Egypt to go to the Security Council to solve the Renaissance Dam crisis
Egypt is considering resorting to the UN Security Council to prevent Ethiopia from taking unilateral action on the Renaissance Dam. This came from Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, in a symposium entitled “Egyptian diplomacy: dealing with the current challenges,” via…
Mohamed Mounir: Another journalist arrested in Egypt
Egyptian security forces arrested at dawn on Monday the journalist and writer Mohamed Mounir from his home in Sheikh Zayed City, west of Cairo. The family of the leftist opponent journalist said, in a statement published on his Facebook account,…
Egyptian authorities seek to establish a controversial electoral system
The Board of Directors of the National Elections Authority announced the unanimous approval of draft election laws submitted by the Egyptian parliament. The Egyptian parliament requested the opinion of the authority in the reports of the Legislative Committee regarding electoral…
Egypt’s media incites against the Tunisian democracy
The Egyptian media, loyal to the regime, intensified their incitement to protests and revolution in Tunisia, in order to uproot what the media has described as the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood that controlled the government there. This incitement came after a…
Amendment to law paves way for privatisation of state-owned companies
The Egyptian parliament approved on Wednesday to amend law no. 203 of year 1991 of the public business sector companies, and referred it to the committee of legalisation to prepare it for final voting. The public business sector consists of…
Egypt hits new high record of daily coronavirus infections
On Saturday, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced the registration of 1,577 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number to 41,303 cases. These figures are the highest daily infection rates since coronavirus first appeared in Egypt. The…
Egypt’s parliament approves amendments of the political practices law
The Egyptian parliament approved, on Sunday, the amendments proposed by the pro-government Support Egypt Coalition of the law of political rights’ practice no. 45 of year 2014. The amendments include maintaining the old system of parliamentary elections, which gives 50…
Egyptian medical student volunteer dies fighting coronavirus
The Egyptian citizen Ashraf el-Gamal, father of the medical student Mohamed el-Gamal, the first volunteer doctor to die of coronavirus, has accused the Egyptian authorities of being late to treat him, indicating that officials did not even care to call…
Egyptian authorities raid houses of Mohamed Soltan’s family
Egyptian security forces have stormed the homes of the family and relatives of the Egyptian-American activist Mohamed Soltan, who recently filed a lawsuit in the United States against Egyptian officials, including Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in a torture case….
Coronavirus brings black market in US dollars back to life
Continuous increases of the US dollar against the Egyptian pound pushed its price from EGP 15.80 to one dollar, down to EGP 16.19 within 10 days after its prices had stabilised over the past five months. The depreciation of the…
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