corruption

HRDO center: Total govt corruption accounts for LE3.5 billion from state budget in June
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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