Selling Cairo: A plan to demolish the capital for the benefit of al-Sisi’s clients
Cairo’s heart is undergoing a systematic process in which the authorities share with international organisations and outside circles a plan to control the entire region from Mount Muqattam to the Nile River, and internationalise it to create a closed area…
Egypt’s Media Production City becomes a target for angry protesters
“The voice of the regime and the whip of power.” This is how activists on social media describe the Media Production City, which contains the studios of the Egyptian TV channels. With the return of the protesters on the anniversary…
Senate election results: Total domination by security services
The final results of the Senate Council elections were announced in Cairo after obtaining the results of the revote on 26 seats in 14 governorates between 68 candidates; 16 independent and 52 partisan candidates. The Nation’s Future Party swept the…
Overpopulation: Al-Sisi’s justification for failure and high prices
Throughout the past decades, and since the sixties of the last century, successive regimes and governments in Egypt have used the population increase to justify inadequate services, failure to achieve development, economic failure, poverty, and price rises that crush citizens….
14 children among 150 detainees in the September 20 protests
The Egyptian authorities have arrested at least 150 people connected with the protests during the past days, including 14 children. Lawyer Khaled Ali said that the Supreme State Security Prosecution would investigate these people as defendants in Case 880 of…
Al-Sisi allows the army to exploit quarries and saltpans for 30 years
General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed a law allowing licensing for three ministers, in contracts with the Egyptian Company for Mining, Management and Exploitation of Quarries and Saltines (especially for the Egyptian army), for a period of 30 years. The…
Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta attacks dissident groups for calling for protests
The Observatory of Takfiri Fatwas and Militant Opinions, affiliated with the Egyptian Dar al-Ifta, accused the Muslim Brotherhood, the largest opposition group in the country, of adopting the methods of other terrorist groups to recruit new people and incite chaos….
Due to scarce liquidity Egypt freezes plans to expand second line of subway
Informed sources with the National Tunnels Authority said that the Egyptian Ministry of Transport was forced to freeze extending the second line metro project, from Shubra el-Khaima to Qalyoub (north of Cairo). This line was to extend 8.7 kilometres. The…
The end of free education: Public school fees double after COVID-19
The Egyptian authorities announced a new increase in school fees for the new academic year, which sparked angry reactions from citizens suffering from difficult living conditions. The Egyptian Ministry of Education has set school fees for the new academic year…
25 protesters arrested for demonstrating against al-Sisi
A human rights source said that the Egyptian authorities have arrested 25 Egyptians in connection with the ongoing demonstrations against the regime of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi since September 20. Local media reported, according to security sources, that two citizens…
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