Egypt is insisting that Nile water security is an uncompromising national priority, with the country’s leadership rejecting any attempts at political bargaining on its access to the river. The latest remarks, delivered by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly at...
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Egypt’s Fuel Price Hike Deepens Economic Strain Amid IMF Reforms
Egypt has raised domestic fuel prices sharply as part of a multi-faceted effort to stabilize the country's economy amidst persistent fiscal pressure and regional turbulence. Effective October 17, 2025, all grades of gasoline, diesel, and compressed natural gas used in...
Egypt: Challenged Energy Sector Faces Another Brutal Summer
Egypt faces a deepening energy crisis as natural gas production crashes 39%, forcing a return to costly LNG imports and the unpopular decision to use polluting fuel oil. With multinationals like Chevron exiting failed exploration blocks and summer blackouts looming,...
U.S. Trade Policy Is Accelerating China–North Africa Economic and Defense Engagement
U.S. trade tariffs are accelerating China’s push into developing economies, with North Africa emerging as a key frontier. From a $265 million phosphate plant in Egypt to multi-billion-dollar industrial agreements in Algeria and renewed commercial diplomacy in Libya,...
Syria’s New Ruler Faces Jihadist Rebellion and Internal Strife
Ahmed Al-Charaa, once a top jihadist leader, now rules Syria after toppling Bashar al-Assad. But his grip on power is fragile. While rebranding himself as a moderate, he faces opposition from the Islamic State, which sees him as an apostate, and from former allies who...
Could Syria Avoid a Repeat of the Libyan Disaster: Opinion by Arezki Daoud
By Arezki Daoud: What is happening in Syria cannot leave us insensitive to the plight of the Syrian people, who have endured decades of abuse from the Assad family and its cronies. From the father Hafad al-Assad to his son Bachar al-Assad, the Syrian people...
War in Gaza forces former Middle East foes to seek reconciliation
By Mondafrique: The war in Gaza is forcing feuding States in the Middle East and in the Gulf to seek the path of...
Egypt: One killed, six arrested in gun battle on Egypt-Israel border
A gunfire broke out near Nitzana, Israel, along the border crossing separating Egypt and Israel. The incident, which...
Podcast: Egypt 2024 Outlook
Egypt: Two killed in train-bus crash in Giza
Two people were killed in Al-Atf in Giza over the weekend when a train slammed into a bus. The accident, which killed...
Egypt: Explosion in Maadi, Cairo, several injured
An explosion apparently from a grenade thrown by an attacker was reported on Sunday evening on the Autostrad road near...
Egypt Jeopardizes Tourism and FDI Recovery with Disruptive Policies
The sustained attacks by IS and other insurgents against tourist targets in Egypt have had a severe dampening effect...
Metrojet crash in the Sinai is likely to worsen Egyptian economy
MEA Risk LLC released a research note following the UK government's ordering a suspension of flights to the Egyptian...
Egypt’s Credibility Problem
The Egyptian military has been going on a PR campaign of sorts to insure they have the upper hand in the aggressive...
Egypt: Factory fire kills 15 in Cairo
July 28, 2015 | Some 15 workers were killed in Cairo this morning as a result of a fire that devastated the furniture...
IS Looking to Widen North Africa Operations, says MEA Risk
There are a lot of chatters and pronouncements in various places about the Islamic State organization (Daesh) seeking...
Egypt: Militants Focus on Infrastructure Sabotage, Says MEA Risk
Efforts by the Egyptian government to stimulate the economy are now being increasingly undermined by anti-government...
Egypt: MEA Risk issues high-risk warning for March 11th to 16th
The Egyptian government, headed by the military is hoping to attract billions of foreign investor dollars to stimulate...
The Egyptian Government Signals Some Easing of an All-Out Repression Strategy
There are some tiny signals coming from Egypt that President Sissi and his government are looking to ease a few of the...
Egypt: The Extraordinary Tale of a Wholesale Death Sentence
The Egyptian regime is using some of the most severe tools of punishment to signal its Islamist foes that it means...
Crisis in Egypt Likely to Persist
Egypt is facing what Algeria faced in the 1990s. Nothing is working. The economy is in despair and a civil war is...