(Reuters) - An alliance of rebel groups that has seized control of several towns in…
Africa
Egypt constitution vote count under way
Votes are being counted in Egypt in the first round of a referendum on a…
Nigerian governor, ex-security head die in air crash
(Reuters) - The governor of Nigeria's volatile Kaduna state and a former national security adviser…
Somalia: ‘Al-Shabab’ militants forced out of Jowhar
Somali troops and African Union forces have captured the town of Jowhar from the Islamist…
Southern Africa pledges 4,000-strong force for eastern Congo
DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Southern African nations pledged on Saturday to provide…
Mali president appoints Cissoko prime minister: TV
(Reuters) - Mali's interim president Diouncounda Traore has appointed Django Cissoko, a former Secretary General…
Ian Smith’s farm seized in Zimbabwe as Robert Mugabe eyes election
The farm of former white minority leader Ian Smith has been seized by Zimbabwe's government.
Mombasa separatists attempt major gun theft, Kenyan police say
(Reuters) - Sixty men armed with machetes, clubs and bows and arrows tried and failed…
Gunmen Fire at Protesters in Cairo Ahead of Rallies
Masked gunmen have fired at protesters camping in the Egyptian capital, wounding nine people as…
In Sudan, Protesters of Student Deaths Call for ‘Revolution’
Sudanese police have used tear gas and batons against hundreds of people in Khartoum protesting…