The United States has designated three Muslim Brotherhood chapters as terrorist organizations, targeting branches in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon while leaving other national organizations formally untouched. The move likely reflects a selective approach that focuses on...
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Egypt Moves to Shore Up Somalia as Regional Alignments Shift in the Horn of Africa
Cairo has significantly intensified its military involvement in Somalia, driven by mounting anxieties over regional power dynamics in the Horn of Africa. This escalation follows Israel’s late‑December 2025 recognition of Somaliland, a territory that broke away from...
U.S. Immigration Policy and the Changing Landscape of Africa-U.S. Travel
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...
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 Pegs its Power Supply to New Israeli Gas Imports
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week referred in court to a “historic” natural gas deal with Egypt,...
Egypt’s Debt Diplomacy: How Brussels Became Cairo’s Latest Creditor of Confidence
When European and Egyptian leaders convened in Brussels for their first‑ever EU–Egypt Summit on 22 October 2025, 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...
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...
Egypt: Court confirms 15-year sentence for activist Ahmed Douma
Cairo, July 4, 2020 - Egypt's top appeals court upheld Saturday a 15-year prison sentence for a leading figure of the...
Egypt: Cairo has two new airports
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday inaugurated two more airports near Cairo in a bid to lure tourists as Egypt...
Egypt’s Shalateen Mining Company finds gold deposits in Eastern Desert
Egypt has discovered a gold deposit estimated at more than one million ounces in the country's southeast, the...
Egypt: Covid patients killed in fire at hospital in Montazah district, east of Alexandria
Cairo, June 29, 2020 - A fire at a hospital in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria on Monday killed seven coronavirus...
Egypt’s debt rising: $5 billion more from IMF
The IMF board on Friday approved a one-year, $5.2 billion financing package for Egypt to help the country alleviate...
Egypt accused of intimidating family of activist Mohamed Soltan
Washington, June 25, 2020 - Local and international rights groups on Thursday accused Egypt of "harassing and...
Egypt: Sisi regime arrests activist Sanaa Seif
Cairo, June 23, 2020 - Egyptian authorities on Tuesday arrested a prominent activist and sister of an iconic figure of...
UN gives Egypt’s Sisi a gentle nudge to stop threatening Libya
United Nations, United States, June 22, 2020 - The UN said Monday the "last thing" Libya needs is more conflict on its...
Egypt: Despite spike in infections, Egypt allows reopening of some public places, no hookah allowed
Cairo, June 23, 2020 - Egypt will partially reopen cafes, restaurants, places of worship, cinemas and sporting clubs...
Egypt: Murder of Giulio Regeni remains thorny issue in Italy
Rome, June 19, 2020 - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has accepted the blame for a failure to extract answers from Egypt...
Egypt holds doctors in prison for speaking out on health crisis
Amnesty International demanded Thursday that Egypt stop its "harassment and intimidation" of frontline medics for...
Egypt: Nile dam talks getting complicated, experiencing deadlock
Egypt said Saturday that tripartite talks with Ethiopia and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam on the River Nile were...
Cairo and Doha finally show some humanity: They are now allowing Egyptians stranded in Qatar to return home
Doha, June 15, 2020 - Egyptian workers stranded in Qatar in the coronavirus lockdown have flown home, a community...
Egypt’s virus infections on the rise, government maintains curfew
Egypt will extend a night-time curfew by a further two weeks in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus,...
Defense: Egypt to buy two warships from Italy
Rome, June 12, 2020 (By Ljubomir Milasin) - Italy has given a green light to the sale of two warships to Egypt, news...
Egypt: Female social media influencers under attack
Cairo, June 11, 2020 (By Bassem Aboualabass) - Young Egyptian women with thousands of followers each on the popular...
Egypt wants tourists to return, reopening Red Sea resorts
Cairo, June 10, 2020 - Hotels have ramped up hygiene, archaeological sites have been sanitised and beaches cleaned up...
Egypt: No progress in Nile dam negotiations with Ethiopia
Cairo, June 9, 2020 - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi strongly rebuked Ethiopia on Tuesday, accusing Addis...
Egypt’s debt rising with another large IMF loan
An IMF team has agreed on a one-year, $5.2 billion financing package for Egypt to help the country alleviate the...
Egypt: Despite ban, Female Genital Mutilation is still widely practiced in Egypt
Cairo, June 4, 2020 - Egypt's prosecutor-general has brought criminal charges against a father for the genital...
Egypt kills more people in Sinai alleged to be insurgents
Egypt's military said it had killed 19 militants in targeted ground and air operations as part of its battle to quell...
Will Covid-19 mark the end of kissing and hugging in the Mediterranean?
May 28, 2020 (By Isabelle Ligner and Isabelle Wesselingh, photo: Anastasia Vityukova) - To greet friends and...
Egypt: While Sisi sends aid to China, Italy and US, Egypt’s health system is about to collapse
Cairo, May 25, 2020 - Egypt's top medical union on Monday warned of a "complete collapse" of the country's health...
Egyptian army keeps busy killing “insurgents” in North Sinai
Egypt said Saturday (23 May) that 21 jihadists were killed in clashes with security forces in the restive Sinai...
Egypt arrests 11 for allegedly sharing ‘fake news’ with Al-Jazeera
Cairo, May 22, 2020 - Egyptian security forces arrested 11 people on suspicion of fabricating media content for the...
Egypt’s hospitals reach max capacity, struggle to cope with caseload
By Hager Harabech: Three months after Egypt reported its first novel coronavirus case, medical experts warn the...
Egypt: Eid al-Fitr under lockdown
Cairo, May 17, 2020 - Egypt on Sunday announced a lengthening of its night-time curfew and other measures to prevent...
Egypt: Regime of General Sisi arrests Mada Masr Editor
Egyptian security services on Sunday detained the editor-in-chief of prominent independent news outlet Mada Masr, its...
Egypt: Ethiopia Nile dam crisis intensifies
Addis Ababa, May 18, 2020 - Ethiopia sees no reason to delay filling its controversial mega-dam despite warnings from...
Egypt: More violence in North Sinai ($)
Cairo, May 15, 2020 - Egypt's military said Friday seven suspected militants were killed in a raid carried out as part...
Egypt: A flyover symbolizing a mediocre government ($)
Cairo, May 14, 2020 - A road bridge under construction in Egypt's capital that almost abuts balconies of apartment...
Egypt: Despite collapsing economy, a pandemic, and dismal human rights records, Egypt to get attack helicopters
The United States has approved a $2.3 billion deal on attack helicopters for Egypt, but an official insisted Friday...
Egypt military regime ratchets up repressive measures against population
Cairo, May 8, 2020 - President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified a host of amendments to Egypt's emergency law which...
Egypt: Sisi regime extends pre-trial detentions
Beirut, May 7, 2020 - Amnesty International lambasted Egypt on Thursday for extending the pre-trial detention of over...