Egypt’s latest referendum results reveal as much as they conceal. Egypt has just passed constitutional amendments in a hastily-arranged referendum that ended on April 22. They are important mostly because they will advance President Abdel-Fattah [ More … ]
The United Nations’s top envoy for Libya has said that renegade General Khalifa Haftar tried to stage a coup when he issued an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA). Speaking to [ More … ]
As Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt prepares constitutional changes that could keep him in power until 2034 and enhance military control over the country, President Trump is preparing to welcome him to the White House This [ More … ]
Mahmoud Al-Sisi, the son of Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, has been holding marathon meetings within the General Intelligence Service (GIS) while seeking to extend his father’s presidency, the New York Times has reported. The GIS [ More … ]
Egyptians have been cracking jokes on social media after Abdel Fattah al-Sisi went on a 20-minute televised rant complaining about the country’s obesity crisis. In televised comments earlier this month, the general-turned-president railed about the [ More … ]
As critics call the new capital a vanity project for al-Sisi, they say the money could have been used to help the economy and to rebuild Cairo, however, other analysts believe the new capital will [ More … ]
It seems that al-Sisi’s authoritarian measures have fueled more terrorist attacks to Egypt rather than limiting them. After the devastating attack on the Egyptian security forces, unprecedented reshuffle took place at the top of [ More … ]
BY: RAGIP SOYLU* A new batch of leaked emails allegedly belonging to Yousef al-Otaiba, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Washington, indicate that he had strong opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s candidacy, while cozying [ More … ]
After a meeting in Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump praised Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt again during his first overseas trip, saying “safety seems to be very strong” and accepted the invitation to visit Cairo. Trump claimed [ More … ]
Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt’s former Vice-President for Foreign Affairs, has caused a great storm through a promo for a TV interview, leading to a pro-regime social media campaign for revoking his Egyptian nationality. Recently, Mohamed ElBaradei, a [ More … ]
When Egyptian youth took to the streets for weeks in 2011 in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, there were hopes of freedom and democracy Egypt’s rule is the worst under al-Sisi regime said the Financial Times in [ More … ]
Two months after recalling the Italian ambassador from Egypt in light of the unresolved murder of Giulio Regeni, the Italian Senate halts warplanes’ spare parts supplies to Egypt. On Wednesday, the Italian Senate voted to halt [ More … ]
The trial of Egypt’s former top auditor Hesham Genena over allegations that he spread false news has inferred the authoritarian crackdown in the Egyptian regime under the al-Sisi rule. Hesham Genena, the former head of [ More … ]
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