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ing to set up preaching tents in a residential area in southern Tunis. The incidents have sparked fears in the press that Tunisia may be entering an Algeria-esque "black decade." What has occurred, however, more accurately reflects the diversity and polarization within Tunisia's "Islamist" political comm
Security Force for Abyei on May 4th. This has led to further claims by South Sudan against Sudan, with the assassination seen in Juba an attempt by Khartoum to undermine the ongoing efforts to peacefully resolve the dispute over Abyei. In addition, Sudan appears to be gearing up to fight—the country has
ll extremely unstable as militias continue to carry out attacks and arms are still being trafficked from Libya to neighboring countries. Trends: In Algeria, more than a month after legislative elections were held, President Abdulazziz Bouteflika has yet to name a new Prime Minister. It is unclear whethe
flict, sanctions, and rising food prices, the Sudanese population reacted immediately to the new austerity measures. Student-led protests erupted in Khartoum in mid-June and quickly spread to surrounding parts of the city joined by other groups including lawyers, human rights defenders, and opposition me
Niger, and Burkina Faso, as well as other West African countries and some non-African states. Core countries from the Sahel-Sahara region—including Algeria, Mauritania, Chad, Libya, and Morocco—also attended the Abuja summit. Algeria, Egypt, and Mauritania continued to express reservations about a mili
nance, however, is inevitably limited. Sudan: President Omar al-Bashir promised to retaliate against Israel for an air raid on a weapons factory in Khartoum. On October 23rd, Sudan accused Israel of sending four warplanes that jammed Sudanese radars and hit the Yarmouk arms factory in Khartoum. Israel re
ng, ironically, Cambodia. 35 voted against and 32 abstained. This and other similar actions by the General Assembly led Abba Eban to proclaim that if Algeria offered a resolution than the earth was flat and Israel flattened it, it would pass 72 to 35, with 32 abstentions. The United States representative t
the defensive war) in exchange for recognition by the Arab stated and secure borders. Israel accepted 242, but the Arab nations held a conference in Khartoum, where they issued their 3 infamous “no’s.” “No peace. No negotiation. No recognition.” This led Israel’s U.N. representative Abba Eban to quip that
Entities connected to both Algeria and Khartoum

Barack Obama
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Tunisia
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United States
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Yemen
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Bashar al-Assad
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Sudan
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Marc Rich
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Lebanon
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Morocco
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Middle East
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George W. Bush
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Cairo
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Bill Clinton
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Damascus
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Hosni Mubarak
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tehran
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Bahrain
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