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Arab dictators stick with Sudan’s Bashir, fearing ‘they will be next’

January 13, 2019 MEO Staff

Arab dictators stick with Sudan’s Bashir, fearing ‘they will be next’ Arab dictators stick with Sudan’s Bashir, fearing ‘they will be next’ [ More … ]

Bashir calls on Sudanese police to use ‘less force’ against demonstrators

December 31, 2018 MEO Staff

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday called on police to abstain from using excessive force against anti-government demonstrators – as the UN called for a probe into deaths during the violent protests. At least 19 [ More … ]

Water crisis looms for Egypt as Ethiopia’s Nile mega-dam ‘GERD’ nears completion

December 29, 2018 MEO Staff

Ethiopia’s GERD dam is set to reshape the complex water politics of the Nile Basin – and ‘water stressed’ Egyptians will be the biggest losers There have been hold ups and reports of large cost [ More … ]

Is this the beginning of a new Arab Spring in Sudan?

December 25, 2018 MEO Staff

Sudan, the beautiful country of Africa where the Blue Nile and White Nile merges and surrounds it like a necklace, is going through hard days. The street movements which started in the Western parts of [ More … ]

Sudanese opposition leaders arrested as protests continue

December 24, 2018 MEO Staff

Fourteen detained according to spokesman for opposition grouping, as anti-government protests driven by economic crisis enter a fourth day Sudanese authorities detained 14 leaders of an opposition coalition on Saturday, a spokesman for the grouping [ More … ]

Sudan Protests Over Rising Prices Continue for Fourth Day

December 22, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Ten Protests have been killed in clashes with armed police in northern and eastern Sudan. At least 10 people have been killed in protests that have swept across Sudan this week amid rising public anger over soaring [ More … ]

Opposition Activist Abducted In Egypt and Forcibly Returned to Sudan

November 17, 2018 Noura Ali

Sudanese opposition activist Mohamed Boshi, who had been living in Egypt, was abducted and returned to Sudan in an operation coordinated by the security services of both countries. A Sudanese opposition activist who had been [ More … ]

Turkish Defense Minister’s visits to Libya, Sudan, and Somalia

November 10, 2018 MEO Staff

By: Yasin Aktay At the beginning of the last week, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar visited Libya, Sudan, and Somalia on a four day trip. He was joined by Chief of General Staff Yaşar Güler, Libya special [ More … ]

Ethiopia, Eritrea: An Unlikely Peace Deal in a Fractious Region

October 16, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

There have been numerous changes in local and regional politics since the election of Abiy Ahmed into the office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Notable is the recent peace agreement reached between Ethiopia and Eritrea [ More … ]

Egyptian Farmers Face Water Shortage Amid Ongoing Problems on the Nile Delta

September 4, 2018 Noura Ali

Dramatic water shortage hits Egyptian farmers amid the ongoing problems of the Nile Delta. Last May, the European Parliament released a report titled:” A stable Egypt for a stable region: Socio-economic challenges and prospects “about the challenges that [ More … ]

Water Wars on the Nile: Foreign Affairs

August 11, 2018 MEO Staff

How Water Scarcity and Middle Eastern Influence Are Reshaping Northeast Africa – a Foreign Affairs report In Ethiopia, Africa’s largest-ever dam and hydroelectric power plant is inching closer to completion. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [ More … ]