An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced three activists who spearheaded the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak to three years in jail for organising an unlicensed protest, judicial sources said. It was the first such verdict against non-Islamist protesters…
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TOKYO, Japan, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On December 19, commencing at 5:10 p.m. for approximately 30 minutes,…
OSLO, Norway, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “The political leaders in South Sudan must take responsibility for stopping…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “South Sudan will face a large displacement and protection crisis, if…
TOKYO, Japan, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. Japan expresses strong concern over a large number of casualties…
BERLIN, Germany, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier issued the following statement at the…
A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security checkpoint outside eastern Libya’s restive city of Benghazi overnight, killing at least seven people, witnesses and security sources said Sunday. The blast left body parts strewn around…
Knife-wielding protesters have stormed the headquarters of Libya’s largest telecoms provider and forced an eight-hour shutdown of Internet access in the south and west of the country. Dozens of protesters calling for Prime Minister Ali Zeidan to resign…
Dozens of buses queued for fuel on Saturday at Khartoum-area petrol stations but an oil ministry official said there was no connection with fighting in the oil fields of South Sudan. Between 35 to 50 minibuses, which move passengers throughout the Sudanese…
Fighting escalated on Saturday in South Sudan, with a top commander in the country’s key oil-producing region defecting to the rebels and foreign governments scrambling to evacuate their nationals. A US military aircraft was shot at as it was engaged…
Battles between rival ethnic groups spread across South Sudan on Friday as foreign governments scrambled to get their nationals away from reported slaughters and a refugee buildup. African ministers pushed President Salva Kiir to start talks with his…
The family of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, on Friday told the BBC they hope to appeal against his conviction. Megrahi, who died from cancer in Tripoli last year after…
Sudan expressed fears Friday over the fate of vital oil flows as fighting between rival army factions spread in neighbouring South Sudan. Sudan’s cash-starved economy is to receive an estimated $1.5 billion (1.1 billion euros) in fees from South Sudan…
19 December 2013 – Unknown assailants attacked a United Nations base in South Sudan today, possibly killing or injuring civilians…
18 December 2013 – Amid the ongoing fighting in South Sudan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is reaching out to key leaders…
The United States has deployed 45 troops to South Sudan, amid intensifying fighting between rebels and government forces and fears the country is sliding toward civil war, the White House said Thursday. In a letter to Congress, President Barack Obama…
The United Nations said Thursday it had lost contact with one of its bases in South Sudan as continued fighting between rebels and government forces increased fears the world’s youngest state was sliding towards civil war. The UN said it has lost contact…
BERN, Switzerland, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Federal Council decided during today’s session to extend by three…
BEIJING, China, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On December 16, 2013, Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with…
CAIRO, Egypt, December 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Metito (http://www.metito.com), the leader and provider of choice for total intelligent…