US economy contracts in Q1 '25    Golf Festival in Cairo to mark Arab Golf Federation's 50th anniversary    EGP closes high vs. USD on Wednesday    Germany's regional inflation ticks up in April    Taiwan GDP surges on tech demand    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    UNFPA Egypt, Bayer sign agreement to promote reproductive health    Egypt to boost marine protection with new tech partnership    Eygpt's El-Sherbiny directs new cities to brace for adverse weather    CBE governor meets Beijing delegation to discuss economic, financial cooperation    Egypt's investment authority GAFI hosts forum with China to link business, innovation leaders    Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    Egypt's Gypto Pharma, US Dawa Pharmaceuticals sign strategic alliance    Egypt's Foreign Minister calls new Somali counterpart, reaffirms support    "5,000 Years of Civilizational Dialogue" theme for Korea-Egypt 30th anniversary event    Egypt's Al-Sisi, Angola's Lourenço discuss ties, African security in Cairo talks    Egypt's Al-Mashat urges lower borrowing costs, more debt swaps at UN forum    Two new recycling projects launched in Egypt with EGP 1.7bn investment    Egypt's ambassador to Palestine congratulates Al-Sheikh on new senior state role    Egypt pleads before ICJ over Israel's obligations in occupied Palestine    Sudan conflict, bilateral ties dominate talks between Al-Sisi, Al-Burhan in Cairo    Cairo's Madinaty and Katameya Dunes Golf Courses set to host 2025 Pan Arab Golf Championship from May 7-10    Egypt's Ministry of Health launches trachoma elimination campaign in 7 governorates    EHA explores strategic partnership with Türkiye's Modest Group    Between Women Filmmakers' Caravan opens 5th round of Film Consultancy Programme for Arab filmmakers    Fourth Cairo Photo Week set for May, expanding across 14 Downtown locations    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Ancient military commander's tomb unearthed in Ismailia    Egypt's FM inspects Julius Nyerere Dam project in Tanzania    Egypt's FM praises ties with Tanzania    Egypt to host global celebration for Grand Egyptian Museum opening on July 3    Ancient Egyptian royal tomb unearthed in Sohag    Egypt hosts World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Somabay for 3rd consecutive year    Egyptian Minister praises Nile Basin consultations, voices GERD concerns    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

Articles of the author Haytham Nouri
Yemen peace out of reach
The Yemeni civil war is nearing the end of its second year with no real prospect of peace in sight for the poorest country in the Middle East. The warfare intensifies while the humanitarian crisis is growing more serious by the day. The current lack (...)

25 - 01 - 2017
Zimbabwe's ‘Amazing Grace'
In the Arab world presidents have been grooming their sons for power for decades in a game that only finally lapsed with the eruption of the Arab Spring. But in Africa the tradition has been going on uninterrupted. In Togo, Gabon, and the Democratic (...)

25 - 08 - 2015
South Sudanese consider power-sharing
Rival factions in South Sudan began long-awaited talks on power-sharing in Addis Ababa on 6 August. They are feeling the pressure more than any time before, as the organisation hosting the talks, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (...)

12 - 08 - 2015
Obama tours Kenya, Ethiopia
On his recent tour of two major East African nations, US President Barack Obama spoke of freedom and human rights, but also offered promises of help with the economy and the fight on terror. His visit to Kenya, where many of his extended family (...)

29 - 07 - 2015
Chad bombs Boko Haram positions
The Chadian government reacted swiftly, and on more than one front, to Monday's bombings in N'Djamena, in which 34 were killed and 100 injured. No one claimed responsibility for the bombings, which targeted two police facilities, but it was widely (...)

24 - 06 - 2015
Al-Bashir's turbulent legacy
Unfazed by international opprobrium and internal dissent, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir will start a new and almost certainly turbulent fifth term in office on 3 June. Meanwhile, all around him Sudan seems set to slide deeper into turmoil, (...)

27 - 05 - 2015
Sudan's ‘irrelevant' elections
Through bullets and ballots, the regime of President Omar Al-Bashir manages to divide Sudan, while it claims to be protecting it from internal and external conspiracies. The three-day presidential, parliamentary and local elections held last week (...)

15 - 04 - 2015
The fruits of success
“This is the third time in our modern history that we have gone to Yemen with a military force. The first time was during the Mohamed Ali era, the second was during the rule of former president Gamal Abdel-Nasser, and the third is now,” said (...)

01 - 04 - 2015
Palestine's blighted economy
As Cairo prepares to host the Gaza reconstruction conference this month, a report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) offered shocking details on economic conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories. According to the (...)

10 - 09 - 2014
Sudan's forgotten war
Reading the news headlines these days, it is possible to think that the war in Sudan has ended. With the focus shifting to Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and Gaza, little mention is made of the fighting in Sudan's Nuba Mountains or southern Blue Nile. But a (...)

27 - 08 - 2014
Pursuing millennial goals
Meeting back in 2000, world leaders made a promise. By 2015, eight crucial targets, dubbed the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), should be attained. These targets ranged from health and education to poverty eradication and the environment. With (...)

09 - 07 - 2014
Questions of decency
Talking to Sudanese feminists and rights activists, one often hears them criticise the regime for its tendency to persecute women. And the evidence they offer is compelling. A recent statement by the Arab Alliance for Sudan marking the release and (...)

02 - 07 - 2014
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