Tag Archives: Tunisia
Timbuktu Who’s Who
First Published: 12 July 2012. Updated: 8 February 2013 Jump to News Update Notes MNLA (National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad) The MNLA is a very recent organisation with a very old cause: the Tuareg have been fighting an insurgency against the central power in Mali since the late 1950s and openly fighting since 1963. This […]
Will #Mali’s new government herald arms or armies?
In less time than it takes for an apartment pineapple to ripen, a new government of national unity has been formed in Mali in the latest effort to restore stability after the military coup in March. It follows 5 long months of political tug-of-war between the ready-meal interim government and the frozen-dinner coup leadership headed by Captain Sanogo. […]
Western Sahara Under Mounting Pressure
Heightened Security “We’ve been building a lot of new walls lately,” says Polisario Front commander Ahmed Salem as he drives his 4 X 4 across Tindouf in Western Algeria. But the newly introduced security measures may not be enough to ensure the survival of the Western Sahrawis. Salem Ahmed drives along the desert sand wall […]
Marzouki refuses…
Marzouki refused to sign the extradition order to deport ex #Libya Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi from #Tunisia
Six freedom fighters from #Tunisia killed in #Syria
As residents of the southeastern Tunisian town of Ben Guerdane were absorbing the news that three locals had been killed in Syria, fresh reports arrived of the deaths of another three men. The young Tunisian men joined the ranks of Syrian opposition fighters in their uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, reported Tunisian daily Assabah. The Tunisians died […]
