Sexual violence perpetrated by Egyptian security forces increased following the military’s takeover in July 2013, according to a new report.…
The World Food Programme is back to regular business for Syrians. A week after a $64 million shortfall forced the…
The United Nations announced it has been forced to stop providing food aid to Syrian refugees. Three weeks after the U.N.…
By Erika Lundahl, special to Humanosphere Amid widespread political dissent in the wake of the military coup and the election…
Things are not well for Syrian children. Wednesday saw reports that a botched vaccine delivery left 15 dead in the…
Construction on the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.ethioconstruction.net Egypt and Ethiopia are at odds over the construction of the $4-billion hydroelectric Great…
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Families protesting near Tahrir Square by Flickr user Zeinab Mohamed This has been a tumultuous week in Egypt. Huge protests…
Nadia supported the original revolution, Egypt’s Arab Spring, that deposed the dictator Hosni Mubarak. She has not been happy with President Mohamed Morsi or the Muslim Brotherhood. Yet she is not supportive of the current protest movement aimed at forcing Morsi from office. Nadia sees chaos ahead if that happens
In 2010, Egyptian Google executive Wael Ghonim used Facebook to coordinate a protest of the torture and killing of a…