Vol 52 No 3 | EGYPT Mubarak stumbles to the exit 4th February 2011 As protestors and Mubarak supporters clash in Al Tahrir Square, the organised political parties are positioning themselves for negotiations The fast-growing power of Egypt's democracy movement seems set to force President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak from power sooner rather than later, following the military's promise not to suppress the street protests...
Vol 52 No 3 | EGYPT The major opposition 4th February 2011 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...
Vol 52 No 3 | EGYPTBRITAIN Gamal Mubarak's retreat 4th February 2011 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...
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...
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, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, and...
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 must...
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 suffers...
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...
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...
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 Waters...