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Thursday, 12 January 2017

The Egyptian bureaucracy as the Walking Dead

Al Arabiya reminded us that dealing with the nation’s bureaucracy is like stepping into an episode of The Walking Dead with the story of a man who went to renew his ID card only to be denied on the grounds that he had died a year ago and was already issued a death certificate, which would, naturally, bar him from issuing a new ID card. René Descartes would have had a blast here.

Other stories about Egypt in the international press worth noting this morning:

  • An “exclusive source” from Hamas told right-wing Breitbart News that Hamas and the Egyptian government have come to an agreement that will see the latter allowing more goods and vehicles to pass through the Rafah crossing to alleviate the blockade on the Gaza Strip.
  • The South Sudan armed opposition is accusing Cairo and Juba of conspiring to keep South Sudan President Salva Kiir in power amidst an agreement to sabotage the GERD, a senior opposition member tells the South Sudan News Agency.

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