Year: 2020

4 prisoners and 3 policemen killed in Tora Prison

On Wednesday, the Egyptian security authorities announced the killing of four prisoners on death row as they tried to escape from prison, which also resulted in the killing of three police officers. The Egyptian Ministry of Interior said in a…

Egypt-Turkey intelligence talks: Could they conclude in full reconciliation?

Amid the diplomatic estrangement between Egypt and Turkey for years and the mutual media war between them, suddenly, rapprochement between the two countries began after intelligence talks were announced. Intelligence communication between the two countries coincided with Turkish officials’ quiet…

Night protests and clashes with the police in Egypt’s villages

For three consecutive days, Egypt witnessed successive protests coinciding with the anniversary of the September 20 protests that took place last year against General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime in many Egyptian cities and governorates. A few days ago, Mohamed Ali…

Bullying and racism rise in Egypt

Social networking sites revealed a societal scourge in Egypt that has existed for a long time and is increasing significantly recently. It is the phenomenon of bullying and mockery of others, which often amounts to racism, especially towards dark skinned…

Escaping from hell: 17 Egyptians drown attempting to reach Europe

The sea has swallowed up at least 17 Egyptian youths whose boat sank in the waters of the sea after they decided to escape from the hell of their homeland in search of a better life and the hope of…

The army’s business is destroying the cement industry in Egypt

Solomon Baumgartner Aviles, CEO of Lafarge Egypt for cement, said that it is expected that five or six of the sector’s companies will drop out by next year. He attributed this to the decreased demand and the overflow of supply…

Mission Impossible: Foreign media in Egypt live hard times

The Egyptian authorities take a clearly hostile stance against newspapers, foreign channels, and foreign correspondents, who face all forms of harassment, from cancelling work permits to deportation outside the country or imprisonment for fabricated cases.During the past years and since…

Internet slows in Egypt amid protests against al-Sisi

Egyptians complained of a slow internet connection late on Sunday night, in conjunction with the outbreak of demonstrations and limited protests against General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, calling for his departure. Activists circulated confirmations of a decline in the speed of…

Amnesty International calls on Egypt to release detainees of September 2019 uprising

Amnesty International has called on Egypt to release the people detained in the September 20 demonstrations of last year, estimated then to be 4,000 people. Only little more than half of them have been released so far. In a tweet…

The Egyptian pyramids are under threat from unplanned governmental projects

The Egyptian regime, the only remaining wonder among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is forging two expressways across the pyramids plateau to revive and expand a project that has been pending since the 1990s due to international outrage….