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Sudan Conflict: Egypt’s Military Escalation After the Fall of El‑Fasher$

Egypt appears to have shifted from diplomatic broker to covert combatant in Sudan’s war, in what may be the center of a widening regional proxy struggle, with new evidence pointing to drone and air strikes launched from a secret base in the Western Desert and rising...

UAE Regional Influence Under Strain Amid Sudan, Libya, Yemen, and Maghreb Frictions$

Across several regions, the United Arab Emirates is facing visible diplomatic and political friction with key Arab states. The developments span Sudan and Libya, extend to Yemen, and surface in the Maghreb, pointing to a period of strain for Emirati regional...

Inside the US Decision to Target Specific Muslim Brotherhood Branches$

The United States has designated three Muslim Brotherhood chapters as terrorist organizations, targeting branches in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon while leaving other national organizations formally untouched. The move likely reflects a selective approach that focuses on...

Egypt Moves to Shore Up Somalia as Regional Alignments Shift in the Horn of Africa$

Cairo has significantly intensified its military involvement in Somalia, driven by mounting anxieties over regional power dynamics in the Horn of Africa. This escalation follows Israel’s late‑December 2025 recognition of Somaliland, a territory that broke away from...

U.S. Immigration Policy and the Changing Landscape of Africa-U.S. Travel$

As the United States prepares to implement a new round of immigration and visa policy changes in 2026, the effects are being felt across Africa and parts of the Middle East. What began as a technical overhaul of screening and enforcement procedures has evolved into a...

Migration: 17 Migrants, Mostly Egyptians, Lost at Sea on the Road to Greece$

Fourteen Egyptians have been confirmed dead after an irregular migrant boat capsized on the way to Greece, the latest in a long line of disasters on one of the world’s deadliest migration routes. Greek and Egyptian officials say dozens of people were on board the...

How Egypt’s road infrastructure investments are ruinous and destructiveF

Photo by Mostnir Shady Ahmed: In the decade since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seized power, Egypt has built dozens of motorways that zigzag across Cairo -- crushing entire neighbourhoods, precious green spaces and historic gravesites. The administration of Sisi, a...

Egypt’s regime intensifies repression, kills any hope of political stabilityF

@arezkid #Egypt: “#Chicken feet are good for you and your budget”: #1country1minute ♬ Soft One month into a much-touted programme to heal the country's deep political rifts, Egyptian authorities have arrested dozens of dissidents, opposition supporters and football...

Jailed Egypt songwriter on hunger strike refuses waterF

Dissident Egyptian songwriter and poet Galal al-Behairy, who has been on hunger strike for three months in protest at his prison conditions, stopped taking water Thursday, a rights group said. Behairy, who began his hunger strike in March after five years in custody,...

Egypt: Al Jazeera Journalist Hisham Abdelaziz released from prison as Egypt moves closer to QatarF

The authorities in Egypt have released a journalist with the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network nearly four years after he was detained, the media outlet said. Hisham Abdelaziz, a producer with the network's Mubasher channel, was arrested in June 2019 after being...

Egypt: Three years in prison and tortured for allegedly spreading “fake news”F

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