Egypt authorities criticised at UN Human Rights Council

This week a special session held in Geneva reviewed human rights in Egypt for the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council.                            

Facebook deletes Egyptian trolls targeting Ethiopia, Sudan, and Turkey

The social networking sites Facebook and Instagram deleted Egyptian accounts and pages, claiming that they were coordinating attacks on Ethiopia, Sudan, and Turkey. Facebook said in an official...

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,...

The regime is making money from moving embassies to the New Administrative Capital

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking to move many foreign embassies in Cairo to the New Administrative Capital, by pushing them to buy land in the embassies district...

Goldman Sachs: Egypt needs to borrow $15 billion to secure debt dues

Goldman Sachs has issued a report saying Egypt needs to borrow $15 billion from the International Monetary Fund to secure debt dues over the next three years....

Egypt’s George Floyd: A young man shot dead by police in Luxor

Al-Awamiya area of Luxor Governorate witnessed, in the early hours of Thursday morning, a street war between the Egyptian security forces and the families and neighbours of Awais al-Rawi,...

Egypt receives the first FREMM frigate from Italy with a cost of $1.3bn

The first of two FREMM frigates manufactured by Fincantieri Italian shipbuilding group for Egypt, named Al-Galala by the Egyptian Army, arrived Alexandria naval base on December 31....

Egypt stops renewing citizens’ passports in Kuwait

The Egyptian Consul General to Kuwait Hesham Asran has said that Cairo has issued instructions to stop renewing its citizens’ passports in the Gulf country. Asran explained...

Moves in the US Congress against the Egyptian regime over Sukhoi Su-35

17 members of the US Senate, from both parties, have demanded that Defence Secretary Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo act against the Egyptian regime....