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Jun 5, 2014

Choices for the Government and Opposition after the Presidential Elections

By Amr Hamzawy

As the official results have been announced with President-elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi winning Egypt’s elections with 97 percent of the vote, major state and societal actors which influence the ruling system in Egypt will face many of the same questions that they have been confronted with in the past.  These questions will continue to be […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Jun 5, 2014

Sisi and Russia: No Replacement for the United States

By Mark N. Katz

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s election as president—which President Vladimir Putin indicated his support for when the two leaders met this past February in Moscow—will see a deepening of the Russian-Egyptian rapprochement that these two leaders have already begun.  Moscow is pleased that Sisi has ended Egyptian support for the Syrian opposition against Assad that ousted President […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Jun 5, 2014

The Egypt Effect on North Africa

By MENASource

With the election of former defense minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to the presidency of Egypt, many analysts worry about the effect of such a regressive development on the other Arab transitioning countries throughout the region.

MENASource

Jun 5, 2014

Top News: Morsi Addresses Message to Egyptians from Jail

By EgyptSource

In a message released from prison, ousted president Mohamed Morsi has encouraged his supporters to protest against the “military coup”, especially after the “coup leader” has become president.

MENASource

Jun 5, 2014

Tribes and AQAP in South Yemen

By Nadwa Al-Dawsari

In April 2014, the Yemeni government launched an offensive against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in the governorates of Abyan and Shabwa in South Yemen. Political actors, Yemeni citizens, intellectuals, and activists across the country supported the offensive and many celebrated it on social media.

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MENASource

Jun 5, 2014

EconSource: UAE urges Egypt ‘fiscal consolidation’ to help revive economy

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

MENASource

Jun 4, 2014

Dispatch: Kurds Prevent Presidential Elections in Northern Syria

By Wladimir van Wilgenburg

On June 3, the Assad regime held presidential elections in the parts of Syria it still controls. In Northern Syria, however, Kurdish security forces confiscated the ballot boxes. Serbest Rezan, responsible for the Kurdish security police in the city of Qamishli, said they confiscated at least 120 polling stations.

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MENASource

Jun 4, 2014

Egypt’s Divisive Influence in Libya and Tunisia

By Lara Talverdian

No two Arab transitions have unfolded the same over the last three years. Each transition is unique, but the societies are not insulated and the borders are not retentive; what happens in one place reverberates elsewhere. In the case of North Africa, developments in Egypt over the past year threaten to undermine consensus-building and the […]

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MENASource

Jun 4, 2014

Top News: Celebration in Tahrir as Sisi Wins Presidency

By MENASource

Egypt’s Presidential Elections Commission has declared former military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi Egypt’s new president, confirming that he won 96.91 percent of the votes in the May election. Sisi’s sole contender, leftist Hamdeen Sabahi, took a modest 3.9 percent, the total of which were surpassed by invalid votes. Voter turnout was at 47.5 percent. 

MENASource

Jun 4, 2014

Sisi’s Presidency Fueling Expectations in Egypt

By Svetlana Milbert

Now that Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been elected president, Egyptians await to see what measures he will undertake to ease economic burdens and improve living conditions. A priority for most citizens are the recurrent, and growing, energy shortages in the face of peak demand season. Although energy shortages and blackouts are not a new phenomenon, […]

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