GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

  The Suez Canal is an artificial water way connected to the Red sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It was constructed in 1869 such that by 1875 the French and the British had significant shares for example the British government under Prime Minister Benjamin had bought shares worth 400,000 pounds giving Britain about 43% of the Suez Canal company stock. By 1956 a question now arose over the ownership of the Canal between Britain and France, Israel and Egypt yet Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser wanted effective control over all Egyptian resources. Real war started in October 1956 when Israel attacked Egypt in the Sinai and Gaza strip. He then got full backing from Britain and France and when Nasser attacked foreign forces in Suez Canal military show down had started. The following were the causes of suez canal crisis. After the success of the Egyptian revolution in 1952 Nasser wanted to delink Egypt from Western Europe interference and therefore the failure of the foreigners (Israel, Bri...

  Many Egyptians lost their lives including over 300 soldiers, vast quantities of equipment destroyed and property damaged. The crisis was a diplomatic, political and moral victory for Egypt, the peace terms compelled Britain to flee out of Egypt hence the full control of the canal went into the hands of the Egyptians. Total independence was realized such that by January 1957 she was free at last from the excessive influence of the western European powers, she thus achieved total political, social and economic independence. The diplomatic victory elevated Nasser’s stature both in Egypt and in the Arab world. He became the leading defender of the Arab interests against imperialism. Egypt then became a centre of Arab nationalism and Nasser became a hero to be worshipped. Nasserism became the order of the day which involved Nationalism and Islamic principles. When Egypt emerged victorious, Cairo was seen by Africans as a centre for African nationalism agitation. It attracted political...

  Gamel was one of the free Officers Movement that overthrew the puppet regime of King Farouk in 1952. He was first the prime minister of Egypt and later became president in 1954 after the overthrow of Muhammad Neguib. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF NASSER'S FOREIGN POLICY Nasser successfully sent expatriates to African countries to help fill the man power gap after the departure of colonial masters. These expatriates included teachers, engineers, and doctors, for example in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. Nasser promoted the use of African languages on the continent. This included Kiswahili, Arabic, Amhara, Hausa among others hence easing communication. Nasser succeeded in destabilizing the state of Israel. This was done through sponsoring the fierce fadeyeen commandos who destroyed the state of Televiv and bombarded areas in the country. Nasser succeeded in providing scholarships to African students. The African nationalists from Algeria, Congo Zaire and other Arab states we...