TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia has deployed soldiers to stop a tide of illegal immigrants trying to reach Italy, a military source said on Monday, after Rome said a revolution in the north African country had set off a "biblical exodus."
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new military rulers have signalled their intention to share power with civilians and amend the constitution rapidly by popular referendum, opposition activists and a British minister said on Monday.
KHARTOUM, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday vowed to provide freedom for all, affirming that his government does not fear people's revolution against it after a wave of popular uprisings at the Arab region that toppled Tunisian and Egyptian presidents.
CAIRO, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq said at a news conference on Sunday that his caretaker government' s priority is to restore security as the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak ended.
NAIROBI, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Somali pirates hijacked a Maltese- flagged ship with 23 crew members on board, according to the information released by European Union Naval Force on Sunday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it had not completed a recent evaluation of Uganda's economy because the country's economic policies are "inconsistent" with those previously agreed with the fund.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Systematic sexual violence continues to be carried out against Congolese women and girls caught up in mass expulsions from Angola to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a U.N. envoy said on Friday.
KIGALI (Reuters) - The sentencing of a Rwandan opposition politician to four years in jail for inciting ethnic division was a sign the country was using the judicial system to stifle criticism, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Saturday.
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Several people were feared to have been killed on Saturday in a stampede at an election campaign rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the oil city of Port Harcourt, witnesses said.
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Thousands of police in riot gear blocked off the centre of Algeria's capital on Saturday and stopped government opponents from staging a protest march that sought to emulate Egypt's popular revolt.
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 11 people were trampled to death on Saturday in a stampede at an election campaign rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is in Singapore for a medical review after undergoing a cataract operation there last month but is expected to come home before his birthday next week, state media reported on Sunday.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's cabinet, appointed when Hosni Mubarak was still in office, will not undergo a major reshuffle and will stay to oversee a political transformation in the coming months, the cabinet spokesman said on Sunday.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new military rulers said on Sunday they would keep control of the country for six months or until parliamentary and presidential elections are held following constitutional amendments.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new military rulers said on Sunday they had dissolved parliament, suspended the constitution and would govern only for six months or until elections took place, following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.
20110213 presstv Egypt's new military rulers have dissolved the parliament and suspended the constitution days after a historic revolution ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
20110213 presstv Tel Aviv says Israeli officials have made initial contacts with Egypt's new military rulers as the army is clashing with protesters that refuse to leave Cairo's Liberation Square.
20110213 presstv UN's Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has once again called for a smooth, orderly and transparent transition of power in Egypt after the resignation of its ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
20110213 presstv Gunshots have been heard near Egypt's Interior Ministry as post-Mubarak protests turn violent on the second day after the US-backed tyrant's resignation.
