Tunisia's former ruling party is to be suspended and its offices closed, the interior ministry…
Tens of thousands demand change in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egypt's burgeoning reform movement drew tens of thousands of people, undeterred…
South Sudan ex-militiamen mutiny kills 13
JUBA, Sudan (AFP) – A rebellion by pro-Khartoum former militiamen in south Sudan against their…
Kurt Westergaard’s attacker convicted
A Somali who broke into the home of a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet…
New mosquito in Africa raises malaria concerns
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Researchers have found a new mosquito in the west African nation of…
Rwanda in vasectomy drive to stem population growth
Rwanda's government has said it wants to encourage men to have vasectomies in a bid…
Egypt PM apologises for violence
Egypt's prime minister has apologised for the fighting between pro- and anti-government demonstrators in Cairo's…
Egypt unrest: Pro-Mubarak supporters ‘well-organised’
From the start of the Wednesday the atmosphere was different.
France seizes Ben Ali family plane
PARIS (AFP) – French authorities have seized a plane belonging to the family of ousted…
President of Equatorial Guinea new chairman of African Union
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An African rights body Sunday expressed indignation after Equatorial Guinea…