Egypt Watch

A new secretary for the Nation’s Future party after sudden resignations

The Nation’s Future party, affiliated with the security services, announced today, Tuesday, that the former head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Chancellor Abdel Wahab Hassan, assumed the position of party leader, replacing Ashraf Rashad, who was appointed as the first…

4 new infections with the new Corona virus

The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced, on Monday evening, that the number of confirmed cases of the new Corona virus (Covid 19) has risen to 59 after 4 new infections were discovered, who were in contact with previously announced cases….

Member of Parliament arrested for bribery

The Administrative Control Authority arrested MP Jamal al-Shuwaikhi accusing him of obtaining 300 thousand EGP as a bribe from the Chairman of the Board of Next Home Real Estate Company, in exchange for exploiting his influence with high-profile officials to…

In Egypt: 39 violations against journalists and media workers in February

The Arab Media Freedom Monitor issued its monthly report on violations of the Egyptian authorities in the right to freedom of the media and the press during February 2020, and monitored 39 varied violations against them, cemented the dominance of…

Defendants in the misr train station accident sentenced to imprisonment

The Cairo Criminal Court issued sentences of 15 to 3 years’ imprisonment for those accused in the accident of the train station in Egypt, which resulted in the death of 31 citizens and the injury of 50 others. The court…

Assigning the Tourism Services in Salah El-Din Citadel to a sovereign authority

The Supreme Council of Antiquities agreed to contract with a sovereign authority to manage the tourism services in the citadel, similar to the experience that had been carried out in the pyramids area. Iman Zidan, deputy minister of tourism and…

Facebook stopped troll accounts from Egypt

Facebook suspended hundreds of fake accounts, pages, and groups on Facebook and Instagram linked to the two Egyptian marketing companies, New Wave and Flexel, during the month of February, and banned the two companies from using the two sites. Facebook…

Hustle in front of the Ministry of Health laboratories

Social media users shared pictures of Egyptians gathered in front of the central laboratories of the Ministry of Health to conduct a PCR examination for the new Corona virus. Thousands of citizens gathered to conduct the test amid complete absence…

The first death from the new Corona virus in Egypt

Today, Sunday, the Ministry of Health announced the death of the first case of the new Corona virus in Egypt, which is of a 60-years old German citizen, arrived in Egypt from Germany seven days ago. The spokesman of the…

9 senators call on Egypt to respect human rights

Nine members of Congress, including Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Alexandra Suarez sent a letter to Egypt’s Ambassador to Washington Yasser Reda, expressing concern for them about human rights violations in Egypt, calling for an end to violations such as…