The European Union may seek a new wide-ranging partnership with Egypt, including measures to stem irregular migration and break criminal people-smuggling networks. However, leaders have already been exploring plans with other African nations to tackle [ More … ]
Just as the world has not rushed to address the plight of the Lebanese, so is it unlikely it will do so to save the Egyptians from their own misgovernance and deteriorating economic circumstances, says [ More … ]
Egyptian police apprehended, terrorized, assaulted and mistreated a citizen and his son before wife, who was also harrassed by police personnel, reported a rights group. On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, [ More … ]
People were trapped beneath rubble following the collapse of a 13-story building in Alexandria, Egypt, on June 26, local media reported. Meanwhile, at least there are four injured in the building collapse, thought to be [ More … ]
A boat carrying approximately 750 immigrants on board, many of them Egyptians, on June 14, sank off the coast of Greece Only 104 people survived the shipwreck. Survivors recounted being held in horrific conditions in [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have warmly shaken hands and exchanged smiles at the New Global Finance Pact Summit in Paris despite the ongoing crisis between the two countries due [ More … ]
Despite the intense propaganda to promote a new phase of political openness in Egypt, there have been more arrests in 2022, and more people were subjected to illegal arbitrary practices. The Egyptian regime’s propaganda machine [ More … ]
Egypt kept interest rates unchanged for a second month, waiting to secure the foreign exchange needed to manage the currency devaluation that would likely accompany its next bout of monetary tightening. The Monetary Policy Committee [ More … ]
Money transfers through official channels by Egyptians working abroad plummeted by 23% during the second half of 2022, reaching the lowest level since the 2016 crisis. Remittances, a key source of hard currency in Egypt, [ More … ]
The Egyptian authorities have hiked the minimum wage for private-sector workers for the second time in six months, as a series of dramatic currency devaluations leaves tens of millions of people struggling with soaring living [ More … ]
Deteriorating health conditions and a shortage of medical supplies are adding to the suffering of stranded refugees For hundreds of thousands who fled their homes amid the Sudan conflict, Wadi Halfa in Northern State is [ More … ]
Barter of fertilizer and gas is under discussion between Egypt and India, where local goods could repay a multi-billion dollar credit line, based on aDeal may be announced later this month, according to Reuters. India [ More … ]
Egypt’s ongoing sovereign debt crisis has compromised its ability to protect struggling domestic banks in the event of a crisis. If Egypt’s Sisi is not able to implement reforms soon, he may be facing an [ More … ]
Egypt’s Wafd Party head Abdel Sanad Yamama has announced his intention to run for Egypt’s presidential election. However, he, meanwhile, he declared that “we are all with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi”! A few days ago, [ More … ]
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is in talks with Egypt about potential investment in seven historic hotels. The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is in talks with the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Egypt (TSFE) about potentially investing [ More … ]
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