The Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) convene annually to discuss their institutions’ activities. In general, these Annual Meetings occur in September/October and are usually held in Washington for two consecutive..

A Palestinian State in North Sinai?   Mass displacements in Palestine, population management in Egypt     Since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas, prominent voices in Israel have openly called for the complete destruction of Gaza..

This study deals with the story of Sudan’s popular struggle that has been going on for more than a century against the system of obedience for food. This study takes the reader on a journey that sheds light on the..

Egypt’s Presidential Pantomime   Egyptians are headed to the polls next month, but the winner is a foregone conclusion     The most populous country in the Arab world is soon heading to the polls to elect a president. Egypt’s..

The concept of a North African Network for Food Sovereignty was first proposed in 2017 in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It was officially established in 2018 in Agadir, Morocco. The network comprises members from various backgrounds, such as trade..

From Panic to a Real Migration Partnership   In Germany and Europe, the news is once again dominated by images of arriving refugees, just like in 2015 and 2016. The ongoing discussion is centered around finding ways to limit the..

Paving a Road to Perdition: El-Sisi and the Drivers of Egypt’s Economic Ruin   Author: Colin Powers Reviewed by: Maha Ben Gadha Design and layout by: ozads.org   At the time of writing, the Egyptian economy remains mired in a..

  After his visit to Moscow and Saint Petersburg last June, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune faced a fierce communication campaign from the opposition and foreign media. The linchpin of the campaign? The BRICS countries’ rejection of Algeria’s verbal candidacy because..

With roughly between 95 to 99% of the population crammed into less than 5% of the total land, political scientist Amy Holmes rightly remarks that “It is safe to say that the Egyptian people were, almost without exception, under the..

Egypt: A Decade of Counter-Revolution   The ten years since the coup have witnessed unprecedented repression and censorship   Today marks ten years since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, then the Egyptian Minister of Defence, staged a coup against Egypt’s first democratically..

While there is now a significant body of literature that considers questions of climate change communication in the global north, there remains relatively little work that takes seriously how climate change messaging might need to be adapted to non-Western contexts..

Amidst the chaotic situation unfolding in Sudan, a pressing question arises: is it a civil war tearing the nation apart, or rather a war inflicted upon its innocent civilians? The Sudanese people find themselves caught in the midst of an..