egypt al sisi – Pagina 3 – European Affairs Magazine

Six former police officers guilty of having tortured a citizen to death

24 Marzo 2017 BreakingNews @en di

An Egyptian court Wednesday slapped six former police officers with prison terms after finding them guilty of having tortured a citizen to death in 2012, according to a local judicial source. The six policemen worked in Giza police office. According to a source of the journal, their victims had been arrested without motivation. The process could still pass in Appel Court. Amnesty international has recalled that “hundreds” of Egyptian citizens have been tortured since the beginning of 2015.

Sudan’s Foreign Minister and his Egyptian counterpart meet to contain a muffled crisis between the two countries

22 Marzo 2017 BreakingNews @en di

Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukry will meet in Khartoum in the first half of April in an attempt to contain a muffled crisis between the two countries. Indeed, Tensions between Khartoum and Cairo have escalated following the former’s decision to restrict imports of Egyptian farming products which was reciprocated by Cairo’s decision to raise residency fees for Sudanese living in Egypt. But both countries have expressed their wishes to strengthen their cooperation and overpass this misunderstanding.

Egypt's President stresses enhancing cooperation in meeting with French delegation in Cairo

22 Marzo 2017 BreakingNews @en di

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stressed strengthening ties with France during a meeting on Tuesday with a delegation from the Egyptian-French friendship committee headed by Catherine Mouran, head of the education and media committee in the French senate. Egypt has recalled the importance of its ties with France, France has answered with the importance of Egypt in the counter-terrorism policy.

Armed Forces arrest 398 migrants along Egypt’s western and southern borders

18 Marzo 2017 BreakingNews @en di

The spokesperson for Egypt’s Armed Forces issued a statement announcing that troops arrested 398 migrants along the country’s western and southern borders from February 21 to March 13. A large part of them had been arrested around the Salloum border crossing with Libya. Migrants are trying to flew from Egypt to Libya to have an access to Europe, crossing the Mediterranean sea. But we also have an other category of migrant, which are the Egyptians fleeing from Egypt to find job opportunities in Libya. However, even if Egypt has increased the control of its borders, and if EU, especially Italy try to reduce the migrant flux, 181,446 undocumented migrants arrived in Italy last year, when 4,579 are reportly dead.

Ghaffar and Sobhi visited security forces in North Sinai

18 Marzo 2017 BreakingNews @en di

Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar and Minister of Defence Sedki Sobhi visited security forces stationed in North Sinai to boost morale. The DefenceMinsiter, after to have greats Egyptian’s troops in Sinai, has recalled the importance of their mission to fight and eliminate terrorism from Egypt. After the exodus of Copt families last week, due to massive attacks against their community, Egyptian’s government has deployed forces in some cities to maintain peace and stability.

Egypt has implemented the IMF's plan; inflation rate high of 33% in February had caused protestations across the country

16 Marzo 2017 BreakingNews @en di

The IMF (International Monetary Dund) will start is review mission to Egypt on 28 April until 8 May. This intervene contemporaneous of the implementation of IMF’s plan to Egyptian economy decided in November. The programme included the introduction of the value-added tax (VAT) law, the reduction of fuel subsidies, and the free flotation of the Egyptian currency. Egypt has successfully implemented the IMF’s plan however, its due to this application that prices in Egypt has knew a large inflation rate high of 33% in February, which had caused protestations across the country last week.

More freedom for the press in Egypt

16 Marzo 2017 BreakingNews @en di

In the past week, the parliament launched a campaign against two renowned press and media workers. First, parliamentary speaker Ali Abdul Aal slammed Egypt’s long-established Al-Ahram institution, sparking angry reactions from its chairperson and journalists. Second, Abdul Aal brought famous journalist Ibrahim Eissa to be investigated by the prosecution. In despite of constitutional guarantee and press freedom, journalists in Egypt are still under threats when they cover some topics. The Press Syndicate leader, YehiaQallash told the journal that she believes in the enforcement of Press freedom, passing by the law, with a regulation of this liberty. So, they try to maintain good relation with the Cairo, to obtain, by negociation, more freedom for the press in Egypt, or at least to apply constitutional guarantee and press freedom previous in the law.

UNDP top official of Egypt praised positive step to achieve sustainable development

14 Marzo 2017 BreakingNews @en di

The Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr held two meetings, one with Hussein Shobokshi, Saudi investor and chairman of Naeem Holding Company, and the other with the head of Majid Al Futtaim Egypt, Abdalla El-Nockrashy, to discuss increasing their investments in Egypt. Meetings had been fruitful, indeed, Shobokshiaid his company got the approval of establishing the first real-estate fund in Egypt, and its first investment tranche is worth EGP 1bn. He also discussed with El-Nockrashy the ways of increasing his company’s investments in Egypt. The minister stated that she is consulting with international institutions in order to improve the investment atmosphere. Globally Egypt is becoming an Economical power, for its area but also further.

El-Garhy meeting with IMF in London to review Egypt’s economic performance

12 Marzo 2017 BreakingNews @en di

Egyptian Minister of Finance Amr El-Garhy will go in London to meet IMF’s authorities to prepare their meeting in Aprile in Egypt to discuss about the second tranche of the loan. This plan was decided the 11 November to sustain Egyptian economy. “We will hold some meetings with various banks to discuss several issues, including investment in treasury bills and bonds,” said El-Garhy. The floatation of the Egyptian currency has created an increase of foreign investments in the country, but also social problems. So globally, Egyptian economy seems to improve his economy at international level, even if this evolution has created negative feedbacks, especially on social matters.

Al-Qadi in US to activate strategic Egyptian-American partnerships