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...
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Egypt’s Demographic Time Bomb
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 reconciliation
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: One killed, six arrested in gun battle on Egypt-Israel border
A gunfire broke out near Nitzana, Israel, along the border crossing separating Egypt and Israel. The incident, which involved more than a dozen people, resulted in the death of one person. Six people were arrested. The Egyptian authorities insist that the incident was...
Egypt’s economy hit hard by Houthis’ attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea
The US and the UK hitting Houthi targets in Yemen is largely the result of a sense of panic taking place in commercial and business circles. The Houthis have clearly identified that there is a choke point that they can squeeze even more to get their positions heard....
Egypt: After wishing each other a happy new year, Egyptians see price hikes that will make 2024 not such a happy year
Bread has always been a source of concern for rulers and leaders. When their prices increase, watch out for the public...
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...
Egypt intercepts drone of unknown origin in Sinai as region remains destabilized
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Egypt: France reportedly supplied Egypt intelligence that led to the murder of civilians
Egypt has used intelligence supplied by the French military to target and "kill civilians" suspected of smuggling,...
Covid-19: Egypt bars unvaccinated employees and students from accessing public facilities
Egypt on Monday barred officials and students not vaccinated against Covid-19 from government offices and universities...
Egypt: Rights activists decry choice of Egypt to host next environmental summit
Human Rights Watch criticised Monday the choice of Egypt as host for the next climate summit, warning the government...
Egypt: The business of money-pooling apps in Egypt
By Hager Harabech Cash-strapped Egyptians fearful of banks have long relied on a "gameya" to access money in time of...
Egypt: Access toll on Suez Canal increases by 6%
Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said Thursday it will hike transit tolls on the key waterway by six percent, after...
Egypt’s repressive regime wants to punish rights advocate over single tweet
An Egyptian court is to issue a verdict on November 29 in the case of Hossam Bahgat, one of the country's most...
Return to authoritarianism fuels anger in the Arab world
By Ezzedine Said A military coup in Sudan has dealt another blow to democracy in the Arab world, months after a power...
Central African Republic’s presidential guards fire on Egyptian soldiers, wound 10
Members of the Central African Republic's presidential guard fired on Egyptian peacekeepers in capital Bangui,...
Egypt: Sisi uses Facebook to announce lifting of state of emergency
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday announced the lifting of the state of emergency in place since...
Lebanon: Deadly clashes in Beyrout after rally against port blast judge
By Rouba El Husseini and Hashem Osseiran: The health ministry said 32 people were wounded. Amal said three of its...
Disappointment in Italy after judges halt trial of Egyptian officers in murder of Giulio Regeni
By Ella Ide: The trial of four Egyptian security officers in Rome for the brutal killing of Italian student Giulio...
Egypt: Looming environment disaster in the Red Sea
By Bassem Aboualabass: Standing on a boat bobbing gently in the Red Sea, Egyptian diving instructor Mohamed Abdelaziz...
Egypt: Sisi hosts Israeli PM Naftali Bennett
By Sarah Benhaida and Farid Farid: Israel's Naftali Bennett met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday, on...
Egypt condemns 8 foreigners to death for smuggling heroin
A court in Egypt on Sunday sentenced eight foreigners and two Egyptians to death on charges of smuggling in over two...
Egypt: Bus crash kills dozen near Sharm El-Sheikh
Twelve people were killed on an Egyptian highway early Sunday when their bus overturned on their return from the...
Egypt inks deal with Chinese Covid vaccine maker to manufacture a billion doses per year
Egypt said Wednesday it plans to manufacture one billion doses a year of China's Sinovac vaccine, claiming it would...
International: Chaos in Lebanon
By Ibrahim Chalhoub with Hashem Osseiran in Beirut: A fuel tank explosion in Lebanon killed 28 people and injured 80...
Egypt army says 13 jihadists killed in Sinai
Egyptian forces have killed 13 Islamist militants during clashes in the restive Sinai Peninsula, the army said. In a...
Egyptian military accused of committing extra-judicial killings
Amnesty International called Thursday for an investigation after it said an Egyptian army video apparently showed...
Egypt: Intense violence in North Sinai
Egypt's military said Sunday it has killed 89 suspected insurgents in operations in North Sinai, a region where an...
Egypt: Sisi walking a risky road, announces increase in the price of bread
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Tuesday his administration is ready to raise the price of subsidised...
Egypt sentences 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death
An Egyptian court on Thursday (29 July) sentenced 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death for the killing of police...
Middle East: Carnage in Baghdad with dozens killed in suicide attack ahead of Eid
By Salam Faraj: Iraq was in mourning Tuesday for dozens of people killed when a bomb ripped through a crowded Baghdad...
Under pressure, Egypt releases from prison six activists
By Mona Salem Egypt on Sunday freed six activists including journalist Esraa Abdel-Fattah, a symbol of the 2011...
Egyptian law to punish state employees who show dissenting views
Egypt's parliament Monday authorised the dismissal of public workers listed as government opponents and "terrorists",...
Brief: Egypt steps up penalties for sexual harassment
Egypt's parliament on Sunday passed a law toughening sentences for sexual harassment to at least five years in prison,...
Egypt: UN sees ray of hope in talks over controversial Ethiopian dam
An agreement on Ethiopia's controversial Nile River dam is possible, the UN said Thursday, urging "trust, transparency...
Egypt: More tension in Egypt after Ethiopia resumes filling of its giant dam
The conflict over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile Ethiopia's construction of a massive dam on a...
Egypt’s conservatives working to reduce women’s rights with disgraceful medieval system of guardianship
By Mona Salem In a push to cement meagre rights, Egyptian women have been battling a "shocking" draft bill influenced...
Egypt’s foreign debt increases with more IMF loan
The IMF executive board on Wednesday saidit had approved Egypt's request for a $1.7 billion loan, its final...
Egypt: The bizarre sentencing in Egypt of TikTok influencers
An Egyptian court has sentenced two women TikTok influencers to six and 10 years in jail respectively for "human...
Egypt: Six girls killed in fire at detention center in Cairo’s Al-Marg district
Six teenage girls were killed and 19 others injured in a fire at a juvenile detention centre in the Egyptian capital,...
Economy: IMF to pump $5 billion more into Egypt
IMF staff on Tuesday announced they had reached an agreement with Egypt over an economic program that would release...
Egypt softens stance against Shoei Kisen Kaisha in compensation claim over Suez blockade
Egypt has slashed millions of dollars off its compensation claim against the Japanese owner of a megaship that blocked...
Egypt seeks to appease concern over impact of Ethiopian dam on water supply
Egypt's foreign minister has said that moves by Ethiopia to resume filling its vast dam on the Nile in the coming...
Egypt: Suez Canal about to get bigger after stranded ship crippled traffic for nearly a week
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi approved Tuesday the widening and deepening of the southern part of the Suez...
Egypt cancels religious events amid resurgence of Covid epidemic
Egypt on Wednesday announced a partial shutdown of malls and restaurants and called off festivities for the Muslim...
Egypt worsens its foreign debt to buy more French fighter jets
Editor’s Opinion: They spend money they don’t have on military equipment they don’t need By Arezki Daoud - Egypt is...
Egypt: Nine people executed over 2013 raid on police station
Egyptian authorities executed nine people Monday over the storming of a police station in 2013 in which 13 policemen...
Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula continues on its path to complete instability
Egypt's interior ministry said Monday it killed three "terrorist elements" in the Sinai Peninsula suspected of...