Egypt detainee Solafa Magdy wins the 2020 Courage in Journalism Award
The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) have announced that the detained Egyptian multimedia journalist Solafa Magdy has won the 2020 Courage in Journalism Award, along with three other female journalists from China, Finland and Syria. Solafa has been imprisoned in…
Security services continue crackdown against journalists
The Arabic Network for Human Rights said that security forces arrested the journalist and former researcher for the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, Shaimaa Sami, from her home in Alexandria. Gamal Eid, director of the Arab Network, said security…
Egypt: Wearing masks in public places to be compulsory
Nader Saad, a spokesperson for the cabinet, said that wearing masks will become compulsory on public transportation, in government departments and in enclosed spaces, noting that immediate financial penalties will be imposed on those who do not wear the masks….
Egypt prepares for Haftar’s exit after the loss of Watiya Airbase
Khalifa Haftar’s militia announced it was pulling out of parts of the capital Tripoli overnight, after losing control of Watiya Airbase to the UN-backed government in western Libya, in a major blow to their year-long campaign to seize the capital. The…
Lina Atallah: A journalist arrested without charge and released after foreign intervention
Maadi Public Prosecution (south of Cairo) has ordered the release of the editor-in-chief of Mada Masr news website on bail of EGP 2,000 after investigating her on Sunday evening. Lina Atallah, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, was detained…
Manshiet El-Bakry Hospital doctors reject plans for quarantine centre
Doctors at Manshiet El-Bakry General Hospital have announced that they have rejected the decision to transform the hospital into a quarantine centre for those suspected of being infected with coronavirus. The doctors presented an official letter to the Health Directorate…
Highway bridge built 50 centimetres from residential buildings draws criticism
Social media users are sharing images of the construction of Teraet Al-Zomor Bridge, also known as the King Salman Axis, which is worrying close to a number of residential buildings. Some images showed that the bridge is roughly 50 centimetres…
New road tolls imposed on residents of New Cairo cities
The National Road Company of the Egyptian Army has started collecting new road tolls on the Cairo-Suez Desert Road, which is the main road for entering the new Cairo cities, al-Shorouk, Badr and Madinaty. The road tolls gate caused heavy…
The unemployment rate in Egypt rose to 9.2% at the end of April
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics in Egypt revealed that the unemployment rate rose to 9.2 per cent in April due to the coronavirus pandemic. The agency said that the precautionary measures taken by the government to confront…
Egypt’s Medical Syndicate demands isolation hospital for medical staff
In a letter addressed to the President of the Republic and the Minister of Health, the Medical Syndicate called for the necessity of allocating an isolation hospital for doctors and other health care workers infected with coronavirus. Infected cases among…
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