Human Rights Watch documents the Egyptian authorities’ detention of dozens of Sudanese refugees
Human Rights Watch issued a statement saying that Egyptian police arbitrarily detained at least 30 Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers, including well-known activists, during raids last December and January, and that some of them were physically assaulted and subjected to…
Egyptian bread market witnesses great confusion
The movement of buying and selling in wheat and flour markets in Egypt witnessed confusion, as the price of flour locally increased to 11 thousand pounds per ton, and the price of wheat rose to 8700 pounds per ton. This…
Tel Aviv – Sharm El Sheikh: A direct flight route between Egypt and Israel
The Israel in Egypt Facebook page, affiliated with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced that Israel and Egypt had agreed to launch a new direct flight route between Tel Aviv and Sharm El-Sheikh, to expand direct flights between the…
Sisi meets Bennett and bin Zayed in Sharm El-Sheikh
The Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation announced that the Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, arrived in Cairo, on Monday evening, on an unannounced visit. Bennett also visited Sharm El-Sheikh and held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, in the presence…
The funeral ceremony of Safwan Thabet’s Wife cancelled under police pressure
Maryam Safwan Thabet, the daughter of the well-known businessman Safwan Thabet, the founder of Juhayna company the biggest bottled milk and juices producer in Egypt and its chairman. Maryam announced that the funeral ceremony of her mother, Bahira El-Shawy, which…
The Egyptian Front said Egyptian authorities use prisoners to beat political detainees
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights said that detained political activist Ahmed Maher, known as Rego, was beaten with the knowledge of the prison administration in Mazraat Tora Prison before he was transferred to Al-Qanater Prison for Men and placed…
85% of Egyptians do not get healthy food and the percentage is expected to increase
A few days ago, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned that about 9.6% of the population in Egypt (about 10 million people) would be at risk of not being able to provide healthy food if…
Egypt hikes interest rate and lets the pound down after economic shockwaves
Today, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Egypt decided to raise interest rates by 1% on both deposit and lending to be 9.25% and 10.25% respectively. The Committee issued a statement to explain the belief of the…
Governmental attempt to buy the wheat crop at cheap prices rages farmers
The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade issued a decree obligating farmers to hand over the wheat crop for the current season. Also, the decision prohibited the transfer of wheat without a permit from the government and prohibited the sale…
Russian tourism to Egypt is back to a halt
A number of Russian airlines announced the cancellation of all international flights, against the backdrop of international sanctions that Russia faces as a result of its war on Ukraine. The European Union had banned any Russian aircraft from using its…
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