Egypt coup: A decade on, liberals must do some serious self-reflection
Drawing lessons from the tumultuous events of the past decade, they should strive to rescue the country from the grip of authoritarianism. On the night of the 3 July 2013 coup that ousted Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected civilian leader,…
Foreign travel advice, Egypt
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advises against all travel to: the Governorate of North Sinai within 20km of the Egyptian and Libyan border. This excludes the town of El Salloum (where we continue to advise against all but…
Greece boat disaster: Trafficking suspects plead not guilty
Nine Egyptian men accused of causing a disaster last week when a vessel carrying hundreds of people sank off the Greek coast have pleaded not guilty. The nine suspects – all aged between 20 and 40 – are accused of…
Egypt approves budget amid privatisation drive, economic crisis
Egypt is dealing with an economic crisis, with the government seeking investments to meet its foreign debt obligations. Egypt will be allocating 127.7 billion Egyptian pounds ($4.14bn) for its food subsidy programme for the upcoming fiscal year beginning on July…
One of three Britons who died in Egypt boat fire named
One of the three Britons who died after a diving boat burst into flames in Egypt’s Red Sea on Sunday has been named as Christina Quinn, who was the chief executive of a hospice. The 58-year-old was on a medium-sized…
Russian man killed in shark attack off Egypt’s Red Sea resort
Coastline to remain off limits with a ban on swimming, snorkelling and other water sports activities until Sunday. A Russian man has died after being attacked by a shark off the coast of Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Hurghada,…
Egypt’s headline inflation slows to 30.6% in April
Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation in April slowed to 30.6% from 32.7% in March, data from the state statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Wednesday, lower than analysts had expected. Month-on-month, urban inflation slowed to 1.7% from 2.7% in March and…
UN Human Rights Committee discusses Egypt’s human rights situation
On Tuesday, the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva held a session to examine the human rights situation in Egypt and discuss the country’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Egypt ratified the covenant in…
Yasser Mahallawy: Political detainee passes away in Tora
Political detainee Yasser Farouk al-Mahallawy passed away in Farm prison within Tora Complex on Thursday, said the Egyptian Network for Human Rights on Saturday. The human rights network added that Mahallawy had hypertension and diabetes and suffered from cruel and…
Foreign investors withdraw from Egypt over-tourism crisis
Foreign investors have withdrawn $3 billion from the Egyptian market since Thursday, February 24, coinciding with the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fleeing an emerging market and looking for a safer one, according to a banking source quoted…
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