WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Egypt is seeking $10 billion in funding from global lenders and rich nations to cope with the costs of the mass protests that toppled the…
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Ellenzéki civakodás Nigériában
Nigéria, Lagosz – Nigéria két legerősebb ellenzéki pártja mégsem lép koalícióra. A két félnek nem sikerült megegyeznie, így nem indítanak közös jelöltet a szombati elnökválasztáson Goodluck Jonathan elnök…
A vádirat megvan, de hol a vádlott Tunéziában?
Tunézia, Tunisz – A tunéziai hátságok 18 pontos vádiratot állítottak össze Ben Ali volt elnök ellen. Az viszont továbbra is kérdéses, hogy a Szaúd-Arábiába menekült bukott politikust sikerül-e…
Western, Arab nations say Libya’s Gaddafi must go
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Diplomats will make a new effort to forge an end to the Libyan civil war on Thursday, after agreeing to call for Muammar Gaddafi to…
Tunisia has legal cases against Ben Ali: minister
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian authorities have prepared 18 legal cases against former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, including "voluntary manslaughter" and "drug trafficking", the state TAP news agency…
UN pressures Somalia on elections, reforms
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A United Nations special envoy urged Somalia on Wednesday to hold elections and bring an end to its transitional government, but it was unclear how…
Ugandan police fire teargas at food price protest
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan police fired teargas to disperse a crowd that gathered after an opposition leader was prevented from taking part in a second round of protests…
BRICS take aim at dollar with call for global monetary
SANYA, China (Reuters) - The five BRICS nations took another step towards cementing their global influence on Thursday, calling for a broad-based international reserve currency system "providing stability…
Somali militants al-Shabab cut off hand, leg from 3 ‘convicted’ robbers
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A witness in Somalia says al-Qaida-linked militants in the country have cut off a hand and a leg each from three men convicted of robbery…
$350 million in US aid for Malawi goes through
BLANTYRE, Malawi – The United States is giving Malawi $350 million to improve its power supply network after getting reassurances about the southern African country's commitment to human…