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Being strapped for cash, Egypt resorts to selling state assets to Gulf nations

February 17, 2023 MEO Staff

Egypt, sapped dry of dollars despite a $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout loan, is now seeking to boost its coffers by selling state assets to wealthy Gulf nations, according to AFP. Experts say the [ More … ]

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Egypt: Sisi praises UAE, in attempt ‘to heal Gulf aid rift’

February 15, 2023 MEO Staff

Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday offered effusive praise for the UAE, seeking to repair a rift between Cairo and Gulf states, reported the Associated Press. It is noteworthy that the Gulf Arab states have [ More … ]

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Egypt: Gov. to offer shares of 32 state-owned companies to private sector

February 10, 2023 MEO Staff

Stakes in these companies will be offered to individual and strategic investors, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly says The Egyptian government plans to sell stakes in 32 state-owned companies, in everything from electricity and banking to [ More … ]

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Sisi calls Erdogan and Assad, offers condolences to victims of destructive earthquake

February 7, 2023 MEO Staff

Egypt’s Sisi on Tuesday held a phone call with Turkey’s Erdogan and Syria’s Assad to offer condolences and sympathy to the victims of the destructive earthquake that hit the two countries early Monday. Egyptian presidential [ More … ]

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Blinken: U.S. to keep pressing Egypt on human rights

January 31, 2023 MEO Staff

The United States will continue to encourage Egypt to take steps on human rights, including freeing more political prisoners and guaranteeing freedom of expression, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a visit to [ More … ]

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‘To save Egypt’s economy, get the army out of it’: The Economist

January 28, 2023 MEO Staff

The Economist suggests that donors should not keep bailing out Egypt, a state that only enriches men in khaki, the military. “To the list of spectacular ruins across Egypt, you can now add its economy. [ More … ]

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Egypt: Juhayna’s founder ‘Safwan Thabet’ and his son, at last released from prison

January 22, 2023 MEO Staff

The founder and former CEO of Egypt’s Juhayna Food Industries (JUFO.CA) and his son have been released after about two years in detention, reported Reuters. Safwan Thabet and his son, Seifeldin, were released from prison [ More … ]

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Egypt: Court hands out life sentences over popular protests

January 20, 2023 MEO Staff

An Egyptian terrorism court has handed life sentences to Egyptian actor and contractor Mohamed Ali and 37 others in connection with 2019 protests The protests then called for the resignation of Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi [ More … ]

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Egypt’s economic crisis is deepening, says FT

January 19, 2023 MEO Staff

Sisi needs to shrink the role of the state and military-owned companies, suggests an opinion by the Financial Times’ editorial board. “For almost a decade, Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has promised his people that he [ More … ]

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With despair, fear, repression, Sisi is driving Egypt toward disaster, says ex-minister

January 18, 2023 MEO Staff

‘Without early presidential elections, and a major and fundamental reset in the regime’s brutal approach, Egypt will continue hurtling towards catastrophe’, says Egypt’s former investment minister. Yehia Hamed, the former investment minister who served in [ More … ]

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Egypt’s national dialogue sessions likely to start in “next few days”

January 14, 2023 MEO Staff

The Egyptian national dialogue sessions will begin in the “next few days,” according to Al Ahram newspaper, citing the dialogue’s coordinator, Diaa Rashwan. Egypt’s National Dialogue coordinator Diaa Rashwan announced on Thursday that the dialogue [ More … ]

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Egypt: Sisi vows to curb army’s outsized role in economy, report

January 11, 2023 MEO Staff

Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has vowed to reduce the military’s undue influence over the country’s economy as part of a new $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, reported the Financial Times, citing a recent [ More … ]

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U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit ends with Biden warmly embracing Sisi, despite criticism

December 19, 2022 MEO Staff

Despite widespread calls for President Biden to use the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit to pressure Egypt’s Sisi on human rights, the last day of the summit instead featured a warm embrace between the two leaders and [ More … ]

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As Sisi asks for US help on GERD, American Jews ask for Sisi’s help to release Gaza captives

December 16, 2022 MEO Staff

Sisi has asked the US to pressure Ethiopia to reach an agreement with Egypt on the Ethiopian dam on the Blue Nile during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington. Meanwhile, [ More … ]

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WPR: ‘Egypt’s Sisi Is Sitting on a Powder Keg’

December 10, 2022 MEO Staff

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 … ]

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Egypt: Amid financial crisis, IMF prepares 1st. review, World Bank approves $7bln to the country

Egypt Latest News
March 24, 2023

Egypt: Rights Watchdog calls for reintegration of released political prisoners

Egypt Latest News
March 23, 2023

Egypt: The army pressured to loosen its grip on economy, WSJ

Egypt Latest News
March 22, 2023

Egypt: Amid rising abuses in current prisons, interior ministry to operate 3 new ones

Egypt Latest News
March 21, 2023

Egypt: Rights groups highlight ‘torture and abuse’ at notorious Badr prison

Egypt Latest News
March 20, 2023
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