Secretary general of media regulation council arrested for corruption
August 22, 2019 The Administrative Control Authority arrested Ahmed Selim, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation, from his office on Tuesday morning. The authority has charged him with bribery and profiteering by taking advantage of his power….
Ministry of Health initiates project for treating psychiatric disorders
August 22, 2019 The Ministry of Health has announced it is preparing a national project to confront a variety of psychiatric disorders including “anxiety, depression, tension and insomnia,” as well as social and family stress. This will be applied by…
UN postpones anti-torture conference in Cairo after backlash
The UN has postponed an anti-torture conference due to take place in Cairo, following an outcry from human rights activists who accused the organisation of “whitewashing” the Egyptian government’s abuses. The conference on “defining and criminalising torture in the Arab…
Life, Death and Laughter as Egypt Farmers Battle Climate Change
Packed into an open-air theater to watch a play on climate change, the Egyptian villagers near the ancient city of Luxor rock with laughter — even though it’s a performance about life and death. “What’s your secret?” asks one actor,…
Al-Sisi sacks Mamish and appoints new Suez Canal Authority chairman
August 20, 2019 On Saturday Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a decision to dismiss Lieutenant General Mohab Mamish from his post as head of the Suez Canal Authority and appointed Lieutenant General Osama Rabie as his successor. Al-Sisi appointed Mamish as…
Renewed controversy over Egypt expatriates in Kuwait
August 20, 2019 The crisis of Egyptian expatriates in Kuwait has returned to the forefront of the news again after a census indicated a rise in the number of Egyptian workers in the country. According to the newspaper Al Rai,…
Egypt torture conference ‘kafkaesque horror’, says head of revolutionary council
Head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council Maha Azzam has written to the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Jeria urging her to publicly condemn the regional conference on torture which will be held in Cairo at the beginning…
Libya denounces Egypt’s interference in its internal affairs
August 19, 2019 The High Council of State in Libya condemned on Thursday what it called the blatant interference of the Egyptian government in Libyan affairs. The High Council accused Egypt of violating Security Council resolutions by supporting Libyan…
Al-Sisi signs a €350 million loan to develop the subway
August 18, 2019 The official gazette published on Thursday Republican Decree No. 76 of 2019, with the approval of President al-Sisi, a government agreement with the European Investment Bank on a project to develop and renovate the subway under which…
Egypt’s unemployment rate hits 7.5%
August 19, 2019 The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced on Thursday the results of the labour force research for the second quarter of 2019, where the unemployment rate reached 7.5 per cent of the total labour…
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