Security and Democracy
Tunisian police officers containing a demonstration in January this year (from The Telegraph). This week a group of Tunisian scholars are visiting Georgetown University to exchange ideas with local...
View ArticleBehold the Prisoner
Bosco Ntaganda (from Al Jazeera). On Monday last week, Bosco Ntaganda, a Congolese warlord facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity (notably the conscription of children for his...
View ArticleTunisian Summer
Deputy and opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi, assassinated on Friday in Tunisia (from Le Monde). Two days ago Tunisian Deputy and founder of the opposition party People’s Movement Mohamed Brahmi was...
View ArticleElection Aftermath Questions
Presidential Candidate Morgan Tsvingirai, who obtained the second place in the election (from Le Monde). Yesterday, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced that Robert Mugabe won another 5-year...
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Brazil President Dila Rousseff greets Gabon President Ali Bongo, whose government was condoned a US$3.5 million debt (from o Globo). Yesterday, the Brazilian Senate approved President Dilma Rousseff’s...
View ArticleElections in Madagascar
Lalao Ravalomanana (left) and incumbent President Andry Rajoelina (right), two of the candidates barred from participating in the upcoming Madagascar Presidential Election (from The Guardian). On...
View ArticleThe Victory Symphony
Nelson Madela, accompanied by his wife Winnie Madikizela, upon his release from jail in 1990 (from @HistoricPics). On Thursday, Nelson Mandela, ex-president of South Africa, passed away at 95 years of...
View ArticleFleeing from the Central African Republic
Source: MICHAEL ZUMSTEIN / Agence Le Monde The Department of State has named Central African Republic’s current situation in a ‘pregenocidal’ state. Thousands of Muslims have and are currently fleeing...
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A vendor of Libyan flags in Benghazi before a protest against the interim General National Congress’ mandate extension (from Reuters). On February 20, Libya will hold elections for the Constituent...
View ArticleMozambique On The Edge
Renamo fighters in Mozambique / Source: TandemPost After 20 years of peace, possibilities of civil strife in Mozambique are emerging once more. Mozambique held municipal elections back in November. The...
View ArticleInstitutionalizing Ebola
Health workers in Kenema screen people for the Ebola virus on August 9 before entering a hospital in Sierra Leone. Nearly 4,877 people have been killed by Ebola; 9,936 are thought to have been...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Hybrid Regimes – Burkina Faso
Opposition supporters as they protest at the Place de la Nation in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou calling for the departure of the military. Source: AFP/GETTY IMAGES October 29 marked the demise...
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