Nationwide military drills: Are they a message?
Egyptian armed forces have announced carrying out a nationwide military exercise codenamed “Kader 2020.” A statement issued by the armed forces said that the ongoing drills will end next Friday, which makes them one of the longest and largest drills,…
Price of cooking oil rises for fourth time in less than a month
The price of cooking oil has increased four times in the last three weeks, with values ranging from EGP 2,600 to EGP 3,200 per ton, driven by higher demand and lower supply at production plants, with global changes in the…
Huge population increase expected in Egypt
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) in Egypt has declared its expectations regarding the population census in the coming 30 years. The indications show that Egypt’s population may reach 191.3 million in 2052. CAPMAS published several analytical…
Egypt`s economy suffers: High annual inflation rate in December
The Central Statistical Organisation has said that the annual inflation rate rose in December at the level of 6.8 per cent compared to 2.7 per cent in November, and to 7.1 per cent against 3.6 per cent in cities and…
Deflation in Egypt private sector continues in 2019
Non-oil private sector activity in Egypt fell last month to the lowest level since September 2017, recording 48.2 points according to the I.H.S Index of Purchasing Managers in Egypt, so that private sector contraction continues throughout 2019. The private sector…
A campaign to save detainees from the cold of winter
Two new detainees died in Egyptian prisons on Wednesday as a result of deliberate medical neglect and suffering from the cold and hunger, within less than a week of the death of a detained journalist in the notorious Scorpion wing…
Cairo is angry with Ismail Haniyeh after Iran visit
On May 6, 2017, the Egyptian regime was satisfied with the election of Ismail Haniyeh as a head of Hamas’ political bureau instead of Khaled Meshaal. But after Haniyeh’s visit to Iran, it seems he has joined Meshaal on Cairo’s…
Hidden tension in Egypt-Algeria relations
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reduced his visit to Algeria to just a few hours, during which he met the Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, and delivered a message from General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Shoukry met the Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri…
A dead-end ahead for the Ethiopia-Egypt negotiations
Ethiopia and Egypt have failed to resolve a long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam during the latest round of talks this week. The deadline set by the USA to reach an agreement between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia on…
A new failure in Renaissance Dam negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia
The Ministry of Irrigation has announced the failure of the fourth round of the Renaissance Dam negotiations, which was held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, where no final agreement was reached between Egypt and Ethiopia on the amount of…
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