Huge decline since 1990 in FGM in Africa where it is most prevalent. Information about the Middle East remains scanty.
Articles tagged: ‘UAE’
UAE – still spreading its wings
Posted onUAE little exposed to criticism compared with Saudi Arabia, though their policies are close. Separatist South Yemen an exception.
Floods: a bad fortnight
Posted onFloods throughout the region this month causing death and destruction.
Khashoggi
Posted onKhashoggi murdered or renditioned to Saudi Arabia. Will international concern be enough to change policy towards the kingdom? There is now convincing evidence, short of absolute proof, that the prominent Saudi journalist and commentator Jamal Khashoggi (our posting of 3 October) was detained in the Saudi consulate general in Istanbul on 2 October and taken either dead or alive to Saudi Arabia. There is no evidence to support the Saudi claim that he left the building freely. In what follows we assume, like virtually all other commentators, that the Saudi …
Yemen faces famine
Posted onYemen – famine imminent. UN process stalls, radically new approach needed.
Qatar: blockade the new status quo
Posted onQatar: no movement on the dispute with the four. Increasing Qatari confidence, outward investment, arms purchases. Mediation going nowhere, but Qatar itself a mediator.
Blockchain & cryptocurrencies in the Arab world
Posted onThe Fourth Industrial Revolution impacts on every country in the Arab world but policymaking in response to new fintech like blockchain and cryptocurrencies varies widely.
Yemen: more civilians killed
Posted onRepeated killing of civilians in Yemen by coalition airstrikes attracting criticism in Congress and elsewhere. Dangerous developments. UN talks to restart in Geneva.
Lebanon: Syria, refugees, Russia
Posted onAs the Syrian war ends, Syria’s role in Lebanon reasserted. Russia supports return of refugees to Syria, accuses US of stalling.
Saudi/Canada row: some lessons
Posted onDetails of the Saudi/Canada row clearer. Some lessons to be learned.