Egypt stabilizes fuel prices despite the global rise in oil

Amid demands to “expand political participation in the country,” political parties and forces welcomed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s confirmation “not to prejudice the constitution,” while opponents expressed their “hope for a future political breakthrough.”

Al-Sisi had confirmed that “Egypt has a constitution that has been approved, and no one will touch it.” Al-Sisi’s assertions came during the educational symposium in the armed forces on Wednesday evening, in the context of his talk about “attempts to target Egypt from within, and to spread a psychological war targeting Egyptians’ confidence in state institutions.” Al-Sisi’s talk about the “Egyptian Constitution” also coincided with growing proposals to amend it, especially since the Egyptian president’s current term is his last, ending in 2030.

Al-Sisi pointed out that “the amount of work and achievement that has taken place in Egypt since 2014 could not have been completed in less than thirty years,” stressing that he will “continue working until the last day of his term in office in 2030.” The Civil Democratic Movement, the largest opposition group in the country, expressed its “strong satisfaction” with Sisi’s speech, and saw it as “a positive step that enhances respect for constitutional texts.”

For his part, Professor of Political Science at Cairo University, Tariq Fahmy, considered Sisi’s speech “direct and frank.” He told Asharq Al-Awsat, “The speech means that the president’s decision has been decided politically, and that there is no amendment to the constitution.” Fahmy expected that the speech would create “political momentum in the country during the coming period.”

The ascent of Ahmed Touizi, a leader in the Authenticity and Modernity Party, to the presidency of the new Moroccan House of Representatives in October 2026, represents the inauguration of a new political phase that follows the restructuring of the majority and the opposition in the Kingdom.

Ahmed Al-Twizi culminated his political career with his election as Speaker of the House of Representatives in the general session held on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. According to the results of the vote, Al-Twizi won the third constitutional seat in the state pyramid by obtaining an absolute majority represented by 220 votes.

The Algerian authorities officially and directly accused the opposition YouTuber, the refugee in France, Amir Boukhras, of paying money to two people in exchange for starting the fires that struck the east of the country last summer. The confessions made by these two people may put their lives at risk of execution, in the first step of its kind since the adoption of amendments to the criminal code last month, which reactivated the death penalty.

Since Wednesday evening, an exciting video has been circulating through the accounts of the Algerian Ministry of Defense, which includes excerpts from video recordings, which the ministry said it would publish in full at a later time. The video contains accusations against one of the most prominent dissidents residing abroad, and the one who most troubles the authorities in Algeria, which has repeatedly sought to deport him from France, without success. This has thrown relations between Algeria and Paris into a spiral that does not seem to have a way out in the near future.