As the United States prepares to implement a new round of immigration and visa policy changes in 2026, the effects are being felt across Africa and parts of the Middle East. What began as a technical overhaul of screening and enforcement procedures has evolved into a...
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Migration: 17 Migrants, Mostly Egyptians, Lost at Sea on the Road to Greece
Fourteen Egyptians have been confirmed dead after an irregular migrant boat capsized on the way to Greece, the latest in a long line of disasters on one of the world’s deadliest migration routes. Greek and Egyptian officials say dozens of people were on board the...
Egypt’s Red Sea Crisis Intersects with U.S. Trade Strategy in Global Infrastructure Rivalry
Egypt’s foreign minister warned last week that Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea have cost the country more than $9 billion in lost Suez Canal revenue, an economic blow now tied to broader U.S.-led efforts to reshape global trade routes. Speaking in...
Egypt Draws a Red Line on Nile Rights in GERD Dispute
Egypt is insisting that Nile water security is an uncompromising national priority, with the country’s leadership rejecting any attempts at political bargaining on its access to the river. The latest remarks, delivered by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly at...
Egypt’s Fuel Price Hike Deepens Economic Strain Amid IMF Reforms
Egypt has raised domestic fuel prices sharply as part of a multi-faceted effort to stabilize the country's economy amidst persistent fiscal pressure and regional turbulence. Effective October 17, 2025, all grades of gasoline, diesel, and compressed natural gas used in...
Egypt: Challenged Energy Sector Faces Another Brutal Summer
Egypt faces a deepening energy crisis as natural gas production crashes 39%, forcing a return to costly LNG imports and the unpopular decision to use polluting fuel oil. With multinationals like Chevron exiting failed exploration blocks and summer blackouts looming,...
Egypt Draws a Red Line on Nile Rights in GERD Dispute
Egypt is insisting that Nile water security is an uncompromising national priority, with the country’s leadership...
Egypt’s Fuel Price Hike Deepens Economic Strain Amid IMF Reforms
Egypt has raised domestic fuel prices sharply as part of a multi-faceted effort to stabilize the country's economy...
Egypt: Sisi Confronts Worldwide Embassy Uproar
A series of protests and confrontations at Egyptian embassies around the world has sparked international attention in...
Another fake election in Egypt
How Sisi and his allies are dragging Egypt into more trouble Egypt, which holds first round legislative elections at...
Egypt: Satirist Shady Abu Zeid freed from prison: Is Sisi feeling the winds of change in Washington?
Editor’s comment by Arezki Daoud: Is Egypt feeling the winds of change in Washington? I am confident that Egyptian...
Egypt: After Trump turned a blind eye to Sisi’s abuses, will US Democrats be as tolerant?
Editor's comments: By Arezki Daoud There is an election taking place in the United States and Egypt's strongman Sisi...
Finally Egypt does the right thing: it released journalist Basma Mostafa
Egypt's prosecutor-general has ordered the release of a journalist days after she was arrested in the country's south,...
Egypt: With their rulers sowing the seeds of misery, Egyptians brave the seas to flee to Europe
Thousands of desperate migrants bound for Europe have perished in the Mediterranean Sea. In one impoverished Egyptian...
Egypt arrests journalist Basma Mostafa just for reporting on anti-Sisi protests
6 October Update Egypt's prosecutor-general has ordered the release of a journalist days after she was arrested in the...
Egypt accused of torturing LGBT people
Human Rights Watch lambasted Egypt in a report Thursday for routinely arresting, abusing and torturing LGBT people,...
Egypt: More death sentences in Egypt over murder of police agents
An Egyptian criminal court on Wednesday sentenced six people allegedly belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood...
Egypt: At least one protester killed by police in south of Cairo
On Saturday, family and medical sources said a man was killed in clashes between protesters and police in a village...
Podcast: An overstretched Egypt and the seeds of future unrest
In this 20-minute podcast, MEA Risk analyst Arezki Daoud discusses how overstretched Egypt is and what could be the...
Egyptian human rights group ECRF wins Norway’s Rafto Prize
Norway's Rafto Prize for human rights was on Thursday awarded to the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms...
Egypt: Craving for normalcy, Egypt OKs resumption of camel racing
Desert El Tîh, Egypt - Spread out at the foot of a vast plateau in the Sinai desert, hundreds of excited Bedouins...
Egypt: Court upholds three-year prison sentence for former Minister Safwat al-Sherif
Egypt's top appeals court upheld on Tuesday a three-year prison sentence over corruption charges for a Mubarak-era...
Egypt: Budding black market for convalescent plasma as Egypt adds it to its anti-Covid arsenal
Egypt's virus death toll approaches 6,000 Egypt has detected more than 100,000 Covid-19 infections and reported 5,541...
Egypt’s brutal and punitive judicial system
Egyptian human rights groups on Saturday accused the authorities of "recycling" judicial cases against dissidents to...
Egypt’s Al-Azhar slams Charlie Hebdo for Mohammed cartoons reprint
Cairo, Sept 2, 2020 - Egypt's highest Muslim authority Al-Azhar on Wednesday condemned French satirical magazine...
Egypt: Violent military operation in North Sinai with army saying it killed 73 insurgents
Cairo, Aug 30, 2020 - Egypt's army announced Sunday that more than 70 alleged jihadists have been killed in recent...
Egypt: Police arrest suspected rapist as #MeToo movement reignites
Cairo, Aug 27, 2020 - Egypt has arrested a suspect in the alleged gang rape of a woman in a luxury Cairo hotel, the...
Egypt: Sisi strengthens his powers with loyalists winning upper house seats
Cairo, Aug 19, 2020 - Egypt's electoral commission said Wednesday that candidates on an electoral list loyal to...
Libya: Patchwork of divided tribes complicate the Libyan crisis
As Egypt flexes its muscle with threats to intervene in Libya's civil war, its President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has...
Egypt: Another building collapses in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt - A listed building in the centre of Egypt's capital partially collapsed injuring five people Saturday,...
Egypt: Another senior opposition figure dies in Egyptian prison
Cairo, Aug 13, 2020 - A senior leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood died Thursday in an Egyptian prison where he...
As tensions escalate in the east Med Sea, Egypt and Greece announce joint economic zone
Cairo, Aug 6, 2020 - Egypt and Greece signed an agreement Thursday to set up an exclusive economic zone in the eastern...
Egypt: Impasse in talks over Nile dam. Sudan threatens to withdraw
Egypt on Tuesday called for a suspension of meetings with Ethiopia on Addis Ababa's massive dam construction project...
Generalized repression in the Arab world
Repressive Arab regimes are taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to crack down on the opposition, freedom of...
Egypt: #MeToo movement in Egypt
Cairo, July 30, 2020 (By Farid Farid) - A gang rape allegation at a luxury hotel in Egypt stemming from a prominent...
Egypt: New election law prevents anyone from competing against Sisi in future elections
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday ratified a law banning active and former military personnel from...
Egypt carries out death sentence on people accused of killing police officer
Cairo, July 28, 2020 - Egypt has executed seven people over the killing of a police officer in the northeastern city...
More than 143,000 cumulative Covid-19 infections in North Africa, at least 6,000 deaths so far, Egypt worst hit
The cumulative confirmed infections of Covid-19 in the North African countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and...
Egypt attacks female online media personalities, five of them sentenced to prison
An Egyptian court Monday sentenced five female social media influencers to two years in jail each on charges of...
Egypt: Two soldiers and 18 alleged insurgents killed in Sinai’s Bir al-Abd
Egypt's military said it killed 18 suspected Islamist militants in aerial and ground operations in the restive North...
Egypt wants Spain to extradite vocal political opponent Mohamed Ali
Barcelona, July 21, 2020 - Cairo is seeking the extradition from Spain of an Egyptian businessman and dissident, the...
Egypt: At least 14 inmates died from Covid-19 in Egyptian prisons
Beirut, July 20, 2020 - At least 14 prisoners have died from likely COVID-19 complications in scantly-monitored...
The seeds of future crises: More troubles for Egypt’s poor
Wandering Cairo's bustling streets, Zeinab was struggling to survive by selling tissues when the coronavirus left her...
Libya: Egypt’s Sisi doubles down on threat to send troops to Libya
Cairo, July 16, 2020 - Egypt's president said Thursday that his country "will not stand idle" against threats to the...
Egypt: You are considered a criminal if you fly a kite in Egypt
Cairo, July 11, 2020 - [Photo: Rene Vincit] Egyptian police have seized kites from people flying them after a ban by...
Reports of an Egypt spy inside the German government
A man who worked in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's press office is suspected of having spied for Egypt, a...
Egypt: US tells Egypt to quit harassing Americans
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday welcomed Egypt's release of a US citizen but urged the ally to stop...
Egypt is one step away from full military takeover of government
Cairo, July 6, 2020 - Egypt's parliament on Monday approved amendments allowing active or former military personnel to...
Egypt announces arrest of man accused of abusing dozens of women
Egyptian authorities on Saturday arrested a man who allegedly sexually abused dozens of girls and women, in a case...