ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria announced a sharp increase in budget spending and waived duties on staple foods on Monday in a move designed to stop public discontent spilling…
Afrika
Sudan’s Turabi wants “total change” after release
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi on Monday called for a "total political system change", hours after authorities released him after more than three months…
I.Coast’s Gbagbo urges supporters to seek peace
KORHOGO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's deposed former leader Laurent Gbagbo urged supporters on Monday to drop political quarrels for now and help the West African country…
Sudan oil region vote raises violence fears
KADUGLI, Sudan (Reuters) - Sudanese voted on Monday in delayed elections in the north's main oil state, a poll that analysts fear could provoke violence in the countdown…
Felvonulók kérték- Egyiptomban
Egyiptom, Kairó – Dolgozók ezrei vonultak ki Kairóban a Tahrir-térre fizetésemelést és társadalmi egyenlőséget követelve. A tüntetés rendbontás nélkül zajlott.
Egypt workers flood Tahrir Square
Cairo - Thousands of workers packed into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday, demanding social justice in post-revolt Egypt as they celebrate their first Labour Day in three decades…
Libya says Gaddafi survives air strikes, son killed
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a NATO air strike on a Tripoli house that killed his youngest son Saif al-Arab and three young grandchildren, a…
Former PM Banny to head Ivorian reconciliation body
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's president on Sunday said former Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny would head a truth and reconciliation commission, set up to heal divisions after…
UN rights boss criticises Uganda protest crackdown
GENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights official urged Uganda on Sunday to halt "excessive force" against demonstrators, which she said had turned peaceful protests over food…
Zimbabwe economy could grow 10 pct/yr: Tsvangirai
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's MDC can grow the economy by 10 percent a year if it wins elections that President Robert Mugabe wants held this year, Prime…