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Egypt Country Report
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Found 26 articles.
- Vol 51 No 15
- 23/07/2010
Secret talks
Egypt has quietly accepted that Southern Sudanese may choose independence in January's referendum in return for assurances that the Juba government will not abandon the 1959 Nile Waters Agreement, Africa Confidential understands.
- Vol 51 No 1
- 08/01/2010
Succession is a family business
First Lady Suzanne Mubarak (née Thabet, born in El Minya to an Egyptian doctor and his Welsh wife) is increasingly important in politics, building national alliances and an international profile for herself, as well as promoting her second son, Gamal, ...
- Vol 51 No 1
- 08/01/2010
Generational change
After three decades, President Mubarak is determined to keep a grip on power for as long as it takes to prepare his son Gamal to succeed him
- Vol 50 No 24
- 04/12/2009
Football fuss
Algeria and Egypt stopped just short of war over qualification for the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa. We hear that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika had considered a special forces intervention if Algeria lost a group play-off match to decide Afric...
- Vol 50 No 8
- 17/04/2009
Hamas and Hezbollah
Last week, President Hosni Mubarak’s government arrested 49 Egyptians, Sudanese and others whom it accuses of forming Hezbollah cells in Egypt, planning attacks on Israeli tourists in Sinai and monitoring the Suez Canal. This seems to be Cairo’s response ...
- Vol 50 No 1
- 09/01/2009
House of Mubarak
After Sadat’s assassination in 1981, Mubarak came to power by virtue of his military seniority; many believe similar principles apply today
- Vol 48 No 7
- 30/03/2007
Constitution clampdown
Only 27% of Egypt's voters turned out for President Hosni Mubarak's referendum on constitutional change and anti-terrorism powers.
- Vol 48 No 1
- 12/01/2007
The Pharoah's long adieu
President Hosni Mubarak, 78, promises far-reaching constitutional changes in 2007. He also pledges to serve Egypt as long as ‘there is breath in his body’. Obviously, he doesn’t plan to retire soon. Officials of the ruling National Democratic Party sa...
- Vol 47 No 20
- 06/10/2006
Pride and prejudice
A row over a pan-African trade bank threatens Cairo's diplomatic and commercial standing
- Vol 47 No 20
- 06/10/2006
Cairo's costly hubris
The dispute over Afreximbank could prove expensive diplomatically and commercially for Egypt. This week Afreximbank began considering legal action against at least one of two state-owned Egyptian banks, Banque Misr and Bank of Alexandria, which last ye...
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