Egypt’s finances remain in a precarious state despite two major currency devaluations this year and a brand new $3 billion International Monetary Fund rescue package, economists say. With debt interest payments set to soak up [ More … ]
Egyptians wonder whether their country has officially fallen under international and regional mandate after its most recent deal with the International Monetary Fund, which was announced on 27 October 2022. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) [ More … ]
Egypt, a country of more than 103 million people, is running low on foreign currency needed to buy essentials like grain and fuel, a recent report states. According to a recent report published by ABC [ More … ]
The shortage of dental anesthetic has recently aggravated in Egypt, amid talk about the rise of a single package to EGP1000 against EGP400 before, which increases the suffering of dental patients in Egypt. Recently, photos [ More … ]
Lebanon reportedly needs around 40,000-50,000 tons of wheat to meet local market needs Lebanon’s bakery union on Wednesday warned of a bread crisis in the Arab country as several wheat mills halted operation due to [ More … ]
Amid a world food crisis, largely affecting Egypt, Sisi has called for an international solution to the global grain crisis, while addressing the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Friday said, [ More … ]
Local authorities said the Ever Given was 80% corrected and planned to continue tugging efforts A giant container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week has been refloated, raising hopes that [ More … ]
The health sector in Egypt is facing multiple ongoing crises due to a sharp decline in the number of doctors, local and international media have reported. Financial problems have been cited as a reason for [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia is reportedly searching for a resolution to the three-year long Gulf Cooperation Council [GCC] crisis as a way to enhance relations with the incoming Biden presidency, according to a report published in the Financial Times. [ More … ]
The Batel (Void) opposition campaign accused the Egyptian coup leader Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of failing to manage the coronavirus crisis, calling for “fighting both Sisi and coronavirus, because they both pose the same danger to [ More … ]
Forty bodies have been pulled from the River Nile in the Sudanese capital Khartoum following a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests, opposition activists said on Wednesday. Doctors linked to the opposition said the bodies were [ More … ]
French UN ambassador raises risk of humanitarian catastrophe if government launches assault on rebel-held stronghold France has warned that escalating violence in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province will lead to a new humanitarian catastrophe as thousands [ More … ]
Dr. Said Elhaj* “Turkish Prime Minister Benali Yildirim was on a visit to the United States for several days.” This could have been normal news on a protocol visit between two “allies” unless the relations [ More … ]
Nearly six months into the blockade, Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani remains defiant yet open to dialogue with the blockading Gulf states. Demands imposed on Qatar by the four blockading Gulf states are not [ More … ]
Iraqi security forces have launched a “major operation” in the Kurdish-held region of Kirkuk, advancing towards oil fields and a strategic military base, according to Kurdish and Iraqi officials. The army captured several positions south [ More … ]
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