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Anti-Gadhafi Gunmen Lift Siege Of Ministries

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Gunmen demanding the expulsion of Gaddafi Era Officials from Libya’s New Government appear to have lifted their siege of both ministries in Tripoli. Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani informed BBC the siege had ended at both his ministry and the foreign ministry. The gunmen blocked the buildings two weeks...

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Libya: Defence Minister Barghathi Retracts Resignation

Libya’s defense minister has rescinded his resignation. The army’s chief of staff, however, was sacked as the country’s political problems...

South Sudanese soldiers walk alongside a tank as they withdraw from the town of Jau, at the disputed border with Sudan March 17, 2013. South Sudan began pulling its army out of a buffer zone with its old civil war foe Sudan on Sunday and thousands of troops streamed out of this border garrison town. The creation of a demilitarised buffer zone is seen as a crucial first step in resuming landlocked South Sudan's oil exports through Sudan, which Juba shut off in January last year during a row with Khartoum over fees. Picture taken March 17, 2013. REUTERS/Hereward Holland (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

South Sudan Army Attacks Lorema Hospital

South Sudan army attacked a hospital in vengeance for the deaths of eight members of the security forces killing five health workers, the local MP recounts...

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Egyptian Police Arrest Gaddafi’s Cousin Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam

Close aide and relative of the late Libyan leader, Col Muammar Gaddafi has been arrested by Egyptian authorities. Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam was Tripoli’s...

BREAKING: Fatal clashes on Egypt uprising anniversary, Over 110 People Injured

Egyptian opposition supporters are protesting across the country on the second anniversary of the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power, with five...

Algeria: South African survives hostage ordeal

  Tigantourine gas complex – An unidentified South African citizen has been rescued from Algeria after a terrorist attack at the Tigantourine...

Sudan: Government, rebel JEM resume peace talks in Doha

Khartoum, Sudan – The Sudanese government and a major Darfur rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), have resumed talks in Doha, Qatar, under the mediation of the Qatari government and the African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). “Amid optimism and determination, peace negotiations between the Government of Sudan and the Justice and Equality Movement...

Egypt: Court Accepts Mubarak’s Appeal – Video

Egypt: Court Accepts Mubarak’s Appeal – Video

Egypt’s Court of Cassation accepted on Sunday the appeals of former President Hosni Mubarak and his Interior Minister Habib al-Adly who were sentenced...

SPLM-N Confirm Fresh Attacks in South Kordofan, Deny Killing of 50 Rebels – Sudan

Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) confirmed attacks on the positions of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in different areas located east...

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Libya Lifts Gaddafi-era Travel Bans

Libya has dropped arrest warrants and trip restrictions slapped by the toppled administration of Muammar Gaddafi versus the murdered dictator’s opponents,...