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Cloaks and dollars: World Bank’s $1bn, VAT, and misalignment within government
An attempt to provide an account of the brief history of the…
‘Anti-torture t-shirt detainee’ Mahmoud Hussein in ‘urgent need’ of surgery: Brother
Following his release, Hussein’s brother Tito visited Hussein in jail; called for…
Despite governmental supply of ‘Cordarone’, shortages persist
Crucial medicines shortage result of broad economic challenges, dollar price rise
Egyptian kiosks: an interconnected drug network of police, users, and kiosk operators
Kiosks, in greater Cairo and other Egyptian governorates, have become a social…
Another round of high inflation anticipated following new custom tariffs
Government custom revenues recorded 8.7% of total value of imports in first…
Civil Service Law’s fate uncertain amid push for reissuance
The government said that it will resubmit the law to the parliament…
Sugar cane cultivation became burden over us: Farmers
Sugar companies demand Supply Ministry officials withdraw sugar from their storehouses to…
Egypt’s debt burden to see no relief as infusion of debt stimulus to spiral upward
After the EEDC, at least $8.3bn in loans has been agreed to…
Unsafe abortion pervasive amid legislative, statistical silence
Absence of legal exceptions for abortions oblige many women to resort to…
Government sought to decrease $60bn bill by ‘banning luxurious products’
Around $26bn of Egyptian imports are categorised as “essential”