17 people seize state-owned land worth $29bn
Documents issued by the Public Funds Prosecution Office in Egypt revealed a major corruption case, in which 17 people seized 500 large state-owned land plots, over 11 years, at a value of EGP 459 billion ($29 billion). The case includes…
With Egypt’s silence the Renaissance Dam’s lake has doubled five times
Photos taken by satellite show that the area of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Lake has doubled five times after the completion of the first filling. Al Jazeera TV said, in urgent news, that the photos are the most recent…
Egypt’s government-sponsored media attributes Libya ceasefire to al-Sisi’s efforts
The Egyptian media loyal to the regime of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attributed the credit for declaring a ceasefire in Libya to the Egyptian position on the crisis, and the so-called Cairo declaration. Egyptian activists responded, reminding people of the…
House of Representatives puts Dar el-Ifta bill off to next parliament
On Monday, the Egyptian parliament announced the postponement of the discussion of the draft law organising Dar el-Ifta to the next parliament, which will be produced by the parliamentary elections, which are tentatively scheduled for October. Analysts considered the withdrawal…
Rights defenders demand international investigation into death of el-Erian
Three human rights organisations outside Egypt have called for an international investigation into the death of Dr. Essam el-Erian, a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, about ten days after his death. The joint statement was issued on Monday by Shehab…
16% of coronavirus deaths in Egypt are doctors
The former undersecretary of the Egyptian Medical Syndicate, Dr. Mona Mina, confirmed that doctors who have died from coronavirus amount to more than 16 per cent of total deaths from the virus in Egypt. These numbers mean that more than…
Did the senate elections mark the end of the Nour Party in Egypt?
Only four candidates remained of the Nour Salafist Party in Egypt in the senate’s run-off elections which took place this month, in a repeat of the successive fall of the party since the coup that they supported with all their…
Corruption is eating away at Egypt’s universities
Egyptian universities suffer from multiple corruption incidents that news reports and court cases reveal from time to time. The manifestations of corruption in public universities vary between financial and sexual bribery, theft of research, professors harassing female students, forcing students…
Egypt expects higher than average flooding for the Nile
The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said that the permanent committee to regulate the river’s revenue confirmed during a meeting that rain is increasing at the source of the Nile. The ministry said in a statement that the…
Coronavirus infections fall below 100 for the first time in 5 months
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced, late on Saturday night, that corona infections decreased to under 100 for the first time in five months. The ministry recorded (officially) 89 new positive cases of coronavirus and 12 deaths during…
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