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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…

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…