Coronavirus in Egypt: Medical neglect and no transparency
The infection numbers of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Egypt have reached 865 and 58 deaths. However, the numbers are still low in comparison with other countries like the US, Italy, China and, Spain, yet there are many questions indicating that the…
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic al-Sisi buys a German submarine
The German government has announced its approval to sell a German submarine from Thyssenkrupp military company to Egypt, along with four warships to Israel. German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Peter Altmire, informed the Bundestag’s Economic Affairs Committee…
Reconciliation initiatives in Egypt: Why have they reappeared?
Talk of a reconciliation initiative in Egypt has returned after more than a year. Hassan Nafaa, a professor of political science at Cairo University, called for a comprehensive community reconciliation in Egypt that begins with the release of all political…
Egypt’s regime targets university professors to silence them
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime continues to violate freedom of opinion and expression in Egyptian universities, in particular towards Egyptian faculty staff and academics. Recently, the regime has detained university professors in custody pending political cases, to punish them for…
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 because of a Facebook post. This has been done thousands of times in…
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 across the country. The police and national security affiliated to the Ministry of…
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 effects. Although those procedures are laudable, a close look reveals that the government…
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 authorities transferred them to the hospital after refusing to do so for days….
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 that these measures are a worrying indication of the spread of coronavirus, in…
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 has played a completely different role. Satellite channels loyal to the Egyptian regime…
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