Several United Nations agencies have launched a new project to address the link between terrorism, arms and crime through enhancing national legislative, strategic and operational capacities to prevent, detect and counter the firearms trafficking and other illegal activities related to terrorism and organized crime. The UN has repeatedly warned that illicit flows of small arms […]
A strike law that the government managed to pass in the Parliament’s two chambers has been rejected by the main labor union, who called for a nation-wide strike and protests. In addition to the law, the unions decry the impact of inflation, low wages and what they describe as deteriorating conditions of the working class. […]
With rumors surrounding the market claiming that some Egyptians have withdrawn their funds from banks out of concern they would be frozen by the authorities, Egypt’s central bank has taken steps to safeguard deposits in local and foreign currencies in Egyptian banks in response to the rumors. In a press release to address the situation, […]
