State TV reports Egypt’s first democratically elected president Morsi fainted during court session and died afterwards. Egypt‘s former President Mohamed Morsi has died after appearing in court in Cairo, according to state media. The 67-year-old died after [ More … ]
The German government had approved an €800 million ($899 million) arms export deal with Egypt during the period from 1 January to 5 June 2019, the country’s economic affairs ministry announced yesterday. Responding to a [ More … ]
Egypt reached a settlement agreement with state-owned Israel Electric Corp. to pay a reduced fine for halting deliveries of natural gas, ending a dispute that started about seven years ago. The accord signed June 16 [ More … ]
In a recent Foreign Policy article former Minister of Investment Yehia Hamed forecast that Egypt will soon be bankrupt if it continues in the same vein. External debt has increased fivefold in the last half [ More … ]
Iran says it “categorically rejects” US claims that it is behind attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had blamed Iran for the “unprovoked attacks” on [ More … ]
The popular speaker, who is married to the Muslim Brotherhood deputy head’s daughter, was ‘kidnapped’ on Monday according to his family. Prominent Egyptian Islamic preacher Khaled Abu Shadi has “disappeared” after leaving a mosque in Cairo [ More … ]
Much of the world is wondering who is really running the show in Sudan now that its president of three decades has been ousted. It’s certainly not the protesters being crushed by the military as [ More … ]
The repeated confiscation of Al-Ahaly newspaper has raised complaints about press freedom in Egypt, where state oversight of the media is a long and opaque tradition. A wave of anger swept journalists and rights groups in Egypt after copies [ More … ]
The economic situation is undoubtedly a major factor in the stability of any society. However, the regime of General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi mainly relies on tightening its security grip which is significantly supported by the [ More … ]
Eight years after the Arab Spring transfixed the world, the Middle East has once again lit up with protest. In April, popular movements in Algeria and Sudan forced the ouster of two long-serving autocrats: Algerian [ More … ]
Doctors’ committee says two people killed in clashes in the capital, while two others died in its twin city of Omdurman One week after scores died in a crackdown on Sudanese protesters demanding civilian rule, [ More … ]
At the time warplanes affiliated to the Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar launce airstrikes in Tripoli, the deputy head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Ahmed Mitig, urged the US to put pressure on allies backing Haftar’s [ More … ]
In an article published on Israeli INN website, TZahi Levi, an Israeli writer and political researcher, wondered why Israel ignores Egypt’s quest to strengthen itself militarily, especially regarding its naval force. Citing Der Spiegel German [ More … ]
The Trump administration seems to be preparing to circumvent Congress to allow the export to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of billions of dollars of munitions that are now on hold, according to [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sold his country as an investment destination with the IMF’s help—but the living standards of ordinary Egyptians are plummeting as elites line their pockets. BY YEHIA HAMED * One year after Egypt repositioned itself as [ More … ]
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