By Abbas Juma, international journalist, political commentator, Middle East and Africa specialist Washington’s ‘human rights’ justification for withholding aid to Cairo is just a cover for the real strategic reason The United States has decided to punish Egypt for its alleged non-compliance with human rights norms. It should be noted that the subject of human rights is traditionally used by the ...
Reporting from Cairo, Egypt It seems that the OPEC+ decision to reduce oil production by 2 million barrels per day caused confused American reactions. The US decision to withhold $75 million in military aid allocated to Egypt, about a month after withholding $130 million of same aid, is one manifestation of this confusion. Shuffling the cards Withholding aid came after ...
By Nardine Ali / Cairo Did Sisi give the green light to Burhan’s coup in Sudan? Sudan has experienced everything, from civil war to division into two states, to terrorism and being governed by a tyrant and war criminal for over 30 years. The country finally had the opportunity to experience democracy under a joint government between civilians and the ...