The Egypt-Sudan conflict over Halayeb and Shalateen returns to the fore
The issue of the border dispute between Egypt and Sudan regarding the Halayeb Triangle has come to the fore again after the statements of the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant…
Did the senate elections mark the end of the Nour Party in Egypt?
Only four candidates remained of the Nour Salafist Party in Egypt in the senate’s run-off elections which took place this month, in a repeat of the successive fall of the party since the coup that they supported with all their…
Corruption is eating away at Egypt’s universities
Egyptian universities suffer from multiple corruption incidents that news reports and court cases reveal from time to time. The manifestations of corruption in public universities vary between financial and sexual bribery, theft of research, professors harassing female students, forcing students…
The Emirati-Israeli agreement threatens Egypt’s regional role
Egyptian leaders seem to be concerned about the recent agreement between the UAE and Israel, as it undoubtedly threatens to alienate them from their long-term role as key Arab interlocutors with Tel Aviv. Egypt has been a central pillar of…
The monster of high prices devours Egyptians
As a monster devours Egyptians’ dreams, high prices grind the citizens’ salaries and income. They are tired of evaporating in the face of the price increase, which is increasing in ferocity day after day and year after year. For years,…
Boycotting the army’s companies: Could the Egyptian economy be liberalised?
Amidst the army’s growing investments and control over all aspects of the civilian economy in Egypt, a campaign spread on Twitter and social media platforms, calling for a boycott of the armed forces’ products. The campaign “Boycott Sisi’s military products”…
Assets owned by national press institutions to be sold
Losses and corruption, the collapse of distribution, billions of debts for taxes, customs, insurance, and the flight of advertisers are some of the critical crises in the state-owned national press institutions in Egypt. Over the years, the Egyptian government neglected…
Egypt’s government deepens economic suffering for citizens
For the Egyptian citizen, going to a government agency to obtain papers is considered a form of severe suffering. This mission is preceded by anxiety about his success in completing it, as he often returns home after failing to achieve…
Egypt crosses red line, reduces weight of loaf of bread
Although successive governments in Egypt since 1977 have refused to lift subsidies on citizens, fearing that this would trigger a terrible wave in increasing the price of essential commodities and the high cost of living, the regime of Abdel Fattah…
New law redistributes parliamentary electorates to ease governmental control of elections
Despite the objections made by many politicians and parliamentarians, the Egyptian parliament finally approved a bill to amend and redistribute electoral provinces in preparation for the House of Representatives elections expected to be held next October. The House of Representatives…
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