Hosni Mubarak's murder and corruption trial, which opens on Wednesday, is generating a mixture of excitement and regret among the Egyptians who overthrew the veteran president.
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Gunmen kill Somali lawmaker: official
Armed men shot and killed a Somali lawmaker in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, officials and witnesses said.
Germany says orders expulsion of Libyan diplomat
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's foreign ministry said on Sunday it had, after consulting German security officials, ordered the expulsion of a senior Libyan diplomat because of his allegiance to…
Nigerian government to open talks with Islamist sect
ABUJA (Reuters) - President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a committee to negotiate with radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, a group behind almost daily shootings and bomb attacks in…
Egypt changes venue for Mubarak trial
Cairo - Egypt's state news agency says the trial of Hosni Mubarak will be moved from a Cairo convention centre to a police academy on the city's eastern…
Malawi ‘risks becoming next Zimbabwe’
Johannesburg - Malawi, once considered a southern African success story, risks going down the same road as regional basket case Zimbabwe, said the leader of recent anti-government protests…
Zim pilots pay strike strands passengers
Harare - A strike by Air Zimbabwe pilots in support for demands for payment of outstanding allowances and salaries left travellers stranded for the second day running on…
4 dead, 19 hurt in Egypt’s Sinai clashes
Cairo - An Egyptian army officer and three civilian bystanders were shot dead in fighting between an armed group and security forces in northern Sinai, security sources said…
Swazi democracy talks stumble
Mbabane - Talks on democratic reforms in Africa's last absolute monarchy stumbled Saturday as the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions, the country's largest labour group, walked out of…
Féregirtók diadala Ghánában
Ghána, Budapest - Jimmy Carter borzadva nézte az 1980-as években, amint egy hosszú féreg kimászott egy asszony mellkasából Ghána egyik északi, eldugott vidékén. A volt amerikai elnök eltökélte,…