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Sudan rebels "seeking way" to hand over abducted Chinese
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sudanese rebels said they are looking for ways to hand over 29 Chinese workers held in the border state of South Kordofan, Chinese state media said, as Sudan's government confirmed the death of one worker in a firefight.
02/04/2012 - 12:09 AM
Lawmakers step up warnings on Egypt military aid
(Reuters)
Reuters - A leading senator warned Egypt's military-led government on Friday that "the days of blank checks are over" as an Egyptian army team huddled with State Department officials to discuss the future of $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid.
02/03/2012 - 06:48 PM
South Sudan shoot-out kills 37, wounds U.N. policeman
(Reuters)
Reuters - A shoot-out among South Sudanese security forces using truck-mounted machineguns killed 37 people and injured a United Nations policeman Wednesday, U.N. and government officials said Friday.
02/03/2012 - 06:43 PM
Sudan's Bashir says tensions with South could spark war
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said Friday tensions with South Sudan over oil transit payments could lead to war between the two countries.
02/03/2012 - 03:52 PM
Street battle rages near Egypt's Interior Ministry
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Rock-throwing protesters fought riot police through clouds of tear gas near Egypt's Interior Ministry on a second day of clashes triggered by the deaths in Port Said of 74 people - the country's worst soccer disaster.
02/03/2012 - 01:29 PM
Oil risks fuelling flames of Sudan conflict
(Reuters)
Reuters - South Sudan's oil minister was riled when he discovered production from one of his remote oil fields was out by 40,000 barrels per day, and immediately knew who to blame.
02/03/2012 - 12:58 PM
Sudan bombs US-funded Bible school, US condemns
(AP)
 AP - Sudan's military bombed a Bible school built by a U.S. Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at the school to run for their lives in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan state.
02/03/2012 - 12:43 PM
U.S. tourists seized in Egypt's Sinai released
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two American women kidnapped by gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday were released into army custody a few hours later, security sources said.
02/03/2012 - 12:31 PM
UN says cattle raiding behind South Sudan massacre
(AP)
AP - A U.N. staff member was shot during a clash that broke out as officials met to discuss a weekend cattle raid massacre that left 78 people dead, including many women and children, U.N. officials said Friday.
02/03/2012 - 12:10 PM
Libya enjoys political flowering ahead of elections
(Reuters)
Reuters - As explosions reverberated from the hills near Gharyan, a group met in a college auditorium to hear how one party wants to ensure democracy takes root in Libya.
02/03/2012 - 09:45 AM
More than 110 missing from Papua New Guinea ferry
(AP)
 AP - More than 110 people were missing Friday after a ferry sank off Papua New Guinea's east coast, and rescuers feared many had been trapped inside.
02/03/2012 - 07:34 AM
Libyan diplomat dies after torture: rights group
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Libyan diplomat who served as ambassador to France for Muammar Gaddafi died from torture within a day of being detained by a militia from Zintan, Human Rights Watch said in a statement on Friday.
02/03/2012 - 07:07 AM
Egyptians incensed after 74 die in soccer tragedy
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Egyptians incensed by the deaths of 74 people in soccer violence clashed with security forces on Thursday during protests against the army-led government for failing to prevent the deadliest incident since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.
02/02/2012 - 02:13 PM
World Bank says Egypt requests $1 billion loan
(Reuters)
Reuters - The World Bank said on Thursday that Egypt has asked for a $1 billion loan and it will launch talks with government representatives to iron out the details.
02/02/2012 - 01:34 PM
Egypt market plunges after deadly soccer riots
(AP)
 AP - Egypt's benchmark stock index fell over 2 percent Thursday, paring an earlier plunge stemming from deadly soccer riots the night before that left 74 dead and rekindled fears of fresh instability akin to the unrest that has battered the country and its economy in the year since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.
02/02/2012 - 01:22 PM
Correction: BC-AF--Nigeria-Radical Sect story
(AP)
AP - In a story Feb. 1 about the arrest of a purported spokesman of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Ahmed Abdullahi, the Borno state director of the State Security Service, confirmed the man's capture. Another official in the state, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, confirmed it to local journalists.
02/02/2012 - 12:59 PM
UN official: SSudan crises need more than $760m
(AP)
AP - A top U.N. official says South Sudan may need more than the $760 million the agency predicted they would need to cope with the new country's myriad humanitarian crises.
02/02/2012 - 12:43 PM
Togo authorities holding 150 Sri Lanka refugees
(AP)
AP - An official in Togo says authorities are holding more than 150 Sri Lankan refugees who entered the West African nation en route to Canada.
02/02/2012 - 11:52 AM
Egyptian film star sentenced for insulting Islam
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Arab world's most famous comic actor, Adel Imam, has received a three-month jail sentence for insulting Islam in films and plays, a court document showed on Thursday.
02/02/2012 - 09:12 AM
Congo leader's party loses 45 percent of its seats
(AP)
AP - President Joseph Kabila's party has lost 45 percent of the legislative seats it held before November elections that were denounced as fraudulent and chaotic, according to belated results announced Thursday by Congo's electoral commission.
02/02/2012 - 06:44 AM
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