Manar Al-Tantawi: Punishing an Egyptian academic for defending her detained husband
The completion of the research necessary to obtain a professorship in countries that respect science and scientists is a great event that deserves to be celebrated by the scientific community. However, university professor Manar Al-Tantawi has run into misfortune twice:…
Egypt announces five-fold increase in corona infections
The Egyptian Minister of Health Hala Zayed said that the rate of weekly infections recorded during the current epidemiological week rose to 5,845 cases, compared to 1,248 cases in the same epidemic week of last year. She added during the…
Governmental losses in Egypt in 2020 amount to $24bn due to coronavirus
The Egyptian Minister of Finance, Mohamed Maait, revealed that the state budget lost EGP 370 billion, equivalent to $23.6 billion in 2020, due to the repercussions of the corona pandemic. Maait explained in a TV interview that these revenues were…
Egypt’s FM: Ethiopia refused mediations to solve GERD’s crisis
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that Ethiopia refused mediations to solve the Renaissance Dam crisis, which is stalled due to Addis Ababa’s insistence on a second filling of the dam with water in July. According to local Egyptian media…
Second round of presidential pardons in one week as 2,674 prisoners released
The Interior Ministry released 2,674 prisoners after a presidential pardon was issued on the occasion of Sinai Liberation Day. The presidential pardons are the second round within one week. Last week, Egypt’s Prison Authority released 1,686 prisoners on the occasion…
For the second year in a row Egypt is top buyer of Italian weapons
An Italian report indicated that Egypt was the top buyer of Italian weapons during 2020, with 991.2 million euros worth of sales. That means Egypt topped the list for the second year in a row. This came in a report…
Egypt’s PM: We have entered a phase of severe water poverty
The Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, announced that Egypt has entered a phase of severe water poverty. He noted that the government had devoted massive resources and hundreds of billions to benefit from every drop of water. Madbouly added, in…
Corona infections in Egypt exceed 1,000 for the first time since January
Egypt recorded 1,003 new coronavirus cases and 61 deaths on Tuesday, up from 991 cases and 58 deaths on Monday. This number is the first time Egypt’s infection with the virus had crossed the 1,000 mark since January 8, when…
Sisi fakes receiving a vaccination
General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s photo of his vaccination against coronavirus sparked widespread ridicule among Egyptians on social media. The Ministry of Health was forced later to delete the photo from its accounts. Sisi appeared sitting on a chair in the…
The most famous executioner in Egypt dies after carrying out 1,070 death sentences
Hussein Al-Qarni, the most famous executioner by hanging in Egypt, known by the nickname Ashmawy, died after years spent behind the gallows. Al-Qarni carried out 1,070 death sentences. Ashmawy, as he is better known, was entered into the Guinness World…
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