A British government minister has been criticized for travelling to Cairo to discuss investment in Egypt despite concerns raised by human rights groups about the repression and mass trial of activists who could face death sentences [ More … ]
Managing Director of Citi Bank says the increased external trade environment will affect Egypt badly. Managing director and head of Emerging Markets Economics at Citi Bank David Lupin said Monday at Euromoney conference that if [ More … ]
The sale of the head of Tutankhamun at an auction in London in July 2019 provoked angry reactions from a wide range of Egyptians, which is good in itself, but reviewing these responses shows that [ More … ]
Aisha Khairat Al-Shater has been transferred to Al-Qanater Prison hospital after her health deteriorated in the one-meter square cell in which she is being held in solitary confinement. The daughter of the deputy leader of [ More … ]
Abdullah Morsi, who was an outspoken government critic, died at the Oasis hospital in Giza. The youngest son of late Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi died of an alleged heart attack at a hospital in Cairo, sources told [ More … ]
Egypt’s decision to scrap a monthly fixed customs exchange rate could lead to higher inflation in the coming months if the Egyptian pound declines significantly against the dollar, analysts said. Egypt last Sunday cancelled the [ More … ]
Amid threats posed by the Islamic State in Sinai, Egypt’s minister of planning announced $316 million worth of investments in the Sinai Peninsula for fiscal year 2020, plans seen by observers as skeptical. The Al-Monitor [ More … ]
Egypt’s Official Gazette published on Saturday Decree No. 25 of 2019 issued by Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, which allows disposal of real estate “through direct agreement in urgent cases”. The Prime Minister’s decree allows [ More … ]
Many Egyptians believe their government and its supporters are behind the latest xenophobic campaign targeting Syrian refugees in the country, including attacks on their businesses. The closure of a popular Syrian-owned restaurant in the east [ More … ]
Macron visited Egypt in January, and reportedly pressed Sisi on his rights record and urged him to respect freedoms Rights groups Thursday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to denounce the “worsening human rights crisis” under [ More … ]
Nabeel Shaath’s son Ramy has been held since early July, possibly over his ‘opposition to Trump’s Deal of the Century’ Ramy Shaath, whose father is former senior Palestinian diplomat and negotiator Nabeel Shaath, has been [ More … ]
For many Egyptians, the events unfolding in Hong Kong are depressingly familiar. As millions march through the streets to oppose state oppression and demand that their democratic freedoms be protected, I can’t help but see [ More … ]
Head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council (ERC) Maha Azzam has written to the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Jeria urging her to publicly condemn the regional conference on torture which will be [ More … ]
The Egyptian government has announced a new trading system for cotton, which would be sold through public bidding, raising the ire of farmers who already suffer from severe losses. In an attempt to restore the [ More … ]
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