Sectarianism
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 07:17
A series of car bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 47 people and injured many more, officials say. The blasts targeted markets and car parks in mainly Shia Muslim districts of the city.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 06:38
As anger grew in the community, with groups of people gathering at the attack site and putting up barriers to block traffic, traces of government authority vanished.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 06:34
Lebanon has held a security meeting on Saturday after clashes between militants of the powerful Shiite Hezbollah movement and members of a Sunni clan that left five people killed in the eastern city of Baalbek.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:17
Protesters and police clashed in a Bahraini village ahead of a demonstration called to demand the release of a prominent Shiite former MP, the interior ministry and witnesses said Friday.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:14
Tuareg separatists in Mali say they are suspending participation in a peace deal, accusing the government of not respecting the accord reached in June.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 09:42
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has warned against ethnic based political coalitions emerging in Africa, saying they could sink the continent into deeper crisis than that witnessed in the era of single party rule.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 08:30
At least 23 people have been killed in blasts targeting markets in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials say.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 09:52
The Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that "the climate in the country today bares no equivalence to the sectarian conflicts occurring in Syria and Iraq."
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 08:56
With Alevis already at the forefront of anti-government protests since June, the recent unrest has stoked fears that pressure is building along Turkey’s sectarian fault line.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 06:27
The assaults, the latest in a months-long surge of violence, are a chilling reminder of insurgents' determination to re-ignite sectarian conflict more than a decade after the U.S.-led invasion.