Egypt’s doctors fight coronavirus and regime aggression

At 2.30pm on Thursday March 19 a force from the National Security Agency in Alexandria, the second largest city in Egypt, stormed the house of a doctor...

Torture and forced disappearance: How children live in al-Sisi’s prisons

Since the military coup carried out by the Egyptian army against the elected president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, a brutal and oppressive campaign has been launched...

In the fight against coronavirus in Egypt the government favours the rich

In conjunction with the spread of COVID-19 in Egypt, the government has taken many procedures aimed at fighting the virus and mitigating its effects, especially the economic...

Coronavirus raises panic in Egypt’s prisons over regime inaction

Egyptian authorities have transferred three detainees suspected of being infected with coronavirus from Giza Central Prison to hospital after they showed clear symptoms of the virus. Egyptian...

Coronavirus: Egypt quarantines villages in 10 governorates

The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced on Saturday evening that it has put villages in 10 governorates under quarantine to fight the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). Observers considered...

Egypt’s media fight coronavirus with tea, fesikh and liquorice

While many countries around the world are depending on the media in their countries to raise awareness of how to protect themselves from coronavirus, the Egyptian media...

Exclusive: Corruption scandals in the military overthrow high profile officers

Exclusive Egyptian judicial and military sources have revealed to Egypt Watch that a concealed clash is taking place between the Egyptian Armed Forces and a number of...

Egypt police bully a group of Chinese people, accuse them of barbequing snakes

Egyptian security forces have arrested a group of Chinese people after receiving reports that they were barbecuing snakes in a rented villa in Madinaty, northeast Cairo. Since...

Quarantine fugitives spark panic in Egypt

As Egyptians try to protect their families from being infected with Covid-19 fugitives from medical quarantine are causing panic in the country because of the possibility they...

Coronavirus storms Egypt’s army

The Egyptian army has declared the death of two major generals from COVID -19, but the official statement was too brief, simply mentioning that the two...