Rebels and government forces in Sudan’s South Kordofan state have clashed again south of a railway town the insurgents briefly occupied last month, both sides said on Monday. Fighting in the state has intensified since early November, at the start of…
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Tunisia police on Saturday arrested 10 suspected jihadists of the banned Ansar al-Sharia movement in the northeast of the country triggering clashes with their supporters, the interior ministry said. The arrests took place at dawn in the town of Kef…
An Egyptian panel approved Saturday more than half of the articles of a new constitution aimed at paving the way for a return to elected rule after July’s military ouster of president Mohamed Morsi. If adopted in full, the charter will be put to a popular…
A “gang” of around 60 people attacked the headquarters of a coalition of political parties opposed to Tunisia’s ruling Islamists in Tunis overnight on Thursday-Friday, the opposition group announced. “A paid gang tried to attack the headquarters of…
Restrictions on protests and hefty jail terms for girl demonstrators are reviving Egypt’s autocratic past, say activists and erstwhile supporters of the government that replaced Islamist president Mohamed Morsi after he was overthrown. The military,…
An explosion killed at least 10 people and wounded 15 at a weapons depot in southern Libya Thursday that may have been linked to common theft, an official said. General Mohamed al-Dhabi told AFP: “A group of unknown people tried to attack the depot,…
Four soldiers were killed on Thursday in and around Libya’s violence-wracked eastern city of Benghazi, the cradle of the revolution that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011. And in the south, an explosion killed at least 10 people and wounded many…
Fifty Tunisian policeman were injured in clashes with protesters in the marginalised town of Siliana where a general strike degenerated into violence, the interior ministry said on Thursday. The violence broke out on Wednesday as the town observed a…
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 22, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As part of its on-going European Union-funded project, “Stabilizing At-risk Communities…
KHARTOUM, Sudan, November 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The AU- UN Joint Special Representative/ Joint Chief Mediator (JSR/JCM) for…
JUBA, South Sudan, November 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “Between 17 and 20 November, I visited South Sudan, the…
JUBA, South Sudan, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The AU- UN Joint Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Mohamed…
AMSTERDAM, Netherland, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) (http://www.gemalto.com), the world leader in digital…
ROME, Italy, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The signing of a “partnership on mobility” between the EU and…
BERLIN, Germany, November 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Minister Westerwelle issued the following statement today (16 November) on…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU),…
OTTAWA, Canada, November 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada…
WASHINGTON, November 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 16, 2013…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, November 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Hugh Robertson, Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa,…
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The FIFA Emergency Committee has decided today, 15 November 2013, not…