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Militiamen attack gas complex in western Libya
A Libyan gas company official said Monday that militiamen have attacked a natural gas complex in the country's west, injuring two guards and stealing weapons and military vehicles.
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Tunisian protester killed in clash
One protester died and several were injured when Tunisian Islamists defied a ban on their demonstration and clashed with police on Sunday.
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Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania
Sanda Ould Boumana, the Timbuktu-based spokesman for Ansar Dine, is being transferred to Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott.
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Nana Akufo-Addo: "I'll Accept The Presidential Election Verdict Of Ghana's Supreme Court"
From Leadership Newspaper , about the Ghanaian center-right politician's case before Ghana's Supreme Court : "Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo, Presidential candidate of Ghana's New Patriotic Party , said he would accept the verdict of ongoing election petition matter before the country's Supreme Court.
Tunisia security blocks salafi...
Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country.
Algerian editor accuses government of censorship
Hicham Aboud, editor of the My Journal and Djaridati newspapers, said that happened after he rejected an order from the Communication Ministry on Saturday night to remove an article from the papers that claimed hospitalized President Abdelaziz Bouteflika had slipped into a coma.
Top Libyan official: Benghazi explosion accident
The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.
'Britain's Obama' urges ties with West Africa
A rising star in Britain's Labour Party, described by some as the "British Barack Obama," Chuka Umunna urged the United Kingdom to more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's fast-growing economies.
Gupta family wedding scandal: South African officials used President Zuma's name
This picture courtesy of the Gupta family shows Vela Gupta and her husband Indian-born Aaskash Jahajgarhia posing with relatives and guests during ceremonies for their wedding in Sun City, South Africa, on May 1, 2013.
Kenya police kill "terror couple"
Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday.
Africa: Ghana wants the world to hear it
Ghana's first Music Week drew traditional performers and international headliners.
African Livestock, Poultry Exhibition opens
African Livestock and Poultry Exhibition and Congress opened for public in Addis Ababa on Thursday 16 May 2013.
Gunmen attack police station KANO - Gunmen stormed a police station...
Gunmen stormed a police station and a bank in a town in Nigeria's northwest, beyond a region covered by a military crackdown on a Islamist insurgency, a sign the offensive could provoke violence by smaller militant cells across the north.
A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
Why was a diplomatic outpost left so poorly protected? Should the Pentagon have rushed jets or special forces to the rescue when the assault began? Did President Barack Obama's administration obscure the true nature of the terrorist attack to help him get re-elected? Congressional Republicans are poking for evidence of incompetence and cover-up in ... (more)
Blasts rock Libya's capital and eastern city
Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported.
Politics, bribery charges swirl around Ugandan oil
In this 2010 file photo, an oil well undergoes testing in the Lake Albertine region of western Uganda.
Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead
The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual... The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months ... (more)
Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges
The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad." The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor began when parents of three of ... (more)
Machete murderer who admits killing up to 400 people can't be booted out of UK
He worked for a mob behind some of Africa's worst atrocities but has been living here in a taxpayer-funded home since 2003 A murderer who admits killing up to 400 people - many in bloody machete attacks - is living in the UK after being granted asylum.
Official: Nigeria military attacks suspected Islamic extremist camps in northeast, killing 21
Soldiers in northeast Nigeria shelled suspected camps of Islamic extremists in the first military action of a new offensive against the insurgents, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday.