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US, Algeria See Moderate Tuaregs as Key to Ending Mali Partition

Posted October 30th, 2012 at 9:02 pm (UTC+0)
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The best chance for breaking the extremists’ hold on northern Mali may be persuading the region’s moderate Tuareg people to reconcile with the military-controlled South of the country. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Algeria this week seeking the country’s support for a West African force to help Mali’s military regain control of […]

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Kurds the Key for Syrian Opposition

Posted October 24th, 2012 at 8:53 pm (UTC+0)
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   Concern About Broader Autonomy Undermines Support for Uprising Kurdish reluctance is frustrating efforts by opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to form some kind of transitional administration that could win support from foreign governments. Syrian Kurds have walked out on several attempts to form a unified opposition, complaining that expatriate politicians don’t adequately recognize […]

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Success of Sudan Oil Deal Could Hinge on Abyei

Posted October 12th, 2012 at 7:24 pm (UTC+0)
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AU Awaits Mbeki Report The long term success of an oil and security deal between Sudan and South Sudan could depend on the much disputed Abyei border region. That’s why Princeton Lyman, the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, says Abyei’s exclusion from the agreement between presidents Omar al-Bashir and Salva Kiir is […]

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Scott Stearns

Scott Stearns

Scott Stearns is VOA’s State Department correspondent. He has worked as VOA’s Dakar Bureau Chief, White House correspondent, and Nairobi Bureau Chief since beginning his career as a freelance reporter in the Liberian civil war. He has written for the BBC, UPI, the Associated Press, The Jerusalem Post, and The Economist. Scott has a Bachelors and Masters in Journalism from Northwestern University.

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