Month: June 2020

The Renaissance Dam: What does Egypt expect from the UN Security Council?

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry officially requested the UN Security Council intervene in the crisis of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) “urgently,” due to what it said was continued Ethiopian obstinacy, which could “constitute a threat to international peace and…

Secret police hire female thugs to beat Laila Soueif and her daughters

Mona Seif, sister of the detained Egyptian activist Alaa Abdelfattah, said that she and her sister Sanaa Seif and their mother, university professor Laila Soueif, 64, have been beaten up, dragged by the hair, and their clothes torn in front…

Generals first: The Haftar substitutes on the Egyptian table

With the successive defeats and losses of the cities and bases of the Libyan west, General Khalifa Haftar is in a difficult situation that may accelerate efforts to replace and remove him by his international backers. Although Egypt, the Emirates,…

Sanaa Seif arrested while filing a complaint after assault by secret police

Activist Mona Seif, sister of the detained activist Alaa Abdelfattah, said that her sister Sanaa was kidnapped by a white van in front of the public prosecutor’s office as she was going to file a complaint against an attack carried…

Egypt pays the price of al-Sisi’s weakness in handling the Renaissance Dam

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said, on Friday, that the Egyptian government has demanded that the UN Security Council intervene in the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam negotiations. The Egyptian step came after the failure of the last round of the triple negotiations…

A year after his death Morsi still scares al-Sisi

The Egyptian media loyal to the regime of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have attacked the late President Mohamed Morsi, coinciding with the first anniversary of his sudden death after six years in prison. The attack campaign launched by the Egyptian…

Al-Sisi prepares for war: Direct military intervention in Libya has become legitimate

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi considered that the crossing of Sirte and al-Jafra in Libya by the Government of National Accord (GNA) forces is a red line for Egypt’s security, indicating that Egypt’s direct military intervention has become legitimate.”We seek…

Corona mask businesses in Egypt rake in billions of pounds

By the start of the implementation of the Egyptian government’s decision to compel citizens to wear masks, the competition between sovereign and governmental entities intensified to obtain a share of the precious cake made by the coronavirus crisis. The government’s…

Censorship of Egypt’s press reaches new horizons

Egyptian journalists have said they received clear instructions not to publish any news, reports, or even opinion articles related to a large number of important issues in Egypt as part of the Egyptian regime’s restriction of the Egyptian press. The…

A year after Morsi’s death justice is still absent

Although a year has passed since the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the first democratically elected civilian president in the country’s history, died in prison while attending his trial session, mystery still surrounds the conditions of his death. There has not…