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How Much Will the Pandemic Change Egyptian Governance and for How Long?

2020Amr HamzawyCarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHealthNathan J. BrownPaper
July 23, 2020 14:01 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Amr Hamzawy and Nathan Brown Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/07/23/how-much-will-pandemic-change-egyptian-governance-and-for-how-long-pub-82353 In Egypt, coronavirus response efforts were led by the prime minister and other technocrats. What does this change mean for Egypt—and how long will it last? Read more at original link

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Egypt: Apparent Covid-19 Outbreaks in Prisons

2020EgyptHealthHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaper
July 20, 2020 14:20 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/20/egypt-apparent-covid-19-outbreaks-prisons Several Egyptian prisons and police stations have had suspected Covid-19 outbreaks in recent weeks amid a strict official information blackout, Human Rights Watch said today. Accounts by witnesses to Human Rights Watch, leaked letters from...

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Red lines and rising tensions in Libya

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMilitary AffairsMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk PaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 20, 2020 14:06 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-red-lines-and-rising-tensions-libya On July 18, Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) moved its fighters and 200 vehicles eastwards from Misrata along the Mediterranean coast toward the town of Tawergha, about a third of the way to Sirte. Egyptian...

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Egyptian Natural Gas Uses bet. Global and Domestic Prices

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsMamdouh Al-WaliPaper
July 16, 2020 14:13 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Al-Wali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-natural-gas-uses-bet-global-and-domestic-prices/ According to Egypt’s energy consumption distribution during the past year, the natural gas came at the top with 54.5%; followed by oil, 38.6%; then hydropower, 3.1%; coal, 2.1%, and renewable energy (from the sun and wind) 1.5%. The...

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Water Woes

2020CarnegieCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMichele DunnePaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 14, 2020 14:54 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/82289 Michele Dunne has prepared a short video on the dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt over Ethiopia’s construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Addis Ababa has just completed the dam and is now ready to fill it. In October 2017, Dunne and Katherine Pollock had written in Diwan about what was...

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Egypt’s Military Limitations: Cairo’s Options to Defend Eastern Libya

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgypt Defense ReviewForeign Policy Research InstituteForeign RelationsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 13, 2020 14:20 pm
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Source: Foreign Policy Research Institute Author(s): Egypt Defense Review Original Link:  In late June, with the United Nations-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) reversing several years’ worth of gains made by the Khalifa Hafta-led Libyan National Army (LNA) in a matter of weeks, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi issued a fiery warning during an inspection of his

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Where are Sisi’s promises, 7 years after the coup?

2020Asmaa ShukrCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsPaper
July 13, 2020 14:03 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Asmaa Shokr Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/where-are-sisis-promises-7-years-after-the-coup/ Seven years ago, when he was only defense minister, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came out to announce the Egyptian people the oust of the first democratically elected civilian president in Egypt’s history. This was in the evening of Wednesday, 3...

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Nile Basin’s GERD dispute creates risks for Egypt, Sudan, and beyond

2020Amal KandeelAtlantic CouncilCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaper
July 10, 2020 14:32 pm
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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Amal Kandeel Original Link: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/nile-basins-gerd-dispute-creates-risks-for-egypt-sudan-and-beyond/ Competition for the Nile Basin’s freshwater has been growing markedly for three decades. In 2011, it intensified after Ethiopia started building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)—a mega-dam reportedly...

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Egyptian Doctors in the State’s Eyes: Rhetoric Versus Reality

2020Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHuman RightsPaperShohdi MouradThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
July 09, 2020 14:22 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Shohdi Mourad Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/egyptian-doctors-in-the-states-eyes-rhetoric-versus-reality/ One week before the Egyptian government eased restrictions that had been put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly blamed the absence of “a...

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Understanding Egypt’s Strategy in Libya

2020Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 08, 2020 14:15 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link:  On June 20, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi threatened direct military intervention in Libya if the forces of the United Nations-supported Government of National Accord (GNA), led by Fayez al-Sarraj, advanced toward the city of Sirte and the military base of al-Jufra. In fact, GNA forces reached the outskirts...

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