Gas and Medicine Imports Rise as Fertiliser Exports Fall: Why Is Egypt Facing a Huge Trade Gap in 2026?
Rising gas and medicine imports and falling fertiliser exports expose pressures on Egypt’s production and trade.
23 October, 2026
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Deleted LinesWhat Remains of Egypt’s Independent Press28 October 2026Rising gas and medicine imports and falling fertiliser exports expose pressures on Egypt’s production and trade.
The International Federation of Journalists and LabourStart launched a campaign urging Madbouly and the Interior Minister to release the six Matsda2sh journalists held in Case No. 8083 of 2026 amid torture complaints, as the State Security Prosecution summoned Rasha Azab and Lina Attalah.
A gap of 28,600 jobs separates the recruitment target from accepted applicants. A new scoring threshold puts teacher selection back before Parliament as schools face shortages.
A declaration of unmarried status, signed by a guardian and two witnesses and bearing the official eagle stamp, stands at the dormitory door. Aswan University says the rule applies at around 28 public universities, while an Al-Azhar student awaits her November exams without accommodation because her divorce is not yet final.
Steel rolling mills complain about the cost of billet duties, while integrated producers defend protection. Interviews trace the dispute and its effect on home appliances and cars.
More than two years after disability-exempt cars were detained, thousands remain at ports. Mounting storage charges can exceed a car’s value, while families struggle to reach treatment and everyday services.
Decision 480 of 2026 links medicine prices to the dollar, inflation and interest rates through a 10% threshold. Increases require a company request, while reductions apply only to new stock. It raises pharmacists’ margins by two percentage points and removes India, Japan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia from the countries used to benchmark Egyptian prices.
An evening of photographs, cartoons and testimony at Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate revisits decades of struggles over imprisonment as Matsda2sh’s entire newsroom remains detained.
Documents and testimonies from summer 2026 reveal multiple beach and gate fees in Matrouh, between residents’ complaints about declining access to the sea and MPs’ denials that public beaches have been closed.
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