Mubarak-era information minister Safwat El-Sherif to serve three-year prison sentence for illicit gains

BRIEFLY NOTED- The Court of Cassation upheld a three-year prison sentence and EGP 99 mn in fines imposed on Mubarak-era Information Minister Safwat El-Sherif on charges of illicit gains, Al Shorouk reports. The ruling from the nation’s highest appeals court cannot be appealed. The former minister also served as head of Egypt's Radio and Television Union, as well as the speaker for Egypt's upper house of parliament.