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Tunisia: President’s party quits government
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's political crisis entered a new phase Sunday with an announcement that Cabinet ministers of the president's own party are quitting the governing coalition, which could force the ruling Islamists to compromise with the opposition. Continue reading
Tunisian PM says new Cabinet needed during crisis
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's Islamist prime minister said Saturday that he will resign if his proposal to appoint a nonpolitical Cabinet by mid-week is rejected. Continue reading
Tunisian PM says new Cabinet needed during crisis
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's Islamist prime minister said Saturday that he will resign if his proposal to appoint a nonpolitical Cabinet by mid-week is rejected. Continue reading
Sudan riot police clash with students at Khartoum university
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese riot police fired teargas at students on Friday as government supporters stormed the main university in the capital Khartoum, activists and witnesses said, in a second day of unrest on the campus. Sudan has avoided the Arab Spring style uprisings which unseated rulers in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, but spiraling inflation sparked small protests which have broadened into demonstrations of discontent with veteran President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s rule. Continue reading
Ousted Ben Ali’s Belongings Up For Auction
Supercars, antiques, art and jewellery seized from Tunisia’s ex-president could raise up to 10m euro for the country’s government. Continue reading
Arab Spring to take years to improve women’s rights: activists
LONDON (Reuters) – The Arab Spring has failed to deliver greater political power to women in the region or to offer them better protection from sexual harassment, but may yet yield female-friendly reform, a conference on women's rights heard on Tuesday. Human rights campaigners had hoped that women's involvement in protests that toppled governments in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen and overthrew Muammar Gaddafi in Libya would lead to more power for women in Arab states Continue reading
Israel confirms killing Arafat deputy in 1988
Israel acknowledged Thursday it killed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's deputy in a 1988 raid in Tunisia, lifting a nearly 25-year veil of secrecy and allowing a rare glimpse into the shadowy world of its secret operations. Continue reading
Anti-American fury sweeps Middle East over film
KHARTOUM/TUNIS (Reuters) – Fury about a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad tore across the Middle East after weekly prayers on Friday with protesters attacking U.S. embassies and burning American flags as the Pentagon rushed to bolster security at its missions Continue reading
Insight: Young Sudan activists push revolt against odds
(Reuters) – Slogans sprayed across walls in a dusty, working-class district of Khartoum are painted over but still convey their message: Sudan's young opposition activists want to bring an Arab Spring to their country and end President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's rule. The calls for democracy heard across Arab capitals – toppling autocratic leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen since the start of last year – have been late to arrive to Sudan, with demonstrations gathering momentum only since June. So far, protests have still been small, usually drawing crowds in the hundreds Continue reading
Insight: Young Sudan activists push revolt against odds
(Reuters) – Slogans sprayed across walls in a dusty, working-class district of Khartoum are painted over but still convey their message: Sudan's young opposition activists want to bring an Arab Spring to their country and end President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's rule. The calls for democracy heard across Arab capitals – toppling autocratic leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen since the start of last year – have been late to arrive to Sudan, with demonstrations gathering momentum only since June Continue reading
