Hard choices in Cairo: Contain coronavirus or face the economic impact
While the world is facing an economic challenge due to the effects of coronavirus, the Egyptian regime is still confused between containing coronavirus using harsh measures, or facing the economic impacts that may emerge as a result of the necessary…
Total curfew imposed for Sham El-Nessim
The cabinet decided to implement a total curfew on Monday for the Easter holiday which includes the complete closure of shops and commercial centres, stopping all public transportation including metro services, river transport and tour buses between all cities and…
Egypt PM sets price of masks and disinfectant as black market surges
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly has set the selling price of protective tools for protection against the emerging coronavirus, such as alcohol disinfectants and masks. In the last month an illegal black market selling masks at very high prices has grown,…
Alexandria Container profits fell 23% in 9 months
The profits of Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company decreased by 22.9 per cent during the first nine months of the current fiscal year to EGP 1.04 billion ($66 million), compared to a net profit of EGP 1.35 billion ($86…
While millions suffer EGP 350mn is allocated to grand museum’s opening ceremony
Major General Atef Moftah, the General Supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum project, has announced that an initial budget of EGP 350 million ($22 million) has been allocated to finance the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum. Moftah said…
No new governmental jobs for third year in a row
The Ministry of Finance announced that it would not include an allowance for the appointment of new employees in the state’s administrative bodies within the draft budget for the new fiscal year 2020/ 2021. The ministry said there would be…
438 health care workers detained in Egypt
We Record human rights organisation has monitored 438 health care workers detained in Egyptian prisons since 2013. The organisation said that despite the severe shortage of medical staff that leads the Ministry of Health to request volunteers to confront the…
UNICEF calls for the release of detained children
UNICEF has called on governments and authorities around the world to immediately release all detained children so they can safely return to their families or social care centres. UNICEF has also called for an immediate halt of the imprisonment of…
World Health Organisation: Egypt must protect its doctors
John Jabbour, the representative of the World Health Organisation in Egypt, has said that 13 per cent of coronavirus infections in Egypt are health workers, stressing the need for the authorities to take more rigorous and rapid measures to protect…
Violence mounts in Cairo: A gun battle in the Egyptian capital between police and armed men
Egyptian satellite channel CBC Extra broadcast live scenes of armed clashes between security forces and unknown armed men in a Cairo neighbourhood, with automatic weapons. In the terrifying videos, the sound of the bullets can be heard clearly, and these…
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