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March 02, 2011
Corvée noire: Guide's 'Mercenaries'
This is not surprising behaviour from The Guide
BBC News - Protests across the Middle East and North Africa
1627: The BBC's Hausa service has spoken to Niger nationals fleeing Libya. They said there are widespread reports of people from sub-saharan Africa being arrested.BBC News - Protests across the Middle East and North Africa
1632: Disturbingly, the Niger nationals said those people arrested are being made to choose between joining Col Gaddafi's army or being killed.BBC News - Protests across the Middle East and North Africa
1537: People from Niger who have fled Libya tell BBC Hausa that there have been widespread arrests of sub-Saharan Africans. They say they are being forced to either join Col Gaddafi's forces or be killed.
Posted by The Lounsbury at March 2, 2011 12:16 PM
Filed Under: Foreign Policy & MENA
, Libya Civil War
, MENA Region General
, Maghreb
, North Africa
, Political Development
, The MENA '48
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