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EBA urges for new NGOs Act amendments

The Egyptian Businessmen Association’s (EBA) Economic Legislation Committee has urged for new amendments to the NGOs Act to replace the government’s draft law that failed to get the president’s approval, Al Masry Al Youm reports. The current NGOs Act has been widely criticized by international organizations for cracking down on Egyptian civil society.

Posted inEgypt Politics + Economics

House Econ Committee summons El Moselhy to review subsidy rolls purge

The House Economics Committee has requested a meeting with Supply Minister Ali El Moselhy to review the ministry’s criteria for purging the nation’s subsidy rolls, Rep. Amr El Gohary said. According to El Gohary, some of the criteria have loopholes that require “a closer look.” The ministry had announced last month that it would cut […]

Posted inEgypt Politics + Economics

El Sisi ratifies USD 200 mn EBRD loan to Egypt’s EGAS

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a presidential decree ratifying a USD 200 mn loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development “to finance the modernization of selected gas infrastructure facilities, which shall improve energy efficiency and reduce impacts on the environment,” according to Al Masry Al Youm. The decree was published in the […]

Posted inON YOUR WAY OUT

Egypt marks International Women’s Day

The president of Egypt’s National Council for Women, Maya Morsy, praised recent efforts to further women’s empowerment in a statement to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March. She highlighted the impact of the constitution in enshrining certain principles of non-discrimination in law, as well as steps that have been taken to punish Female Genital […]

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