Sudan rejects Egypt’s proposal to involve mediators to resolve Renaissance Dam crisis
The Sudanese Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Yasser Abbas, has said that his country rejects Egypt’s proposal to involve experts from any other international party to resolve the crisis of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Abbas, in press statements, expressed…
Ethiopia accuses Egypt of using subversive tactics
On Sunday, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said that Egypt is using “sabotage tactics” during the recent talks on the Renaissance Dam in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry was responding to statements issued by Cairo affirming its right…
The general retreats: 5 achievements of protesting
Protests stormed the streets of Egyptian provinces in the weeks of September. People, for the first time during General al-Sisi’s mandate, announced their refusal of his politics and demanded his ouster. The events reshaped the political scene in Egypt and…
Egypt protests expose the fragility of the economy
After a few days of sporadic and rare protests in Egypt, the Central Bank of Egypt announced that net foreign direct investment in Egypt fell by roughly $1.8 billion, or 23 per cent, during the fiscal year 2018/2019. Foreign investment…
Amnesty: Egypt witnessed the largest wave of mass arrests since al-Sisi came to power
On Thursday, Amnesty International said in a statement that the Egyptian authorities have launched the largest crackdown yet under al-Sisi, following the arrest of more than 2,300 people, including at least 111 children. Amnesty International condemned the detention of hundreds…
After anti-Sisi protests government reduces petrol prices
On Thursday the Egyptian government reduced the price of petrol in the domestic market to 25 piasters per litre. The new prices are EGP 6.5 for petrol 80, EGP 75. 7 for petrol 92, and EGP 75. 8 for petrol…
The National Council for Human Rights condemns the examination of citizens’ phones
On Thursday The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) said that police checking people’s phones while walking in the streets is against the law and the constitution. The council criticised the exposure of citizens to arbitrary security measures, and the…
Arresting lawyers: Al-Sisi raises the level of repression
Human rights activists have said that the Egyptian regime has raised the level of repression to a new level by arresting three lawyers as they attended investigations by the prosecution into political detainees. This came in the wake of the…
Speaker of Egypt parliament compares al-Sisi to Hitler
On Tuesday, Speaker of the Egyptian parliament Ali Abdel-Al compared Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. Abdel-Al said: Hitler had his mistakes. [But] his expansion eastward and westward was made possible by the infrastructure that had been…
Promises of political and economic reforms after anti-Sisi protests
On Tuesday the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade issued a decision to reinstate rations to those previously excluded from the ration card lists who filed grievances to object to the decision to exclude them. This decision was in accordance…
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