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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,...

Syria’s New Ruler Faces Jihadist Rebellion and Internal Strife

Ahmed Al-Charaa, once a top jihadist leader, now rules Syria after toppling Bashar al-Assad. But his grip on power is fragile. While rebranding himself as a moderate, he faces opposition from the Islamic State, which sees him as an apostate, and from former allies who...

Egypt’s Fuel Price Hike Deepens Economic Strain Amid IMF Reforms

Egypt has raised fuel prices for the second time this year, increasing gasoline, diesel, and CNG rates by up to 13% as part of IMF-backed reforms to reduce subsidies and stabilize public finances. The move, effective October 17, is expected to ripple across transport, food, and manufacturing sectors as inflation remains stubbornly above 11%.

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

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.

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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.

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Egypt’s Demographic Time Bomb

Egypt’s Demographic Time Bomb

Jun 24, 2024

This month of June 2024, the Egyptian population reached the record number 106.4 million people. Egyptians added...