Cairo 24: Tarek Amer to be laid off on corruption charges
EgyWatch – June 12, 2019 Cairo 24 news website, that is close to high-profile officials, said on Tuesday that Tarek Amer was notified that his Central Bank governance will not be renewed after it ends in November. The decision came…
ILO blacklists Egypt for violating workers’ trade union freedom
EgyWatch – June 12, 2019 The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Tuesday announced its short-term list, known as ‘the Blacklist’, of states violating the rights and freedom of workers. The list included Egypt for violating the organisation’s C.87 convention concerning…
Egyptian authorities ban Salah Diab and Gamal Mubarak’s father-in-law from travel
EgyWatch – June 12, 2019 Egyptian authorities, on Tuesday, banned businessmen Salah Diab – owner of private newspaper Al Masry al Youm; Mahmoud el-Gammal – Gamal Mubarak’s father-in-law; and others over a land-squatting investigation. The General Prosecutor also imposed control…
Egypt asks Christie’s to cancel sale of Tutankhamun statue
Christie’s in London is being pressured to cancel the auction of a statue of Tutankhamun’s head after Egyptian authorities claimed that the bust might have been stolen from the Karnak temple in Luxor. The 28.5cm-high statue is more than 3,000…
What Algeria and Sudan Can Learn From Egypt
Eight years after the Arab Spring transfixed the world, the Middle East has once again lit up with protest. In April, popular movements in Algeria and Sudan forced the ouster of two long-serving autocrats: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who resigned…
Parliament denies granting Egyptian nationality for $10K
Head of the Parliament’s Defense and National Security Committee Kamal Amer denied granting the Egyptian nationality to foreign investors for $10,000. Amer added during his phone call to Mubasher channel that $10,000 or the equivalent in Egyptian currency is the…
Egypt ‘offers to help Sudan military regime counter civil disobedience’
Egypt has offered to provide the Sudanese government with workers to counter a campaign of nationwide civil disobedience aimed at pressuring the ruling military council into handing over power. Sources in the Egyptian foreign ministry told The New Arab‘s Arabic-language…
Egypt nearly ‘bankrupt’ due to mishandling of public funds
An article in Foreign Policy authored by the Muslim Brotherhood’s former minister of investment Yehia Hamed has said that the chronic mismanagement of public finances by the current administration in Egypt has meant that in the last five years external…
US says Jordan, Egypt and Morocco to attend economic workshop in Bahrain
TIMES OF ISRAEL: Jordan, Egypt and Morocco have informed US President Donald Trump’s administration that they will participate in the upcoming American-sponsored economic workshop in Bahrain, a senior White House official said Tuesday. The announcement ends weeks of uncertainty over…
Egyptians in solidarity with Syrian refugees against campaign of incitement
EgyWatch – June 11, 2019 Thousands of Egyptians took to social networking sites to express their love and solidarity with Syrian refugees living in Egypt. This came in response to an incitement campaign that was waged against them. The…
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