20120424
AFP
Israel on Monday rushed to downplay the significance of Egypt cancelling its gas export deal with the Jewish state, casting it as a "commercial dispute" with no impact on their diplomatic ties.

20120424
AFP
Five suspected Islamist militants were killed when bombs they were assembling exploded during a shootout with government troops in northern Nigeria, a military commander said Monday.

20120424
AFP
Seven people were killed when flash floods hit as they were trekking through Kenya's Hell's Gate national park, authorities said Monday.

20120424
AFP
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has warned foreign diplomats his country would not be "bribed" with aid to accept homosexuality.

20120424
AFP
South Sudan's army said on Sunday it had completed its pullout from an oil field seized from Sudan, ending a deadly standoff which forced thousands of civilians to flee.

20120423
Press TV
Egypt has repealed a 2005 gas export accord with Israel, which used to rely heavily on Egyptian natural gas to generate electricity.

20120423
Press TV
As debates over global warming and a green economy continue, Kenyans have turned to using charcoal briquettes as their source of energy for cooking, Press TV reports.

20120423
Press TV
A piece of US legislation, designed to restrict transactions with international ‘terrorist’ groups has been a major bottleneck in the delivery of humanitarian aid to Somalia during the country’s deadly famine in 2011, an American political analyst says.

20120423
press TV
Thousands of Malians have staged rallies in the capital, Bamako, to protest against the ruling military and the “unnecessary” involvement of the army in politics, Press TV reports.

20120423
AFP
South Sudan's army said on Sunday it had completed its pullout from an oil field seized from Sudan, ending a deadly standoff which forced thousands of civilians to flee.

20120423
AFP
Thousands of young Mauritanian opposition protestors took to the streets of Nouakchott Sunday to demand President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a former coup leader, step down.

20120423
AFP
The prime minister of Cape Verde on Sunday urged the international community to keep up the pressure on the junta in Guinea Bissau to cede power it seized in an April 12 coup.

20120423
AFP
A Swiss woman abducted last week in rebel-held Timbuktu in northern Mali has been snatched from her captors by armed Islamists who want to free her, several security sources said Sunday.

20120423
AFP
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has warned foreign diplomats his country would not be "bribed" with aid to accept homosexuality.

20120423
Reuters
(Reuters) - Satellite images show a key part of the oil infrastructure in Sudan's contested Heglig region was destroyed during recent border fighting with South Sudan, a monitoring group said on Sunday.

20120423
Reuters
(Reuters) - Sudan and newly-independent South Sudan accused each other of launching fresh attacks on their territories on Sunday as neither side showed any sign of bowing to global pressure to return to the negotiating table.

20120423
Reuters
(Reuters) - Ex-foreign minister Amr Moussa, a leading contender for Egypt's presidency, said on Sunday he would give the military a voice in key policies via a national security council, a move to reassure ruling generals about their status after a power transfer.

20120423
Reuters
(Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament on Sunday called on the Mufti to quit after a visit to Jerusalem, stepping up pressure on the state-appointed official over a trip that critics say bestowed recognition of Israeli control of the city.

20120423
Reuters
(Reuters) - Sudan said on Sunday it had repulsed a "major" rebel attack on a strategic town in its South Kordofan state, the latest outbreak of violence in its volatile border area with South Sudan.

20120423
Reuters
(Reuters) - The head of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council said on Sunday he did not envisage a government reshuffle before national elections slated for June, despite reports of possible changes earlier this month.