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The articles below are the most recent additions to the North Africa Region category of Africa InfoServ. To read an article, click on its title. To see more North Africa Region articles or to search a particular topic, click on Africa Archive. Articles marked with a magnifying glass ( Longer, analytical article. ) are longer, more analytical pieces.

Countries in this region include: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.

1. The long shadow of Algeria on the Arab Autumn
Author: David Porter Date Written: 10 November 2011
Primary Category: North Africa Region Document Origin: Pambazuka News, Issue 557
Secondary Category: Human Rights Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org/en
Key Words: Algeria, arab autumn, peace, security, Egypt, Tunisia

Summary & Comment: "The political situation in North Africa remains complex even after the events of the Arab Spring. David Porter attempts to draw lessons for the region from Algeria’s experience two decades ago." MEM
2. Longer, analytical article. Libya: Smuggling war as human rights?
Author: Khadija Sharife Date Written: 10 November 2011
Primary Category: North Africa Region Document Origin: Pambazuka News, Issue 557
Secondary Category: Human Rights Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
Key Words: Libya, Gaddafi, peace, war, security

Summary & Comment: "’Was Gaddafi the most threatening figure on the African continent? Or was he convenient as a pretext to push through military missions vying to establish bases in Africa,’ asks Khadija Sharife." HSEN
3. Libya’s Liberation Front organising in the Sahel
Author: Franklin Lamb Date Written: 9 November 2011
Primary Category: North Africa Region Document Origin: Pambazuka News, Issue 557
Secondary Category: -none- Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org/en
Key Words: Libya, LLF, resistance

Summary & Comment: "Following the fall of Tripoli and the rise of the National Transitional Council, a rejuvenated national resistance has begun on Libya’s borders, writes Franklin Lamb." MEM
4. Libya: Explosive devices continue to kill and maim civilians
Author: Operational Update Date Written: 4 November 2011
Primary Category: North Africa Region Document Origin: International Committee of the Red Cross
Secondary Category: Human Rights Source URL: http://www.icrc.org
Key Words: Libya, human rights, munitions, detainees, ICRC

Summary & Comment: In Sirte and Bani Walid, explosive remnants of war pose a serious threat to civilians, who are being warned of the dangers. The ICRC’s other immediate priorities are to ensure that mortal remains are identified and to obtain access to recently arrested people. NATO has completely devastated this country. JMPA
5. Libya: Global war crimes court seeks Gaddafi son’s surrender
Author: ANP/AFP Date Written: 3 November 2011
Primary Category: North Africa Region Document Origin: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Secondary Category: Economic Justice Source URL: http://allafrica.com/
Key Words: Libya, Gaddafi, ICC, Seif, Abdullah al-Senussi

Summary & Comment: "The international war crimes court is still negotiating surrender terms with Moamer Kadhafi’s son, Seif al-Islam, the court’s prosecutor said." HSEN
6. Libya: The execution of Gaddafi and the attempted humiliation of Africa
Author: Horace Campbell Date Written: 2 November 2011
Primary Category: North Africa Region Document Origin: Pambazuka News
Secondary Category: Human Rights Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
Key Words: Libya, economic justice, AU, NTC

Summary & Comment: "Horace Campbell reconstructs ‘the decision at the highest levels’ to execute Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi and considers ‘the urgency for organising to oppose the remilitarisation of Africa.’" JMPA
7. The top ten myths in the war against Libya
Author: Maximilian C. Forte Date Written: 1 November 2011
Primary Category: North Africa Region Document Origin: Pambazuka News
Secondary Category: Economic Justice Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
Key Words: Libya, Colonel Gaddafi, regime change

Summary & Comment: "With Muammar Gaddafi buried in a secret desert grave this week, Maximilian C. Forte, in this article written earlier this year, outlines the ten myths that served to justify the NATO-led war on Libya and advance the cause of ’war corporatists, transnational firms, and neoliberals’." MEM

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