Criticism of the Greenpeace group, as greenwashing Egypt’s image ahead of Cop27, comes as advocates warn environmentalists should not downplay concerns about Egypt’s human rights record. Greenpeace, a global conservation group, has been accused by [ More … ]
The Republic of Turkiye on Saturday held a series of nationwide miscellaneous events to mark Republic Day, 99 years since the country adopted a new regime which stands strong despite challenges “Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to [ More … ]
The White House has announced that U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Egypt on 11 November to attend Cop27 in Sharm El Sheikh, the same day Egyptian authorities are aggressively trying to prevent a [ 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 … ]
Authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have arrested and forcibly disappeared the photographer and international book fairs director of Dar Kotopia, an Egyptian publishing house, Ahmed Diouf. The We Record rights organization stated [ More … ]
Lebanon buses refugees back to Syria as repatriation plan continued. However, some refugees were reportedly ‘shocked’ to be notified at the border that they cannot cross because their names had not been cleared by Syria [ More … ]
The Egypt Economic Conference, a three-day, government-organized forum about the future of Egypt’s economy, kicked off in Cairo Sunday with self-congratulatory speeches from Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other state leaders. After decades of poor economic [ More … ]
This move by the Egyptian government to shut down pavilion spaces at the beginning of COP27 epitomizes what rights groups have been warning about: you cannot secure climate justice without civil society involvement. In fact, [ More … ]
As Egypt prepares to stage COP27, the geopolitical context that shapes all international diplomacy has gone from tense to precarious, said Bloomberg in a recent report. Egypt, the summit host, is contending with inflation that [ More … ]
Amnesty castigated the ‘inhuman conditions’ at Egypt’s new jail, Badr 3 Prison, where relatives, lawyers of inmates at Badr 3 facility report insufficient food, clothing and books, inadequate medical care, bans on family visits Badr [ More … ]
Amid Egyptian government’s tight restrictions on assembly and free speech, UN annual conference on climate change is set to be hosted in Sharm El Sheikh next month Well-known Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has joined [ More … ]
While the Egyptian government is actively seeking a new loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country still owes the Fund over $17 billion, due within five years. Egypt had borrowed $20 billion from [ More … ]
Egyptian politician and head of the Egyptian Reform and Development Party says he expects Egypt’s Sisi to announce he will not run for presidency once again in the in Mid-2024 presidential elections Head of the [ More … ]
Stephan Roll, expert of SWP Berlin, wonders in an insightful and concise piece why Egypt’s General Intelligence Service (GIS) benefits from the World Climate Conference, COP27. Stephan Roll, head of the Africa and Middle East [ More … ]
Egypt has missed out on an additional $75 million in American military aid after a senior Democratic U.S. senator blocked the funding over concerns about Cairo’s human rights record including holding political prisoners, reported Reuters. [ More … ]
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