Popular campaign in Egypt to boycott French products
Popular campaigns are escalating in Egypt and the Arab world calling for a boycott of French products and goods due to statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron which were considered offensive to Islam. Macron affirmed in a video message…
Judges demand corruption investigation into former head of state council
A request by Egyptian judges in the state council revealed corruption of the council’s former head, Counselor Ahmed Aboul Azm, amid calls for an investigation. The judges renewed demands to hold a general assembly to investigate corruption violations that affected…
For the third time in October the Central Bank of Egypt offers treasury bills worth $1.2bn
On Sunday, the Central Bank of Egypt issued treasury bills worth EGP 19 billion (approximately $1.2 billion) in coordination with the Ministry of Finance to bridge the budget deficit. On its website, the bank stated that the first offering’s value…
Parliamentarian calls for investigating central bank governor’s wife for corruption
An Egyptian parliamentarian submitted an official memorandum to the Administrative Control Authority to open an investigation into corruption of former Minister Dalia Khorshid and her abuse of the position of her husband, the current Central Bank Governor, Tarek Amer, to…
Egypt and Sudan discuss establishment of a joint railway
The Egyptian Minister of Transport, Kamel al-Wazir, discussed with his Sudanese counterpart Hashem bin Auf, during a meeting held on Sunday, via video conference, ways to support joint cooperation between the two countries in the various transportation fields. The meeting…
‘We own the country just as the NDP did,’ says NFP secretary-general
The Secretary-General of the Nation’s Future Party (NFP) in the city of Rashid in the Buhaira Governorate, Ibrahim Ajlan, said that his party owns the country, just as the National Democratic Party (NDP), the ruling party during Mubarak’s era, did….
Egypt authorities arrest a guy for making fun of Radio Qur’an
In a comic clip filmed at a party, a young man stands on a small stage in front of a limited number of attendees, cracking jokes and imitating the style of the most famous Radio Qur’an broadcasters in Egypt, turning…
Violations prevail in the first phase of parliament elections in Egypt
Wholesale violations were monitored by Egyptian human rights organisations in the first stage of the House of Representatives (parliament) elections and the National Council for Human Rights (governmental) admitted these violations. On Saturday and Sunday, in 14 governorates, Egyptians went…
Detention renewal via video conference in Egypt raises widespread criticism
Human rights defenders say that the Egyptian regime seems determined to expand its rivalry with the opposition and use its security and judicial arms to abuse them inside and outside prisons. The Egyptian authorities have started a project to renew…
Al-Sisi is taking advantage of the conflicts in Eastern Mediterranean to attack Turkey
Many thought that the atmosphere of tension between al-Sisi’s regime and Turkey had begun to calm amid friendly statements from both sides of the foreign ministries in Cairo and Ankara and after intelligence talks between the two countries. The tripartite…
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