Tag Archives: Hosni Mubarak
By Gianlucca Mezzofiore A new grassroots movement in Eritrea that draws inspiration from the Arab revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia is poised to challenge the one-party authoritarian rule of president Isaias Afewerki, who has been in power for twenty years. … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Egypt, Eritrea, eritrean, Eritrean Diaspora, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Sudan
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(Reuters) – One person was killed and more than 80 were wounded in clashes at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in central Cairo on Sunday after a funeral service for four Egyptian Christians killed in sectarian violence with Muslims, state media … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged Cairo, Christian, Copt, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Muslim, Reuters
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By Arab News By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed Bassem Youssef, the satirist, appears once a week on the CBC channel in Cairo. But it seems this one time was enough to anger Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi who came to power following … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa, Op-ed
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Tagged Anwar Sadat, Arab News, Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, mubarak, Mursi, Youssef
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The two and a half weeks between January 25 and February 11, 2011 proved that in Egypt there is a strong demand for social, political and economic justice, and that the established political elites – religious or secular – are … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Essam El-Erian, Gamal Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, United States
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Much like Festivus, American diplomacy to the Middle East usually begins with an airing of grievances. These are not the American grievances over decades of terrorism and acts of violent hatred. These are the grievances that are supposedly infuriating the … read more »
EGYPTIANS have reason to fear the domestic news these days. If it is not about events such as a freak ballooning accident that killed 18 tourists, or the death of nine villagers who fell, one after another, into an open … read more »
A hot air balloon flying over Egypt’s ancient city of Luxor has caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field today, killing at least 19 tourists. According to an Egyptian security official, the balloon carrying 21 tourists caught fire, … read more »
Since the “Arab Spring” came to Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood assumed power, sexual harassment, abuse, and rape of women has skyrocketed. This graph, which shows an enormous jump in sexual harassment beginning around January 2011, when the Tahrir revolts … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Ahram, Arab Spring, Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Muslim Brotherhood, Rape, Sexual harassment, tahrir square
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Police fire water cannon and tear gas at protesters in Cairo during violent demonstrations about the country’s leadership. Protesters throwing stones at security forces in Cairo One person has been killed and dozens injured during clashes between police and … read more »
Posted in Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Port Said, Protest, tahrir square
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(Reuters) – Egyptian protesters defied a nighttime curfew in restive towns along the Suez Canal, attacking police stations and ignoring emergency rule imposed by Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to end days of clashes that have killed at least 52 people. … read more »
At least 16 are killed in Port Said after 21 defendants are sentenced to death over clashes between rival fans last year Egyptian fans of Al Masry football club protest outside the Port Said prison against the death sentences of … read more »
Posted in Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Ahly S.C., Al-Masry, Al-Masry Club, Cairo, Egypt, Egyptian football protests, Egyptian protests, Hosni Mubarak, Port Said, tahrir square
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Egypt’s emergency services say 110 people have been injured in clashes between police and protesters during rallies marking the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak’s regime. The two sides clashed throughout the day Friday in Cairo, Alexandria, … read more »
Posted in Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged alexandria, Cairo, Egypt, egypt revolution, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Revolution, Suez, Suez Canal, tahrir square
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Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana Chief among the many challenges that confront the African continent are three evils that African thinkers and intellectuals must urgently find durable solutions to—The vicious scramble for Africa’s oil, diamonds and other rich pickings by Western countries … read more »
By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed, By: Arab News In the Egyptian arena rages the biggest political, intellectual, popular and elitist media battle. Parties are now fighting over authority, positions, history and the future. The disputed proposed constitution caused bloodshed on both … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged 2011 Egyptian revolution, Cairo, Egypt, Egyptians, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Mursi, Muslim Brotherhood, Politics
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Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR The main criticism being voiced about the government led by President Mohamed Morsi within Egypt and by some foreign observers is that it lacks the majority support of the people of Egypt. In substantiation of this argument it … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Islamism, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Saudi Arabia, United States
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Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR On Sunday, in an apparently conciliatory move, Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi rescinded his controversial decree of November 22 assuming vastly new powers granting him immunity from law, which triggered massive protests against his regime. However, he is stubbornly … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, obama, United States
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Bruce Thornton The hope that democracy would bloom in Egypt following our collusion in removing Hosni Mubarak looks more and more delusional every day. Even our foreign policy wishful thinkers are no longer peddling the canard that the Islamist Muslim … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Sharia, United States
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Several hundred Egyptian protesters breached a concrete and metal barricade outside the Cairo presidential palace, as groups gathered for rival rallies over Mohammed Morsi’s constitutional referendum proposal. There was no violent confrontation despite the tensions surrounding the determination of Islamist … read more »
The Arab Spring is rearranging the political landscape of the Middle East, and many have been wondering whether the Muslim Brotherhood’s takeover in Cairo would mark the end of the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. But one Israeli … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Blue Nile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan
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The question riding on the chaos being played out – from the burning offices of the Freedom and Justice Party to the squares of Egyptian cities to the palace gates of power – is how will all this shape future … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Arab, Cairo, Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Muslim Brotherhood, tahrir square
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By: Omar Ashour CAIRO – Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first-ever elected civilian president, recently granted himself sweeping temporary powers in order, he claims, to attain the objectives of the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship. But the decrees incited strong opposition … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mohamed ElBaradei, Morsi, mubarak, Omar Ashour
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By: Arab News By Khaled Al-Dakheel Between Sept. 9, 1881, and last Jan. 25, Egypt, as the Egyptians say, experienced four revolutions: The Orabi Revolution, the Revolution of 1919, the July 23 Revolution, which began with a military coup in … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Arab Spring, Egypt, Egyptians, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, Wafd
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Britain is owed billions of pounds after lending money to dictators such as Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe. The cash has been handed out without any checks on foreign regimes’ records on human rights or environmental issues, an MPs’ investigation has found. … read more »
Posted in Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Amnesty International, Campaign Against Arms Trade, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Land Rover, member of parliament, newzimbabwe, Omar al-Bashir, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
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Angry chants filled Tahrir Square on Tuesday as thousands of demonstrators filled the iconic center of last year’s revolt, this time to protest a recent decree that grants President Mohammed Morsi sweeping powers. The protesters, waving Egypt’s red, white and … read more »
By Eric Walberg At last Egyptian politics is moving. President Mohamed Morsi is slowly building on his summer ‘coup’, when he stared down Egypt’s generals and put his men in the top army and defence positions, following terrorist attacks in … read more »
by SOC Okenwa Politics is said to be a game of numbers but one must add here that it is one for the strong and the brave — especially in Africa! All around the world the menfolk dominate political spaces … read more »
November 25, 2012 by benim
By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid, Arab News It was very difficult for anyone to think that President Muhammad Mursi would do that. But his spokesman announced it clearly. He said: “The president is above all and above all other authorities.” He … read more »
Posted in Egypt, Global Issues, Middle East, North Africa
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Tagged 2011 Egyptian revolution, Arab Spring, Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Mursi, Muslim Brotherhood, tahrir square
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By Hassan Mohamed Somali women’s religious rights abused inside Somali embassy in Kenya. There are two things here that I want point out: One, is whether such thing exist in the first place. Second, is if Somali women who are … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged EgyptAir, Hijab, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Kenya, Muslim, Saudi Arabia, somali news, Women in Islam
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By Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times Poor African capitals are increasingly challenging Cairo for the river’s water, without which Egypt’s economy would wither and die. CAIRO — Overwhelmed by cascading economic and political problems since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged amazon river, Anwar Sadat, Cairo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, Nile, nile river animals, nile river cruise, nile river flooding, nile river history nile river location, nile river map, nile river pictures, Sudan
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Comrades from Cairo Dear friends, In the coming period we will again be facing a familiar enemy that many of you have and continue to battle. International financial institutions like the IMF have long had a hand in plundering the … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, IMF
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Tagged Egypt, Egyptian, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, Hosni Mubarak, IMF, IndepthAfrica, International Financial Institutions, International Monetary Fund
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