Why did Egypt send a military team to Yemen?
Intelligence Online has reported that Egypt has sent a team of military experts to the Yemeni governorate of Shabwah, to work alongside Alweyet Al-Amaleka (The Giants Brigades), the Emirati-sponsored dominant militia in Yemen. This coincided with the visit of Abdel…
Egypt’s Tarek Marzouk is the mastermind behind the brutal treatment of prisoners
Though little is known about him, Major General Tarek Marzouk, the Assistant Minister of Interior for Prisons, is the man responsible for the worst human rights crisis in decades under the government of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Under the directives of…
Amnesty International organises demonstration against Sisi in Brussels
Over the weekend Amnesty International organised a demonstration in Brussels where Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi recently met with King Philippe of Belgium and the country’s Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo. Activists from Amnesty International, the Institute for Human Rights…
Oxford Economics: Egypt’s central bank seeks to restrict imports
Oxford Economics described in a note to its clients the timing of the Central Bank of Egypt’s decision to ban those who do not have documentary credits from importing as suspicious. The giant economic analyst says that the real goal…
Egyptian political detainee Tamer Gamal El-Din passes away
Human rights organisations have announced the death of an Egyptian detainee in Minya Prison. The prison administration transferred the deceased to a hospital without notifying his family of his death, and let them go to visit him at the time…
Egyptian government confirms upcoming prices increase of subsidized bread
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that his government is studying all scenarios related to raising the price of subsidized bread, stressing that “that will happen.” Madbouly said, during a conference at the government headquarters in the New Administrative Capital,…
IFJ: el-Sisi is the biggest jailer of journalists in the region
The International Federation of Journalists has called on European Union leaders and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo to speak out against Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s crackdown on journalists and press organizations in Egypt. This coincided with Sisi’s visit…
Egypt’s prime minister paves the way for new increases in fuel prices
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that the recent increase in fuel prices imposed by his government did not exceed 9.7%, despite the significant increase in global oil prices, which reached 54%. This came in a press conference on the…
Egypt’s Central Bank stops using collection documents in import operations
The Central Bank of Egypt decided to stop dealing with collection documents in the implementation of all import operations, and to limit work to documentary credits only. The bank excluded from this the branches of foreign companies operating in Egypt,…
Egyptian business community objects the Central Bank’s new import regulations
Egyptian business organizations objected to the recent decision of the Central Bank of Egypt to amend import regulations, issuing a joint statement calling for the immediate cancellation of the decision due to its negative repercussions on supplying industries with their…
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