Year: 2022

Mahmoud Shaaban: A new victim of Egypt’s politicized judiciary

A few days ago, the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Sheikh Mahmoud Shaaban, an Islamic preacher and professor at Al-Azhar University, to 15 years in prison for accusing him of joining an armed terrorist group based outside the country, the “Free…

Liquidation of state-owned factories deepens the Egyptian industry crisis

Despite achieving significant profits during the last period, the Egyptian government announced its intention to liquidate the Nasr for the Coke Industry, one of the few remaining industrial fortresses from the 1960s, which confirms that the Egyptian national industry under…

UAE’s Chimera offers mandatory purchase to acquire the Egyptian Beltone

The UAE company, Chimera Investment, intends to submit a mandatory purchase offer to acquire 51% to 90% of the Egyptian Beltone Financial Company shares. The Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority said that the Chimera Investment Company submitted a non-binding mandatory purchase…

CTUWS: Elections of trade unions federation was a fraud

The Center for Trade Union and Workers Services (CTUWS) criticized what the general union elections witnessed, pointing out that it seems complicated to achieve any change, however, limited, in the upper levels of the General Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions….

Egyptian Court refuses to transfer Aisha Al-Shater to hospital

On Tuesday, the Cairo Criminal Court refused to allow Aisha Al-Shater, the daughter of the first deputy guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Khairat Al-Shater, to leave the Al-Qanater Prison Hospital to receive treatment at her own expense in a private…

Human rights call on the British Foreign Office to demand releasing Alaa Abdel Fattah

Twenty-nine human rights organizations have issued a statement saying that the activist, blogger and software developer Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who has dual British and Egyptian nationalities and is detained in Egypt to silence him and prevent him from practising his activism,…

The bleeding of sports talents in Egypt reflects the widespread dissatisfaction

“For many years, no one thought about it. The time has come for me to think of myself. I was distraught at Cairo airport and found them proud of the pictures of Egypt’s players at the airport, and I am…

The Egyptian economic deterioration persists despite the international support

The Egyptian economy continues to perform poorly, as several economic indicators announced in recent days show that the financial situation is moving from bad to worse and that the crisis is not on its way to a solution, as President…

The Egyptian government to increase electricity prices in July

According to officials, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy will start applying new increases to electricity bills in July. This is part of the government’s plan to lift electricity subsidies gradually. The government, thus, has raised electricity prices nine times…

Ethiopia Reporter: Addis Ababa to start the third filling of the Renaissance Dam next July

Addis Ababa is to start the third filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam next July, reported the Ethiopian Reporter. The reported sources added that water flows begin to increase from mid-June, so the first of July is an excellent…