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Tunisia: ten years after the revolution, social anger stays the identical

Ten years in the past, the spark of the Arab Spring erupted in Tunisia, in Sidi Bouzid, a disadvantaged village within the heart of the nation the place Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on hearth. Ten years later, within the area, social anger has not died, fairly the other. And the well being disaster solely exacerbated the signs. Dozens of cities are demonstrating to demand the promised jobs and funding.…

A excessive US army officer visited Kenya amid plans

NAIROBI, Kenya - A excessive US army officer visited Kenya on Tuesday, his second journey to Nairobi in as many months, amid plans by Washington to withdraw close to 700 servicemen who're serving to throughout the battle in opposition to Al-Shabaab in Somalia, a country that is combating instability ensuing from frequent inter-clan conflicts, sturdy inside politics and rising insurgency.