Rights groups call for justice for dead Egyptian filmmaker
Dozens of human rights organisations from around the world have signed an open letter to the Egyptian authorities calling for a full investigation into the death of a young filmmaker in a maximum-security prison Shady Habash was 24 when he…
Egypt sells $5bn eurobond in largest ever issuance
Egypt has raised $5 billion in the largest ever issuance by Egypt in international bond markets. The sale included $2 billion of notes due 2050 at a yield of 8.875 per cent as well as $1.25 billion in four-year notes…
1.6% increase in the monthly inflation rate during April
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics announced that the general consumer price index reached 107.5 points for the month of April 2020, registering an increase of (1.6 per cent) for the month of March 2020. It attributed this…
SCMR announces licencing requests despite widespread criticism
The Supreme Council for Media Regulation announced that all press and media institutions will have to submit licencing requests in accordance with the recently issued regulations, in order to settle their legal status including those who have already applied for…
New registration system for doctors ignites criticism
Medical graduates of 2020 have rejected the Ministry of Health’s proposal to start electronic registration for doctors, who have been on strike during the past few weeks. The ministry proposed two ways this could be done: The first is to…
Cracks in the Egypt-UAE alliance widen after Haftar’s defeats
Egyptian sources have revealed that differences have increased between the vision of both the Egyptian regime and the rulers of the UAE on how to manage the Libyan crisis, due to the impact of the successive defeats of Libyan General…
Coronavirus creeps up on officials in Egypt
Egyptian media reports have revealed that coronavirus infections are no longer confined to the poor or marginalised and the general Egyptian population only, but have begun to clearly threaten Egyptian officials who discovered the presence of corona among their assistants….
What does al-Sisi want from the Renaissance Dam negotiations?
Less than two months before Ethiopia will start filling the reservoir of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia have shown willingness to return to negotiations again, while no guarantee has been clarified to reach an agreement…
Hamdok explores Ethiopia’s position on the Renaissance Dam negotiations
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok informed Cairo that he would communicate with the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to clarify his position regarding the return to the negotiating track over the Renaissance…
Government holds monopoly over conducting coronavirus tests
In a statement, the Egyptian drug authority warned against selling or trading coronavirus diagnostic reagents, confirming that these reagents are imported for the benefit of government agencies only, and it has not been authorised that they be sold to any…
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