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Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability

For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly...

UPM: Statement by the Unemployed People's Movement, declares that President Zuma targets protesters while taking no serious action on violence against women (18/02/2013)

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Our country is reeling with shock at the ongoing rape and violence against women, rich women and poor women, white women and black women, by men of all races and classes. And our country is reeling...

Stepping forward or stepping back? An overview of women’s rights in relation to the Arab Uprisings - Part 1

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

From the ban on women’s driving in Saudi Arabia, to the social stigmas which fuel honour killings, to the ever-controversial issue of the hijab (headscarf), women’s rights in the Middle East...

Tunisia

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Tunisia

Capital city: Tunis
Languages: Arabic (official); French (other)
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Democratic transition in Egypt and Tunisia: Lessons for “Arab Spring” states

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Analysis of the outcomes of the “Arab Spring” across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) reveals some broad trends. In Morocco and Jordan, limited political concessions appeased protestors,...

Arab Spring: Causes and consequences for Africa (May 2012)

POLITICAL UNREST

This report seeks to provide insight into some of the root causes of what came to be known as the Arab Spring and to analyse the consequences that the uprisings have had on the political dynamic in...

The future of the Arab Spring: Islam, Islamism, growing paranoia and future prospects (Part I)

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The year 2011 saw Libyan ‘revolutionaries’ call for democracy and human rights. However, the gruesome footage of the capture and subsequent death of Muammar Gaddafi indicates that the...

Africa in 2012: Will the dynamics of governance change?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The political landscape of Africa in 2011 was largely defined by the protests in North Africa, which eventually led to the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak in Egypt...

Hope for Reviving the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

On January 23rd, 2012, the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Saad-Eddine Al-Othmani met with his Algerian counterpart Mourad Medelci in Algiers. For those acquainted with North Africa political affairs,...

SA: Mbeki: Address by the former President of South Africa, to the students of Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch (26/08/2011)

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Date: 26/08/2011
Source: The Thabo Mbeki Foundation
Title: SA: Mbeki: Address by the former President of South Africa, to the students of Stellenbosch University,...

Number of press freedom alerts in Africa increased in 2010

Media Law

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) notes in its ‘Press Freedom in Africa 2010’ report that Africa recorded some 322 press freedom alerts in 2010, which is an increase of about 43.16%...

Resistance in times of crisis: The African Union's opposition to foreign intervention

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In recent months the world has seen some significant changes. These have been inspired in large part by the overthrowing of former President Ben Ali in Tunisia, an event which triggered similar...

The AU’s Policy on Libya Isolates it

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Since its transition from the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the African Union (AU) has declared its policy stance of non-indifference to the root causes of conflict in Africa, as opposed to...

Libya: the case for a negotiated solution

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

There has been a lot of controversy about the military operation undertaken by a coalition of mainly Western countries to implement resolution 1973 of the UN Security Council, imposing a no-fly...

The future of Libya at risk as armed mobilisation and civil war leads to the loss of political strategy

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

This paper examines the war being fought in Libya between Colonel Gaddafi’s forces and the opposition with their stronghold in Eastern Libya. Unlike Tunisia and Egypt the opposition was not able...

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