Month: September 2020

Egypt intends to sell 3,700 state assets to pay off debt

The Egyptian authorities intend to sell thousands of state assets to Arab and foreign investors and use their proceeds to pay off part of the public debt. The Egyptian government has set conditions and rules for approving the disposal of…

Al-Sisi: The administrative capital cost EGP 380bn over 7 years

Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said that the new administrative capital cost the country EGP 380 billion ($24 billion) over seven years. On Sunday, al-Sisi said during the opening of the hydrocracking complex in Mostorod, Qalyubia Governorate, that the…

Friday of Anger: Will the uprising turn into a revolution?

For the sixth consecutive day demonstrators demanded the departure of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his regime in Egypt, and many villages and some cities witnessed widespread protests under the slogan of the Friday of Anger, 25 September. After Friday prayers,…

Corruption dogs Egypt’s new administrative capital

Several news sites have revealed the investigations being conducted by the Egyptian Supreme State Security Prosecution, in one of the largest corruption cases related to the new administrative capital. In cooperation with police and army leaders, the case involved business…

How did Egypt look on the eve of Friday of anger?

On the eve of the Friday of anger, which witnessed rare protests in dozens of Egyptian villages, Egypt’s face looked different after the hopes of the Egyptian opposition rose significantly due to an unexpected response to the calls for protest….

Al-Sisi’s supporters justify the September protests

Supporters of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi justified the sudden demonstrations that lasted for more than a week with several accusations against the ruling regime. Al-Sisi’s supporters said that these protests are children’s quarrels and asserted that the protesters belong to…

Selling Cairo: A plan to demolish the capital for the benefit of al-Sisi’s clients

Cairo’s heart is undergoing a systematic process in which the authorities share with international organisations and outside circles a plan to control the entire region from Mount Muqattam to the Nile River, and internationalise it to create a closed area…

Egypt’s Media Production City becomes a target for angry protesters

“The voice of the regime and the whip of power.” This is how activists on social media describe the Media Production City, which contains the studios of the Egyptian TV channels. With the return of the protesters on the anniversary…

Senate election results: Total domination by security services

The final results of the Senate Council elections were announced in Cairo after obtaining the results of the revote on 26 seats in 14 governorates between 68 candidates; 16 independent and 52 partisan candidates. The Nation’s Future Party swept the…

Overpopulation: Al-Sisi’s justification for failure and high prices

Throughout the past decades, and since the sixties of the last century, successive regimes and governments in Egypt have used the population increase to justify inadequate services, failure to achieve development, economic failure, poverty, and price rises that crush citizens….