corruption
HRDO center: Total govt corruption accounts for LE3.5 billion from state budget in June
Egypt
July 22, 2015
HRDO center: Total govt corruption accounts for LE3.5 billion from state budget in June
Financial corruption in Egypt has cost a little under LE3.5 billion of state funds for the month of June alone, says the…
Mounting indignance at auditing agency over recent presidential decree
Egypt
July 16, 2015
Mounting indignance at auditing agency over recent presidential decree
Anger is surging among members of Egypt’s financial auditing agency after the presidency had adopted a law, empowering it to…
Presidency acquires power to reshuffle corruption watchdogs
Egypt
July 12, 2015
Presidency acquires power to reshuffle corruption watchdogs
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has adopted a law defining terms which authorize him to remove the heads of corruption…
Foreign Affairs: Sisi using supposed fight against corruption as cover for it
Egypt
June 30, 2015
Foreign Affairs: Sisi using supposed fight against corruption as cover for it
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is using a supposed fight against corruption as a cover for it and many of Egypt’s…
Report: Govt officials using state coffers as ‘private piggy bank’
Egypt
May 28, 2015
Report: Govt officials using state coffers as ‘private piggy bank’
A group of army generals and senior government officials are using almost 7,000 unaudited accounts in the Central Bank of Egypt and…
Assets frozen for Hussein Salem, ex-oil minister Fahmy
Egypt
May 17, 2015
Assets frozen for Hussein Salem, ex-oil minister Fahmy
The Cairo Criminal Court ordered on Sunday freezing the assets of former petroleum minister Sameh Fahmy and fugitive energy tycoon…
Administrative Prosecution: Senior officials covering up corruption behind decline in reporting
Egypt
April 22, 2015
Administrative Prosecution: Senior officials covering up corruption behind decline in reporting
The First Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Prosecution Authority, Hisham Mehanna said that more than 65 percent of Administrative Prosecution…
NGO report: Government failed to ensure protection for whistleblowers
Egypt
April 1, 2015
NGO report: Government failed to ensure protection for whistleblowers
According to an anti-corruption report prepared by the One World Foundation for Development and Civil Society, the Egyptian government has…
First Arab portal on transparency and anti-corruption launched
Egypt
February 25, 2015
First Arab portal on transparency and anti-corruption launched
One World Foundation has launched a website it says is the first in the Middle East and North Africa to…
Prosecutors probe new corruption accusations against Mubarak
Egypt
January 21, 2015
Prosecutors probe new corruption accusations against Mubarak
Egypt’s General Prosecutor Hesham Barakat has decided to investigate fresh accusations of financial corruption against former president Hosni Mubarak, one…