Exclusive: Coronavirus ignites conflicts inside Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church
Thousands of Coptic activists have caused great controversy in the past weeks, calling on the Coptic Orthodox Church to stop the ritual of Holy Communion during mass, especially after a priest, pastor, and two Egyptian deacons coming from a trip…
Coronavirus: Ethiopia’s latest reason for boycotting the Renaissance Dam negotiations
Egyptian sources expected that any negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, will be postponed until after next summer due to the novel coronavirus. Egyptian sources said that Egypt and Ethiopia were not ready…
Coronavirus infects Egypt’s army
After a complete disappearance for 19 days General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has finally appeared, warning that the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus could jump to thousands if Egyptians do not take it seriously. Al-Sisi appealed to Egyptians…
A new proposal: A phased Egypt-Ethiopia agreement
African experts have proposed the idea of a phased agreement on the Renaissance Dam covering the first two years of filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)’s reservoir as a solution that could delay the escalating crisis between Egypt and…
4 deaths in al-Sisi’s prisons in 24 hours
Egyptian human rights sources have announced the death of a political detainee as a result of torture inside the headquarters of the National Security Forces in the city of Shebeen el-Kom in Menoufia Governorate in northern Egypt. This brought the…
COVID-19 sharpens disputes between Egypt’s authorities
As governments and countries unite against the novel coronavirus, successive infections in Egypt have increased disputes. The most public dispute is what happened between the Al-Azhar Foundation, the largest religious institution in the country, and the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf),…
Amnesty International calls for the release of political detainees in Egypt
In an official statement Amnesty International called on the Egyptian authorities to immediately release political detainees and others who are vulnerable to coronavirus in Egyptian prisons. Amnesty pointed to the overcrowding of prisons and the lack of adequate access to…
11% increase in the price of beans
The Division of Cereals and Agricultural Crops at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce revealed that the prices of local beans increased by 11 per cent to a record EGP 30,000 ($1,904), compared to EGP 27,000 ($1,714) at the beginning of…
Outrage among doctors due to lack of medical supplies
The Ministry of Health announced that it has sent one million surgical masks and preventive tools as a grant to Italy to help deal with the outbreak of coronavirus. This news sparked outrage among Egypt’s doctors due to the severe…
Coronavirus epidemic exposes Egypt’s poor health system
“Pandemics don’t destroy societies, but they do expose their weaknesses… coronavirus has exposed the effects of successive budgetary cuts on the National Health Service, leaving the health service under-resourced and ill-equipped to cope with a pandemic.” This is what British…
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