Joe DeCapua February 02, 2011 7:00 PM Egypt’s Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq addressed the nation Thursday to apologize for Wednesday’s violent clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters. Mr. Shafiq described the violence as a “disaster.” University of Notre Dame Political…
Mohamed ElBaradei is best known as having been chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, a position he held from 1997 to 2009. Fawaz Gerges, from the London School of Economics, says there was…
The government of Egypt is intensifying its efforts to stamp out protests in Cairo, and reports suggest an attempt to block access to social media sites that are a key means of communication for protesters. Emad Shahin: Professor of religion…
Protests erupted in the streets of Cairo and other major Egyptian cities yesterday, calling for the ousting of the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Protesters are hoping to share the same success protestors in Tunisia saw in recent weeks,…