Freedom House, an independent US watchdog organization measuring democratic indicators around the world, has determined that Egypt lacks internet freedom, in its report ‘Freedom on the Net 2016 ‘. Egypt scored 68 out of 100 (with 100 being least free) … read more
Huda Jalal Yassi, chief of the Arab Women Investors Union, spoke last month of governmental plans to establish several development projects in the Red Sea Governorate’s capital city Hurghada, including a recreational zoo, a healthcare center for medical tourism, and … read more
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in December to discuss the ongoing crisis in the tripartite negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egypt’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid said. Through the privately-run TV … read more
The Egyptian Company for Land, Dry Ports and Logistical Areas, which operates under the Ministry for Transport, signed a memorandum with the Trans Export Company on Tuesday to establish a trading area in Port Qustal, bordering with Sudan. The trading … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met on Tuesday with Zambian President Edgar Lungu at El-Ittihadiya palace in Cairo, where the two leaders signed a number of MoU’s on cooperation in tourism, health, youth and medicine. The Egyptian president expressed to Lungo … read more
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will host a meeting in Cairo on Wednesday with his Algerian counterpart Abdelkader Messahel and Tunisian counterpart Khemaies Jhinaoui to discuss the current situation in Libya, state-run news agency MENA reported on Monday. A press … read more
Egypt’s Court of Cassation overturned on Tuesday death sentences and ordered a retrial for five defendants accused of forming a terrorist cell affiliated with the banned Muslim Brotherhood organisation in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura. A Mansoura criminal court had … read more
The Egyptian and Jordanian armies launched a military drill on Tuesday under the name “Aqaba 3,” which is set to run for several days in Egypt, a statement by the Armed Forces, read. The exercise will include land forces, Egypt’s southern … read more
Foreign currency inflows into Egypt’s banking system have reached $80 billion since the central bank floated the pound last year, central bank governor Tarek Amer said on Monday. The central bank abandoned a peg of 8.8 Egyptian pounds to the … read more
Egypt completely rejects attempts by Iran to shake the stability of Arab states, Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry told Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman during a visit to Riyadh on Tuesday. Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said … read more