The National Dialogue Administration revealed the 19-member board of trustees for the national dialogue, which was supposed to begin during the first week of July but now looks set to be delayed. On 8 June, [ 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 … ]
Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, and Carey Mulligan are among the signatories to a letter to Liz Truss and the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The Hollywood stars urged US and UK to help secure [ More … ]
While at home Sisi warns critics not to “talk about things of which you don’t know”, and pro-democracy activists are convicted on “false news” charges. Egypt’s FM in Davos promises to allow protests at COP [ More … ]
Amid a dire economic situation and decline in the country’s foreign exchange reserves, Egyptian parliament has started discussion for seeking new external loans Egyptian parliament has commenced discussion of six decisions issued by Egypt’s Abdel [ More … ]
In a comment that may suggest Egyptians should eat tree leaves amid the soaring prices, Sisi says Prophet Mohamed and his Companions ate tree leaves when they were trapped in the outskirts of Makkah for [ More … ]
A political party chairman has voiced concerns over the direction of Sisi’s proposed national dialogue by intelligence-affiliates youth organizations. Meanwhile, PM Mostafa Madbouly and other government officials have announced the government’s plans to sell off [ More … ]
While Sisi is calling for a political dialogue, touting his regime’s supposed openness and tolerance, however a spate of recent arrests tells a different story Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has used the so-called “Egyptian Family [ More … ]
Newly obtained photos of the body of Egyptian economist Ayman Hadhoud, who died in custody strongly suggest that he was exposed to severe torture which ultimately led to his death in a psychiatric hospital. Rights [ More … ]
Calls escalating upon Egyptian government to stop politically motivated executions in the country The Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms has launched a human campaign calling on the Egyptian authorities to halt the issuance and [ More … ]
Despite its pro-business talk, the army grabs whatever it wants. In fact, part of the blame is on the IMF for allowing this situation to fester Under Egypt’s military rulers Juhayna, the giant Egyptian dairy [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities have put the country in a state of high security alert after circulation of an online petition calling on Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to step down. According to the London-based The New Arab, ‘Egypt’s [ More … ]
Mariam Safwan Thabet, daughter of tycoon businessman Safwan Thabet, has highlighted his difficult prison conditions in a tweet she posted on Twitter on Tuesday Mariam expressed concerns over the health of her 75-year-old father in [ More … ]
While pressure is increasing on Egyptian authorities to carry out a full and transparent investigation into the suspicious death of economic researcher Ayman Hadhoud in state custody, security forces arrested an Egyptian lawyer for criticizing [ More … ]
Global sovereign borrowing will reach $10.4 trillion in 2022, nearly a third above the average before the coronavirus pandemic, S&P Global Ratings has stated in a recent report that also expected that Egypt’s bond sales [ More … ]
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