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Tunisian police used teargas to disperse anti-government protesters in the capital Tunis on Sunday, one day after authorities imposed an overnight curfew amid growing unrest in the country.
South of Tripoli, in the hamlet of Goualich, Libyan rebels fought off a Sunday counter-offensive from the Libyan army. FRANCE 24 special envoys reported from the ground.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday arrived in Egypt where he will address the Arab League on a North African tour aimed at cementing Turkey's image as a friend of the popular movements that have toppled leaders in the region.
Thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday where they urged their military rulers to transfer power to elected civilians and called for presidential elections to be held no later than April 2012.
Egyptian activists are planning a "day of disobedience" Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's ouster. The increasingly unpopular military said it would deploy additional troops to respond to scheduled strikes and protests.
FRANCE 24 correspondents report from the western Libyan city of Misrata as they follow anti-regime rebels, caught up in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the hidden danger of Muammar Gaddafi’s snipers.
Violent clashes that broke out in Cairo between protesters and anti-riot police overnight Tuesday and continued into Wednesday left over 1000 people injured, according to the Egyptian health ministry.
Saif al-Islam (pictured) said on Wednesday that forces loyal to his father Muammar Gaddafi will never surrender. His statement came after his brother Saadi reportedly said he was ready to negotiate with Libya's interim leaders on Gaddafi’s behalf.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Jordan on Saturday, Libya's interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril called for elections within eight months to choose a council that will draft a constitution and form an interim government.
Youssou Ndour, the popular Senegalese singer, has said he will run for president against 85-year-old incumbent Abdoulaye Wade in a February 26 poll. The world-famous star is an outspoken critic of Wade.
Human Rights Watch issued a report Monday saying that NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in Libya last year and accusing the Western alliance of underplaying collateral damage during the campaign that helped oust Muammar Gaddafi.
NATO air strikes pummelled the Libyan capital of Tripoli overnight and a huge car bomb exploded in the rebel-held city of Benghazi as UN investigators accused both government and rebel forces of crimes against humanity.
Blasts and gunfire rocked Tripoli after the break of the dawn-to-dusk fast of Ramadan on Saturday and witnesses reported fighting in the eastern neighbourhoods of Souq al-Jomaa, Arada and Tajoura.

A government spokesman had earlier said an attack on Tripoli by rebels seeking to depose Muammar Gaddafi had been "dealt with".

"Sure, there were some armed militants who escaped into some neighbo
Days after wheelchair-bound Marie Dedieu was kidnapped from her beach house on a Kenyan island near the Somali border, Kenyan and French officials were racing against time Monday to try to secure her release.
Gambian jurist Fatou Bensouda (pictured) is the only remaining candidate to become the International Criminal Court's next prosecutor. Her experience and background could help increase the legitimacy of the Hague in Africa.
The Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda have ruled out introducing sharia law in the country’s new constitution. It is a gesture to those seeking to keep Islam out of politics, but also an astute political move by Ennahda.
UN workers have found 10 mass graves containing a total of 68 bodies in the Yopougon district of Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan, it was reported Monday. The neighbourhood was a battleground following the disputed presidential election.
NATO said Saturday that it had bombed three Libyan satellite dishes to prevent leader Muammar Gaddafi from using state TV as a propaganda tool. But Reuters in London found that Libyan TV was still on air when it monitored it after NATO’s statement.
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