35 Rights groups condemn Egypt’s detention of Eritrean asylum seekers
Thirty-five human rights groups have condemned Egypt’s detention of Eritrean asylum seekers, calling on the government to abide by international treaties, stop arrests and abuse of asylum seekers, and halt any plans to deport them forcibly. The Refugees Platform in…
Mohamed Abdel Hamid: Political detainee with colon cancer passes away in Badr 3 Prison Complex
Egyptian political detainee Alsayed Mohamed Abdel Hamid Al-Saifi, 61 years, passed away in Badr 3 Prison Complex in Badr City, Cairo, reported Committee for Justice. CFJ added Saifi was suffering from colon cancer, but the Egyptian authorities refused to be…
South Sudanese arrested in Cairo: Demonstration banned in Sisi’s Egypt
The Egyptian security forces arrested about 16 students from South Sudan after beating them as they gathered in front of their country’s embassy in Cairo to show solidarity with their colleagues at the embassy. According to the accounts, the attack…
Egypt’s Cassation Court refuses Tantawi’s appeal against the parliamentary poll
The Egyptian Cassation Court refused the appeal of the dissident ex-MP, Ahmed Tantawi, against the National Elections Committee that declared him a loser in the 2020 parliamentary elections. Tantawi’s lawyer, Esam Islambouli, expressed frustration at the court’s ruling as the…
Kerdasa’s school accident: Scant governmental spending dilapidate public schools in Egypt
The first days of the new academic year (2022/2023) in Egypt witnessed the death of a middle school student and the injury of 15 others after a wall staircase of their school fell on them due to the deterioration of…
USD 400 million in development financing from the World Bank for Egypt
On Tuesday, the World Bank announced that Egypt would receive $400 million in development financing to boost the logistics and transportation sectors. The funding comes within the framework of a project to develop a trade logistics line between Cairo and…
IMF expects a new loan deal with Egypt soon
On Tuesday, Reuters said that Egypt’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund to obtain a new loan have finally reached a very advanced stage. The fund’s managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, expected the two parties to reach an expert-level agreement very…
Egyptian parliament about to approve new EUR 345 million loans
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives Transport and Communications Committee approved two loans worth 345 million euros from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the French Agency for developing the metro and railway network. In September, the European…
Egypt’s non-oil private sector continues to shrink
The Purchasing Managers’ Index, which measures performance in the non-oil private sector economy, has recorded 47.6 points, the worst level in seven months. With this, the index continues its contraction for the 22nd consecutive month, remaining below the 50-point level…
CBE: Net foreign assets deficit hits negative USD 19.7 billion
On Monday, the Central Bank of Egypt reported the net foreign assets deficit increased by about 5% every month to reach negative $19.7 billion. According to Asharq Business, net foreign assets started declining in October 2021 and then turned negative…
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