Egypt forces Ramy Shaath to renounce nationality in exchange for release
The family of the Egyptian-Palestinian
activist Ramy Shaath, son of the notable Palestinian diplomat Nabil Shaath,
expressed disappointment that Egyptian authorities forced Ramy to give up his
Egyptian nationality as...
An eminent Egyptian scholar persecuted in Egypt but honoured abroad
King Faisal International Prize for services to Islam was awarded this year to the Egyptian Professor of Theology, Hassan Al-Shafi'i, jointly with the former President of Tanzania,...
US Department of Justice announces arrest of Egyptian agent spying on Sisi’s opponents
The US Department of Justice has announced the arrest of an
Egyptian citizen, on Thursday, on criminal charges related to conspiring to act
as a foreign agent tracking political...
Ethiopia is close to producing electricity from the Renaissance Dam
Ethiopia’s newspaper Capital said that the work on the
Renaissance Dam has been completed in preparation for the start of testing the
production of energy in the coming days.
Egypt’s government amends labour law amid objections
The House of Union and Labour Services (HULS) has issued a statement in which it made observations about the draft labour law submitted by the government to...
Egypt’s business community frustrated due to high production costs
Business conditions for the non-oil private sector in Egypt
have continued to contract for the thirteenth consecutive month. The Purchasing
Managers' Index came in at 49 in December, not...
Despite high inflation Egypt’s Senate refuses to raise employee bonuses
The Egyptian Senate, during its discussion of the new labour bill submitted by the government, has rejected a proposal to maintain an annual bonus of seven per...
Cairo Governorate preparing to demolish 3,500 inhabited apartments
The Nasr City neighbourhood has begun registering the names
of the Sixth District residents who want alternative housing due to being
evicted from their homes, which will be removed...
Maspero workers protest poor working conditions
Workers belonging to the National Media Authority gathered in the main building of the Radio and Television Union, Maspero, to protest working conditions, low wages, and to...
ANHRI: 2021 was the year of contradictions regarding human rights in Egypt
The Arab Network for Human Rights Information issued a report
in which it said that democracy by the end of 2021 remains far from Egypt. Last
year saw nothing...