzerland.

“This head is part of a group of statues depicting King Ramses II seated alongside a number of Egyptian deities,” Abdel Gawad said.

King Ramses II is one of ancient Egypt’s most powerful Pharaohs. Also known as Ramses the Great, he was the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt and ruled from 1279 to 1213 BC.

“Egypt collaborated with Swiss authorities to establish its rightful ownership and Switzerland handed over the statue to the Egyptian embassy in Bern last year, but it was only recently that Egypt brought the artefact home, he added.

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Ghana mourns as top gospel music icon Koda passes away

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1 day ago

April 22, 2024

Akanimoh Etim

The Ghanaian entertainment industry has, once again, been thrown into mourning following the death of renowned gospel musician, Kofi Owusu Dua Anto, known professionally as Koda, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 46.

According to reports, the gospel music icon and producer died from a kidney-related condition he had been suffering from for sometime.

Koda, renowned for hit songs like “Hossana”, “Nkwaa Abodo”, “Nsem Pii” and “Adooso”, was also a producer of repute who gained fame for his inspiring compositions and his captivating, soul-stirring vocals that struck a chord with audiences nationwide.

A local media reports that he worked with a lot of Gospel musicians in Ghana and Nigeria including popular Nigerian gospel singer, Nathaniel Bassey.