Egypt Watch

Security forces arrested 84 Eritrean refugees

Ali Abdel Rahman, head of the Eritrean Refugee Committee in Egypt, said that security forces arrested 84 Eritrean refugees last Sunday, most of the young men, including about four women. Abdel Rahman noted that the majority of those arrested were…

Harmful gas emission suffocated 27 students in Aswan

27 students at Hussein Mirsal Industrial Secondary School in Aswan were subject to suffocation due to the leakage of ammonia gas from the Kima Aswan Fertilizer Factory, which is near the school The students were transferred to Aswan University Hospital…

The former Minister of Justice put under house arrest

The Cairo Criminal Court decided to release the former Minister of Justice, Counselor Ahmed Suleiman, pending the investigations of the accusations against him of joining a banned group established in violation of the law, and publishing false news. The court…

Egypt is the world`s fastest-growing country for the number of wealthy people

Knight Frank, a real estate consultancy, issued a report in which it expected Egypt to be among the countries with the highest growth in the number of the wealthy by 2024, to come in second place after India. According to…

Foreign investors make 4.3 billion EGP exits from government bonds market

During the past week, foreign investors made significant exits from the government bond market, and their sales reached 4.3 billion pounds within two days. Mahmoud Nagla, Executive Director of Money Markets at Al-Ahly Financial Investment Management Company, said that interest…

Liberalization of agricultural fertilizer prices

The Ministry of Finance published a document proposing the liberalization of fertilizer prices and linking them to international prices, with the implementation of a transitional support program over three years, and the establishment of a fund with five billion pounds…

Metal exports declined 32% in January 2020

The report issued by the Export Council for Building Materials and Metallurgical Industries revealed that mineral exports fell more than 30% in January, compared to the same month in 2019. The report showed that copper exports fell 32%, steel 25%,…

12 Corona Virus Carriers Discovered on board of Nile Cruise

The Ministry of Health, Population and the World Health Organization announced the discovery of 12 positive cases of the new Corona virus (Covid-19) carrying the virus, on board a Nile cruise ship coming from Aswan to Luxor. The Ministry of…

Outrage among house officer doctors in Egypt

Eman Salama, a member of the Medical Syndicate, said that the Ministry of Finance agreed to spend a monthly reward for house officer doctors, equivalent to 80% of the total salary of the resident doctor in university hospitals in accordance…

Sudan rejects an Arab decision to support Egypt in the file of the Renaissance Dam

The Egyptian Middle East News Agency reported that Sudan had reservations about a draft resolution from the Arab League confirming its solidarity with the position of Egypt and Sudan regarding the Renaissance Dam crisis. Egypt had submitted a draft resolution…