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Interview
Africa. The Living Memory of the Usman Dan Fodio’s Caliphate
Pierre Prier, Vincent Hiribarren
India: Why Modi’s Plan Against the Muslims Is Coming Unstuck
Olivier Da Lage
By refusing nationality to Muslim refugees from three neighbouring states, the Prime Minister is actually targeting India’s own Muslims, whom he wants to make stateless. Faced with (...)
Reporting
Tripoli, “The Bride of The Revolution”
Clothilde Facon
Though it gets less media coverage than its Beirut counterpart, the popular uprising against the governing regime and corruption that has pervaded the north Lebanese capital for more than two months shows no sign of running (...)
Egypt. The Army’s Cheap Dodges
Jean-Pierre Sereni
The Egyptian army has its finger in every aspect of the country’s economy, not just the armaments industry. Few sectors have escaped its voracious appetite. An unprecedented study reveals the damages wrought by a system marked by low (...)
The Polisario Opens a Front in the Battle for the Resources of Western Sahara
Khadija Mohsen-Finan
Morocco shamelessly exploits the resources of Western Sahara, sometimes through companies belonging to King Mohamed
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in person. But the Polisario Front has decided (...)
Turkey and its Borders: Darkness at Noon
Pierre-Yves Baillet
Faithful to its policy of “zero problems”, Turkey is set on becoming a regional power capable of capturing markets close at hand—as in Iraqi Kurdistan. Yet Ankara is still waging a low-intensity war against the Syrian Kurds and (...)
Anti-Semitism. Orchestrated Offensive against Jeremy Corbyn in the
UK
Jonathan Cook
For months, a campaign has been aimed at destabilising British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, accused of anti-Semitism. The (...)
Algeria: An Unpopular Election
Zaouia Meriem-Benziane
The army, which actually rules the country, has taken a tougher stand against the protests and the opposition. Many Hirak leaders and journalists have been geoled in the run-up to a presidential election which most Algerians plan to boycott. (...)
Chile, a Testing Ground for Israeli Weapons
Mapuche and Palestinians alike
Ramona Wadi
Both right-wing and left-wing Chilean governments have not renounced the military and judicial legacy of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973-1990). Israel contributes to their (...)
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