Suspicious arms deals: How al-Sisi disowned North Korean arms shipments
Officials in Cairo have struggled to control the damage caused by a US intelligence agency which revealed a plan to hide North Korean military shipments bought by Cairo in defiance of international sanctions, Egyptian government documents show. Recent records obtained…
A new IMF deal: Are things getting worse?
During the recent period, news has spread about negotiations between the Egyptian government, represented by the Ministry of Finance, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), about a new loan or expanding the current loan for another year. The Ministry of…
Water war: Armament in favour of Egypt, history sided with Ethiopia
What if a military confrontation breaks out between Egypt and Ethiopia over the failure of negotiations on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam? A question has been raised by observers of African affairs after a shocking statement by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy…
OTF: Egypt has seen the worst human rights crackdown since 2013
Open Technology Fund (OTF), a programme sponsored by the US Congress, has said that Egypt has seen the worst human rights crackdown in the country’s history since 2013. “The current regime has imprisoned thousands of political activists, criminalised demonstrations, and…
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi continues endless state of emergency
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Saturday the renewal of the state of emergency for a new three month period starting from October 26, 2019, until January 26, 2020. Al-Sisi evoked the emergency law from the year 1958, on October 25,…
Esraa Abdel Fattah’s lawyer demands she’s transferred to hospital after hunger strike
Ahmed Ragheb, lawyer of the well-known activist and journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah, has sent a request to the attorney general, the interior minister and other concerned officials demanding Esraa is admitted to hospital to save her life. On October 13,…
‘I was whipped with metal chains in an Egyptian prison’
For Ibrahim Halawa, what began as a family holiday in 2013 became four years in an Egyptian prison. The Irish Egyptian student was arrested at a Cairo mosque after a sit-in protest descended into clashes with security forces. He was…
Patients in Egypt suffer from a shortage of expensive medication
Between the shortage of medicine and the high price of drugs, patients in Egypt suffer from increasing problems, especially those with chronic diseases who are constantly searching for medicine. Although drug prices have doubled in just three years, complaints about…
Nile stock exchange: The stumbling dreams of small enterprises
SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) have always been the focus of the Egyptian state. Suspiciously, the fact that 98 per cent of these projects operate in the informal economy means that there are lost taxes for the government on the…
Cairo sinks: Deaths, traffic paralysis and government excuses
In less than an hour and a half of rain, the streets of Cairo appeared to sink. The rain has paralysed public life, killing at least five people, including a child. That failure prompted harsh public criticism against authorities, and…
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