The irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have met in Cairo for a new round of talks aimed at resolving a dispute over a multibillion-dollar dam being built by the Ethiopian government. The two-day [ More … ]
Western correspondents get to choose when they face danger. Journalists in Egypt deal with it every day – Richard Hall’s Independent Article There are no safety provisions for independent journalists in Egypt and other authoritarian [ More … ]
The police raid came a day after Mada Masr editor Shady Zalat was arrested by Egyptian security forces. Egyptian security forces raided the office of what is widely described as the country’s last independent news [ More … ]
An expanding network of enterprises owned by the armed forces blocks much-needed reforms, says Timothy Kaldas in a recent report published in Bloomberg. “As Egypt marks the third anniversary of its bailout by the International [ More … ]
Aisha al-Shater has been held in dire conditions in prison since her arrest last year, according to rights groups Aisha Shater, an Egyptian activist and daughter of senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat al-Shater, could die in prison [ More … ]
Washington may impose sanctions on Egypt under a US law that targets purchases of military equipment from Russia. According to Reuters, The United States could impose sanctions on Egypt and block it from future military sales if [ More … ]
Egypt has faced strong criticism at a United Nations review of its rights record, with diplomats voicing alarm over detention conditions and shrinking freedoms in the country recently rocked by mass protests. The United States and other Western [ More … ]
First, democratically-elected President Mohammed Morsi died while standing trial for charges legal observers said were politically motivated. An independent panel of United Nations experts has said the death of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi in [ More … ]
One of the central strategies the authoritarian regimes of the Middle East use to gain influence in the European Union (EU) is to promote themselves as bulwarks of stability, moderation, and tolerance – an article [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggested last week listing military-owned companies on the stock exchange, along with other state-run firms and assets. “There must be an opportunity for the armed forces’ companies. They must enter the [ More … ]
Railway officials in Egypt have been arrested following the death of one man and life-changing injuries of another near the Nile Delta city of Tanta on Monday. The man who died, named by local media [ More … ]
Internal Egyptian government documents show officials in Cairo scrambling to do damage control after U.S. spy agencies uncovered an alleged scheme to smuggle North Korean military cargo into the country in defiance of international sanctions, [ More … ]
A heavy deluge in Cairo has brought areas of the capital to a near standstill and highlighted the city’s severe lack of infrastructure, as homes, businesses, and public buildings have been flooded. The flooding led to [ More … ]
An Egyptian Islamist father and his son have been detained unlawfully since 2013 as part of the political persecution of ex-aides to deposed president Mohamed Morsi, and should be freed immediately and compensated, UN human [ More … ]
Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed issues warning over Renaissance Dam PM Abiy said his country could ready millions if there is a need to go to war over the dam project opposed by Egypt. Ethiopia‘s prime minister [ More … ]
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