20110711 presstv Libyan revolutionaries have reportedly planned to launch a major assault on the strategic town of Gharyan near the capital Tripoli as fighting rages in the country between the opposition and Gaddafi forces.
20110711 presstv The troops loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have launched a counterattack against the revolutionary forces southwest of the capital, Tripoli.
20110711 presstv Thousands of Moroccans have taken to streets in the capital Rabat as well as in Casablanca to call for greater political reforms and social justice.
20110711 presstv The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has expressed grave concerns about persistence of famine in the Horn of Africa, saying that drought-ridden Somalia represents the 'worst humanitarian disaster' in the world.
20110711 Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian activists vowed on Sunday to stay camped in Cairo's Tahrir Square, accusing the army rulers of failing to sweep out corruption, end the use of military courts and swiftly try those who killed protesters.
20110711 Reuters TRIPOLI (Reuters) - France's defence minister said it was time for Libya's rebels to negotiate with Muammar Gaddafi's government, signalling growing impatience with progress in the conflict.
20110711 Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Monday that the disputed Abyei border region could be a source of conflict with newly independent South Sudan if agreements are not respected.
20110711 Reuters SULEJA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A bomb blast at a church in Suleja, a satellite town on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, killed three people and seriously wounded seven on Sunday, the Red Cross said.
20110711 Reuters RABAT (Reuters) - Thousands of Moroccans staged protests on Sunday, the latest in a series of peaceful demonstrations by a youth-led movement to demand reforms that go beyond constitutional changes crafted by the palace.
20110710 Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has ordered the detention and questioning of three police officers in the case of a man who relatives say was tortured to death by authorities, state news agency MENA reported on Saturday, citing Alexandria's public prosecution.
20110710 Reuters KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - For thousands of southern Sudanese it was a night to stay out dancing to welcome the birth of their new nation. For people in the northern capital Khartoum it was a time of sadness mixed with defiance.
20110710 Reuters DAFNIYA/AL-QAWALISH, Libya (Reuters) - Rebel fighters in western Libya faced sustained artillery and rocket bombardment by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for the fifth straight day on Saturday.
20110710 Reuters SUNYANI, Ghana (Reuters) - Ghanaian President John Atta Mills won a landslide victory on Saturday in the race to become the ruling party's candidate in next year's election and said he would address concerns raised by rivals.
20110710 Reuters PARIS (Reuters) - French military operations in Libya have cost 160 million euros, Budget Minister Valerie Pecresse said on Saturday, just days before a key parliamentary debate on extending operations.
20110710 Reuters BIR AYAD, Libya (Reuters) - The Bir Ayad field hospital is in a single room with no electricity in a former roadside cafe near the front line in Libya's Western mountains.
20110710 Reuters JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir promised to bring peace to troubled border areas and offered an amnesty to armed groups fighting his government, hours after his state declared independence from the north on Saturday.
20110710 Reuters JUBA (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir congratulated South Sudan on its independence on Saturday and called for good neighbourly relations at a ceremony to mark the south's split from Sudan in the north.
20110710 Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's foreign minister dismissed talk of any pressure on Cairo from Gulf Arab states to prevent the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, according to an interview published on Saturday.
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's Salva Kiir was sworn in as president of the world's newest nation on Saturday during a ceremony formally declaring independence from Sudan in the north.
