“Egyptian authorities rounded up at least five left-wing and liberal activists on Tuesday in the latest crackdown against dissent led by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, ” said the Middle East Eye. According to human rights lawyers and the [ More … ]
Sadly, the ill treatment Mohamed Morsi received in jail was not unusual. Also, Egyptian officials reportedly threatened Morsi days before death, according to MEE. When Egypt’s first and only elected president, Mohamed Morsi, dropped dead in [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has offered urgent military support for the forces of Libyan General Khalifa Haftar, who is fighting against the internationally-recognised Libyan government in the capital Tripoli. Egypt also dispatched military experts [ More … ]
According to documents released by the White House, the economic aspect of Donald Trump’s peace plan between Palestine and Israel includes granting $9 billion to Egypt, half of which is in the form of soft [ More … ]
Egyptian politician, Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, reportedly went into a coma in detention after allegedly being attacked by jailers Saturday. Abu Ismail’s medical condition was resulting from being “attacked and assaulted by jailers” in Egypt’s [ More … ]
Conditions surrounding death of Egypt’s first democratically elected president highlight dismal reality endured by thousands languishing in Egypt’s jails. The death of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has cast the spotlight on the dire conditions faced by [ More … ]
By: AMR DARRAG and YEHIA HAMED We have been aware of the Egyptian foreign ministry’s statement regarding the deliberate murder of president Mohammad Morsi, in which the ministry’s spokesperson condemned United Nations High Commissioner for [ More … ]
The death of a former president in most countries around the world would normally make headline news domestically. But not the case for Egypt, where ex-President Mohammed Morsi died at the age of 67 on [ More … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
Copyright © 2016 | Middle East Observer