Egypt Watch

“Memories of Massacre” Haunts Sisi and Is Haunted by It

By Osama Gaweesh On the third of August this year, I had the honour of presenting the special screening of the global documentary film “Memories of Massacre,” which was shown in one of Britain’s most essential and prominent venues, the…

Egypt Watch presents the UK premier of Memories of a Massacre

‏EgyptWatch is proud to present, at the 10th anniversary of the Rabaa massacre, the UK premiere of “Memories of a Massacre”, an award-winning documentary film following the Rabaa massacre in Egypt. ‏ The premier will be at the British Academy…

EgyptWatch organises a screening of the documentary “Memories of a Massacre”

“Memories of a Massacre” is a powerful documentary that follows the story of the massacre that saw the end of Egyptian democracy. EgyptWatch is proud to bring you the premiere of “Memories of a Massacre,” a documentary following the Rabaa…

Sisi’s Egypt confounded in Sudan after Egyptian diplomate murder

The Wall Street Journal has revealed that Egypt supported the Sudanese army’s commander, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, in his conflict with the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, generally referred to as Hemetti. The American newspaper quoted sources…

S&P downgrades its outlook on Egypt’s sovereign debt

On Friday, Standard & Poor’s issued a report announcing that it downgraded its outlook on Egypt’s sovereign debt from stable to negative. This reflects a possibility of also downgrading Egypt’s credit rating later, down from the current B, which indicates…

Son of late President Mohamed Morsi complains of torture in Badr Prison

On Friday, Egyptian human rights groups said they had obtained another letter from Badr Prison inmates stating that five of them had attempted suicide, including the son of the late President Mohamed Morsi, Osama Morsi. According to local human rights…

Egypt sees no hope in continuing negotiations with Ethiopia

In talks he held with the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, Arega added, “We have a firm position on the necessity of continuing negotiations between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan under the auspices of the African Union.” On…

IMF stresses the complete liberation of the Egyptian pound

On Thursday, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, said that the financing program agreed upon by the significant financial agency with Egypt is based on three main determinants, which are the liberation of the local currency…

The Egyptian opposition sets 15 conditions to ensure free and fair presidential elections

On Wednesday, the opposition Civil Democratic Movement in Egypt issued a statement putting forward conditions that must be met for free and fair presidential elections, the results of which reflect the valid will of the voters, as it described it….

Debt Addiction: Egypt seeks higher credit ceiling from the ITFC

On Thursday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi agreed to amend the agreement concluded in 2018 between the Egyptian government and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation so that the potential credit ceiling for Egypt would be $6 billion instead of…