Cairo hints it’s not satisfied with US Renaissance Dam agreement
The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, has acknowledged that the agreement reached under American auspices on the Renaissance Dam, which Ethiopia is building on the Nile, is not complete. This came in televised remarks: “There were different visions among countries…
Exclusive: Egypt’s coronavirus quarantine ‘chaotic,’ says doctor
On January 30 Mahmoud Khedr, a doctor at one of north Cairo’s hospitals, was surprised when a panel from the Ministry of Health asked him to travel to Marsa Matruh on the western border of Egypt near Libya on a…
Egypt’s parliament moves to legalise parking attendants
Egypt’s parliament has approved a bill on the organisation of car parks. The draft law stipulated that the governor or the heads of districts may offer the right to rent car parks to companies or individuals for a period not…
Egypt MP accuses Eastern Tobacco Company of wasting public money
MP Muhammad Fouad has submitted a request to brief the Prime Minister, Minister of Business Sector and Minister of Industry regarding the waste of public money at Eastern Tobacco Company, and the financial and administrative violations mentioned in the recent…
Government debt increased 12% in first half of fiscal year
Egyptian government debt has increased by around 12 per cent in the first half of the 2019-2020 fiscal year to EGP 513 billion, compared to EGP 460.1 billion last year. A semi-annual report issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Finance…
Bribes and fraud in Giza by-elections
The candidate for the parliamentary by-elections for the Giza constituency, Hisham Badawi, published a video that was widely shared on Facebook in which he accused his competitor, businessman Mohamed Aboul Enein, of buying the electoral vote for EGP 100. Badawi…
Egypt’s Competition Authority rejects Cleopatra and Alameda merger
Government sources have said that the Egyptian Competition Authority addressed the Ministry of Health to use its authority to prevent a possible merger between the Cleopatra Hospital Group and the Alameda Group because of its negative impact on competition in…
Egypt’s population hits 100 million
The Central Agency for Mobilisation and Statistics has announced that the population of Egypt has hit 100 million. The percentage of the urban population reached 42.6 per cent and the percentage of the population who are less than 15 years…
Demands to transfer Ziad al-Alimi to hospital
The Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights and the lawyer Khaled Ali have filed a lawsuit asking the Minister of Interior and warden of Tora Prison to transfer the former MP Ziad al-Alimi to hospital so he can receive…
Patrick George’s family demands his immediate release
Patrick George Zaki’s family demanded in a statement his immediate and unconditional release, dropping all charges against him and allowing him to complete his studies abroad. His lawyer Samuel Tharwat said that Zaki was beaten and subjected to electric shocks…
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