8 Egyptians deported from Kuwait presented to prosecution for belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood
August 7, 2019 The Supreme State Security Prosecution on Monday arrested eight Egyptians who were deported from Kuwait several weeks ago for 15 days in connection with investigations into their alleged membership of the Muslim Brotherhood. The prosecution has accused…
Egypt receives last tranche of IMF loan
August 7, 2019 On Monday Egypt received $2 billion, the last tranche of a $12 billion IMF loan under an agreement signed by the Egyptian government in August 2016. In a statement issued on Monday Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Mait…
20 killed and dozens injured: conflicting accounts about Cairo explosion
August 6, 2019 Twenty Egyptians were killed and dozens wounded in an explosion outside the Institute of Oncology in central Cairo on Sunday evening. Official accounts on the cause of the explosion contradicted earlier explanations. Initially doctors from inside…
Egypt’s Sisi signs amendments to law regulating trade unions
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi signed Law No. 142 of 2019 to amend several provisions of Law No 213 of 2017 related to trade unions. Under the amendments, the General Trade Union of Workers should include at least 10 unionist…
Egypt and the IMF: Success or failure?
In July, the International Monetary Fund approved the final tranche of Egypt’s $12bn rescue loan, marking the end of a programme aimed at pulling the country out of a protracted economic crisis brought on by years of political upheaval. But…
Egypt calls deadly Cairo car blast ‘terrorist incident’
Egypt‘s government has said a car packed with explosives was the cause of an explosion near a medical centre in the capital that killed at least 20 people and wounded 47 others. In a statement on Monday, the interior ministry…
Egypt charges fees for departures on foreign and domestic flights
Egyptian Aviation Minister Younis al-Masry issued a decision to impose fees for departures from Egyptian airports, whether they be domestic or foreign flights. The official Egyptian gazette said Wednesday that these fees will be collected from passengers in exchange for…
How Sissi’s Egypt Hands Out Justice
KAFR AL-SHEIKH, EGYPT – Security forces detained Lotfy Ibrahim, a young construction worker, as he left a mosque near his home on the Nile Delta in the spring of 2015. When his family finally saw him again nearly three months…
Egypt thirsty as Nile water levels alarming low
August 2, 2019 The Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation has announced the decline of the Nile water level by about 5 billion m3 compared to last year. The announcement has sparked concern among Egyptians activists who launched a hashtag on Twitter…
Are we on a date with the collapse of the cement industry in Egypt?
August 2, 2019 “We may witness bankruptcies if the state does not intervene to save the industry,” said the director of the cement division, Noha Bakr, in an interview last January. Bakr was speaking of the crisis facing the cement…
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