Egypt offers EUR 627 million in T-bills
On Monday, the Central Bank of Egypt announced the sale of one-year euro-denominated treasury bills worth 626.9 million euros, explaining that the average interest on the invoices recorded 1.697 per cent, with 32 requests from investors worth 786.9 million euros….
Two civilian victims in clashes between ISIS and the Egyptian army
On Friday, two civilians were killed, and others were injured due to clashes between the Sinai Province organization and forces affiliated with the Egyptian army and the tribal groups supporting it near the Suez Canal. Tribal sources said that the…
The Egyptian police attacked Warraq Island and arrested residents
On Monday, the Support Al-Warraq Island Facebook page said security forces stormed the island again and arrested seven residents. On Friday, hundreds of Al-Warraq Island residents demonstrated against the government’s ongoing attempts to displace them from their homes to implement…
Opposition MPs express disappointment at the cabinet reshuffle
On Saturday, the representatives of the Justice Party and the Egyptian Social Democratic Party rejected the new cabinet reshuffle approved by Parliament in an emergency session yesterday. The head of the Justice Party, Abdel Moneim Imam, expressed his disappointment after…
AFTE: The Egyptian regime’s actions negate dialogue with the opposition
The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression has issued its quarterly report, documenting human rights violations in conjunction with the start of the National Dialogue. The rights group said that the actual practices of various state agencies, especially the…
Egypt’s PM releases electricity consumption rationalization plan
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has announced a plan to rationalise the government’s use of electricity to exploit the natural gas pumped into power stations for export instead of domestic consumption. The plan includes reducing the lighting of streets and…
Protests in Warraq against governmental displacement attempts
On Friday, hundreds of Al-Warraq Island residents demonstrated against the government’s ongoing attempts to displace them from their homes to implement tourism projects on the island. They also demonstrated in solidarity with 35 residents facing prison sentences of up to…
Sami Suleiman: Detained colonel dies from medical negligence
The Egyptian Network for Human Rights said the ex-Colonel Sami Mohamed Suleiman died in the custody of Zagazig police station, Sharkeya, on August 6. Suleiman was arrested in 2016 on top of political charges, and despite obtaining release orders and…
Egypt: Annual inflation rate hits 14.6%
On Wednesday, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics issued that the annual inflation rate reached 14.6% last July, compared to 6.1% in the same month the previous year. The general index of consumer prices increased by 0.9% from…
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi decides on partial cabinet reshuffle in Egypt
Saturday, the speaker of the house of representatives, Hanafy Gebaly, declared in an urgent brief session called upon by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that the parliament approved the presidential decision of a partial cabinet reshuffle involving 13 ministries. Sisi said on…
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