Price of cooking oil rises for fourth time in less than a month
The price of cooking oil has increased four times in the last three weeks, with values ranging from EGP 2,600 to EGP 3,200 per ton, driven by higher demand and lower supply at production plants, with global changes in the…
Huge population increase expected in Egypt
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) in Egypt has declared its expectations regarding the population census in the coming 30 years. The indications show that Egypt’s population may reach 191.3 million in 2052. CAPMAS published several analytical…
Egypt`s economy suffers: High annual inflation rate in December
The Central Statistical Organisation has said that the annual inflation rate rose in December at the level of 6.8 per cent compared to 2.7 per cent in November, and to 7.1 per cent against 3.6 per cent in cities and…
Deflation in Egypt private sector continues in 2019
Non-oil private sector activity in Egypt fell last month to the lowest level since September 2017, recording 48.2 points according to the I.H.S Index of Purchasing Managers in Egypt, so that private sector contraction continues throughout 2019. The private sector…
A new failure in Renaissance Dam negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia
The Ministry of Irrigation has announced the failure of the fourth round of the Renaissance Dam negotiations, which was held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, where no final agreement was reached between Egypt and Ethiopia on the amount of…
Mahmoud Hegazy returns to supervise Libya policy
In the context of the developments currently taking place in Libya and the entry of Turkish military forces into Tripoli, informed sources have said that the former chief of staff of the armed forces, General Mahmoud Hegazy, had returned to…
Egypt supports a ceasefire in Libya
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has announced that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin to a ceasefire in Libya starting from Sunday, January 12. They have invited all conflicting parties to support a peaceful…
Price of electricity rises for seventh time
The Ministry of Electricity has confirmed its commitment to implement the annual increase in electricity bills next July, as part of the final stage of the IMF programme to permanently liberalise electricity prices by the fiscal year 2020-2021. The Ministry…
New detainee dies of cold in Egypt
Political detainee Alaa Saad has died in Burj al-Arab prison in Alexandria due to the inhuman conditions of detention and the deliberate medical negligence of the prison administration, according to the Al-Shehab Centre for Human Rights. Alaa suffered three days…
Detention renewed for 6 youths in "media hub" case
The Egyptian Supreme State Security Prosecution has renewed the detention of six young detainees for a period of 15 days in the 2018 case known to the media as the “media hub.” The list of the detained includes Yasser Hassan,…
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