A Hamas spokesman said Monday that the closure of Jerusalem’s Mughrabi Bridge, which leads from the Western Wall Plaza to the Temple Mount, is an attack against Muslim holy sites, AFP reported.
Hamas: Israel declaring war on Muslim holy sites with closure of Jerusalem bridge – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
December 12, 2011
Morocco’s Islamist Prime Minister – By Avi Spiegel | The Middle East Channel
December 6, 2011
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Morocco’s Islamist Prime Minister – By Avi Spiegel | The Middle East Channel.
The Moroccan case challenges conventional wisdom about contemporary Islamists and contextualizes qualms about what they might do next. The PJD originated as an offshoot of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
Malaria Remains a Pronounced Threat to U.S. Service Members in Africa
December 6, 2011
The lesson is simple, AFRICOM health officials said. All the aforementioned steps are critical to protecting yourself from the threat of Malaria. Using an effective layered defense, backed up by appropriately prescribed and applied medications, service members and civilian travelers alike should be able to visit the continent with little to no threat of malaria.
Islamists set to dominate Egypt legislature as initial vote results emerge – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
December 1, 2011
Initial results of Egypt’s first free election in six decades will emerge on Thursday, with Islamist parties expecting to command a majority in parliament, hard on the heels of victories by their counterparts in Tunisia and Morocco.
Sierra Leone: Change You Can (Not) Believe In
December 1, 2011
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Sierra Leone: Change You Can (Not) Believe In.
Sierra Leone is in the middle of a corruption firestorm after a damaging al-Jazeera investigative report uncovered what appears to be corruption at the highest levels of government, including the vice president. Sorious Samura, the country’s celebrated investigative journalist, broke the story for al-Jazeera after he infiltrated government offices. For two thousand dollars, undercover reporters were granted access to the vice president and other senior government officials who hinted at the possibility delaying the official ban on timber exports and allow the so-called investors to engage in what is clearly an illegal activity. You can watch the entire video here.
Gambia: An Honest Observation of the Election Process
November 30, 2011
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We applaud the efforts of the African Union and Commonwealth Election Observers’ who, inspite of the smear campaign that characterised the countdown to the November 24th Presidential Election critically observed our solemn political process and in the final analysis gave history a fair writing. Their conclusion that the election was free, fair and transparent is indeed an honest accolade as every sober-minded person conscious of the political trend of this country knows that Gambia’s political process is among the most free and transparent in the region.
Initial Reports on Congo Elections Discouraging
November 29, 2011
Initial Reports on Congo Elections Discouraging.
Voting in Congo’s national elections started yesterday and will likely last several more days. Because of the many offices to be filled, including the presidency, The New York Times describes the ballot as “thick as a newspaper.” Not surprising, as the BBC reports, there are eleven presidential candidates, more than nineteen thousand candidates vying for the five hundred Assembly seats and other offices.
The price of RTE’s catastrophic mistake
November 29, 2011
The price of RTE’s catastrophic mistake.
EVEN BY THE sorry standards of recent history, the past fortnight has marked another low for the media. In London, public figures troop in each day to the Leveson inquiry into media practices, delivering shocking stories of indefensible intrusion by newspaper journalists. Last week, in the High Court in Dublin, two newspapers admitted that they had no evidence for reports they had carried about the death of the schoolboy Robert Holohan at the hands of Wayne O’Donoghue.
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