BRUSSELS (EUObserver)- Al Qaeda acquired weapons from Gaddafi’s forces, Chinese arms dealers negotiated with the dictator’s envoys, and France ignored an arms embargo in supplying the rebels, Nato and EU officials said Monday (5 September).
Haaretz & DPA: Former U.S. assistant secretary of state David Welch advised the Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi in August on how to overpower rebels fighting to end his 42-year rule, broadcaster Al Jazeera reported Thursday, citing documents found in Tripoli.…
Nigerian authorities reported that at least four people were killed in the latest outbreak of religious violence in the flashpoint city of Jos, capital of the centrally located Plateau State.
POLITICAL STABILITY: Libya has descended into civil war, as pro- and anti-regime forces battle for control of the country. Political uncertainty will remain high for the foreseeable future. The first signs of a popular uprising emerged in mid-February, when a small…
POLITICAL STABILITY: Egypt has entered a period of heightened political instability, which will continue for the first half of the forecast period. The popular uprising, which led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the former president, was a momentous event unparalleled in…
Egyptian MENA News Agency reported that the armed forces issued a statement on Saturday stating that they have arrested five suspects over their involvement in an attack on a police station in the northern Sinai town of El-Arish, that left seven…
AFP News Agency reported that 37 soldiers were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of being involved in the attempted murder of President Alpha Condé in his residence in Conakry earlier on Tuesday morning.
Jamestown.org: While al-Qaeda focused on the global jihad under the leadership of the late Osama bin Laden, an examination of the speeches and publications of his Egyptian successor, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, show that renewing his own failed jihad in Egypt…
Quoting tribal sources, the website News Yemen reported Friday that tribal fighters blew up a pipeline in Al Sarwah, a city in the Mareb province, on Thursday evening. Separately, the website Mareb Press reported that the army regained control of the stadium seized yesterday by…
Clashes erupted on Sunday evening in Rabat, Casablanca, Fes, Asfi andTangiers between pro-governmental demonstrators and opposition activists protesting against constitutional reforms disclosed by King Mohammed VI on Friday. At least 40 members of the February 20 movement were injured following a first wave…