North Africa

Libya Remains a Weak Link in Effort to Curb Migrant Flow into Europe

By Ashish Kumar Sen

NATO deploys ships to Aegean Sea to counter human trafficking between Turkey and Greece NATO’s decision to deploy ships to the Aegean Sea in an attempt to deter the smuggling of migrants from Turkey into Greece focuses on just one aspect of the problem; to Europe’s south, in Libya, a well-established human-trafficking network continues to […]

The State of Opposition in Egypt’s Parliament

By Omar Halawa

With Egypt’s newly elected parliament convening once again after a two-week break—questions loom over the role of the opposition in parliament. The legislative body recently completed its very first task of reviewing all laws issued by the executive branch after the 2014 constitution went into force, and is once again reconvening. 

The Politics of Water: What We Know About the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

By Margaret Suter

The end of 2015 saw the completion of a new round of negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project (GERD), with all participating countries reaching an agreement on the technical studies to be completed on the dam. As Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan start a fresh round of talks, EgyptSource […]

What Happened to Giulio Regeni?

Circumstances surrounding the death of an Italian national in Egypt remain vague, two days after his body was discovered on the outskirts of Cairo. Egyptian Public Prosecutor Ahmed Nagi told AP that Giulio Regeni was found dead on Wednesday in an empty lot in the 6th of October suburb. His body was transferred to Cairo’s […]

Is 2016 Finally a Breakout Year for the Egyptian Economy?

By Mohsin Khan and Elissa Miller

On assuming office in June 2014, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi committed to revive the Egyptian economy, which had been in the doldrums for the past several years, and set it on a path of sustained high growth and low unemployment. To achieve this objective he identified a mixture of populist and traditional free-market policies to […]