Three months after Egypt’s revolution, the country’s economy struggles to recover.
GP Writing
Reporters’ release tempered by news of colleague’s death
American reporters Foley and Gillis said South African Anton Hammerl was shot by Gaddafi forces on April 5.
The making of a martyr: truth or legend?
Some doubt the story of Mohamed Bouazizi whose suicide sparked the revolution in Tunisia.
Libyans head to Tunisia for sun, sand, and Vespas
With a shortage of gasoline in Tripoli, many Libyans are buying gas-friendly mopeds in neighboring Tunisia
The next most wanted man in the world?
After Osama bin Laden’s death, the world has turned its attention to a 59-year-old Egyptian named Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Tunisia’s Berbers test the limits of country’s newfound freedoms
Tunisia’s Berbers test the limits of country’s newfound freedoms.
Libyan rebels overrun strategic supply route
The crossing into a mountainous region has been under government siege since Libya’s uprising began two months ago.
Tunisia’s Jews ponder modern-day exodus
Many in Tunisia’s minority Jewish population work in the tourism industry, which has largely dried up since the country’s revolution.
Refugees languish on Tunisia-Libya border
An estimated 2,500 refugees who fled Libya are unable to repatriate to nations ravaged by their own wars.
Journalists still held in Libya
The Libyan government freed a detained Al-Jazeera journalist from custody today, the second reporter released by the regime of Muammar Gaddafi this week.
Egyptians try to ‘save the revolution’ as signs of repression return
The former political vehicle of Hosni Mubarak is revamping its image as it attempts a comeback
Egypt passes its first democratic test
But did the vote to change the constitution go far enough?