At least 1,500 people died Monday in Turkiye when two major earthquakes and 145 aftershocks struck the southeast of the country, Turkish officials said. Vice President Fuat Oktay said 1,541 people were killed and 9,733 [ More … ]
Social media activists have circulated what was said to be a “memorandum of understanding” between Egypt and an Israeli company, according to which Egypt would grant the Israeli company (said to be run by Salmon [ More … ]
An Israeli delegation has arrived in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to discuss the normalization of ties between the two countries, two Sudanese government sources said on Thursday, according to Reuters. The trip was part of [ More … ]
A joint report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Democracy in the Arab World Now (DAWN) warns that the new $3-billion loan agreement concluded between the IMF and Egypt threatens the economic rights of [ More … ]
An Egyptian prisoner has died in Zagazig Police Station due to the bad conditions of his detention and lack of adequate medical care. A detainee has died in Egypt’s Zagazig Police Station after deterioration of [ More … ]
The United States will continue to encourage Egypt to take steps on human rights, including freeing more political prisoners and guaranteeing freedom of expression, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a visit to [ More … ]
The competent investigative authorities in Egypt have ordered the imprisonment of Mohamed Hossam El-Din, known as “Bissa” and Basma Hegazi, known as “Warda”, for 15 days pending investigations. The investigation authorities accused the defendants of [ More … ]
On the eve of Blinken’s Middle East tour, Israel carried out drone strikes on an Iranian factory. The attack comes amid growing tensions over Iran’s nuclear program and its continued supply of weapons to Russia, [ More … ]
The Economist suggests that donors should not keep bailing out Egypt, a state that only enriches men in khaki, the military. “To the list of spectacular ruins across Egypt, you can now add its economy. [ More … ]
Egypt’s human rights crisis has persisted and even worsened over the last three years, according to a recent human rights report submitted to the United Nations The human rights crisis in Egypt has persisted and [ More … ]
As heavily armed Israeli soldiers stormed the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, at least nine Palestinians, including an elderly woman, were killed and about 20 wounded. The Palestinian Ministry of [ More … ]
After months of punishing inflation and a plummeting currency, Egyptians are growing louder about the crisis. In exchange for a bailout, the I.M.F. is imposing stern conditions on the government. “Around the time Egypt’s currency [ More … ]
‘Ultimately, poor Egyptian households faced substantial difficulties in 2022 that will set many back from graduating from poverty,’ a report by IFPRI states. A recent research paper by the International Food Policy Research Institute has [ More … ]
In a recent report, EIPR has documented the unfair trial and lack of evidence in last year’s convictions of Strong Egypt Party President Abdel Moneim Aboul-Fotouh, his deputy Mohamed al-Qassas, and former student leader Moaz [ More … ]
The founder and former CEO of Egypt’s Juhayna Food Industries (JUFO.CA) and his son have been released after about two years in detention, reported Reuters. Safwan Thabet and his son, Seifeldin, were released from prison [ More … ]
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