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  • “They Fired on Us Like Rain”: between March 2022 and June 2023, Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants attempting to cross the border from Yemen
    Saudi Arabia

    Saudi border guards killed hundreds of migrants, says HRW report

    “They Fired on Us Like Rain”: between March 2022 and June 2023, Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants attempting to cross the border from Yemen

  • The Nile Project was a multinational music collective inspired by a river. It sang songs in a variety of styles and languages about life along and with the Nile. Like many projects in the region, it failed because of politics.
    Interlacing cultures

    Music of the Nile

    The Nile Project was a multinational music collective inspired by a river. It sang songs in a variety of styles and languages about life along and with the Nile. Like many projects in the region, it failed because of politics. By Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

  • "There is no hope for a quick and tidy end to the conflict in Sudan": According to experts, the warring parties have no interest in reaching a truce but seek to consolidate their respective power
    War in Sudan

    No hope for peace as fighting intensifies

    With peace talks running into a dead end, the UN is warning of destabilisation in Sudan. According to experts, the warring parties have no interest in reaching a truce but seek to consolidate their respective power. By Martina Schwikowski

  • Concern is mounting in South Sudan, Chad and Egypt, who all depend on stability in their neighbour Sudan, whether for economic, humanitarian or security reasons
    Power struggle in Sudan

    Concern mounts among Sudan's neighbours

    South Sudan, Chad and Egypt all depend on stability in their neighbour Sudan, whether for economic, humanitarian or security reasons. All the more reason to hope that the current ceasefire holds. Martina Schwikowski reports

  • In the current crisis, the situation of female labour migrants in Lebanon is deteriorating dramatically, with the kafala system driving increasing numbers into prostitution.
    Women migrant workers in Lebanon

    "Exploiting women is becoming the norm"

    Due to the current crisis, the situation of female labour migrants in Lebanon is deteriorating dramatically, says feminist Ghina al Andary. In interview with Andrea Backhaus in Beirut, she talks about how the kafala system is driving more and more women into prostitution

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    Dammed thirsty

    The cross-border fight for water

  • Port of Berbera, Somaliland

    The development of a trade hub in the Horn of Africa

    Dubai-based DP World is expanding its operations in Somaliland as part of a plan to turn the breakaway region into a major trade hub. Though Somaliland has relinquished commercial power, it may gain political weight. By Jonas Gerding

  • Military parade in Algeria's capital Algiers to mark the 60th anniversary of independence from France on 5 July 2022.
    Algeria at 60

    No more lethargy – Algiers’ passive foreign policy is over

    For the first time since 1989, Algeria‘s authoritarian regime has sent a military parade marching through Algiers. A formidable show of strength designed to impress rival regional powers, the event also sought to highlight the country’s own stance on Israel and Palestine. By Sofian Philip Naceur

  • Traditionally, the zar ritual – found in variations across parts of North Africa and the Middle East -- would last several days and include animal sacrifices.
    Egypt

    Ancient 'zar' ritual puts exorcism on stage

    A stage, lights, a mesmerised audience: it looks like an Egyptian folkloric concert, but Umm Sameh is singing to heal the sick by driving out the demons that possess them

  • Hydroelectric power station in Jinghong, China
    Middle East

    Water resources – another conflict trigger?

    From the Euphrates to the Mekong, dams that ensure one country's water supply risk leaving others parched. But shared water resources can be a source of peace as well as conflict. By Ruby Russell

  • Discrimination against black people in the MENA region

    Not just a Western problem

    Racism exists in the Arab world. People with dark skin are discriminated against and often see their rights curtailed. Activists have had enough of such treatment and are starting to rise up. The greatest progress has been made in Tunisia. By Mona Naggar

  • Egyptian president Abdeu Fattah al-Sisi (front) delivers a speech in grandstand before the opening match of the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship between Group G teams Egypt and Chile at the Cairo Stadium Sports Hall in the Egyptian capital on 13 January 2021
    27th Men's Handball World Championship

    Egypt 2021, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s search for a fig leaf

    Hosting major sports tournaments can confer prestige on a country, but in the case of Egypt, the 2021 Handball World Championship will do little to repair relations with either the United States, Italy, or the Arab Gulf states, argues James M. Dorsey

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