King of Bahrain speaks on the Arab Spring
King Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain speaks out on the Arab Spring and Bahrain’s own uprising… Bahrain’s uprising was extinguished brutally and with great speed when on March 15, a state of emergency was declared, and a heavily armed force of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) soldiers descended on the country from Saudi Arabia. [...]
British writer Lucy Emmerson, currently based in Cairo, blogs on events taking place in Egypt… A malaise has settled over Egypt’s population as the ever more complicated saga of how best to move towards democracy unfolds. As the politically engaged debate increasingly ideologically charged issues of election law and the “continuing revolution”, large [...]
Continue reading …CNN talks to residents inside the town of Sabha, where the streets are slowly being cleared of Muammar Gaddafi’s image.
Continue reading …There has been celebratory gunfire as National Transitional Council fighters have entered the southern Libyan city of Sabha. The CNN report says that not much fighting has occurred, and that some residents have been out in the street cheering the NTC forces, while others have been ‘hanging back’. Field commanders reportedly believe intelligence chief Abdullah [...]
Continue reading …One of Mummar Gaddafi’s mercenaries, now in Niger, has spoken about why he fought for the former Libyan dictator. The man says he was on the front line in Misrata, and he followed orders to clear the town ‘street by street’.
Continue reading …Amnesty International has criticised the European Union over it’s response to the problem of refugees on Libya’s borders.
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Death toll reaches 58 from recent days of violence and new rocket attacks… Machinegun fire and heavy shelling erupted in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa early on Tuesday, with violence shifting from a crackdown on civilian protesters, to open warfare between rival army divisions. Rocket attacks on a camp occupied by protesters came [...]
Continue reading …National Transitional Council fighters are regrouping for another push on the city of Sirte, following intense clashes on Monday that saw them having to withdraw from the eastern front.
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