We hear the term democracy so frequently that it’s easy to lose the sense of what it means. One day it’s a presidential election. The next it’s regulation of the media. A week later it’s the right to display a flag. At the Sussex Development Lecture a few weeks ago Kayode Fayemi talked about the Continue Reading...
Libya: U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing: Libya & Egypt
Excerpts from the United States Department of State daily press briefing: MS. NULAND: All right, everybody. Happy Monday. I have nothing at the top, so why don’t we go to what’s on your minds. QUESTION: Okay, assuming there’s no update on the Secretary’s health, am I correct that everything is the same? MS. NULAND: Well, Continue Reading...
Egypt’s Opposition Marches Against Charter Tuesday
Revolutionary forces will march to the Heliopolis presidential palace and Tahrir Square on Tuesday against a draft constitution that was written by an Islamist-dominated assembly. The controversial charter is currently being put to a referendum despite outrage from opposition groups who feel it does not represent all of Egypt’s factions. Two marches, one from Nour Continue Reading...