May Ying Welsh

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Al-Qaeda gets the most attention, but local groups and ethnic fighters are part of a complicated mix of instability.

Published On 17 Jan 2013
Mali - National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA)

Amid desertification and drought, tensions rise as rival armed groups vie for control of the impoverished region.

Published On 8 Jul 2012
Secular Tuareg rebels have been fighting for greater rights for over 50 years [May Ying Welsh/Al Jazeera]

55 years ago today, the Republic of Sudan became a nation, an anniversary likely to be its last.

Published On 1 Jan 2011
Sudan Flag Raising

If you ever saw the al-Askari shrine before its destruction you would know how beautiful it was. 

Published On 27 Feb 2006

In the main square of Baghdad’s largest Shia ghetto, an elderly man in the worn uniform of the former Iraqi air force directs donkey and car traffic with a ping-pong paddle.

Published On 27 Apr 2004

In the crowded and winding streets of al-Adhamiya, a 1000-year-old Sunni locality of Baghdad, explosions from mortars and grenades and long volleys of machine gun fire break out every half hour.

Published On 14 Apr 2004
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