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Samantha Benitez

Samantha Benitez is a master's candidate in Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University where she specializes in Islamic militancy in North Africa, as well as a former intelligence analyst at Max Security Solutions, a geo-political risk consulting firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel

October 7, 2012
2:33 pm

Why Mali matters

A recent UN report warning of a severe food shortage across the Sahel, combined with the rise of Islamic militancy in northern Mali, poses a direct threat to regional......