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‘Sovereign entity’ intervening in state media workers strike

A “sovereign” government entity has intervened in protests for overdue wage payments held by state media workers at the Maspero building in downtown Cairo, according to Khaled al-Sobky, the head of the union committee for economic sector workers at the National Broadcasting Authority.

Egypt: Corruption arrests by ACA

Egypt has recently witnessed a wave of corruption incidents. The first incident occurred at Damanhur University, where the Administrative Control Authority (ACA) arrested several people, including President of Damanhur University Dr Obaid Saleh. Saleh’s arrest came on account of charges for receiving a sum of four million EGP for taking …

Egypt third-most prolific jailer of journalists as worldwide total for 2021 hits record high: CPJ

The number of journalists jailed around the world hit a new record in 2021, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday, with Egypt coming in as the third biggest jailer of media workers in the world.