Tag: Egypt

EGYPT – Egypt to probe four COVID deaths due to alleged lack of oxygen (Al Jazeera)

Egyptian prosecutors opened an investigation into the deaths on Sunday of at least four coronavirus patients at a public Egyptian hospital, after a video...

NILE DAM DISPUTE – Nile dam dispute: Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia agree to hold more talks (Al Jazeera)

Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia agreed on Sunday to hold further talks this month to resolve their long-running dispute over the Addis Ababa’s huge dam...

EGYPT – Egypt approves Chinese COVID vaccine, roll-out likely this month (Al Jazeera)

Egypt has granted regulatory approval for the use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm, with the inoculation campaign expected to...

EGYPT/MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD/HAMAS – Egypt Reveals the Financial Terrorist Ties between the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas (Yoni Ben Menachem, BESA Center)

https://jcpa.org/egypt-reveals-the-financial-terrorist-ties-between-the-muslim-brotherhood-and-hamas/

EGYPT – Egypt clears officers in murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni (Al Jazeera)

Egypt’s public prosecutor has cleared five policemen of responsibility in the 2016 murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni and said he will not pursue...

EGYPT/LIBYA – Egyptian delegation visits Libyan capital for talks with GNA (Al Jazeera)

Senior Egyptian security officials have visited the Libyan capital Tripoli for the first time in years and held talks with officials from the internationally...

EGYPT/MAHMOUD HUSSEIN – Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Hussein: Four years in an Egyptian jail (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera has condemned the continued imprisonment without charge of its journalist Mahmoud Hussein by the Egyptian authorities. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/23/al-jazeeras-mahmoud-hussein-four-years-in-an-egyptian-jail

EU PARLIAMENT/EGYPT – EU Parliament calls for action over Egypt’s human rights abuses (Al Jazeera)

The European Parliament has passed a resolution urging member states to consider imposing targeted restrictions against Egypt for its crackdown on human rights activists. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/19/eu-parliament-passes-resolution-over-egypts-human-rights-abuses

EGYPT – Egypt court acquits men who attacked elderly Christian woman (Al Arabiya)

An Egyptian court acquitted Thursday three defendants who stripped and dragged an elderly Coptic Christian woman through her village in 2016, a judicial source...

UAE/EGYPT – UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed meets Egyptian President al-Sisi in Cairo (Al Arabiya)

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday and discussed peace and...

EGYPT/GIULIO REGENI – Exclusive: Video evidence shows Egyptians monitored Giulio Regeni (Al Jazeera)

Italian judicial sources have shared video recordings with Al Jazeera of a conversation between two Egyptian officials allegedly tasked with monitoring Italian researcher Guilio...

EGYPT – Egypt opens trial of acting Muslim brotherhood leader Mahmud Ezzat (Al Arabiya)

Mahmud Ezzat, the Muslim brotherhood group acting leader, during his first session in his trial . (AFP) An Egyptian court on Thursday opened the trial...

FRANCE/EGYPT – Macron rejects calls to get tough with Egypt’s el-Sisi on rights (Al Jazeera)

France will not condition weapons sales to Egypt on human rights concerns, French President Emmanuel Macron said after meeting with his Egyptian counterpart in...

USA/EGYPT – The Biden Administration and Egypt: A New Course or Business as Usual? (Khalil al-Anani, Arab Center Washington DC)

http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/the-biden-administration-and-egypt-a-new-course-or-business-as-usual/

EGYPT/ISIS/SINAI/ISRAEL – Islamic State Province in Sinai Changes its Strategy: Are Israel and the Suez Canal in the Crosshairs? (Tomer Naveh, Yoram Schweitzer, INSS)

In the past few months, Wilayat Sinai (the Sinai Province), which is the Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate in Egypt, carried out two unconventional attacks....

EGYPT – Egypt closes decade-old controversial NGOs foreign funding case (Al Arabiya)

An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday ordered the closing of a long-running investigation into 20 non-governmental organizations accused of illegally receiving foreign funds, the...