A ll eyes turned to Egypt’s military as protests shook the regime and President Hosni Mubarak’s grip on power. Described again and again as the most trusted and stable of the country’s ...

Lack of Civilian Oversight and Military Accountability During Policing Decree No. 4991 is of particular concern because the Egyptian military considers that its arrests of civilians constitute ...

Egypt's progress on structural reforms under an $8 billion International Monetary Fund loan agreement has been mixed, the ...

Egypt plans to launch a revamped national commodity exchange to oversee imports and exports of essential agricultural goods, ...

The military may control as much as 20 percent of total public spending. At the same time, it is not subject to external audit or parliamentary oversight. It is a rent-making machine, controlling the ...

The Military Shows Egypt Who's Boss. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. ... says SCAF’s postelection assumption of power “places the military in a position of oversight, in the short term, ...

The Egyptian authorities in early February 2024 issued new legislation that will entrench and widen the already-broad powers of the military over civilian life in a manner that undermines rights.

The latest expansion of the military’s powers solidifies the preexisting de facto martial law in Egypt. According to Article 200 of the constitution (amended in 2019), the military is granted broad ...

Egypt is preparing to relaunch its national commodity exchange to stabilise domestic markets and ensure a steady supply of ...