Tag: Egypt

(Egypt/Sinai) Egypt army razed more than 12,300 buildings in Sinai: HRW (Al Jazeera)

The rights group says demolition of 12,350 buildings in the peninsula between 2013 and 2020 amounted to ‘war crimes’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/hrw-more-than-12300-sinai-buildings-razed-by-egypt-army

(Egypt/China/West) The competition for Egypt: China, the West, and megaprojects (Al Jazeera)

Sean Mathews Building boom under way as President el-Sisi seeks to modernise and transform the Middle East’s most populous country. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/15/the-competition-for-egypt-china-the-west-and-mega-projects

(Egypt/Sudan/Nile Dam) Egypt’s el-Sisi visits Sudan for Nile dam talks (Al Jazeera)

Egypt and Sudan seek return to negotiations to achieve ‘fair’ and ‘balanced’ agreement regarding filling of Ethiopia’s mega-dam, el-Sisi says. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/6/egypts-el-sisi-visits-sudan-for-nile-dam-talks

(Egypt) Egypt: Escalating Reprisals, Arrests of Critics’ Families (HRW)

The Egyptian authorities’ targeting of families in Egypt of activists and human rights defenders living abroad has been escalating, demonstrating a clear pattern of intimidation and...

(Egypt/Sudan/Education) Egypt, Sudan cooperate to eliminate extremism in school curricula (Al Monitor)

George Mikhail Egypt wants to support Sudan in ridding its school curricula of extremism, which was established under former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and following...

(India/Egypt) Egypt considers purchase of Indian missile system (Al Monitor)

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/02/egypt-india-russia-made-brahmos-missile-system-weapons.html

(USA/Egypt) US citizen’s torture suit to test Egypt relations under Biden (Al Monitor)

Elizabeth Hagedorn https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/02/mohamed-soltan-egypt-hazem-beblawi-imf-biden-immunity.html

(Egypt) Policy and Institutional Responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Egypt (Robert P. Beschel Jr., Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/policy-and-institutional-responses-to-covid-19-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-egypt/

(Egypt) Egyptian police arrest cartoonist on 10th anniversary of uprising (Al Jazeera)

Human rights and media freedom groups demand immediate release of Ashraf Hamdi, who was taken from his home after posting video tribute to 2011...

(Egypt) Egypt’s suicidal state (Khaled Diab, Al Jazeera)

It is not the Egyptian revolution that failed, but the Egyptian state. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/25/egypts-suicidal-state

(Egypt/Russia/Black Sea/Turkey) Egyptian-Russian Naval Exercises in the Black Sea: Strategic Balancing against Turkey? (Ridvan Bari Urcosta, The Jamestown Foundation)

In November 2020, Russia and Egypt conducted their first joint naval exercises in the Black Sea. The Bridge of Friendship-2020 naval drills brought the Egyptian Navy...

(Israel/UN/Egypt) Israel calls on UN to censure Egyptian diplomat for ‘biased’ comments (The New Arab)

Israel has called on the UN to censure a former Egyptian ambassador to the world body who expressed regret for not defending a resolution...

(Egypt, UAE, Qatar) Egypt, UAE resume first Qatar flights after blockade (Al Jazeera)

The first direct flights between Qatar and two of the blockading nations – Egypt and the United Arab Emirates – took to the skies...

(Egypt) Egypt 2011: ‘We did not know we would be documenting history’ (Alessio Romenzi, Al Jazeera)

In December, 2010, anti-government protests erupted in Tunisia, soon triggering similar demonstrations across the Middle East and North Africa, including in Egypt, Libya, Yemen and...

(Europe/Egypt/Turkey) Mutual reassurance: Why Europe should support talks between Egypt and Turkey (Matteo Colombo, ECFR)

For much of the past decade, the intense rivalry between Egypt and Turkey has created instability across the Middle East and North Africa. But...

(Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt) Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt talks on mega-dam break down, again (Al Jazeera)

A new round of negotiations between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt aimed at resolving a long-running dispute about a giant dam Addis Ababa is building on...