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UN launches new project to address link between arms, crime & terrorism

Several United Nations agencies have launched a new project to address the link between terrorism, arms and crime through enhancing national legislative, strategic and operational capacities to prevent, detect and counter the firearms trafficking and other illegal activities related to terrorism and organized crime. The UN has repeatedly warned that illicit flows of small arms […]

Catch-22: Europe’s Sovereign Debt Crisis and its Impact on the MENA Economies Revisited

The sovereign debt crisis is often being called the mother of all problems, especially those with no-win solutions (or double-win of any sort for that matter). The consequences of the European sovereign debt crisis, touched off by Europe’s weakest economies in 2011, have been piecemeal yet deep and noticeable far beyond the EU’s borders. As […]

Egypt’s Unprecedented Move: 528 Morsi Supporters Sentenced to Death

In an unprecedented move by Egypt’s judiciary, 529 people have been sentenced to death in the south of the country. After only two court sessions, a judge in the southern Egyptian city of Minya issued the verdict and harsh sentences. The convicted who are reportedly supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi, were accused of involvement […]