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February 19, 2019

Nigeria
Nigeria's Election Postponement Met With Suspicion

Early in the morning on Saturday, February 16, just hours before polls were scheduled to open, the Independent National Elections Commission (INEC) postponed Nigeria’s elections by a week. The nation…

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

March 18, 2016

Iraq
Weekend Reading: Russia’s Withdrawal, Escaping Fallujah, and Syrian Art

Reading selections for the weekend of March 18, 2016.

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

January 22, 2016

Turkey
Winter Storm Reading

Snow- and Middle East–themed reading for this weekend's winter storm.

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

December 23, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
Warning of Kidnapping by Nigeria’s Boko Haram

Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed on December 18 issued a warning that Boko Haram is planning a spectacular kidnapping similar to the 2014 Chibok kidnapping. Mohammed said tha…

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

September 7, 2012

Human Rights
Weekend Reading: Non-Islamists in Egypt, Bahrain’s Brutal Police, and Syria’s Tragedy

Said Shehata laments the lack of an effective opposition in Egypt’s largely Islamist-dominated political arena. Mahmood on Mahmood’s Den, reflecting on Bahraini police brutality, says that Bahrain’s…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates