Al-Sisi makes people pay the price for his mistakes
The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has declared his intention to issue a law that suspends the licences for all vehicles except for those operated by natural gas. Everyone found this step outrageous as no country in the world forces…
New military production minister: Could the army’s economic policy change?
Major General Mohamed Ahmed Morsi took the constitutional oath before General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, becoming the new Minister of Military Production in Egypt, succeeding General Mohamed Said el-Assar who died on July 6 2020. Morsi worked as director of the…
After decades of corruption Egypt’s judiciary fines Habib el-Adly EGP 500
The Egyptian Court of Cassation, the highest judicial authority in the country, has issued its final ruling on the former Interior Minister, Habib el-Adly. It confirmed he must pay EGP 500 (approximately $30 dollars) in the last cases he was…
The displacement of the people of the slums: A better life or exploitation?
The Egyptians witnessed with amazement rare protests in the Maawa al-Sayadeen (the Fishermen’s Shelter) area in al-Qabbari in Alexandria Governorate (North), in opposition to the Egyptian authorities’ decisions to evacuate and demolish their homes and move them to new housing…
Egyptian dissident Mohamed Ali faces threat of extradition
Egyptian businessman and dissident Mohamed Ali faces the prospect of deportation to Egypt after a request made by the Egyptian authorities to a Spanish court, as he resides in Spain, to extradite him for trial on charges related to tax…
Coronavirus infections in Egypt exceed China for the first time
The number of people infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) in Egypt has exceeded infections in China, the country where the virus originated, for the first time since the virus emerged in Egypt. Egypt officially, up until Tuesday, registered 83,930 cases of…
Exclusive: Ethiopia uses secret gates to fill the Renaissance Dam
Ethiopian state TV denied, on Wednesday, the statement of the Ethiopian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Seleshi Bekele that Ethiopia has started filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. This denial came hours after a report was broadcast attributing this…
Journalist Mohamed Mounir: Egypt’s Khashoggi died with the saw of coronavirus
“When I die, I hope that my biography will include just one line: Mohamed Mohamed Mounir Youssef participated in the revolution of January 25 2011 honestly and sincerely.” Mohamed Mounir, Egyptian journalist, died of COVID-19 infection in Egyptian prisons ”…
Joe Biden criticises al-Sisi’s crackdown on Egyptian opponents
US Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden denounced the exposure of Egyptian opponents such as Muhammad Amasha, Sarah Hegazi, and Muhammad Soltan to arrest, torture and exile from their country, Egypt. Biden also criticised threats made against the families of…
Renaissance Dam: The dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia gets worse
While negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia appear in a cover of discreet diplomacy, the words of the representatives of the two countries reveal the severity of the language between them, which has become difficult to hide. In recent days, a…
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