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Tunisia: A Constitution & A Soft-Coup

As a Tunisian, I could not be happier to announce that there is now solid hope in my people’s full independence and prosperity: That hope is summarized in the Tunisian Constitution of 2014. 1881 marked the start of the oc...

by Mohamed Firas Arfaoui

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Timbuktu and the Northern Mali conflict

It not entirely an accident that Timbuktu is a colloquialism for any faraway place. The intricately complex conflict in Northern Mali is one that seems even more remote from our comprehension than other modern armed conflicts. ...

by Will Perry Evans

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Is Nigeria tearing itself apart?

After years of military rule, Nigeria clawed her way to democratic governance in 1999 and today, for the first time in her history, the country has witnessed three successive democratic transitions without the military’s ...

by Samson Faboye

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Behind the scenes of Antonio Ledezma’s arrest in Venezuela

Political clashes in parts of Venezuela escalated this weekend with the arrest of the mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma. Ledezma is accused of being part of a foreign plot to force the current administration from power. The a...

by Laura Vidal

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Tunisia: A Constitution & A Soft-Coup

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