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Egypt
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Egypt

Capital city: Cairo
Languages: Arabic (official); English and French (other)

 
 
14 Aug 2012
 
Tackle Food Insecurity Through the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Over the next few decades Africa’s population is expected to expand to more than that of China or India, constituting about 23% of the global population by 2050. It is also expected that...
 
 
16 Jul 2012
 
Land acquisitions: Investment opportunity or hydro-colonialism?
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Today we live in a ‘post-surplus world’ with a tense situation in global food markets, while at the same time facing increasing food demand. By 2050 the world will need 50% more food than it...
 
 
11 May 2011
 
Tension Between Ethiopia and Egypt Over New Dam in the Nile
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Recently Ethiopia announced its plans to build the controversial `Great Millennium Dam` - one of the biggest dams in Africa - with a capacity to produce 5,250 megawatt of electricity. The dam will...
 
 
06 May 2011
 
Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t: Analysing alternative energy and oil in East Africa
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Alternative forms of energy, including solar, wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric power, are used frequently throughout East Africa. In Kenya, for example, an estimated 60% of generated electricity...
 
 
11 Apr 2011
 
China’s Ambiguous Embrace of Africa
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Between 1417 and 1433, Zheng He, China’s explorer statesman, led three expeditions that reached the east coast of Africa, stopping at the city-states of Mogadishu (present day Somalia) and...
 
 
26 Oct 2010
 
Resource wars and the world outside
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Many of the contemporary conflicts in Africa are characterised by the exploitation of and conflict over valued and lucrative natural resources. These resources include oil, water, natural gas,...
 
 
14 May 2008
 
Rights group concerned at mass arrests in Khartoum
SUDAN
Human Rights Watch voiced concern on Tuesday at mass arrests in Khartoum after an attack on Sudan's capital by Darfur rebels and said it feared some people had been tortured or killed....
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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