Can someone please explain what all the trouble is about in Egypt .
There’s already a Great Debates thread about Egypt, so I foresee this thread getting shut down pretty quickly. However, the Washington Post has up a great blog entry running through the basics of the situation. It should help you out.
Yes, that answers all my questions, thanks for that.
Egypt has a few non-political problems.
"Egypt’s oil production peaked in 1996, and since then has declined by around 26%. Having moved from complete food self-sufficiency since the 1960s, to excessive dependence on imports subsidised by oil revenues (now importing 75% of its wheat), declining oil revenues have increasingly impacted food and fuel subsidies. As high food prices are generally underpinned by high oil prices - because energy accounts for over a third of the costs of grain production - this has further contributed to surging global food prices. "
(Reuters) - Egypt has less than two months’ supply of imported wheat left in its stocks, ousted President Mohamed Mursi’s minister of supplies said, revealing a shortage more acute than previously disclosed.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/11/uk-egypt-protests-wheat-idUKBRE96A08Y20130711
As noted, there is an open thread on this topic: Egypt - “The Nile Runs Red”
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