Deflation in Egypt private sector continues in 2019
Non-oil private sector activity in Egypt fell last month to the lowest level since September 2017, recording 48.2 points according to the I.H.S Index of Purchasing Managers in Egypt, so that private sector contraction continues throughout 2019. The private sector…
A campaign to save detainees from the cold of winter
Two new detainees died in Egyptian prisons on Wednesday as a result of deliberate medical neglect and suffering from the cold and hunger, within less than a week of the death of a detained journalist in the notorious Scorpion wing…
Cairo is angry with Ismail Haniyeh after Iran visit
On May 6, 2017, the Egyptian regime was satisfied with the election of Ismail Haniyeh as a head of Hamas’ political bureau instead of Khaled Meshaal. But after Haniyeh’s visit to Iran, it seems he has joined Meshaal on Cairo’s…
Hidden tension in Egypt-Algeria relations
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reduced his visit to Algeria to just a few hours, during which he met the Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, and delivered a message from General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Shoukry met the Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri…
A dead-end ahead for the Ethiopia-Egypt negotiations
Ethiopia and Egypt have failed to resolve a long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam during the latest round of talks this week. The deadline set by the USA to reach an agreement between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia on…
A new failure in Renaissance Dam negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia
The Ministry of Irrigation has announced the failure of the fourth round of the Renaissance Dam negotiations, which was held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, where no final agreement was reached between Egypt and Ethiopia on the amount of…
Mahmoud Hegazy returns to supervise Libya policy
In the context of the developments currently taking place in Libya and the entry of Turkish military forces into Tripoli, informed sources have said that the former chief of staff of the armed forces, General Mahmoud Hegazy, had returned to…
Egypt supports a ceasefire in Libya
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has announced that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin to a ceasefire in Libya starting from Sunday, January 12. They have invited all conflicting parties to support a peaceful…
Price of electricity rises for seventh time
The Ministry of Electricity has confirmed its commitment to implement the annual increase in electricity bills next July, as part of the final stage of the IMF programme to permanently liberalise electricity prices by the fiscal year 2020-2021. The Ministry…
New detainee dies of cold in Egypt
Political detainee Alaa Saad has died in Burj al-Arab prison in Alexandria due to the inhuman conditions of detention and the deliberate medical negligence of the prison administration, according to the Al-Shehab Centre for Human Rights. Alaa suffered three days…
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