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Tunisia: President Saied to re-write history, says revolt is unfinishedF

Tunisia's President Kais Saied said Thursday he would move the official anniversary of the country's revolution, a symbolic shift indicating that the revolt is unfinished. Tunisia's uprising broke out on December 17, 2010, when Mohamed Bouazizi, a vegetable salesman...
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Libya: Political divisions threaten the holding of this month’s electionsF

Libya court upholds presidential bid of PM Dbeibah A Libyan appeals court on Wednesday rejected two petitions against interim prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah's candidacy in this month's presidential election, Libyan media reported. The cases argued that Dbeibah was...
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Algeria: Pro-regime nationalist party FLN back in controlF

Algeria's long-dominant National Liberation Front has narrowly won local elections, preliminary results showed Tuesday, in a vote seen as key in efforts to turn the page on late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's rule. The FNL, which led the country's war of...
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Libya: As country prepares for elections, presence of foreign mercenaries remains thorny issueF

Fewer violations of the arms embargo on Libya have occurred this year as compared with 2020, but the "continuing presence" of foreign fighters is "still a serious threat," UN experts said in a confidential report. Nonetheless, while the "intense pace of delivery" of...
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Podcast: Lebanon FallingF

Podcast: Lebanon FallingF

Oct 12, 2022

The past months have been particularly horrendous for Lebanon, a country that used to be called the Switzerland of the...

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