Egypt to shorten North Sinai curfew hours during parliamentary elections
Curfew hours imposed in some parts of the North Sinai governorate will be
reduced on Sunday and Monday to start at 11pm instead of 7pm
Ahram Online , Saturday 21 Nov 2015
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/164/170319/Egypt/Egypt-Elections-/Egypt-to-shorten-North-Sinai-curfew-hours-during-p.aspx

Curfew hours imposed in some parts of Egypt's troubled North Sinai
governorate will be reduced on Sunday and Monday to start at 11pm instead of
7pm, to make it easier for locals to vote in the parliamentary elections.

The curfew will also start at 11pm during the election runoffs, to take
place on 1 and 2 December, Egypt's High Election Committee said in a
Saturday statement

North Sinai is one of the 13 Egyptian governorates where voters will cast
their ballots in the second phase of the parliamentary elections. The first
phase of the parliamentary elections took place in 14 governorates in
October.

The curfew in North Sinai's El-Arish and Sheikh Zuweid, among other areas,
was first imposed on 25 October 2014 for a three-month period, one day after
31 army personnel were killed in an attack by Islamist militants. The curfew
has since been renewed on a regular three-month basis.

Egypt has been facing an Islamist insurgency that has primarily targeted
policemen and security installations in Sinai, with attacks seeing a
dramatic increase after the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in
2013.

In October, the Egyptian Armed Forces spokesperson announced that Egypt's
army had gained full control over the North Sinai areas of El-Arish, Rafah
and Sheikh Zuwaid after successful raids on "terrorist strongholds" and
weapons caches.