IMF criticises Egypt’s excessive borrowing from abroad
A member of the Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund, Mahmoud Mohieldin, has criticised Egypt’s excessive borrowing to face the repercussions of the coronavirus. He added in press statements, “Countries should not depend too much on the external…
Detained journalist Mahmoud Hussein awarded Percy Kobuza Prize
The National Association of African American Journalists announced that the Percy Kobuza Prize would be awarded to Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist detained for nearly four years in Egypt. The award will be presented during the Association Awards Ceremony, which will…
Internet censorship in Egypt is an increasing the suppression of freedom
Beware, you are being watched… a tweet or opinion that you write through your social media accounts may lead you to find yourself behind bars in Egypt, and the charges are ready and known. Hundreds of activists and dissidents in…
Detaining cameramen: Why is the Egyptian regime afraid of cameras?
Just wandering around with a camera in the streets of Egypt or stopping to photograph squares and public places may make you a suspect and get you a trial in a politicised case that ends in the country’s prisons and…
The homeless in Egypt: Tragic conditions in the streets, cemeteries, and under bridges
With the approaching winter season, the crisis of the homeless in the streets of Egypt is being exacerbated, as they find themselves in the open and freezing cold without any help or aid. A few days ago, pictures spread on…
Al-Nour Salafist Party: Al-Sisi uses radical Islamists as a cover
A primary goal that General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi achieved by appointing two members of the Salafi Nour Party into the senate was to try to show the regime that it was not hostile to Islamists in general. Ashraf Thabet and…
Militarising Egypt’s economy wastes the public budget on infrastructure and megaprojects
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi did not invent the military’s attachment to controlling the economy for political purposes, but after decades of military intervention in the economy, the decline continues in Egypt according to all significant social and economic indicators. As a…
KSA and UAE attempts to include Egypt in their campaign to boycott Turkish goods
The talk about tightening the noose around Turkish goods in Egypt is not spur of the moment. Still, Egyptian merchants complain of administrative harassment upon import from Turkey, against the backdrop of the tension in relations between the two countries…
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