The Egyptian regime wages war on kites
In an unprecedented development, the Egyptian regime suddenly appeared to have started fighting a new enemy and began launching intensive security campaigns to prevent it. On Friday, authorities in the coastal governorate of Alexandria (north of Egypt) confiscated 99 kites,…
Egypt’s government raises foreign reserves with more debts
The Egyptian Central Bank announced on Tuesday that foreign exchange reserves have increased by more than $2 billion dollars, recording $38.201 billion after declining by a large percentage last month. The Egyptian regime’s supporters usually promote the rise in foreign…
Abiy Ahmed: Filling the Renaissance Dam’s reservoir cannot be stopped
The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said that it is not possible to stop the filling of the Renaissance Dam’s reservoir. Abiy Ahmed confirmed that the recent political turmoil in his country would not delay his plans to start…
Full disclosure on al-Sisi and bin Salman’s relationship
In the spring of 2014, before he assumed the presidency, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi repeatedly chanted the sentence, “we are just around the corner,” whenever he was asked about the security of the Gulf countries that supported him financially, politically, and…
General Mohamed Al-Assar: A general of the coup’s military junta dies
The Egyptian Minister of State for Military Production, Lieutenant-General Mohamed al-Assar, died on Monday at the age of 74, after struggling with coronavirus. Al-Assar’s death came days after the issuance of a decision on June 26, by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi,…
New legislation in Egypt imposes militarisation of the government
The Egyptian House of Representatives agreed on Monday to amend a draft law submitted by the Egyptian government so that each governorate has a military advisor and a sufficient number of assistants to contribute to the periodic field follow-up of…
A final sentence of 15 years imprisonment for Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma
The Court of Cassation has upheld Ahmed Douma’s 15-year prison sentence and EGP 6 million fine ($374,284). With the court’s support for the judicial ruling and the rejection of the appeal submitted, the verdict is final and can no longer…
New legislation prevents military men competing against al-Sisi
On Sunday, the legislative committee in the Egyptian House of Representatives (parliament) approved a draft law that requires former and current army officers to obtain approval from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces before becoming a candidate in political…
France or Egypt: Who raided Turkey’s air defences in Libya?
At dawn on Sunday, July 5, a group of military aircraft bombarded al-Watiya Libyan Airbase located at the far Libyan west adjacent to the Tunisian border. The Government of National Accord (GNA) took over this airbase, which hosts Turkish troops…
Who can protect women from sexual harassment in Egypt?
The public prosecution in Egypt have announced that they have opened an investigation into the young man Ahmed Bassam Zaki, who was arrested by the police after allegations of “rape and harassment” of dozens of girls, in a case that…
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