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Egypt
Population: 77.8 mn.
GDP: 219.0 bn.
Debt: 26.6 bn.
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The military retain the upper hand in battles with ascendant Islamist parties over a new constitution and managing the lacklustre economy, with minority liberals and secularists in the middle of an increasingly bitter contest.

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  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

The revolution continues

The resignation of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik, 77, on 3 March is another victory for protestors. Former Transport Minister Essam Sharaf succeeds him and is forming the next cabinet. Sharaf, 59, has a PhD in civil engineering from the United States...

  • Vol 52 No 4
  •  18th February 2011

Dropping the pilot

Under pressure from revolutionary youth, the army has pushed out Mubarak but its commitment to reform is highly questionable

  • Vol 52 No 4
  •  18th February 2011

Mubarak’s friends sanctioned

Civilians who benefitted from the ancien régime may fare less well than their military counterparts. Hosni Mubarak’s younger son, Gamal Mubarak, is believed to have made a fortune from opportunities arising from the economic reforms and privatisation that...

  • Vol 52 No 3
  •  4th February 2011

Mubarak stumbles to the exit

As protestors and Mubarak supporters clash in Al Tahrir Square, the organised political parties are positioning themselves for negotiations

  • Vol 52 No 3
  •  4th February 2011

The major opposition

New Wafd Party: nationalist and liberal with free-market values; founded in 1983, reviving the aristocratic and traditional Wafd, abolished after Gamal Abdel Nasser's 1952 'revolution'. It is considered a major opposition party in President Hosni Muba...

  • Vol 52 No 3
  •  4th February 2011

Gamal Mubarak's retreat

Gamal Mubarak, Egyptian presidential son and putative heir (until he announced on 3 February that he would not stand for President) of beleaguered President Hosni Mubarak, was widely rumoured to be in London last week. Demonstrators - convened, as in ...

  • Vol 52 No 2
  •  21st January 2011

Telling the story

As the 13 May deadline for the Nile Basin Initiative Cooperative Framework looms, Egyptian efforts to stop the deal have become more apparent. The stances taken by Burundi and Congo-Kinshasa will be crucial, as the deal needs six signatures to be legally ...

  • Vol 52 No 1
  •  7th January 2011

Mubarak and son limited

This year’s presidential election is unlikely to bring much change but the real challenge to the ruling party will come from the streets

  • Vol 51 No 24
  •  3rd December 2010

Mubarak's last stand

After fixing the legislative elections, the NDP prepares for a much tougher fight in next year’s presidential polls

  • Vol 51 No 24
  •  3rd December 2010

The thwarted contenders

Muslim Brotherhood (MB, El Akhwan el Muslimoon): The MB remains the main opposition party despite continual crackdowns and waves of arrests by the intelligence services. It also suffers from internal dissension since the election as leader of Mohamed Badi...

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