Six years since al-Sisi asked for a mandate to fight terror, the war in not over
July 31, 2019 “Egyptians must take to the streets on Friday to give me the mandate to face violence and terrorism.” Six years have passed since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who at the time was Defence Minister, demanded popular authorisation to…
Poverty rate in Egypt 32.5% according to official figures
July 31, 2019 The Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed in a press conference on Monday that the poverty rate in Egypt is 32.5 per cent compared to 27.8 per cent in July 2016. According to…
Ziad al-Alimi’s mother demands her son be treated in hospital
July 31, 2019 Journalist Ikram Yousef, the mother of former MP Ziad al-Alimi who is currently being hold in connection with the so-called Hope Alliance case, demanded Monday that her son be transferred to hospital because of his deteriorating health….
AFTE calls on Egypt authorities to stop blocking digital media
July 31, 2019 The Freedom of Thought and Expression Foundation (AFTE), a law firm based in Cairo, released its quarterly report on the state of freedom of expression in Egypt on Monday, in which it reported numerous violations including against…
Egypt poverty rate hits 32.5%
July 30, 2019 Egypt’s auditing agency has announced that the poverty rate in the country reached 32.5 per cent in the year 2017-2018. The last statistic to be released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics…
Has Egypt failed to secure Sinai?
CAIRO — Unknown gunmen killed three citizens in the Sinai Peninsula on July 18, an Egyptian security source was quoted as saying by the German Press Agency (DPA). The anonymous source said that armed groups set up an ambush on the international…
University staff in Egypt receive military training
CAIRO — The Egyptian government is organizing training sessions for second- and third-rank university professors, administrators and employees to train them in leadership and organizational skills at Nasser Higher Military Academy, under the supervision of sociology professors and military generals. A staff…
UN criticises Egypt minister’s threat to kill opponents abroad
July 26, 2019 The United Nations criticised on Wednesday Egyptian Minister of Immigration Nabila Makram’s threat to the Egyptian opposition in the diaspora to “cut off their heads,” in a gesture captured on video and widely circulated on social networking…
HRW calls for NGO law to be returned to parliament
July 26, 2019 Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on Abdel Fattah al-Sisi not to ratify the NGO law and instead return it to parliament and amend it. In a statement the organisation noted that the law was passed hastily…
Amnesty International condemns overnight probation in Egypt
July 25, 2019 In a report, Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to stop using arbitrary overnight probation against political prisoners. Amnesty said policing was a repressive tactic to intimidate peaceful activists and to silence their voices, after…
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