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Repeated promises to establish a parliament in post-30 June Egypt

Officials have, between 2013 and 2015, continually promised “elections soon”, yet they…

Amira El-Fekki

Imam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi: A man full of worries for Sudan’s future

In assessing the current political situation in Sudan and the prospects for…

Daily News Egypt

Egyptian news outlets self-censor in response to authoritative concerns

More newspapers have been banned since 2013 for controversial critical articles

Daily News Egypt

CSF Officer Yassin Salah gets 15 years: The full story

Al-Sabbagh lost her life, betrayed by those who vowed to protect it,…

Amira El-Fekki

EGP 126.3bn in oil product subsidies’ expenditure in FY 2013/2014: EIA

In 2013, Egypt’s total primary energy consumption was 1.7m barrels per day…

Rana Yehia

How Egypt‘s President tricked Germany‘s Chancellor Merkel – again

The relations between Germany and Egypt, who had only just agreed on…

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Egyptians in Libya: Between a rock and a hard place

Despite reiteration of foreign ministry’s warnings against travelling to Libya, citizens with…

Menna Zaki

Without a hashtag: More forgotten journalists behind bars

Activists document stories of 12 journalists sentenced to life in prison

Menan Khater

Homosexuals’ ongoing acceptance struggle increases as government crackdown tightened

Over 95 people were arrested in Egypt for same-sex conduct or gender…

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Politics suspended between old structures, modernisation

New post-revolutionary parties moved away from the idea of the “one leader”

Amira El-Fekki