Egypt is sending mix signals on its human rights records. Some in Cairo’s political system are trying hard to project the image of an Egypt complying with international human rights standards, but the security apparatus remains active in undermining those efforts and...
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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...
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 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...
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...
Covid-19: Vaccination campaign begins in Egypt
Egypt began its Covid-19 immunisation program Sunday, becoming one of the first countries in Africa to vaccinate its...
Egypt: Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine headed to Egypt, with late January rollout
Egypt has approved the use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm with its rollout to start...
Egypt: Covid-19 deaths due to shortage of oxygen in Egypt
Egypt said Sunday it had opened an investigation into the deaths of four Covid-19 patients in an intensive care unit...
Egypt: Seven patients killed in fire inside Obour hospital
A fire at a hospital north of Cairo on Saturday killed seven coronavirus patients, security and judicial sources said....
Egypt: No New Year celebrations allowed this year in Egypt
Egypt has called off all New Year's celebrations in order to stem rising coronavirus cases in the country, Prime...
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: 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...
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: 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...
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: 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 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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...