Posted by MoroccoTomorrow | Oct 29, 2012 | Arab Spring |
By: Said Temsamani Contrary to what former protests across the Middle East and North Africa might imply, Morocco and Jordan monarchs still enjoy an extraordinary degree of legitimacy in the eyes of their people. Undoubtedly both...
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Oct 29, 2012 | Arab Spring |
By: Said Temsamani The Arab League, officially called the League of Arab States, is a notoriously fractious regional organization of 22 Arab states based in Cairo. It was founded on March 22, 1945, with the aim of strengthening...
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Oct 29, 2012 | Sahara, Sahel |
NEWS ANALYSIS Samuel James for The New York Times Members of Boko Haram, a group that has killed thousands of people in recent years in an effort to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria. By ROBERT F. WORTH WASHINGTON — One of...
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Oct 29, 2012 | Morocco News, Sahara, Sahel |
THREAT MATRIX A Blog of The Long War Journal By BILL ROGGIO Ansar Dine fighters fly al Qaeda’s banner in Northern Mali in late April 2012. (Source: PanAfrican News Wire) Both Malian security officials and Ansar...
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ISSOUF SANOGO, AFP/GETTY IMAGES Armed Islamists gather in northern Mali, where militants have taken over huge stretches of the West African country. BY ROBYN DIXON, Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — If top diplomats...
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