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Presidential Hopefuls Haunted by their Past

Presidential Hopefuls Haunted by their Past
05/15/2012 | Debates and Analysis
One is a conservative Islamist attempting to reinvent himself as a pragmatic liberal, the other is a secular statesman trying to distance himself from the authoritarian regime he once served. Both aspire to be Egypt’s first civilian president. Thirteen candidates are competing to fill the vacancy...

The Mena economy: Arab Spring, economic winter?- EIU

The Mena economy: Arab Spring, economic winter?- EIU
05/10/2012 | News
Growing disarray on the streets and worsening political in-fighting are threatening to condemn post-revolutionary Arab states to a meagre economic harvest says the Economist Intellegence Unit (EIU) in a risk report. The EIU says that the weak global financial situation and new governments which...

The Main Message

The Main Message
05/09/2012 | Editorial
Democracy is having a difficult birth all over North Africa, facing new elections and the creation of new constitutions in the middle of a global economic downturn. Egypt has its  presidential elections on 23 and 24 May with a run off on 16 and 17 June. The Armed Forces Supreme council, SCAF,...

Egypt detains 300 over deadly clashes

Egypt detains 300 over deadly clashes
05/07/2012 | Africa
Demonstrations outside the Ministry of Defence in the Abbassiya district of Cairo have ended and the army is holding 300 protestors in prison of 15 days. One soldier was killed and scores of protestors wounded. A curfew around the Ministry of Defence remained in place on Saturday and despite a...

The Muslim Brotherhood and the road to Egyptian democracy

The Muslim Brotherhood and the road to Egyptian democracy
05/03/2012 | Debates and Analysis
Rapid political developments have become a fixture of Egyptian politics in the post-Mubarak era. In the past few days, former International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed El-Baradei established a new political party, saying he hopes to revive the values of the revolution; and Saudi...

Egypt announces list of presidential candidates

Egypt announces list of presidential candidates
04/27/2012 | Africa
Egypt's electoral commission announced the list of presidential candidates on Thursday. Ahmed Shafiq, the premier appointed by president Hosni Mubarak just before his overthrow last year, was included after the committee reversed an earlier decision to exclude him on Wednesday. The  front...

Egypt terminates gas agreement with Israel, political events continue to polarise the country

Egypt terminates gas agreement with Israel, political events continue to polarise the country
04/23/2012 | Africa
Mohamed Shoeb, The head of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company has said it has terminated its contract to ship gas to Israel because of violations of contractual obligations, a decision Israel said overshadowed the peace agreement between the two countries.The gas company's top official, said...

Egypt's Ruling Military Council Decides: Constitution before Election

Egypt's Ruling Military Council Decides: Constitution before Election
04/16/2012 | Africa
Egypt’s ruling military council has bowed to concerns expressed by both Islamist and liberal sectors and will postpone presidential elections until after a new constitution has been written. Both ends of the political spectrum feared the present constitution would set the stage for a repeat of the...

Ten Egyptian candidates barred from Presidential elections

Ten Egyptian candidates barred from Presidential elections
04/15/2012 | Africa
Farouk Sultan, the head of the Supreme Presidential Election Commission, said on Saturday that those excluded include Hosni Mubarak's former spy chief Omar Suleiman, Muslim Brotherhood chief strategist Khairat el-Shater and hard-line lawyer-turned-preacher Hazem Abu Ismail. The banned candidates...

Egypt risk: Alert – Watching and waiting- EIU

Egypt risk: Alert – Watching and waiting- EIU
04/13/2012 | Africa
As the political instability of Egypt’s transition continues, the uncertainty is having a serious impact on the economy and foreign investment,the Economist Intellegence Unit (EIU)says. Egypt Central Bank figures  for the end of March 2012  showed that foreign exchange reserves had fallen...

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