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Women Struggle To Run In Landmark Tunisian Elections

AP | By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 12.21.2011 | World
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TUNIS, Tunisia -- The new constituent assembly that will emerge from Tunisia's landmark elections this weekend will, without a doubt, have one of the ...

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Out of Touch in the Horn of Africa?

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Alemayehu G. Mariam

The Berlin Conference of 2009 In 1884, the Berlin Conference was convened by the European imperial powers to carve out colonial territories in Africa...

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After the Fall of African Dictatorships

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Alemayehu G. Mariam

If Africans are to have hope of a better future, they will need to build a fortress of freedom impregnable to the slings and arrows of civilians dictators and the savage musketry of military juntas.

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