“Egyptian fish farmers are facing mounting pressures. Year after year, their fish are getting smaller and less healthy, their production decreases, and they are forced to take out loans they are later unable to pay [ More … ]
Egyptian prosecutors ordered more than a dozen soccer fans detained on terrorism charges, days after they were arrested at a match for chanting against police “informants” On April 26, the Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered [ More … ]
Egypt’s economy has recently been seen growing 4% this fiscal year, according to a Reuters poll. Egypt’s economy will grow 4.0% this fiscal year and 4.5% next even as it endures a continuing depreciation in [ More … ]
The Al Jazeera journalist Hisham Abdel Aziz, who was arrested in Egypt in 2019, remains behind bars although prosecution ordered his release last week The Al Jazeera Mubasher journalist Hisham Abdel Aziz, who was arrested [ More … ]
The Tunisian Ennahda Party leader was taken from prison to a national security forces’ base in El-Aouina to be investigated by an anti-terrorism unit. Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s largest party, Ennahda, has decided [ More … ]
The riskiest debts of countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, Argentina, and Lebanon are left out of the emerging-market renaissance. Dollar notes from countries like Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Argentina are handing investors steep losses this [ More … ]
A misguided effort to integrate Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into the Sudanese Armed Forces led to a tragic but predictable conflict, states Foreign Policy. “Fighting in Sudan began on April 15 after years of [ More … ]
Although Egyptian authorities sometimes release murderers and criminals in the spirit of Eid al-Fitr, many activists, journalists, and other political prisoners remain behind bars. In addition, many of political detainees are held without trials and [ More … ]
Israeli officials are reportedly concerned that the current dispute in Sudan could end prospects of a likely peace treaty between Israel and Sudan. Israel is using its relationships with the generals leading the Sudanese military [ More … ]
The Tunisian authorities have arrested Ennahda President Rached Ghannouchi and raided the party’s headquarters, in escalation of crackdown on political opponents. In a sharp escalation of the crackdown on President Kais Saied’s political opponents, authorities [ More … ]
As Egypt nearly supplied rockets to Russia, it later agreed to arm Ukraine instead, a new leak shows Egypt made detailed plans to export rockets at Moscow’s request, but after a diplomatic offensive from Washington, [ More … ]
Wife of Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer was arrested after criticizing her husband’s detention conditions. Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer’s wife, Neamatallah Hisham, was arrested on Monday after posting on social media that [ More … ]
Lawyer Baqer, blogger Oxygen and activist Douma were beaten and tortured in Badr 1 Prison, according to a prisoner defending campaign. Human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, blogger Mohamed “Oxygen” Ibrahim, and activist Ahmed Douma were [ More … ]
In Egypt, private sector companies are skeptical about the government’s push to ease industry ties, according to the Associated Press. Increasing pressure, brought on by high inflation and a currency crisis, has led Egypt to [ More … ]
Washington’s insistence on staying in Syria under the pretext of “containing ISIS” is rather weak, says Fulbright scholar Ali Demirdas. The Iranian drone strike against the American military base in northern Syria that killed one [ More … ]
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