Amnesty International has said that waiving restrictions on US military assistance to Egypt risks America becoming complicit in human rights abuses. The statement made by the advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa [ More … ]
Despite plans to sell shares in some firms, the military will retain control of much of the economy. Anyway, “Egypt’s military companies aren’t going anywhere” according to a Bloomberg column. After several years of aggressive [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities said they were building a flyover through the capital’s sacred necropolis, while they were exhuming graves and erasing history in the process, a report by MEE says Cairo’s vast necropolis is a sacred [ More … ]
The amendments require current and former officers to seek the approval of top military council before running for election Egypt’s parliament has approved amendments to a law that would restrict current and former members of [ More … ]
Stratfor: Austerity will force Saudi Arabia to revise its military priorities Stratfor: Austerity will force Saudi Arabia to revise its military priorities [ More … ]
An expanding network of enterprises owned by the armed forces blocks much-needed reforms, says Timothy Kaldas in a recent report published in Bloomberg. “As Egypt marks the third anniversary of its bailout by the International [ More … ]
Facebook deleted videos uploaded by an Egyptian actor and businessman on his Facebook page revealing that Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, his wife, and some military leaders have wasted billions of Egyptian pounds. Egyptian actor and [ More … ]
Four school children among five shot dead by security forces during rally against rising costs, Sudan opposition groups say. At least five protesters, including four high school students, have been shot dead after security forces [ More … ]
Members of the NCP and Islamic Movement are being swept up in an arrest campaign, despite once being part of the same regime as the generals now in charge Sudanese Islamists are under intense pressure, [ More … ]
Sudan Two sides agree to establish ‘a sovereign council’ to be run on rotation, an AU mediator announces. Sudan‘s ruling generals and a coalition of protest and opposition groups have reached an agreement to share power [ More … ]
Doctors’ committee says two people killed in clashes in the capital, while two others died in its twin city of Omdurman One week after scores died in a crackdown on Sudanese protesters demanding civilian rule, [ More … ]
Five people reported dead amid gunfire as security forces attempt to break up protest site outside defense ministry Sudanese security forces entered the site of a sit-in in central Khartoum early on Monday amid gunfire, witnesses [ More … ]
Negotiations over political transition put on ice as violence flares in Sudan, leaving several demonstrators wounded. At least 14 people have been wounded, some from gunfire, when Sudanese forces tried to remove demonstrators from central [ More … ]
Army rulers in Sudan have agreed to form a joint civilian-military council following pressure from protesters. Sudanese protesters Sunday welcomed a breakthrough in talks with army rulers who agreed to form a joint civilian-military council, [ More … ]
Egypt’s latest referendum results reveal as much as they conceal. Egypt has just passed constitutional amendments in a hastily-arranged referendum that ended on April 22. They are important mostly because they will advance President Abdel-Fattah [ More … ]
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