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Social media can be used to ease extremism, says Saudi minister

Social media can be used to ease extremism, says Saudi minister

13 Mar 2013 15:52 - Sapa-AFP
Arab interior ministers have been advised to confront the spread of extremism through social media networks with their own cyber know-how.
Tide of Salafism threatens the Arab spring

Tide of Salafism threatens the Arab spring

10 Feb 2013 09:49 - Guardian Reporter
Dictatorships have been brought down in North Africa, but struggles for power have left a vacuum that has allowed the rise of an extremist movement.
Egypt opposition rejects President Morsi's meeting call

Egypt opposition rejects President Morsi's meeting call

28 Jan 2013 16:40 - Shaimaa Fayed
Egypt's opposition coalition will not join a national dialogue called by President Mohamed Morsi because the proposal was not genuine, say members.
Weekend 101: A royal bundle of joy

Video | Weekend 101: A royal bundle of joy

07 Dec 2012 11:16
Cosatu's demonstration blocks Gauteng's highways, Egyptians take to the streets again and the royal family make a big announcement.
Egypt's president decrees pardon for protestors

Egypt's president decrees pardon for protestors

09 Oct 2012 09:18 - Sarah El Deeb
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi has pardoned those charged or convicted of acts "in support of the revolution" since the beginning of the uprising.
Saudi aid to Arab Spring countries equals $3.7bn

Saudi aid to Arab Spring countries equals $3.7bn

20 Sep 2012 09:52 - Sapa
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia has distributed $3.7-billion in aid to countries touched by the Arab Spring, most of it to Egypt and Jordan.
Tunisia purges judiciary of corrupt, Ali-aligned magistrates

Tunisia purges judiciary of corrupt, Ali-aligned magistrates

28 May 2012 05:57 - AFP
Tunisia's justice ministry has sacked 81 magistrates over suspicions of graft and their links to ousted president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali's regime.
After the Arab Spring: The winter of Africa's discontent

After the Arab Spring: The winter of Africa's discontent

06 May 2012 10:37 - Jean-Jacques Cornish: ANALYSIS
While the last 18 months have been marked by popular risings across Africa, Jean-Jacques Cornish reminds us that this isn't all that new.
Yemen's rebel who threw his Games

Yemen's rebel who threw his Games

20 Apr 2012 01:37 - Joe Sheffer
Ali Khousrof -- judo fighter -- has been training for the London Olympics, even though he was shot in the abdomen during Yemen's Arab Spring uprising.

World Press Freedom Day to focus on 'new voices'

19 Apr 2012 14:28 - Glenda Daniels
A key theme for this year's World Press Freedom Day will be how to preserve and deepen the free speech gains symbolised by the Arab Spring.

Over 3.5-million people displaced by conflicts in 2011

19 Apr 2012 13:40 - Staff Reporter
International monitors say conflicts, including the uprisings in the Arab world, last year forced 3.5-million people to flee within their country.

Egypt's revolution graffiti brings down barricades

10 Apr 2012 17:09 - Mostafa Aboul Ezz
Egypt's activists have returned to the scene of deadly clashes in Cairo, determined to keep their revolution alive, armed with paint brushes.
Estranged in a strange world

Estranged in a strange world

23 Mar 2012 15:54 - Niren Tolsi
North African writers Bahaa Taher and ­Ibrahim ­al-Koni describe the alienation of the Western gaze
Arab Spring led to the fall of the first wives' club

Arab Spring led to the fall of the first wives' club

09 Mar 2012 00:00 - Angelique Chrisafis
Despite an often fawning portrayal in the Western media, they were the Lady Macbeths.

US to assist in rebuilding Tunisian economy

25 Feb 2012 13:39 - Edouard Guihaire
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged that Washington would help Tunisia rebuild its economy and democracy as it struggles with reforms.

Egypt presidential vote to be early June

19 Feb 2012 12:22 - Staff Reporter
Egypt's first presidential election since President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown last year will be held in the first week of June.
Musings of a letters' man

Musings of a letters' man

17 Feb 2012 12:01 - Maya Jaggi
Widely acknowledged as the greatest ­living Arab poet, the ­Syrian-born Adonis is a fiercely ­independent thinker.
Militias continue stronghold a year after Libyan uprising

Militias continue stronghold a year after Libyan uprising

17 Feb 2012 10:56 - Maggie Michael
A year after Libya's uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, its militias continue to hold influence with corruption, violence and anarchy.
Assad promises Syrians a vote

Assad promises Syrians a vote

16 Feb 2012 09:17 - Staff Reporter
Syria's president, who is fighting an Arab Spring-inspired revolt, has called for a referendum that may end nearly 50 years of single-party rule.

The winds of change blow in Algeria

15 Feb 2012 18:56 - Staff Reporter
When Moncef Marzouki, a dissident transformed into Tunisia's president, paid a visit to Algeria, Tunisian flags flew from lamp posts in his honour.

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