Egypt: Concerns after Attempt to Eviction Giza Slum

Sunday 30 August: Eshash El-Sudan is a slum area of three acres next to Sudan Street on the outskirts of Giza`s middle-class Doqqi district. A footbridge at the end of a narrow street opposite a metro

Gaza: “Uninhabitable by 2020”

A new UN report had concluded that, under current economic trends, Gaza could be "uninhabitable" in less than five years.   Yesterday, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), issued its periodic report on “assistance

New Extractionism in Occupied Western Sahara:

Amid Saharawi protests, San Leon Energy has begun to drill an on-shore well in occupied Western Sahara on 21 August.   The El Aaiun-4 conventional well is located on the so-called Tarfaya licence, near Foum el

Egypt: Batn al-Baqara to Undergo Urban Renewal

Egypt has 1,300 slums, including 340 high-risk areas, we look to remove them and move their inhabitants into safe houses, says prime minister.   He cabinet has outlined a plan to build housing units for residents of

Libya: Benghazi`s Forgotten Displaced

One-quarter of the Libyan city`s population has been forced to flee their homes since fighting broke out last year.   Benghazi, Libya—Benghazi, Libya`s second-largest city, was the stronghold of the popular insurrection against Muammar Gaddafi in 2011,

HIC-HLRN Members Submit CESCR Report on Sudan

The human rights dimensions of land form the central theme of a new report on Sudan’s performance under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) that HIC-HLRN has submitted today at Geneva.

Veolia Dumps Jerusalem Rail

Turkey “Takes Israeli Gas over Egyptian”

Turkish energy expert Nusret Comert says Turkey will pay more for Israeli gas, and be a more reliable source of demand.   "As of now, exporting Israeli natural gas to Turkey is probably the main possibility for

“Purpose-built” Sedentarizing of Petra Bedouins

Archaeologists say that the ancient City of Petra dates back to the third century BC. The famous site in the south of Jordan, which was once occupied by the Romans, is today one of the