Egypt and Sudan reject Ethiopia’s offer for initial filling of Renaissance Dam in summer
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok sent two separate letters to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last week rejecting his proposal for a transitional agreement on an initial filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…
Human Rights Watch is calling for the release of 2 translators
Human Rights Watch called on the Egyptian authorities to release two translators who were arrested last week, Marwa Arafa and Kholoud Said. The organisation said that the Egyptian authorities should release them or provide evidence to the judicial authorities that…
Terror attack in Sinai’s Bir al-Abd
The Egyptian army spokesman has announced that two officers and eight soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in the city of Bir al-Abd in Sinai. The victims were travelling in an armoured vehicle near the village of Tuffaha in…
Nile Air demands Egyptian government support it financially
Nile Air flights have invited the Egyptian banks and the sovereign fund to participate in the ownership of the company to support its financial position. Yousry Abdel Wahab, the company’s managing director, said that this would support the sector after…
Egyptian filmmaker Shady Habash dies in Tora Prison
The Egyptian filmmaker and director Shady Habash has died in Tora Prison where he was being detained under pretrial detention. When Shady became sick in his prison cell, his inmates cried for help for some time, but guards and officers…
Al-Sisi extends state of emergency for another 3 months
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a decision declaring a state of emergency throughout the country for another three months, starting from Wednesday, April 29, and until the morning of July 28. The decision to extend the state of emergency is…
Agreement to restart Damietta gas liquefaction station cancelled
The Ministry of Petroleum has announced the cancellation of the agreement to restart Damietta gas liquefaction station, which was signed on February 27 between the Egyptian Holding Company for Natural Gases (EGAS), Italian energy giant Eni and Naturgy Spanish Company….
Coronavirus infection outbreak among doctors in Egypt
The General Secretary of the Egyptian Medical Syndicate, Ehab al-Taher, has announced that 100 doctors have been infected with coronavirus since it began to spread to the country in mid-February, and five of them have died so far. Al-Taher said…
Pompeo calls for ensuring the safety of American prisoners in Egypt
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, to ensure the safety of Americans detained in Egyptian prisons from the coronavirus. Members of the Democratic and Republican parties in the Senate sent a letter to Pompeo,…
Egypt authorities announce amnesty for 4,000 non-political prisoners
The Interior Ministry has announced the release of more than 4,000 prisoners convicted of non-political crimes on the anniversary of the liberation of Sinai, April 25. After their prison terms were reduced, 3,778 people were released, while 233 people were…
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