20110203
Xinhua
CAIRO, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak pledged Tuesday that he would not seek the next term in his Televised speech to people, after eight days of anti-government protests demanding an end of his 30-year-rule.

20110203
Xinhua
KHARTOUM, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government Wednesday voiced optimism over great and positive breakthrough in the relations between Khartoum and Washington, which would enable the United States to play a key role in solving Sudan's current political issues.

20110202
Xinhua
CAIRO, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- As hundreds of thousands of Egyptian protestors gathered in central Cairo's Tahrir square Tuesday, a coalition of the opposition groups said they would only hold talks with the regime after President Hosni Mubarak leaves the country.

20110202
Xinhua
NOUAKCHOTT, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Three terrorist suspects were killed in a blast detonated by the Mauritanian army on Wednesday near the capital city Nouakchott, according to the military and witnesses.

20110202
Xinhua
NIAMEY, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Niger's ANDP party took the lead in the parliamentary election held on Monday, according to partial results released by the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI).

20110202
Xinhua
NOUAKCHOTT, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Mauritanian army forces on Wednesday destroyed a pickup truck filled with explosives near Nouakchott, killing three passengers, local media reported

20110202
Xinhua
ABIDJAN, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and seven others injured in confrontations between police and protesters on Tuesday in a northeast town in Cote d'Ivoire, witnesses reported.

20110202
Xinhua
TUNIS, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Tunisia's new interior minister Farhat Rajhi said in a TV interview on Tuesday that the attack against the interior ministry is "a conspiracy to undermine the country."

20110202
Xinhua
ANTANANARIVO, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 1,000 people in Madagascar's southern town of Tulear have been affected by the heavy rains pounding the area for two weeks, according to the National Bureau for Disaster Management (BNGRC).

20110202
Xinhua
TUNIS, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The recent turmoil in Tunisia has killed 147 people and wounded 510 others, the UN human rights commission chief said Tuesday.

20110202
Xinhua
CAIRO, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. ambassador to Egypt Margaret Scobey talked with Egypt's prominent dissident Mohammed ElBaradei through telephone Tuesday to discuss the latest developments in Egypt as massive anti-regime demonstrations continued into eighth day, AL Arabya TV reported.

20110131
xinhua

CAIRO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian government failed to apply the parliament recommendations and there must be new theories, said Fathy Surour, the Speaker of the Egyptian parliament, on Sunday.

20110131
reuters

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) envisions to install a naval component into the African Force in order to fight the rampant pirates along the coastline of the continent, M. Ramtane Lamamra, AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, announced here on Sunday.

20110131
reuters

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Recognising Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo as president is out of the question for African leaders trying to resolve the country's post-election crisis, the West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Sunday.

20110131
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian protesters were camped out in central Cairo on Monday and vowed to stay until they had toppled President Hosni Mubarak, whose fate appeared to hang on the military as pressure mounted from the street and abroad.

20110130
xinhua

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said reopening Cote d'Ivoire's election results would be a "grave injustice," according to a press release received here on Sunday ahead of the AU summit.

20110130
xinhua

KHARTOUM, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- 98.83 percent of votes cast in the southern Sudan referendum, which had been conducted earlier this month, supported a secession of the autonomous region from Sudan, according to preliminary results published by the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission on Sunday.

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xinhua

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The foreign minister appointed by Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, Alcide Dje Dje, on Saturday hailed the decision of the African Union (AU) to set up a panel to evaluate the situation in his country following a post- election crisis.

20110130
xinhua

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- African countries are having intense discussions on the situation in Cote d'Ivoire, hoping to reach consensus on how to deal with the country's political impasse before the upcoming African Union (AU) summit scheduled on Sunday.

20110130
xinhua

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The 16th summit of the African Union (AU), scheduled for Jan. 30-31 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will be a summit of divergences, said AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping on Saturday.