Egyptian authorities raid houses of Mohamed Soltan’s family
Egyptian security forces have stormed the homes of the family and relatives of the Egyptian-American activist Mohamed Soltan, who recently filed a lawsuit in the United States against Egyptian officials, including Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in a torture case….
Coronavirus brings black market in US dollars back to life
Continuous increases of the US dollar against the Egyptian pound pushed its price from EGP 15.80 to one dollar, down to EGP 16.19 within 10 days after its prices had stabilised over the past five months. The depreciation of the…
Egypt’s Li Wenliangs: The doctors arrested for reporting corona infections
Egyptian activists have launched a campaign of solidarity with the Egyptian doctor Aalaa Shaban Hemida, who was arrested by the Egyptian regime for reporting to the Egyptian Ministry of Health a coronavirus case in the hospital where she works in…
Egypt: COVID-19 deaths among political prisoners mount
Egyptian human rights sources said that the Egyptian political detainee, Hassan Ziada, died inside his detention centre in the police station of Al-Mahalla Al-Kubra in Gharbia Governorate, northern Egypt, as a result of being infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19). The…
Egypt sends military reinforcements to Libya border: Has al-Sisi decided on war?
Defence blog Military Affairs reported on Sunday night that the Egyptian armed forces deployed Abrams combat tanks to the border with Libya. The journalist and military aviation analyst Babak Taghvaee posted on his Twitter account a short video showing what…
Haftar’s last day? Al-Sisi’s close ally in Libya is in a dilemma
In the famous Egyptian movie, Salah al-Din, England’s King Richard I (the Lionheart) stands at the end of the movie, complaining about the betrayal of his friends and allies from the kings of Europe at the time of the Crusade…
Egypt’s foreign cash reserves are bleeding
Official data released by the Central Bank of Egypt revealed that the country’s foreign currency reserves were bled again in the last month as a result of the negative repercussions of the emerging coronavirus (COVID-19). The Central Bank of Egypt…
Al-Sisi’s declaration on Libya born dead
On Saturday, Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi launched what he called the Cairo Declaration to solve the Libyan crisis and preserve the unity and stability of Libyan lands and the capabilities of its people. This came after he received the…
Surgical masks: A new burden on the family budget
The coronavirus crisis and its repercussions have increased the economic burden on citizens in Egypt, by adding new requirements to their daily request bills, including “alcohol [sanitiser], masks, and gloves” (prevention and disinfection measures). With the government announcing the implementation…
COVID-19 infection rate mounts in Egypt
The Egyptian Ministry of Health has recorded high rates of coronavirus infections as the number of people infected with the virus reached 1,497 over the weekend. According to those numbers, the total number of infected people in the country has…
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