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Maher a founder of the influential "April 6" youth movement was arrested upon his return from the United States, allegedly for inciting a protest in Cairo in March. He was held overnight before being released, reportedly without explanation. Three days later, Maher survived a major car accident—the cau
lomanana and handed power to President Rajoelina. The event was denounced by the international community as a coup and Madagascar was suspended from the African Union. In the negotiations that followed, both men agreed to a roadmap brokered by the South African Development Community and committed not to stand in t
rated the finalization of the draft constitution and forced a quick popular vote on it, continue to draw supporters and protestors to the streets of Cairo. Demonstrations by both sides reached a climax on December 4th and 5th, when clashes outside of the presidential palace in Cairo left five dead and
tipulated that funding come from voluntary and not assessed contributions. The Malian transitional authorities (under stress—see below), ECOWAS, and the African Union were disappointed by the lack of outright support for a military mission. Instability in the interim government in Bamako is impeding regional and
hat is after all the Bush/neocon/democracy activist line. Take U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's 2005 speech at the American University in Cairo or Bush's second inaugural address -- both reviled by "realists." It would be nice if some of the critics now admitted that such speeches were prop
er, more directly involved regional powers take the lead -- not only in Libya, but also with respect to France in the Ivory Coast, Turkey in Syria, the African Union in Somalia, and ASEAN nations in Southeast Asia. Call it the private equity approach to American foreign policy: nimble, flexible, adaptable, and r
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