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Egypt: After wishing each other a happy new year, Egyptians see price hikes that will make 2024 not such a happy year

Immediately after “winning” a third term at the end of December 2023, President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi ordered the “progressive” dismantling of the so-called subsidies. Overnight, as the calendar shifted to 2024, the prices of electricity increased by as much as 26%. As you would expect many other products followed immediately, such as the prices for accessing the Internet up 33%, the price of Cairo metro ticket up by 20%. And that’s just the beginning. In the coming weeks and months, check out the prices of food and basic commodities soaring again, as the Egyptian Pound likely to lose more value.

Six more years: Egypt’s al-Sisi gets “reelected” with “nearly 90%” of the vote as the economy faces freefall

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has won a third term with 89.6 percent of the vote in the Arab world's most populous nation, the national election authority said Monday. The outcome of the December 10-12 poll was widely expected after the former army chief with...

Egypt intercepts drone of unknown origin in Sinai as region remains destabilized

@northafricajournal #Egypt downs #drone in #Sinai Peninsula near #Israel ♬ original sound - The North Africa Journal The Egyptian air force shot down a drone off the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday down the coast from the Israeli border, state-linked media reported....

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