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Egypt Gets Massive Injections of Cash, but Outlook is Still ShakyF

By Arezki Daoud | LinkedIn | Egypt has many powerful allies, including those in the global financial sector. No one wants to see it collapse, so money is flowing in a-go-go. Despite a dismal economic performance, global rating agencies, which acknowledge that Egypt is...

Egypt’s Demographic Time BombF

This month of June 2024, the Egyptian population reached the record number 106.4 million people. Egyptians added 126,000 babies in just one month. Dividing this by 30 days, fetches 4,200 babies per day. The Egyptian government does not like this trend because this...

War in Gaza forces former Middle East foes to seek reconciliationF

By Mondafrique: The war in Gaza is forcing feuding States in the Middle East and in the Gulf to seek the path of reconciliations. Faced with President Biden’s inability to impose a red line on Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the four most influential...

Egypt arrests photographer because he took this photo of Salma al-ShimiF

Egyptian police have detained a photographer for disrespect after he shot images of a dancer in ancient costume at the Pyramid of Djoser outside Cairo, a security source has confirmed. Rumours had swirled on social media for days that the model, Salma al-Shimi, had...

How Arab people’s efforts to bring democracy are undermined by online fake newsF

The incompetent Arab regimes: Opinion by Arezki Daoud Arab governments have perfected the science of fake news and deceptive propaganda. Twitter and Facebook have long been inundated with tweets and posts that have been praising regimes in the Arab world, in...

Egypt: Man tries to sets himself alight during anti-government protestF

An Egyptian man set himself alight in central Cairo in an anti-government protest on Thursday, but was stopped before the blaze grew too severe, a security source said. Mohammed Hosni doused himself in fuel while another man filmed him making a speech criticising the...

Egypt on a killing spree: 49 people executed by the government in 10 daysF

Egypt executed 49 prisoners in just 10 days in October, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, calling for authorities to "immediately halt" carrying out death sentences.   "Egypt's mass executions of scores of people in a matter of days is outrageous," HRW's Joe Stork...

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