Egypt Watch

Egyptian senior military killed in Sinai

A colonel and soldier in the Egyptian army and two members of the tribal groups supporting the military were killed and others wounded in an attack by the ISIS-affiliated Sinai Province organization in Rafah, North Sinai. Tribal sources said that…

Egypt, Israel and the EU sign gas agreements

Egypt has announced that it had signed a memorandum with Israel and the European Union on cooperation in the trade, transport and export of natural gas to transport gas from Israel to Europe after liquefying it at Egyptian stations. The…

Ethiopia: 88% of the construction work of the Renaissance Dam completed

Ethiopia has announced the completion of 88% of the construction work of the Renaissance Dam, hoping to complete all construction work by the end of 2023. This was stated by the Ethiopian ambassador to Russia, Alemayehu Tegenu, in a press…

EU grants Egypt 100 million euros to tackle the food crisis

On Wednesday, the European Union announced providing an aid package worth 103 million euros to Egypt to face the repercussions of the global food crisis. This was stated by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during…

Amnesty International calls on Sisi to release Aisha El-Shater and Abu Huraira

On Thursday, Amnesty International called on President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to release Aisha Khairat El-Shater, daughter of the first deputy guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Khairat El-Shater, and her husband, Muhammad Abu Huraira, who have been detained by the Egyptian…

CTUWS: Elections of trade unions federation was a fraud

The Center for Trade Union and Workers Services (CTUWS) criticized what the general union elections witnessed, pointing out that it seems complicated to achieve any change, however, limited, in the upper levels of the General Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions….

Egyptian Court refuses to transfer Aisha Al-Shater to hospital

On Tuesday, the Cairo Criminal Court refused to allow Aisha Al-Shater, the daughter of the first deputy guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Khairat Al-Shater, to leave the Al-Qanater Prison Hospital to receive treatment at her own expense in a private…

Human rights call on the British Foreign Office to demand releasing Alaa Abdel Fattah

Twenty-nine human rights organizations have issued a statement saying that the activist, blogger and software developer Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who has dual British and Egyptian nationalities and is detained in Egypt to silence him and prevent him from practising his activism,…

The Egyptian government to increase electricity prices in July

According to officials, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy will start applying new increases to electricity bills in July. This is part of the government’s plan to lift electricity subsidies gradually. The government, thus, has raised electricity prices nine times…

Ethiopia Reporter: Addis Ababa to start the third filling of the Renaissance Dam next July

Addis Ababa is to start the third filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam next July, reported the Ethiopian Reporter. The reported sources added that water flows begin to increase from mid-June, so the first of July is an excellent…