20110124
xinhua

The South Sudan referendum's counting process is coming to its end with the primary results indicating that separation of south Sudan is a foregone conclusion.

20110124
xinhua

The Tunisian authority Sunday arrested a private TV station owner and his son, accusing them of "treason" for provoking violence and assisting the return of fallen President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, official TAP news agency reported.

20110124
xinhua

Egypt security sources said on Sunday that they have arrested an Egyptian man suspected of helping terrorists with the church attack in Alexandria, Egyptian media reported.

20110123
reuters

Khartoum — Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Friday said it clashed during four hours with armed groups in North Darfur killing 13 rebels.

20110124
xinhua

TUNIS, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A TV channel owned by a relative of Tunisia's ousted former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was suspended for a few hours Sunday after its owner was arrested for "treason."

20110124
xinhua

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Little progress has been made as the latest round of the United Nations-sponsored informal talks on West Sahara concluded Sunday in New York's Long Island.

20110121
BuaNews

Pretoria — President Jacob Zuma has pinned his hopes on the upcoming African Union meeting in Ethiopia next week to defuse the unfolding political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire.

20110123
reuters

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - EU sanctions aiming to squeeze Ivory Coast incumbent Laurent Gbagbo's access to funding could hurt the nation's 40,000-barrel-per-day oil sector and may shut down its 80,000 bpd refinery within months, according to the head of the state oil firm.

20110123
reuters

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African's president said on Friday there were uncertainties over the Ivory Coast election about both main candidate sides, although global powers believe the vote was clearly won by a rival to Laurent Gbagbo.

20110123
reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - Protesters from Tunisia's poor rural heartlands demonstrated in the capital on Sunday to demand that the revolution they started should now sweep the remnants of the fallen president's old guard from power.

20110123
reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region has barred central government officials from entering its territory, an official said, as a row between Puntland and the capital Mogadishu escalated.

20110123
reuters

BANGUI (Reuters) - Voters in Central African Republic complained of long delays at polling booths on Sunday as the poor but resource-rich state staged an election seen as a first step in overcoming years of instability.

20110123
reuters

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo will find ways to sidestep economic sanctions aimed at removing him from power, his government said on Sunday after West African leaders moved to sever his funds from the regional central bank.

20110122
reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's army on Friday said it clashed with fighters from two rebel factions in Darfur in a four-hour fight that left 21 people dead.

20110122
reuters

ALGIERS (Reuters) - A small group of Algerian opposition supporters trying to hold a banned protest clashed with police in the capital and several people were injured, protest organisers and official media said on Saturday.

20110122
reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - Protesters who overthrew Tunisia's president took to the streets again on Saturday to accuse his lieutenants of clinging to power and to demand new leaders now.

20110122
reuters

BOSASSO (Reuters) - Somali pirates threatened on Sunday to kill any South Korean seamen they take hostage in future in revenge for the killing of eight pirates by South Korean troops who stormed a hijacked vessel.

20110122
reuters

BAMAKO (Reuters) - West African presidents tightened the screws on Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo on Saturday, ridding him of an ally at the top of the regional central bank who had safeguarded his access to funds.

20110122
reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Provisional results from South Sudan's referendum show that almost 99 percent of voters have chosen independence, the referendum commission's website said on Sunday after 98.7 percent of the votes had been counted.

20110121
Sudan Tribune

Abyei — A top military officer from South Sudan's army, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), on Friday denied media reports that they have signed an agreement with an armed militia group in the regional capital of Juba earlier this week.