Ancient Egyptian DNA reveals deep genetic roots in Morocco

A groundbreaking genetic study has revealed that ancient Moroccan populations played a foundational role in the emergence of Ancient Egypt’s early civilization. Published in Nature, the study presents the first fully sequenced genome of an individual from Egypt’s Old Kingdom (circa 2855–2570 BCE), showing that the majority of his ancestry traces back to Neolithic North […]

Egypt demands UN Security Council reform, calls for end to exclusive veto powers

Egypt has called for sweeping reforms to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), arguing that the veto system has become untenable in today’s fractured world. The call was launched by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in his address at the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia on Tuesday, September 3. Abdelatty said the council must either […]

The Jasmine Plan: Tunisia’s Way to Economic Recovery

When fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire in December 2010 and started the first of the series of “Arab Spring” revolutions, it was not just the decade-long dictatorship that he was protesting against but also the poor state of the Tunisian economy that had been for long unable to provide its people with […]