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Eduardo Ramon

Moving from crisis to hope: Egypt’s economy in 2025

After dramatic action from the central bank, an $8bn IMF loan and a $35bn development deal, Cairo aims to bounce back in the new year, but faces both familiar and new problems first

Marcelle Nasr 04 January 2025
Egypt has successfully leveraged its role as a key player in resolving the Gaza conflict to get the foreign assistance it needs to rescue its economy. Ewan White

Egypt’s long road to recovery: Who wins and who must wait?

Many regional and international stakeholders believe that the cost of rescuing Egypt's economy pales in comparison to the steep price everyone might pay if it were to descend into chaos

Alaa Shahine Salha 12 April 2024
The French Navy's bagpipe band Pagad Lan Bihu plays at the Pyramids of Giza in 2020. AFP

Egyptians cautiously hopeful following IMF deal

Egypt's Central Bank is betting on economic resilience while also navigating an array of challenges

Marcelle Nasr 08 March 2024
The experiences of North African countries with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have often culminated in a failure to achieve desired results. Each has its own priorities with varied outcomes. Ewan White

Trapped in a cage of debt: A look at North Africa's complicated relationship with the IMF

North African countries' experiences with the IMF have often resulted in failure. Each country has its own specific priorities and outcomes.

Kawthar Zantour 28 August 2023
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20 May 2026

Beyond Israel's immediate security aims lies a much larger struggle over Lebanon's future—one that will unfold over years, in multiple stages, and cannot be reduced to a simple question of force.

Michael Horowitz
Lamine Yamal raises the Palestinian flag during Barcelona's celebrations of their Spanish League title in Barcelona, ​​2026. AP
Culture & Social Affairs

How Gaza pushed Israel out of Europe’s moral order

18 May 2026

Football star Lamine Yamal's hoisting of Palestine's flag, and the Eurovision audience's booing of Israel's contestant, show how Israel has lost its PR edge

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Why the US clings to a failed siege strategy in Cuba

15 May 2026

Crippling US sanctions on Havana were designed to force regime change, but six decades of crippling embargo have only cemented it

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
A gas facility off the Suez Desert Road outside Cairo, Egypt, on 1 September 2020.
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Business & Economy

Egypt repays energy firms with an eye on self sufficiency

19 May 2026

Cairo hopes to gain the trust of partners through its regular payments to energy firms, so that they will be more inclined to invest in gas exploration activities

Sharif Mohammad
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