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January 12, 2017

Remembering Algeria 1992: The first Arab spring that never became a summer

Africa, Algeria, Perspective /

By Peter Speetjens   The forgotten Algerian civil war that killed as many as 200,000 people set the tone for the ‘Arab Spring’ and the paradox of democracy On 11 January, it will be exactly 25 years since Algeria’s military staged a coup to prevent the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) from winning the first multi-party elections […]

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Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: What is BDS?

Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Perspective /

By Hillary Aked   Everything you need to know about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, and what’s being done to combat BDS. File: Israeli border police and soldiers block Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank [EPA] What is BDS? BDS stands for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (and not, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

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