TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan rebels said they had made gains by driving back Muammar Gaddafi's troops on the eastern and western edges of the port city of Misrata…
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Niger ex-president freed, charges dropped
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Former Niger President Mamadou Tandja left prison to cheers from thousands of supporters on Tuesday after corruption charges against him were dropped.
Gabon seeks election delay till after soccer cup
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba has asked a court to rule on whether the central African oil nation can delay legislative elections by a year…
Rare Egyptian paintings found in museum cellar
Rare paintings by some of Egypt's most renowned artists thought to have belonged to the country's former royal family have been found by workers renovating a Cairo museum.
Mondd, te kit választanál a demokratikus Kongóban?
Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság, Kinshasa – Az ásványkincsekben gazdag, de belső konfliktusoktól zilált közép-afrikai országban novemberben tartják meg a választásokat. Az ellenzéki pártok komoly fenntartásaik ellenére indulnak a megmérettetésen.…
A Boko Haram nem alkuszik Nigériában
Nigéria, Maiduguri – A nigériai radikális iszlám szekta nem hajlandó elfogadni az egyik északi állam kormányzója által felkínált amnesztiát.
NATO strikes target Gaddafi compound: witnesses
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO launched a number of missile strikes against targets in the Tripoli area on Tuesday that appeared to include Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's compound, witnesses…
Libya migrants tell IOM boat sank off Tripoli
GENEVA (Reuters) - Traumatised migrants have told the International Organization for Migration (IOM) they saw a boat carrying hundreds of people founder off the Libyan coast last week,…
S.African municipal workers suspend planned strike
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African municipal workers have suspended a nationwide strike to demand an 18 percent wage increase and the scrapping of employment agents, a union official…
Chad’s Deby wins re-election in boycotted poll
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's President Idriss Deby won a presidential election by a landslide, according to official results released on Monday, but the outcome was rejected by the…