Bitter legacy of Rabaa massacre continues to haunt Egyptians
The bloody events of 14 August 2013, when Egyptian security forces killed at least 900 people during the violent dispersal of mass anti-government sit-ins in Rabaa al-Adawiya and al-Nahda squares, has cast a shadow over Egyptian society that lingers to…
US teenager pleads for Trump to help free his mother from Egyptian jail
Thirteen-year-old Moustafa Hamed said he and his mother, Reem Mohamed Desouky, were looking forward to their trip to Egypt. “We were excited to come to Egypt so we could spend time with our family during summer break,” the Pennsylvania teenager…
8 Egyptians deported from Kuwait presented to prosecution for belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood
August 7, 2019 The Supreme State Security Prosecution on Monday arrested eight Egyptians who were deported from Kuwait several weeks ago for 15 days in connection with investigations into their alleged membership of the Muslim Brotherhood. The prosecution has accused…
Egypt receives last tranche of IMF loan
August 7, 2019 On Monday Egypt received $2 billion, the last tranche of a $12 billion IMF loan under an agreement signed by the Egyptian government in August 2016. In a statement issued on Monday Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Mait…
20 killed and dozens injured: conflicting accounts about Cairo explosion
August 6, 2019 Twenty Egyptians were killed and dozens wounded in an explosion outside the Institute of Oncology in central Cairo on Sunday evening. Official accounts on the cause of the explosion contradicted earlier explanations. Initially doctors from inside…
Egypt’s Sisi signs amendments to law regulating trade unions
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi signed Law No. 142 of 2019 to amend several provisions of Law No 213 of 2017 related to trade unions. Under the amendments, the General Trade Union of Workers should include at least 10 unionist…
Egypt and the IMF: Success or failure?
In July, the International Monetary Fund approved the final tranche of Egypt’s $12bn rescue loan, marking the end of a programme aimed at pulling the country out of a protracted economic crisis brought on by years of political upheaval. But…
Egypt calls deadly Cairo car blast ‘terrorist incident’
Egypt‘s government has said a car packed with explosives was the cause of an explosion near a medical centre in the capital that killed at least 20 people and wounded 47 others. In a statement on Monday, the interior ministry…
Egypt charges fees for departures on foreign and domestic flights
Egyptian Aviation Minister Younis al-Masry issued a decision to impose fees for departures from Egyptian airports, whether they be domestic or foreign flights. The official Egyptian gazette said Wednesday that these fees will be collected from passengers in exchange for…
How Sissi’s Egypt Hands Out Justice
KAFR AL-SHEIKH, EGYPT – Security forces detained Lotfy Ibrahim, a young construction worker, as he left a mosque near his home on the Nile Delta in the spring of 2015. When his family finally saw him again nearly three months…
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