MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's Interior Minister has warned militias outside the control of the central…
Africa
Egypt army court acquits doctor over virginity test
CAIRO (Reuters) - A military court acquitted an army doctor on Sunday charged with carrying out…
Tuareg rebels take Mali garrison town
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Tuareg rebels seeking to carve out a desert homeland in Mali's north have…
Thousands rally in Libya against autonomy for east
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in Libya's two biggest cities on Friday in a…
Russia accuses Libya of training Syrian rebels
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia accused Libya during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday of…
Gambia says 70 pct of food harvest failed, seeks aid
BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia has appealed for food aid after it said that 70 percent of…
South Sudan to use trucks to export crude
(Reuters) - South Sudan, locked in a bitter row over oil transit fees with neighbour…
Ethiopia rebels say freed two German tourists
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A rebel group in the Afar region of Ethiopia said on Tuesday…
Somalia seeks to join E. Africa trading bloc
War-torn Somalia has applied to join the East African Community, a five-member bloc with a single market allowing…
International airline lands in Mogadishu after 20-yr break
The first long-distance international commercial airliner in some two decades to fly to Somalia's war-torn capital…