Category: How We Think

  • The Spectre of Egypt’s Population Growth

    The Spectre of Egypt’s Population Growth

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    Harry Grubb
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    20th September 2018 President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has his hands full. Whilst Egypt’s fighting with Islamic State-allied (IS or Daesh) militants centred around Arish in Northern Sinai has caught the world’s eye and has been robustly addressed with much publicity by the Egyptian military, there also exists a bubbling conflict in the Western Desert that…

  • Nigeria, Boko Haram, and the Sahel

    Nigeria, Boko Haram, and the Sahel

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    Harry Grubb
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    20th September 2018 In mid-July a popular English-language weekly that covers economics, politics and finance published an article discussing the spread of Islamist terror groups in the Sahel, and the “fall” of Nigeria. Perhaps you read it … Like a lot of mainstream media the article provided an adequate overview, but tended toward the alarmist. ……

  • Beware The Election?

    Beware The Election?

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    Harry Grubb
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    20th September 2018 “The slowdown in Kenya’s economic momentum is largely attributable to three drivers … Third, election-related uncertainty weakened private sector activity for a good part of 2017.” World Bank, 7 Dec, 2017 Kenya’s economy has certainly bounced back since the fractious elections of 2017, and with key elections having just occurred in Pakistan,…