The count begins
In the first round of Egypt's presidential election so far no clear winner has emerged (0)
Friday May 25th 2012
Middle East & Africa
Egypt's presidential election
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What we're reading
Syria's religious minorities
(The Daily Star Lebanon)
Yemen's new president
(Sami Moubayed in The Huffington Post)
Sierra Leone's vagabond king
(New Statesman)
Kony is not in Uganda: #Kony2012
(Michael Wilkerson at ForeignPolicy.com)
Syria and the post-Assad unknowns
(Stephen Cook at CFR.org)
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Racism in Lebanon
Black is not thought beautiful
Racial intolerance is pervasive in Lebanon and in much of the region
African child mortality
The best story in development
Africa is experiencing some of the biggest falls in child mortality ever seen, anywhere
The Lord’s Resistance Army
It hasn’t gone away
But the real problem is a lack of government in east and central Africa
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