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November 2023

Egypt’s Presidential Pantomime

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..

Interview
October 2023

The Path to Food Sovereignty in The North African Region

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..

Article
October 2023

From Panic to a Real Migration Partnership

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..

Research
October 2023

Paving a Road to Perdition: El-Sisi and the Drivers of Egypt’s Economic Ruin

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..

Article
August 2023

Algerian BRICS Dream Could Come True Will the country’s economic gamble be a winning one?

  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..

Article
August 2023

Cairo’s Panopticon 2.0 The history and present of state surveillance in Egypt

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..

Article
July 2023

Egypt: A Decade of Counter-Revolution

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..

Article
July 2023

How to talk about Climate Change in Tunisia? Overview and Perspectives

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..

Interview
June 2023

Sudan: future unknown!

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..

Article
June 2023

Sudan’s Revolutionary Path against War

Sudan’s Revolutionary Path against War While the generals lay waste to Khartoum, the Sudanese people are organizing in defence of human life   Should war nevertheless break out, it shall be the duty of the social democracy to work for..

Article
May 2023

Tunisia’s choice: bankruptcy under dictatorship or economic rebirth and democracy?

  By Bassem Snaije[1] and Francis Ghiles[2]   On March 27th, the newswires were abuzz with yet another tragic event in the Mediterranean. A frail boat carrying migrants attempting to reach Italian shores sank off the coast of Tunisia near..

Research
April 2023

The impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war on the Tunisian food system

Author: Mohamed Jouneidi Abderrazak Reserch assistant: Itaf Mejri Edited and reviewed by: Dr. Imen Louati and Maha Ben Ghadha Translation from French to English: Ahlem Selmi Design and layout by: ozads.org   The ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia that..