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Egypt: Facing crippling economic crisis, Egypt says it will sell dozen state companies
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli announced Sunday a string of planned privatisations of state-owned companies, as Cairo grapples with an economic crisis and inflation at almost 15 percent. Following years of accusations of state companies crowding out private...
Despite dismal human rights abuses, Egypt to acquire advanced F-15 fighter jets
A senior US general told Congress Tuesday that the United States will sell Egypt advanced F-15 fighter jets, despite concerns in Washington over Cairo's human rights record. "In the case of Egypt, I think we have good news, in that we are going to provide them with...
Egypt: Price of subsidized bread up by as much as 50% in Egypt, threatening stability
By Bassem Aboualabass Soaring bread prices sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine have bitten into the purchasing power of consumers in Egypt, a leading importer of wheat from the former Soviet states. For the first time since he took office, President Abdel Fattah...
MENA region confronted with dangerous wheat supply crisis
By Sarah Benhaida Russia's invasion of Ukraine could mean less bread on the table in Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and elsewhere in the Arab world where millions already struggle to survive. The region is heavily dependent on wheat supplies from the two countries which are...
Egypt: Russians and Ukrainians tourists stranded in Egypt
Egypt said Thursday it would look after any Russian and Ukrainian tourists stranded in the country because of flight cancellations stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Tourists from countries where air travel has been disrupted would be able to "stay in the...
Egypt and France in joint naval exercises
Egypt has kicked off joint air and naval drills with France, one of its biggest arms suppliers, in the Mediterranean, the Egyptian army said Monday. "Egypt and France are carrying out the 'Ramses 2022' naval and air exercises in the Mediterranean... which will last...
Egypt: In a break with tradition, Egypt’s new head of the Supreme Constitutional Court is a Coptic Christian
Egypt's first ever Coptic Christian judge to head the country's highest court was sworn in on Wednesday, an appointment called "historic" by rights activists. Coptic Christians, the largest non-Muslim religious minority in the Middle East, make up roughly 10 to 15...
Egypt charges five after another teen suicides over blackmail
Prosecutors in Egypt charged five people after a teenager committed suicide over alleged blackmail using doctored images -- the second such incident within weeks. Heidi, 15, took her own life earlier in February, local media reported. Her case echoes that of Basant...
Egypt accuses businessman El-Amin of human trafficking and sexual assault
An Egyptian businessman was charged on Saturday with "human trafficking" and "sexual assault" a month after he was arrested over accusations that he abused seven girls in an orphanage he founded. Media and real estate tycoon Mohamed el-Amin was arrested on January 8...
Security: Egypt ups its military hardware with US and South Korean purchase spree
Egypt has signed a $1.66 billion deal for South Korean howitzers, the military said Wednesday, a week after Washington approved a major arms sale to Cairo. The memorandum of understanding was signed on Tuesday during a ceremony attended by Defence Minister Mohamed...
Egypt: Two killed after truck falls into Nile
Two people died and eight others are missing in Egypt after a truck carrying 24 people plunged off a ferry while crossing the Nile, the public prosecutor's office said Tuesday. The accident took place in the Nile Delta north of the capital Cairo on Monday evening,...
Business: Egypt says it earned more than $6 billion in Suez Canal transit fees
Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said the key waterway netted record revenues last year, despite the coronavirus pandemic and a six-day blockage by giant cargo ship the Ever Given. Connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, the canal accounts for roughly 10 percent of...
Egypt: Italian parliamentary commission accuses Egypt security services of murdering Italian student Giulio Regeni
Egypt's security agency is to blame for the 2016 torture and death of an Italian graduate student in Cairo, according to the findings of a Italian parliamentary commission published Wednesday. The final report of the special commission over the death of Giulio Regeni...
Egyptian court sentences 22 Jihadists to death by hanging
An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging 22 Islamist militants for 54 attacks including the attempted assassination of a former interior minister, a judicial source told AFP. The men were found guilty of committing 54 "terrorist operations"...
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, according to a report Sunday by investigative website Disclose, based on leaked documents. Opposition deputies immediately called for a parliamentary...
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 unless they show a negative PCR test. Officials who have not had a jab must show a PCR test, which is prohibitively expensive in Egypt, "every three...
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 would use it to "whitewash its appalling record of human rights abuses". "Egypt is a glaringly poor choice to host COP27 and rewards the repressive...
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 need, but now tech startups are cashing in on the age-old money-pooling association. Navigating an app with strangers is "easier and safer" than the...
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 netting record revenues last tax year even amid the coronavirus pandemic. The new fees will come into place from February 2022, but tourist vessels and...
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 prominent rights advocates who is being tried over a tweet. At the conclusion of his trial on Tuesday Bahgat, director of the Egyptian Initiative for...
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