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January 26, 2016

Sudan’s former president willing to mediate between Egyptian regime and Muslim Brotherhood

Sudan’s former President Abdel Rahman Suwar al-Dahab has said that he is willing to mediate between the Egyptian regime and the Muslim Brotherhood, if the two are willing to...

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January 26, 2016

With democracy a distant memory, Western support for Sisi is backing for a loser

Five years ago next month ordinary Egyptians looked on in amazement as British Prime Minister David Cameron swept through Tahrir Square with a huge security detail in tow to...

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January 26, 2016

Israeli defence minister: “I choose the Islamic State”

At a “security” conference in Tel Aviv last week, top-level Israeli speakers argued the case for viewing Israel as being in the same trench as the so-called Islamic State....

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January 26, 2016

Gaza Speaks: This is what the decade-long siege has done to us

Whenever Mariam Aljamal’s children hear the sound of thunder at night, they wet their beds. Their reaction is almost instinctive, and is shared by a large number of children...

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January 26, 2016

Fear of January and reviving Egyptian Jihadism

Since Mubarak’s oppressive deep state toppled the January 25 Revolution on 3 July 2013, it has been living in fear, not only because it is an unpopular industry aiming...

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January 25, 2016

The 25th January phobia

Fear and panic gripped the Egyptian authorities on the anniversary of the 25th January Revolution. This led them to engender a sense of fear in the public mind through...

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January 25, 2016

Why riots raged in democratic Tunisia

Over the last few days, Tunisia has been in the grip of a wave of unrest that erupted from Kasserine in the centre of the country and spread to...

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January 25, 2016

Rights group urges ICC to investigate Egypt for abuses in Gaza

Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK today called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the flooding of the border between Gaza and Egypt and the...

News
January 25, 2016

Sisi’s latest crackdown proves Egypt is far from stable

Today marks five years since Egyptians took to the streets to demand Hosni Mubarak stand down as president. Eighteen days later he did just that. In the five years...

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January 25, 2016

Cuts to anti-organised crime budgets are helping Daesh

Imagine Daesh as a solar system; then imagine a white-hot sun in the middle. That is the die-hards, the ideologues, the unpersuadable few whose minds cannot be changed. Their...

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