Vol 52 No 2 | EGYPTETHIOPIANILE Telling the story 21st January 2011 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 Cong...
Vol 52 No 1 | EGYPT Mubarak and son limited 7th January 2011 This year’s presidential election is unlikely to bring much change but the real challenge to the ruling party will come from the streets The likeliest choice of official candidate for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) in September’s presidential election is between the 82-year-old and ailing incumbent, Moha...
Vol 51 No 24 | EGYPT Mubarak's last stand 3rd December 2010 After fixing the legislative elections, the NDP prepares for a much tougher fight in next year’s presidential polls After its claimed landslide victory in the 28 November parliamentary elections, the National Democratic Party's local and international credibility has hit an all time low. The NDP...
Vol 51 No 24 | EGYPT The thwarted contenders 3rd December 2010 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 su...
Vol 51 No 21 | EGYPT El Baradei’s boycott falters 22nd October 2010 As elections approach, the Muslim Brotherhood may be the only challenger to President Hosni Mubarak The campaign by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed el Baradei for a mass boycott of the general elections on 29 November is in disarray after several opposition groups, including ...
Vol 51 No 18 | EGYPT Nuclear-powered brothers 10th September 2010 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 nucl...
Vol 51 No 15 | EGYPTSUDAN Secret talks 23rd July 2010 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 W...
Vol 51 No 1 | EGYPT Generational change 8th January 2010 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 The suggestions that the internationally respected diplomat Mohamed Mostafa el Baradei is an enemy of the Egyptian state show the desperation of the power clique around the fading,...
Vol 51 No 1 | EGYPT Succession is a family business 8th January 2010 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 interna...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 6 | EGYPT Mahmoud Mohieldin 22nd April 2010 Former Minister of Investment, Egypt. A Managing Director of the World Bank Group Egypt’s Minister of Investment has shown unusual initiative in tackling the country’s long-running budget deficit. Mahmoud Mohieldin has knocked on doors throughout Asia in search ...