Daily Archives: May 2, 2012
Thousands Still Afraid to Return Home to #Libya
Six months after an uprising brought down Muammar Gaddafi’s government, thousands of displaced Libyans are still living in abandoned construction sites, empty student dormitories or with host families, too afraid to return to their homes. “We want to go back but cannot,” said Abdul Aziz al-Irwi, who lives in Sidi Slim camp in the capital, […]
#Mauritania massive 2 May 2012 protest rally and sit-in
Police attacked the protesters at around 3am, just a few minutes after I closed this blog post. Sorry about the video quality, but it’s really hard to upload video in Mauritania because the connection speeds are abominable, so we must be patient and understanding. If he thought he could dampen people’s enthusiasm for the latest […]
#Somalia Gov Warning to Spoilers Bent on Disrupting Peace Process
Transitional Federal Government Spokesman Abdirahman Omar Osman told journalists in Mogadishu on Tuesday that the current administration was ready to end the current transition form of administration into a fully functional unity government.The government in Somalia has sounded an unequivocal warning to “spoilers” bent on disrupting the country’s peace process and derail what it called […]
#Mauritania’s Bonfire of the Vanities
It took considerable self-control to suppress my gag reflex at the sight of Abdel Aziz rushing from the palace to greet the protest march against Biram Ould Abeid’s sacrilegious act, dressed in full al-dara’a and head scarf traditional dress. I know he said that they should forget democracy, that Mauritania is Islamic, and promising swift and sure […]
