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Algeria: Divisions in the Islamist movement over Algeria’s protestsF

The Algerian protest movement has brought into the fore the divisions pitting the various Islamist movements operating in and outside of the country. Different branches of political Islam interpret the calls for democracy and the rule of law by the Algerian people,...
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Libya: Haftar troops unable to capture Tripoli, more violence aheadF

Al-Swani, Libya, June 3, 2019 - As meat sizzled on a barbeque in a Tripoli suburb, Libyan fighters defending the capital from a military offensive rested during "the calm before the storm" on the front lines. "We don't deprive ourselves of anything," said a fighter...
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Sahel: How Mali is descending into chaosF

June 3, 2019 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning of a "high risk" of atrocities in Mali in a report that calls for beefing up the UN peacekeeping presence in the strife-torn center of the country. In the report to the Security Council obtained by AFP,...
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Chaos and insecurity in the SahelF

May 25, 2019 - Jihadists are scoring gains in the Sahel, defying efforts by five countries in the fragile region to fight back with Western help against Islamist militancy. Areas of insecurity on the Sahara's poor, arid southern rim are widening, analysts say, even as...
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