Vol 55 No 8 | EGYPT El Sisi's spring offensive 15th April 2014 The Field Marshal deploys a full armoury of marketing and social media tools to extend his political base as he launches his presidential campaign One of the first public appearances that Field Marshal Abdel Fatah Saeed Hussein Khalil el Sisi made after stepping down as Defence Minister and Army Commander on 26 March was in a...
Vol 55 No 8 | WESTERN SAHARA Bid for Sahara rights 15th April 2014 Two former United Nations officials are lobbying for human rights monitoring to be added to the Mission des nations unies pour le référendum dans le Sahara Occidental...
Vol 55 No 7 | EGYPT Securing the rear 4th April 2014 Field Marshal Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi has moved his nominees to key posts in the armed forces. This should secure his continued dominance there after resigning as Commander-in-C...
Vol 55 No 7 | EGYPTSAUDI ARABIA Out of reach 4th April 2014 The shareholders of Egypt's Ajwa for Food Industries Company are embroiled in a long-running dispute with the former non-executive Chairman, the Saudi Arabian billionaire Sheikh Mo...
Vol 55 No 7 | EGYPTETHIOPIA Dam leak hits Addis 4th April 2014 Ethiopia risks isolation in the row with Egypt over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) now that the previously secret Independent Panel of Experts' repo...
Vol 55 No 7 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARANORWAY Kill the drill 4th April 2014 The Norwegian-based company Aker Solutions has decided to stop providing oil services to its drilling rig in disputed waters off Western Sahara after Africa Confidential publicised...
Vol 55 No 7 | LIBYAUNITED STATES Libya links worry Wall Street 27th March 2014 US prosecutors are scrutinising the methods used to get lucrative Libyan investments and the role of brokers and agents The United States regulatory authorities are closing in on several cases involving US financial institutions and possible bribes and commissions for the late Colonel Moammer el Gad...
Vol 55 No 6 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARANORWAY Testing the offshore limits 21st March 2014 Sahrawi officials are again trying to get the UN to intervene with oil companies drilling in disputed offshore areas A legal battle may be brewing between the Polisario Front, which since 1973 has aspired to rule Western Sahara, and Norwegian oil services company Aker Solutions over offshore expl...
Vol 55 No 6 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARAUNITED STATES Senate for Morocco 21st March 2014 About a month after the United States Senate passed a bill that, very unusually, affects the disputed territory of Western Sahara, Washington lobbyists Gray Global Advisors reveale...
Vol 55 No 5 | EGYPT Surprise shake-up 7th March 2014 The late February reshuffle came as a surprise because the quest for ministers will begin again after the presidential and parliamentary elections, due in the coming months. Some s...