Egyptian parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal expressed his determination to form a special parliamentary committee focused on combating hate speech and violence.

Egyptian state officials, members of parliament and the country’s pro-government media are fervently working to contain the anger on the streets and prevent a recent wave of dissent from escalating into a full-blown political crisis.

Egypt has stepped up its rhetoric against Ethiopia after negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reached a deadlock. Addis Ababa is building the dam on the Blue Nile, which Cairo says threatens its share of water.

Secular parties are considering freezing their political activities as a result of the recent campaign of arrests against people who oppose or have differences with the government.

Egypt’s parliament speaker favourably compared President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to Adolf Hilter on Tuesday, saying the Nazi leader “made mistakes” but “built a strong infrastructure” for his country.

Parliamentary and security sources told Mada Masr that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a directive to freeze the operations of Parliament, as the president is unsatisfied with the performance of the legislative body and its speaker.

Egyptian members of parliament have called for officials from ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s regime to get back into politics in the light of the continuous failure of the current regime led by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Arabi21 reported yesterday.

Egypt’s parliament is set to discuss a new bill proposing a body be setup to invest assets confiscated from detainees.

Member of Parliament Ehab al-Khouli has said he will propose legislative amendments to the State Council law so that it allows the appointment of women in the prestigious judicial body.

The Undersecretary of the Plan and Budget Committee in Egypt’s House of Representatives Yasser Omar said on Saturday that the government must set an administrative reform program to eliminate administrative corruption and attract foreign investments, asserting that the program will be less difficult to carry out than the economic reform …