Vol 50 No 24 | ALGERIAEGYPT Football fuss 4th December 2009 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...
Vol 50 No 8 | EGYPT Hamas and Hezbollah 17th April 2009 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...
Vol 50 No 1 | EGYPT House of Mubarak 9th January 2009 After Sadat’s assassination in 1981, Mubarak came to power by virtue of his military seniority; many believe similar principles apply today President Hosni Mubarak will be working to ensure that his term ends with his son, Gamal, at the helm. The main electoral challenge would come from Al Ikhwan...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 3 | EGYPT Ibrahim Ali Hassan 29th January 2009 Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs, Egypt The Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs is a fixture at the major Asian development events, the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the Tokyo International Conference on African Development. The long-serving...