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 … ]
EU Parliament has opened investigation into corruption cases and suspicions related to senior Emirati officials about launching a smear campaign against Qatar The European Union Parliament has opened an official investigation into corruption cases and [ More … ]
Under Sisi, Egypt’s Economy and Corruption Resemble Lebanon, states World Politics Review “When pursuing new research, academics occasionally stumble across half-forgotten projects that remind them of how distant the recent past can feel. In the [ More … ]
A “sovereign entity” is preparing to carry out a shakeup among the senior ranks of the ‘Nation’s Future Party’, which holds a majority in both parliamentary houses, reported Mada Masr, citing sources from the semi-ruling [ More … ]
When critics of the Sisi regime speak freely outside Egypt and expose corruption and violations, their families inside pay the price. Egyptian police have jailed the relatives of Abdullah El-Sherif, one of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s [ More … ]
Corrupt and criminal actors from around the world, including Afghan warlords, Russian mobsters, Nigerian kleptocrats, European money launderers, Iranian sanctions-busters, and East African gold smugglers, operate through or from Dubai, says a new damning report [ More … ]
A paper the World Bank released last February shows that countries dependent on aid from the organization see increased flows into tax secrecy havens, suggesting that some of its funds are ending up in the wrong hands. [ More … ]
Talks began on Wednesday with Lebanon seeking a multi-billion-dollar bailout to avoid bankruptcy. Lebanon’s leaders are seeking a financial lifeline from the International Monetary Fund. Talks began on Wednesday with Lebanon seeking a multi-billion-dollar bailout [ More … ]
Netanyahu says charges of breach of trust, fraud, and bribery are ‘attempted coup’ and decries them all. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday became the first Israeli prime minister to be indicted while in [ More … ]
Egypt’s GDP has risen by 5.5 percent, with inflation declining to 11.3 percent. Nevertheless, the Egyptian people have not benefited from this positive trend and have grown increasingly frustrated in recent years. It is clear [ More … ]
Sunday saw street rallies swell again, with thousands streaming into central Beirut and other locations across the country. Tens of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets for a fourth day on Sunday to protest [ More … ]
After a lawyer, his wife, and his brother were arrested from a café in Damanhour, a city in Lower Egypt, his mother and two sisters were also arrested after enquiring about his whereabouts. According to [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on allegations of corruption within the army and government were “lies and slander”, in his first public response to graft accusations that have gone viral online. “I swear to God, [ More … ]
The controversy over the videos posted on Facebook by the Egyptian actor and contractor Mohamed Ali, who worked for 15 years with the army, turned into an electronic war between regime opponents and supporters of [ More … ]
The owner of Amlak Contracting, Mohammed Ali, has been accused of ‘high treason’ for a video he posted on Facebook detailing corruption in Sisi’s regime An Egyptian lawyer on Wednesday demanded a military contractor should [ More … ]
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