Huge decline since 1990 in FGM in Africa where it is most prevalent. Information about the Middle East remains scanty.
Articles tagged: ‘Yemen’
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.
Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi
Posted onErdoğan all but fingers MBS for the murder. Prince Ahmad returns from London. Saudi Arabia losing some of its international grip, e.g. on Yemen.
Floods: a bad fortnight
Posted onFloods throughout the region this month causing death and destruction.
Saudi Arabia: more bad news
Posted onSaudi Arabia – arrests and accusations, Vision 2030 stumbles, “mistakes” in Yemen, trouble with Shia in Qatif – Trump to the rescue.
Yemen faces famine
Posted onYemen – famine imminent. UN process stalls, radically new approach needed.
Maritime boundaries in the Red Sea
Posted onMost of the maritime boundaries in the Red Sea have been delimited through negotiations or arbitration. The main current dispute is between Egypt and Sudan.
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.
Saudi Arabia: multiple criticism
Posted onSaudi policy criticised over Yemen, Qatar, human rights. Aramco IPO in doubt.
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.