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Egypt
Population: 77.8 mn.
GDP: 219.0 bn.
Debt: 26.6 bn.
Overview:

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 51 No 21
  •  22nd October 2010

El Baradei’s boycott falters

As elections approach, the Muslim Brotherhood may be the only challenger to President Hosni Mubarak

  • Vol 51 No 18
  •  10th September 2010

Nuclear-powered brothers

With the political endgame well under way for President Hosni Mubarak, his government is expanding its nuclear ambitions. Given that Mubarak has been a loyal Western ally, his nuclear programme and plans for uranium enrichment and reprocessing have, unlik...

  • Vol 51 No 15
  •  23rd July 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
  •  8th January 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, to ...

  • Vol 51 No 1
  •  8th January 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
  •  4th December 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
  •  17th April 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
  •  9th January 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
  •  30th March 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
  •  12th January 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 say ...

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