Month: August 2022

Abu Dhabi Investment seeks further acquisition of Misr Fertilizers

Reports have revealed that the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is currently negotiating with the Egyptian government to buy an additional stake in the Misr Fertilizers Production Company (MOPCO). Reports quoted sources as saying that the negotiated share revolves around…

Why don’t gas exports improve the Egyptian economy?

The statistics of the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum indicated that there had been considerable leaps in Egypt’s exports of natural gas during the past periods. Despite this, the general economic situation continued to deteriorate, and the cash reserve at the…

Exclusive: Emirati acquisition of Abu Qir Fertilizers new example for Emirati looting of Egypt

A few weeks ago, Abu Qir Fertilizers Company announced it achieved considerable profits in 2021/2022, which is over double last year’s. This announcement came a few weeks after the Egyptian government sold over 20% of the company’s shares to the…

After preventing Nai Barghouthi: Egypt is closed against Palestinian artists

The Palestinian singer, Nai Barghouti, revealed that the Egyptian authorities prevented her from entering the country and deported her from Cairo Airport, which led to the cancellation of her two concerts in Egypt, even though they took place under the…

National Dialogue: CDM demands releasing 700 political prisoners

On Saturday, the Civil Democratic Movement affirmed, during the third session of the National Dialogue Board of Trustees, its refusal to start a dialogue with the government before the release of nearly 700 political prisoners. Fatima Khafaji, a movement representative,…

Human rights demand to stop arresting journalists and content creators in Egypt

Six human rights organizations denounced the continuous arresting of several journalists and bloggers within lawsuits 440 and 441 of 2022 according to charges raised by the National Security against all detainees despite the variable circumstances of their works, lives and…

Egyptian academics were excluded from university due to political causes

The disciplinary committee at the Higher Technological Institute in Egypt’s 10th of Ramadan city punished his assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, Manar Tantawi, with a 15-day deduction from her salary. “Tantawi appeared in hostile TV channels that distort the country…

The Guardian: Egypt may use Cop27 to whitewash human rights abuses

The Guardian has published a report in which it said that Egypt, preparing for the climate summit to be held in November in Sharm el-Sheikh, continues to restrict freedom of protest. “A hundred days before the Cop27 summit is due…

Rights groups call for the release of more opinion prisoners

Human rights groups have issued a statement in which they said that in conjunction with the passage of three months since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s decision to reactivate the Presidential Pardon Committee, local rights groups sent names of political detainees…

Attempts of evacuation: Egyptian police demolish buildings in Warraq

On Thursday, the Socialist People’s Alliance party denounced the government’s actions against residents of Al-Warraq Island over the past two days, as police used force to demolish the area’s club and hospital. The party issued a statement in which it…