Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/10/11/egypt-account-alleged-torture-secret-detention (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities forcibly disappeared an Egyptian-American limousine driver, who said authorities also tortured him and held him secretly for four months, Human Rights Watch said today. The man, Khaled Hassan, 41, provided detailed allegations...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/10/09/news/economy/world-economic-outlook-projects-egypt-inflation-rates-to-rise-slightly-higher-than-expected/ Projections for the rate of inflation in Egypt in the current and coming year increased slightly in the World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, which was released on Tuesday by the International Monetary Fund and...
Learn MoreSource: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Chloe Teevan Original Link: https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_more_for_less_europes_new_wave_of_migration_deals North African governments may feel they have the EU over a barrel on migration flows. But Europe must set tough conditions on any new aid it gives to them The European Union appears to be on the verge of ramping up the...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoniem Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-developments-of-security-status-in-sinai/ Despite going back to school after a 7-month suspension in the areas of Arish, Sheikh Zuweid, Bir al-Abed, Hasna and Nakhil, however the humanitarian crisis is still continuing in North Sinai with no horizon for a near solution. Despite the...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/decline-of-egypt-armys-global-ranking-2018/ In the context of his keenness to have full control of the military institution, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi keeps harassing army officers and conducting frequent changes in the ranks of military commanders so that none of them would be able to create a...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Mostafa Mohie Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/10/05/feature/politics/40-years-on-what-did-egyptians-make-of-peace-with-israel/ “You won’t believe how Egyptians react to the Israeli flag being flown for the first time in Cairo in 1980,” reads the title of a YouTube video featuring brief segments from the opening ceremony of the first Israeli Embassy in...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Wael Gamal Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/77391 In fiscal year 2017–2018, ending in June, Egypt’s GDP grew by 5.3 percent. This was the highest growth rate since 2007–2008, when the economy grew by 7.2 percent, just before it was hit by the global economic crisis and political instability starting in early 2011. However, despite such
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Khaled Ashour Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-position-on-global-indices-declining/ International indices and reports are periodically produced by international institutions, whether governmental or independent, for those who are interested in understanding what is going on in the world and its expected trends in the future...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Khalid Abu-Ismail Original Link: https://theforum.erf.org.eg/2018/10/01/galal-amin-egyptian-middle-class/ A sense of ‘defeat’ among the Egyptian middle class was the main motivation for the uprising of 25 January 2011. In a tribute to economics professor Galal Amin, who passed away last month, this column explores what his analysis would suggest lay...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/09/27/feature/politics/egypt-backs-out-of-verbal-agreement-on-4-7-year-timeframe-to-fill-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-reservoir/ The irrigation ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan met on Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to be briefed on the latest recommendations on the time frame to fill the Grand Ethiopian...
Learn MoreSource: Atlantic Council Author(s): Elissa Miller Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/egypt-leads-the-pack-in-internet-censorship-across-the-middle-east Internet censorship around the world, including in the Middle East, is not a new phenomenon. Freedom of expression facilitated by the internet can pose a threat to authoritarian leaders around the world who seek to...
Learn MoreSource: Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/16/egypt-campaign-crush-artistic-freedom The Egyptian authorities have arrested over a dozen people in a crackdown against artists, apparently prosecuting them for exercising their freedom of speech, Human Rights Watch said today. The government also has issued new decrees to severely curtail freedom of expression...
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