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A man walks over a bridge by the construction of Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam in Guba Woreda, some 40 km (25 miles) from Ethiopia’s border with Sudan, June 28, 2013. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

African Development Bank continues investment in Egypt energy sector

by Sharif Yamani | Jul 5, 2013 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Khalid Al-Askari, energy section official at the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Egypt has said the bank was conducting studies on a Ethiopia–Sudan–Egypt electricity link project, following the success of an initial feasibility study for the...

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File photo of Moisés Naím. (moisesnaim.com)

Moisés Naím on ‘Foreign Policy,’ ‘The End of Power’

by Mamdouh Al-Muhaini | Jun 22, 2013 | Media

Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Moisés Naím has drawn the attention of decision-making circles in Washington through more than one book on the Middle East. Of Libyan descent, Naím was raised in Venezuela, where he served briefly as the minister of trade and industry. He...

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Syrian opposition activists argue outside the venue of the main opposition National Coalition meeting in Istanbul on May 26, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Ozan Kose

Opinion: Will cannibals govern Syria?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 19, 2013 | Opinion

At a press conference in London, Russian president Vladimir Putin recently warned world leaders against backing Syria’s rebels with arms, saying: “One should hardly back those who kill their enemies and eat their organs,” a reference to the Syrian opposition...