Advancing Stability and Opportunity in the Middle East and North Africa
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Food Security in a Changing Climate: Sudan’s Crisis and the Broader MENA Struggle
Sudan now sits at the center of one of the most severe food security crises in the Middle East and…
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Trade Corridors and Economic Partnerships in the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia and Djibouti at the Centre of Regional Integration
The Horn of Africa is entering a period of renewed focus on regional connectivity and economic cooperation. For decades, trade…
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Yemen’s Economic Collapse: Currency Crisis, Shrinking Aid and Deepening Fragmentation
For now, the prospects for a negotiated settlement remained uncertain. The frontlines had been largely frozen since the 2022 ceasefire,…
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Tunisia’s Economic Tightrope: Domestic Borrowing, Stalled Reform and Growing Fragility
For Tunisia, the central challenge heading into 2026 remained generating sustainable growth while managing a heavy debt burden and limited…
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Economic Pressures and the Stability Equation Across MENA
The World Bank’s April 2025 economic update focused specifically on the weakness of MENA’s private sector as a constraint on…
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Yemen at the Ten-Year Mark: Economic Collapse, Humanitarian Crisis and Diminishing Prospects for Peace
Ten years after the Saudi-led coalition intervened to restore the internationally recognised government, Yemen remains fractured, impoverished and caught between…
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Libya’s Oil Revival and the Fragile Politics of Production
Libya’s oil sector has staged a remarkable recovery in 2025, with production climbing back toward 1.3 million barrels per day,…
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Egypt’s Stabilisation Tightrope: IMF Progress, Suez Losses and the Limits of Reform
Egypt entered the second half of 2025 with its macroeconomic stabilisation programme showing tangible results, though the foundations remain fragile.…
