Peace and security

  Sofian Philip Naceur talked to us at the North Africa Podcast about the critical challenges Sudanese refugees face in Egypt and Libya. In this compelling episode, we delve into the implications of Egypt’s proposed asylum law, the EU’s border..

  Sofian Philip Naceur talked to us at the North Africa Talks Podcast about the critical challenges Sudanese refugees face in Egypt and Libya. In this compelling episode, we delve into the implications of Egypt’s proposed asylum law, the EU’s..

Sisi’s Weakness Makes Him More Brutal Robert Springborg on how the Egyptian dictator secures his violent rule   Since taking power in 2013, Egyptian president and military dictator Abd el-Fattah el-Sisi has presided over a massive expansion of the security..

  While authorities continue with their mass deportations to Sudan, a new asylum law could set a precedent in North Africa Egypt is currently pressing ahead with the adoption of an asylum law. Although it is unclear whether it will..

Peacemaking victories were always hard-won. We were reminded of this by UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament in February 2024. The victories were not miracles either. Guterres went on to say they were achieved because the..

Since taking power, el-Sisi has vastly expanded his country’s network of prisons and detention centres   For over a month now, hundreds of prisoners in Egypt’s notorious Badr 1 Prison, around 70 kilometres northeast of Cairo, have been staging a..

THE NADOR-MELILLA BORDER TRAP– A counter-investigation into the racist massacre of 24 June 2022 Border Forensics, in collaboration with Irídia-Centre for the Defense of Human Rights and AMDH-Moroccan Association for Human Rights

As Israel proceeded with its military operation in Rafah, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry suddenly announced on 12 May its “intention to officially intervene in support of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice”. The move was..

It is impossible to understand the war in Sudan without accounting for the regional and international interests involved   When war broke out on 15 April 2023 between Sudan’s military, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah..

Without a ceasefire soon, the situation could spiral out of control   It is currently the biggest refugee crisis on the planet: more than 10 million people have now been displaced in the wake of the fighting in Sudan, according..

One year since armed fighting broke out, the country’s social movements are losing the battle for public opinion     The war that broke out in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on 15 April 2023 brought an abrupt end to the..

Egypt, a Regional Hegemon in Decline   Escalating tensions in the Red Sea are exposing Cairo’s dwindling influence in the Horn of Africa     An old Arabic proverb states “Misfortunes do not come singly.” Incidentally, it probably best describes..