North Africa

Egypt and the army’s roadmap

  • Podcast

After the killing of at least 51 Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Egypt, and the army's announcement of its roadmap for the return to democracy,…

Repression and violence after the coup in Egypt

  • Anthony Dworkin
  • Commentary

Europe should remember that the elements in Egypt that are now likely to be on top of the political system – the Army, the judiciary, the intelligence services –  represent a completely unreformed inheritance from the “deep state” as it existed under Mubarak.  

Mubarak’s children come home

  • Daniel Levy
  • Commentary

This is not a victory for freedom but for the old regime, or more precisely the Egyptian deep-state – a bureaucratic, military, and business elite, that never went away, is considered to be the real power in Egypt and that just reasserted its interests.  

EU troops can still help in Mali

  • Richard Gowan
  • Commentary

A ‘plug-and-play' approach to peacekeeping lacks the glamour of a full-scale military intervention but it could be a cheaper and a more strategic approach for the EU to deal with the situation in Mali.  

Egypt: out of control?

  • Issandr El Amrani
  • Commentary

Egypt appears to be spinning out of control. The current crisis is a prolongation of the crisis that emerged late last year over a decree by President Morsi suspending some judicial decisions and giving himself additional powers, followed by the rush to approve a new constitution.