Vol 61 No 14 | EGYPTETHIOPIAAFRICAN UNION The pride of lions 9th July 2020 The obstacles to agreement over managing the Blue Nile dam are more about internal politics than technical issues The positions of Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam seemed as far apart as their respective capital cities as officials began another round of video-confer... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 13 | EGYPT The big borrow 25th June 2020 Cairo has lined up external credit worth $15bn to help it deal with Covid-19, but the debt will be sustainable only if there is a rapid recovery The first hard indication of the extent of the damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic on Egypt’s finances came in early April, when the central bank released data showi...
Vol 61 No 7 | EGYPTCOVID-19 Army steps up role 2nd April 2020 Egypt has been one of countries most severely affected in Africa, with cases approaching 1,000 and deaths nearing 50 as March came to an end. The first cases were linked with a Nil...
Vol 61 No 6 | EGYPTETHIOPIASUDAN Cairo and Addis split over dam 19th March 2020 Ethiopia has pulled out of US-hosted talks on the Blue Nile project as bitterness and mistrust grow Ethiopia is courting regional states and the African Union to bolster its diplomatic position after pulling out of United States-mediated talks on the filling and operations of the...
Vol 61 No 5 | EGYPTETHIOPIAUNITED STATES That dam problem 5th March 2020 The tortuous negotiations between Addis Ababa and Cairo over the building and filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have lurched into an acrimonious finale. Ethiopia's For...
Vol 61 No 1 | EGYPT Polls, poverty and protest 9th January 2020 Economic policy aims to spur growth and investment, while the regime keeps an iron fist in reserve for mass unrest President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's government hopes this year to build on the stabilisation of Egypt's macro-economy over the past three years to deliver tangible improvements to liv...
Vol 60 No 22 | EGYPTETHIOPIASUDAN Two-track talks on the grand dam 7th November 2019 Sisi wants Trump's help to break the impasse with Ethiopia over the Nile dam. They meet in Washington but Addis insists nothing will change Two negotiating tracks are emerging over the potential flashpoint between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the effects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the flow of the Nile.... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 19 | EGYPT All the general’s hotels 27th September 2019 Corruption allegations by an insider have stoked public anger, spilling onto the streets, prompting an immediate crackdown Egyptians have been glued to a series of sensational videos which claim to detail high-level corruption by President Abdel Fattah el Sisi and the Egyptian armed forces. The controv...
Vol 60 No 15 | EGYPT Sisi's Sinai stalemate 26th July 2019 The temporary cancellation of flights to Cairo by major airlines on security grounds this month and the handing over of El Arish port to the military are reminders that the Islamis...
Vol 60 No 8 | EGYPTSUDAN Whose chair is it anyway? 19th April 2019 It has been a week of two halves for Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sisi. It ended with a celebration at the Heliopolis Presidential Palace of the vote in parliament on 16 April...
