Parliament discusses amendments to parole
The Egyptian parliament are discussing a bill presented by the government to amend several articles of Law 396 of 1956 on the organisation of prisons. If approved, the adjustments will prevent prisoners convicted of specific crimes from going on parole,…
A new separation wall: Are Egypt and Israel planning to tighten the siege on Gaza?
About two kilometres away from the Karam Abu Salem crossing area, Egyptian authorities have started building a new wall along the border of the Gaza Strip, six metres above ground and five metres below. The new wall is similar to…
A new military base ‘to secure the Suez Canal’
The Egyptian regime intends to build a new military base on the country’s eastern border to secure the Suez Canal. This military base will be the third of its kind in General AbdelFattah al-Sisi’s era, despite the economic decline and…
Egypt builds a wall on Gaza border
Egyptian eyewitnesses from Rafah City in North Sinai have said that the Egyptian authorities have been working for two weeks to construct a wall on the border with the Gaza Strip that extends between Karam Abu Salem’s crossing and the…
Egypt: Shortage of medicine and decrease in oil prices due to coronavirus
Several medical manufacturers in Egypt have said that they are suffering a shortage in raw materials imported from China as coronavirus has affected trade, which may prevent them from providing medicine in the coming period. Hany Mashaal, chairman of Sun…
Exclusive: Changes to Egypt regime`s media organs
On December 22, 2019, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered a cabinet reshuffle and recreated the Ministry of Information five years after it was dissolved. Osama Haikal, a government journalist who has previously held various high-profile positions, is the new minister. Some…
A crisis within the journalists’ syndicate
The crisis sparked by the resignation of the treasurer of the Journalists Syndicate Council, Hesham Younis, has returned to grab headlines after the release this week of a number of statements by members of the council. The crisis began in…
Egypt’s population hits 100mn: Ticking time bomb or fuel for development?
Egypt’s official announcement that the population hit 100 million people, the first Arab country to reach this figure, has raised many questions about the future of development in Egypt. While some have warned that overpopulation is a time bomb, others…
Tourism deteriorates in Egypt
The German newspaper Nordbayern has reported that German tourists resent walking in the Khan el-Khalili area in Cairo because Egyptians crowd around them to take selfies on their mobile phones. The newspaper pointed out that a gathering of blonde women…
The US promised Egypt incentives to approve the Renaissance Dam Agreement
Egyptian diplomatic sources have said that Washington paid incentives to Egypt and Ethiopia to reach an agreement on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. According to these sources, the Egyptian delegation participating in negotiations for the Renaissance Dam in Washington received American…
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