"Everybody expects the fall of Tripoli"

How to organize a political alternative sustainable in a country in chaos, with no parties, no unions and no Constitution? That is the question that divides today the leaders of the opposition to Colonel Qaddafi, while the capital remains in the hands of the Guide of the Libyan revolution. Sunday, February 27, Benghazi, a stronghold of the challenge set in the east (see map of Libyan cities abandoned by the pro-Qaddafi), leaders of the insurgency have announced the formation of an independent national transition representing cities fell to the insurgents.

Fear of coup in Tunisia increases resignations

The cascade of resignations that have occurred in the last 24 hours in the Tunisian transitional government increases the fear of military intervention in political life, as expressed by one of the ministers resigned, Ahmed Najib Chebbi. Chebbi, who until now held the Regional Development Ministry, said at a news conference his concern about the possibility of the occurrence in Tunisia a power vacuum if the executive transition and the opposition forces can not reach a minimum agreement laying the foundations on which the erection of the new political process.

Mousavi Iranian dissidents arrested and Karoubi

The two opposition leaders reformist Iranian Mehdi Mir Hossein Moussavi and Karoubi and their wives, were arrested and transferred to a prison in Tehran, reported Monday, February 28 and their websites Kalemie Sahamnews without giving further details . "According to information from reliable sources, the arrest and transfer to the prison in Tehran Heshmatieh are some, but when it happened is still uncertain," said Kalemie.

Deadly clashes in Sudan

A dozen people were killed in Sudan in fighting between rival tribes in the region of Abyei, claimed by the North and South. This is the deadliest violence since the southern Sudanese have voted almost unanimously for independence in January. Abyei has been a zone of confrontation during the long civil war that pitted North against South Sudan until the peace agreement of 2005.

The agreement provided for two referendums. The first was the secession of the South, now scheduled for July 9, the second was to determine whether residents of Abyei rallied in North or South. The poll of Abyei has been held because of various feuds, one of which was between the Ngok Dinka of Abyei Misseriya nomads, committed to the North, on the composition of the electorate.

Protests in Arabia: Demonstrators block port in Oman

Oman swell in the demonstrations for political reform seems to be a violent protest. The death toll has risen to six, an ambulance of the state hospital said in the important industrial city of Sohar on Monday. The Health Minister said, however, of a dead man. About a thousand demonstrators blocked the streets on Monday morning to the port and the refinery in the city.

A supermarket was looted and then set on fire. While soldiers were patrolling in the city did not attack, but claims reported observers. On Sunday, according to protests in Sohar witnesses two people were killed. Police used batons and tear gas, therefore, fired rubber bullets into the crowd.

Libya: Qaddafi's poison gas reserves concerns U.S.

Unclear fronts, an irrational dictator - and tons of poison gas: Libya's revolutionary struggle for political freedom, but the more chaotic the situation develops, the greater the concerns about the considerable arsenal of staggering dictator Gaddafi. Large parts of Libya are no longer under control of the dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi, including two of the three largest cities in the country and probably some military bases, the crew has either fled or joined the opposition is.

Tunisia: "The pressure of the street should not diminish"

Two days of protests, the violence that killed at least five people: the pressure of the street has finally bend the Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi, replaced by Beji Caid Essebsi, Sunday, Feb. 27. It's now former minister of Bourguiba who should lead the country until elections in July. In the wake of this announcement, protesters continue to camp on the Place de la Kasbah in Tunis.