Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory
The Biden administration on Tuesday approved a massive $2.5 billion arms sale to Egypt despite ongoing concerns over human rights.
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EU-Egypt counterterror forum bid ‘affront’ to human rights: HRW
Human Rights Watch has urged the European Union not to launch a proposed joint bid with Egypt to lead a global counterterrorism body, deploring the country’s nation’s treatment of critics.
Read More »Egyptian-Saudi joint naval exercise kicks off
The joint naval exercise called Morgan-17 between Egyptian and Saudi naval forces has kicked off in Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian Armed Forces announced on Monday.
Read More »Winners and losers in Ethiopia’s war: Egypt, Eritrea, and Sudan
After 15 months of a bloody conflict between the central government of Ethiopia and the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF), there are signs that a reconciliation process is emerging in the country.
Read More »Egypt affirms its keenness to reach a legally binding agreement on GERD operation: PM
Egypt affirms its keenness to reach a legally binding agreement on filling and operating the Renaissance Dam that achieves common interests, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said, on the official page of the Cabinet on Facebook.
Read More »Egypt officially enters state of water poverty
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has recently revealed that his country has reached the stage of water poverty with less than 500 cubic meters of water per capita a year.
Read More »Democrats urge Biden not to reward ‘authoritarianism’ and hold $130m in Egypt aid
Several Democratic members of US Congress have urged the Biden administration to reprogramme $130m in aid to Egypt that was withheld last year, unless Cairo clearly meets certain human rights conditions.
Read More »Egypt willing to resume Nile dam talks if Ethiopia has ‘political will’ for deal
Egypt’s foreign minister said yesterday that his country is always ready to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, if the government in Addis Ababa has the political will to reach an agreement.
Read More »MENA ranks top for ‘riskiest’ nations receiving US weapons due to ‘corruption’, ‘instability’, ‘human rights abuses’
The CATO Institute’s latest Arms Sales Risk Index has ranked Middle East and North African countries at the top for the “riskiest” nations receiving the largest US arms sales.
Read More »Combatants or Capitalists? … There are three major reasons why Egypt should review the large role its military plays in the economy.
The Egyptian military has come to control a vast economic portfolio since Abdel Fattah el-Sisi became president in 2014, as I detailed in “Owners of the Republic: An Anatomy of Egypt’s Military Economy.”
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