CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Saturday suspended its order to remove the names of former President Hosni Mubarak and his wife Suzanne from public institutions.
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Foreigners jailed in Somalia
Mogadishu - Six foreigners including three Britons and an American were on Saturday jailed for between 10 and 15 years in Somalia after the seizure of a small…
Rwandan PM ‘baptises’ 22 gorillas
Kigali - Rwandan Prime Minister Bernard Makuza on Saturday led a traditional ceremony to "baptise" 22 gorilla babies that was introduced six years ago for the endangered species.
Zim voters roll ‘100% perfect’
Harare - There was no other country in the world with a voters' roll that was "as 100 percent perfect" as Zimbabwe's, the country's registrar-general has said, the…
Former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba dies
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Frederick Chiluba, Zambia's first democratically elected president who fought off corruption charges after standing down, has died aged 68, local media reported on Saturday.
Libyan rebels out of money, West to blame: oil chief
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Rebels waging a drawn-out war to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have run out of money, their oil chief said on Saturday, and he…
Mubarak aide Salem hospitalised after Spain arrest
MADRID (Reuters) - A top aide to former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been taken to a hospital in Spain after being arrested on a international warrant for…
Egypt army stops protesters entering Suez Canal office
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian troops fired shots in the air on Saturday to prevent hundreds of protesting employees of Egypt's Suez Canal Authority from storming into its…
Shelling hits southern town in Sudan’s Abyei -U.N
JUBA/KHARTOUM, June 17 (Reuters) - Shelling erupted on Friday near the southern Sudanese town of Agok at the tip of the disputed Abyei region, and aid workers were…
Uganda denies used UK aid cash for presidential jet
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda on Friday denied reports that it had used British aid meant to help alleviate poverty to buy a $48 million luxury jet for President…