The Egyptian government has drawn the ire of the international human rights community after its controversial decision to arrest three staff members from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).

The impunity of the Egyptian regime, Europe’s “indispensable” partner in fighting illegal migration and counter-terrorism measures, continues to shock and brutalize. Europe’s partner uses the privileges of this partnership beyond pleasing its European allies and sometimes against them. Cairo has been instrumentalizing these issues to clamp down on critics and …

Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia’s water resource ministers agreed to end the current round of negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and return the file to the African Union.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and President of the European Council Charles Michel on Thursday proposed establishing an international forum that gathers people from Islamic and European communities to fight extremism.

Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have resumed their talks over Addis Ababa’s controversial dam on the Blue Nile river, just over a week after US President Donald Trump warned that Cairo may “blow it up” if disputes are not resolved.

The Egyptian ministers of foreign affairs and irrigation emphasized the need to reach a binding legal agreement on the filling and operation of Ethiopia’s Renaissance dam as per resolutions adopted during the relevant meetings of the African Union Bureau.

Negotiations between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will resume on Tuesday, two months after Egypt’s withdrawal from the talks, announced the President of the African Union Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday.

More than 200 European Union parliamentarians have written a letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urging the dictator to release prisoners of conscience.

Over 220 European lawmakers have joined US counterparts urging Egypt to release political prisoners. Rights groups have called the mobilization “unprecedented.” Analysts say it needs to be followed by tough action.

Egypt is working to unite Arab states against Turkey‘s military presence in northern Syria and in support of Damascus’ efforts to regain its seat in the Arab League.