New financial privileges secured for Egypt’s army officers
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has approved a law granting retired military officers new financial benefits. The law provides for an increase in their pensions by 15 per cent annually, for a period of seven years, which means extending the…
Egypt supports Haftar’s takeover of power
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday that it “appreciates the relative stability achieved by the Libyan National Army [LNA, the militia of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar] in Libyan territory,” in what is considered tacit support for…
Al-Sisi declares a state of emergency in Egypt for the 12th time
The Egyptian General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi issued a decision declaring a state of emergency throughout the country for a period of three new months, starting from one in the morning on Tuesday, until one in the morning on July 28. This…
Egypt journalist dies of coronavirus after delay in medical care
Egyptian journalists announced that their colleague at Al-Khamis weekly newspaper, Mahmoud Riad Abu Jabal, has become the first reporter to die of coronavirus. A member of the council of the Syndicate of Journalists, secretary of the committee of liberties in…
2 deaths and 22 infections of health care workers in al-Nagela Hospital
Al-Nagela quarantine hospital announced the death of a nurse from coronavirus, the second death among health care workers in the hospital, after the death of the hospital storekeeper two days ago. Sources revealed that infections among the hospital’s medical staff…
Families of detainees demand Egypt authorities issue visit permits
A number of families of political detainees demanded they be allowed to visit their loved ones after two months of a ban put in place to mitigate the coronavirus. The government has reduced precautionary measures, curfew hours, and allowed shops…
Egypt documents: Doctors’ anger escalates with rising infections of health care workers
While the coronavirus continues to infect doctors and medical personnel in Egypt, the anger of doctors has increased dramatically, leading to a violent crisis between the Doctors Syndicate and the Ministry of Health. During the past few days, new infections…
Besides coronavirus, Egyptians face subsidy cuts
The analytical statement of the budget for the fiscal year 2020/2021, announced by the Egyptian government a few days ago, revealed a decrease in subsidy allocations by 0.4 per cent instead of increasing them by 10 per cent as the…
Egypt asks for a new loan from the IMF: Why are Egyptians afraid?
Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly said that the government is in discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about obtaining a new loan. This announcement caused a wave of fear among Egyptians, especially since the last loan agreement in 2016…
Administrative abuse of doctors during the corona crisis threatens Egypt
Administrative abuse against doctors is a systematic practice within the Ministry of Health and causes a high number of Egyptian doctors to resign from government hospitals and migrate outside Egypt. After the Minya doctors’ accident on January 16, the head…
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