Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory

The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has recently granted citizenship to three stateless individuals who were born in the south Sinai Peninsula.

The government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is harassing and intimidating the families of activists in the United States, targeting at least four families since August, a coalition of human rights groups said Friday.

The United States said Friday it was no longer blocking aid to Ethiopia over its controversial mega-dam but voiced hope for a diplomatic solution involving Egypt and Sudan.

Egypt’s Dar Al-Ifta, the national body responsible for issuing religious edicts, said yesterday that there is no objection to the state taking whatever means and measures it deems necessary to regulate the country’s birth rate.

An Egyptian student at the Central European University in Vienna has been arbitrarily detained in Egypt, with his family fearing for his safety after he accused local security forces of torturing and beating him.

Egypt is expected to direct more investments into the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid Egyptian efforts to have greater influence in the country.