Year: 2022

Al-Sisi turns Egypt into a large prison for dissidents by preventing them from travelling

The prominent human rights lawyer and former presidential candidate, Khaled Ali, revealed that he is still banned from travelling despite a judicial decision to cancel the travel ban against him following the 2018 presidential elections. Ali is an example of…

Sami Abdel Rahim: Egyptian judge tried Muslim Brothers now accused of bribery and drug dealing

Amid a complete media blackout, the security services in Egypt arrested Counselor Sami Abdel Rahim, head of the Criminal and Supreme State Security Court in Port Said, on charges of receiving bribes to issue reduced sentences to some of the…

A parliamentary report reveals financial and administrative scandals in the Egyptian government

The final account report of Egypt’s general budget for the fiscal year 2021/2020 revealed corruption and a massive administrative failure of the government, which led to the wasting of hundreds of millions of pounds without accountability or oversight. According to…

The Economist report on Safwan Thabet hits the constrained Egyptian economy

The Economist has published a report on the Egyptian armed forces’ control of sectors of the local economy. The report said that the economic ambitions of the army were behind the arrest of Egyptian-Palestinian activist Rami Shaath and businessman Safwan…

Government obtains $373 million in financing from the Arab Monetary Fund

On Thursday, the Egyptian government approved obtaining $373 million in the Arab Monetary Fund financing. The cabinet issued a statement in which it said that the funding comes to contribute to overcoming the negative repercussions of the Coronavirus pandemic. On…

International Monetary Fund: Egypt will witness higher inflation rates

Friday, the International Monetary Fund released its World Economic Prospects report, which forecasts inflation rates in Egypt with a pessimistic view. The fund raised its inflation forecast for the current year from 6.3% to 7.5%. Over the next five years,…

Egypt’s strategic wheat reserve is only enough for two months

The Egyptian government is currently facing a severe crisis because of the shortage in strategic wheat stocks, which has forced it these days to supply half of the prescribed quantity of flour to bakeries. The General Commodity Supply Authority of…

Sisi’s catastrophic strategy: Egypt’s foreign debt rose 12.6% in one year

Egypt’s external debt rose to $145.5 billion at the end of December 2021, compared to $129.2 billion at the end of December 2020, with a growth rate of 12.6% in one year. According to the data of the Central Bank…

The Egyptian prosecution ignores serious evidence of Ayman Hadhoud’s torture

In an expected move, the Egyptian Public Prosecution announced the closure of the mysterious death case of researcher and economic expert Ayman Hadhoud inside the Abbasiya Mental Health Hospital after his arrest, claiming that “there is no criminal suspicion in…

Under Greenback Shortage: The Egyptian government suspend over a thousand companies to stop importing

The Egyptian government decided to write off and stop imports from more than a thousand Arab and international companies based on a decision issued by the Minister of Trade and Industry in 2016, which is the Resolution No. 43 of…