Middle East Observer

08/06/2023

Egypt launches new Suez Canal holding company to boost economy - many question the decision and fear it would lead to selling aasets

Middle East Observer

04/06/2023

Egypt puts off payments for wheat imports due to dollar shortage - Middle East Observer

04/06/2023

Sisi, Erdogan agree on reappointindg Egyptian, Turkish envoys - Middle East Observer

04/06/2023

Crisis Group: The economic crisis Egypt faces risks fuelling unrest -
Middle East Observer

04/06/2023

UAE withdraws from US-led maritime force as Iran seizes tankers in the Gulf - Middle East Observer

04/06/2023

Turkey: President Erdogan announces members of new cabinet - Middle East Observer

23/09/2022

Putin applauds Egypt as "one of Russia’s most important partners in Africa and the Arab world" - Middle East Observer
https://www.middleeastobserver.org/2022/09/22/putin-applauds-egypt-as-one-of-russias-most-important-partners-in-africa-and-the-arab-world/

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message of appreciation to Egypt when he received the credentials of new foreign ambassadors in Moscow, including the new Egyptian ambassador to Russia, Nazih al-Nagari, reported Egypt Independent, an [ More ... ]

22/09/2022

Egypt could have been in a better place had the priorities been set right! - Middle East Observer
https://www.middleeastobserver.org/2022/09/21/egypt-could-have-been-in-a-better-place-had-the-priorities-been-set-right/

While Egypt’s Sisi spends on almost futile mega projects, the Egyptians people are suffering the consequences of his wrong economic policies, notably the escalating external debt catastrophe. Sisi spends loans lavishly on useless mega projects, [ More ... ]

20/09/2022

Egypt: Arbitrary travel bans, the regime's crushing tool against dissent - Middle East Observer

The Egyptian authorities have for years resorted to this repressive practice to limit the freedom of movement of key members of civil society For example, Karim Ennarah, a ‘criminal justice’ researcher working with the Egyptian [ More ... ]

20/09/2022

Egypt: A new crisis appears on the surface.. shortage of dental anesthetics - Middle East Observer

The shortage of dental anesthetic has recently aggravated in Egypt, amid talk about the rise of a single package to EGP1000 against EGP400 before, which increases the suffering of dental patients in Egypt. Recently, photos [ More ... ]

20/09/2022

Egypt: Gov. undermined work of environmental groups ahead of COP27, rights report - Middle East Observer

Human Rights Watch says Egypt has ‘severely curtailed’ work of environmental groups that carry out their duty to protect the country’s natural environment; urging COP27 countries to press Cairo to end restrictions on them, and [ More ... ]

20/09/2022

US Senator Murphy urges Biden to withhold aid to Egypt for its dire rights record - Middle East Observer

US Senator Chris Murphy has explained to the Senate why the Biden administration should withhold aid to the Egyptian government over significant human rights abuses. “Has Egypt made significant progress on human rights? “Of those [ More ... ]