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As the MENA region continues to be the epicenter of news headlines, the Atlantic Council’s MENASource is a hub for thought-provoking and hard-hitting analyses about the latest trends, ideas, and debates. This online publication provides fast reactions and in-depth commentary on breaking news and key regional topics by a diverse team of experts and contributors.

MENASource brings you up-close to a region at the epicenter of geo-political headlines. It is the Atlantic Council’s hub for in-depth commentary about breaking news, key topics, and trends from our team of experts on the Middle East and North Africa.

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Top News: Report finds corruption growing in Middle East hot spots

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Top News: Report finds corruption growing in Middle East hot spots

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Dec 3, 2013

Top News: Report finds corruption growing in Middle East hot spots

By MENASource

An international watchdog group says its annual survey shows the most violent nations in the Middle East are perceived to be the region’s most corrupt and are getting worse. Transparency International’s 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index ranks more than four-fifths of countries in the Middle East below fifty on a scale where zero is a country perceived to be […]

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Dec 3, 2013

Highlights from Egypt’s Draft Constitution (Part 2)

By Mai El-Sadany

On December 2, 2013, head of the fifty-member Constituent Assembly Amr Moussa presented the full text of the draft Constitution to interim president Adly Mansour, who is expected to approve it promptly. The draft comes into an Egypt that finds itself mired in political tension, unresolved issues of transitional justice, and attempted usurpations of the […]

North Africa Political Reform

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Dec 3, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 3, 2013

By EconSource

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

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Dec 3, 2013

Mohsin Khan on an IMF Agreement with Egypt

By MENASource

Ever since the start of Egypt’s efforts toward a democratic transition began in 2011, repeated attempts by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help economically stabilize Egypt have been met with abortive efforts from the subsequent Egyptian governments.

North Africa

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Dec 3, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 2, 2013

By EconSource

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

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Dec 2, 2013

An IMF Program for Egypt in 2014?

By Mohsin Khan

Discussions on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) program for Egypt have been going on for almost three years without a deal being struck. The two sides came close to an agreement in June 2011 and then in late 2012, but each time the Egyptian government walked away from the table. As recently as August this […]

North Africa

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Dec 2, 2013

Top News: Egypt May See Presidential Vote First, President to Receive Draft Constitution

By EgyptSource

The fifty member Constituent Assembly tasked with amending the 2012 constitution finished its final vote on the constitution on Sunday evening, pending four contentious articles which did not pass. The committee is scheduled to hand the draft document to Interim President Adly Mansour on Tuesday. Egypt’s political transition was pitched into uncertainty on Sunday when a draft constitution […]

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Dec 2, 2013

Top News: Egypt may see presidential vote held first, President to receive draft constitution

By MENASource

Egypt’s political transition was pitched into uncertainty on Sunday when a draft constitution was amended to allow a presidential election to be held before parliamentary polls, indicating a potential change in the army’s roadmap. The fifty-member committee concluded Sunday night its amendment of the 2012 constitution, after passing four articles that failed to get the […]

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Dec 2, 2013

Highlights from Egypt’s Draft Constitution (Part 1)

By Mai El-Sadany

In preparation for a popular referendum which will take place on Egypt’s newest Constitution within thirty days of formal approval, the fifty-member Constituent Assembly appointed by interim President Adly Mansour began to vote on the full text of its draft Constitution on November 30, 2013. The work of the Assembly, which began on September 8, […]

North Africa Political Reform

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Nov 27, 2013

Top News: Shura Council Protest Dispersed; Prosecutor Orders Arrest of Prominent Activists

By EgyptSource

A protest by the No Military Trials for Civilians group was forcibly dispersed by security forces thirty minutes after it began on Tuesday. Egypt’s prosecutors have, meanwhile, ordered the detention of twenty-four activists for four days. On Wednesday, Egypt’s prosecutor ordered the arrest of two prominent activists, Alaa Abdel Fattah and April 6 leader Ahmed Maher, who took part in the protest.

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