Military candidates to dominate Egyptian parliament

As Egypt gears up for parliamentary elections, many fear that former generals will be elected to consolidate President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's power.

Egypt

Will Gaza donors conference encourage multilateral talks?

The Gaza donors conference, the third of its kind, is different from the two previous meetings in that the host has called on Israel to embrace the Arab Peace Initiative and join a multilateral negotiation track.

Palestine

Sudan restates claim to disputed territory with Egypt

Sudan recently announced it was including the disputed Halayeb area as an electoral district for its elections in 2015, proving a setback to Egypt-Sudan relations that were gradually improving after Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s election as president.

Egypt

Egyptian activists fear new penalties for foreign funding

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a presidential decree increasing punishment for groups receiving foreign funding in the context of counterterrorism, but activists fear the new measures will target them.

Egypt

Egypt's disabled marginalized by government

The situation of disabled Egyptians is not improving and may further deteriorate with the prime minister’s decision to affiliate the National Council for Disability Affairs with the Ministry of Social Solidarity.

Egypt

Egypt aims to produce 20% of power from renewables by 2020

Egypt has conducted feasibility studies for the construction of solar power plants that could not only help cover its energy needs, but become an exportable commodity.

Egypt

Sinai militants rise again

The jihadist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis is adapting to its war with the Egyptian army and is regaining strength in the Sinai Peninsula.

Egypt

Questions arise over Egypt's proposed Nile shipping lane

Egyptian experts say a project to add a navigation lane to the Nile River, linking Lake Victoria and the Mediterranean Sea, is almost impossible to achieve.

Egypt

Egypt’s youth 'have had enough'

Though many of the youth leaders who participated in the 2011 revolution are in prison, youth-driven political campaigns will continue under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Egypt

Egypt-Israel future ties could depend on Palestinian issue

Israel should note that though policy changes may take time in Egypt, sources confirm that the Abdel Fattah al-Sisi administration is inclined to embrace a regional strategic policy to advance the Arab Peace Initiative.

Palestine

Proposed Egyptian law to reduce restrictions on building churches

The houses of worship law is likely to pass in the Egyptian parliament, but the problem lies in whether the government can enforce it amid the apprehensions of radical Salafists.

Egypt

Egyptian visit to Ethiopian dam raises hopes for resolution

Egypt and Ethiopia are showing a willingness to resolve the dispute over the Renaissance Dam, but some fundamental concerns still remain.

Egypt