Egypt
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12 Dec 2025 / by Margaret Monyani & Ottilia Anna Maunganidze
Fragmented asylum: fault lines in regional responses to the Sudanese displacement crisis

Sudan's displacement crisis tests fragile asylum systems in Egypt, South Sudan and Chad, revealing gaps between legal commitments and refugee realities.
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14 Oct 2025 / by Dhesigen Naidoo
Water wars: has GERD reset Africa’s hydropolitics?

Water scarcity in Africa is a crisis, and the GERD conflict shows why mutually beneficial cooperation agreements are vital.

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16 May 2025 / by Peter Fabricius
New Africa BRICS members decry preferential treatment for South Africa

Egypt and Ethiopia blocked a BRICS declaration backing South Africa for a United Nations Security Council seat.
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11 Dec 2024 / by Margaret Monyani
North Africa’s migration governance: time for a new approach

Misaligned frameworks that don’t address grassroots realities abound while migrants face deadly hazards on their journeys to a better life.

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21 Nov 2024 / by Margaret Monyani
Shifting sands: migration policy and governance in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt

North Africa is a focal point for global migration flows, making effective and humane management approaches vital.
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17 Oct 2024 / by Moses Chrispus Okello
Nile River Basin Commission: regional strife could make a difficult task impossible

Disputes over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam intersect with conflicts sparked by Ethiopia’s Red Sea ambitions.
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14 Oct 2024 / by Peter Fabricius
BRICS: a fairer global order – or a bigger Russian support group?

This month’s BRICS Summit should indicate the club’s future direction, which could see the three original democracies distancing themselves.
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17 May 2024 / by Peter Fabricius
Egypt tries to navigate around Rafah

Israel’s long-feared attack on Rafah in southern Gaza has put Cairo on the spot.
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23 Jun 2023 / by Priyal Singh and Denys Reva
African peace mission: one step forward, one step back?

Although the initiative is a milestone in Africa’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a better organised, broader collective effort is needed.

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28 Apr 2023 / by Peter Fabricius
GERD is a fait accompli, so it’s time to get real

The now irreversible dam project needs to be managed as both an Ethiopian and a shared resource.
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05 Jan 2023 / by Abdelkader Abderrahmane
Instability fuels North Africa’s illegal tobacco trade

Political and economic insecurity in the Balkans and Libya benefit transnational trafficking syndicates.
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09 Feb 2022 / by Stellah Kwasi, Jakkie Cilliers and Kouassi Yeboua
Race to sustainability? Egypt’s challenges and opportunities to 2050

Rapid population growth and increasing water scarcity will test all aspects of Egypt’s economic development.

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