Global spike in death sentences in 2014 largely due to Egypt
End of year report identifies Egypt handed out many sentences though executed few
Latest in Tag: Instability Highlight
Latest in Tag: Instability
Whispers of dissent in Kremlin-ruled Crimea
Ukraine’s government estimates there are 25,000 people in Crimea like Anastasiya who want to flee the region after its Russian takeover.
Swiss-Listed Orascom warns on profit amid Egyptian instability
Specific factors hitting Orascom include lower capitalisation of financing costs, the devalued Egyptian currency, but also impairments on investments and a review of its taxation
Getting in the way: politics and doing business in Egypt
“If it bleeds, it leads.” That news industry fundamental is Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou’s October 7 morning business challenge. The leading stories by news agencies all over the world about the clashes that erupted in Cairo and other parts of Egypt on 6 October, Armed Forces Day, make his job more difficult. The repeated …
Sinai tribes postpone protests due to domestic instability
Federation of tribesmen opposes Ministry of Defence prohibition on private ownership of border land
Christmas tourism reservations drop by 50 per cent
Officials attribute drop in tourism to violence and unrest in Cairo
Twenty-five per cent drop in flight arrivals since December
Airline companies are closely monitoring the results of the referendum
Morsy’s political crisis
For the past week we have been living in the shadow of civil strife caused by the president’s recent decisions. A state of deep polarisation has been created between all those who associate with Islamic political forces and those who associate with non-religious ones. Morsy’s recent constitutional amendments were not only a surprise to everyone …
Oil pipeline sabotaged in Yemen
Bombing comes amid week of continued chaos