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Published in: HomeContrasted overtures to the Arab Spring in Algerian and TunisiaAlgeria, a rich petrol country, has the means to buy social peace. In Algiers, the government took the necessary...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria and the Arab SpringAlgeria’s fratricidal war has divided democrats, seriously damaged civil society and left a political vacuum in the...
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Published in: HomeThe Tunisian revolution: a second decolonization?The urban, educated, upper middle class were fed up with the Ben Ali clique which they viewed as corrupt. Thus, in...
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Published in: openSecurityWho is the enemy Other?In ganging up on housing estates, in racist attacks or inter-state brinkmanship, how does the enemy become the...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria: reform or securitization of civil society?
While most of the world attention has been focused elsewhere, the early days of 2012 have seen a series of strikes...
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Published in: HomeGaddafi and the Tuareg, the "Lords of the desert"
What is the basis of the Tuareg-Gaddafi alliance that is playing itself out in the end-game in Libya? And to what...
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Published in: HomeAl-Qaida: an enduring insurgency
A series of incidents in Nigeria, Algeria, Iraq and Pakistan signals the transnational capacity of al-Qaida-type...
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Published in: openSecuritySupreme Court orders inquiry into ethnic violence in Karachi
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Algeria bomb attack. Sudan announces ceasefire in South Kordofan. Up to 160...
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Published in: HomeNorth African diversities: a personal odyssey
The era of European colonial rule in the Maghreb was one of great plurality and intermingling of cultures as well as...
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Published in: HomeAudio: What sort of organisation is Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb?
Yvan Guichaoua, West Africa expert researching non-government armed groups, describes what kind of force Al Qaida in...
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Published in: openSecurityThe genesis of terrorism in the Sahara: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Yvan Guichaoua reports back on the rise of a new force in the Sahara, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, news of which...
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Published in: openSecurityEgypt, Algeria, Yemen: Further reading on the Arab uprising
Yale University Press have issued this sampler from recent books on the Egypt, Yemen and Algeria. All provide...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria's youth have been so badly let down it's no surprise those remaining in the country are rioting
Violence and a culture of reactionary anti-Westernism has left young Algerians poorly equipped for today's world....
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Published in: openSecurityRights groups call for investigation into violence in Western Sahara
Rights groups call for international probe into violence in Western Sahara. Cholera reaches Port-au-Prince,...
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Published in: openSecurityUS ‘disappointed’ with Turkey on Iran sanctions
The US Secretary of Defence voices disappointment over Turkey. A terrorist strike hits Kandahar. Scores are dead in...
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Published in: openSecurityEgypt convicts Hezbollah suspects
Egypt convicts Hezbollah suspects. Human Rights Watch says Iraq torture routine. Blast in Peshawar kills four...
