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Egypt’s finance minister resigned Tuesday over the government’s handling of the deadly weekend clashes between Coptic Christians and security forced which left 26 people dead.
Days after she won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is seeking a second term in Tuesday’s presidential elections, facing off against 15 rivals who claim she is more respected abroad than at home.
Egypt’s ruling military council called Monday for a swift investigation into violent sectarian clashes between Coptic Christians and police forces, during which at least 25 people were killed.
Forces loyal to Libya's new regime seized the university campus in Sirte on Sunday, AFP has reported. They also claim to have taken the city convention centre as part of the ongoing battle for control of Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown.
Police clashed with Egyptian Christians on Sunday protesting an attack on a Cairo church. Religious violence has worsened since the February anti-government uprising, with at least 19 people reported killed in the latest unrest.
Thousands of civilians have fled an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation in the coastal city of Sirte, where forces loyal to the National Transitional Council have launched another assault to capture Muammar Gaddafi's last major stronghold.
Ousted Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi called on his countrymen to march against the NTC via radio Thursday. He also stated that developing world leaders that supported the NTC would ultimately suffer a similar fate to Gaddafi.
A truck bombing in Mogadishu on Tuesday killed at least 57 people in the largest attack by al Shabaab militants since the group withdrew from the Somali capital in August. Medical officials have warned that the final death toll could be much higher.
National Transitional Council head Mustafa Abdel Jalil (pictured) announced a minor administrative shakeup on Monday, including the creation of a ministerial post to handle issues affecting the victims of Libya's ongoing civil war.
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.
Hundreds of Libyan civilians fled the besieged city of Sirte in packed vehicles as the battle for control of Muammar Gaddafi's hometown continued on Sunday. The Red Cross has warned that the city is facing a dangerous lack of medical supplies.
The besieged town of Sirte on Libya's northern border lacks basic medical care, according to a spokesman from the International Committee of the Red Cross. The pro-Gaddafi town has battled National Transitional Council fighters since September.
The international police agency Interpol announced Thursday that it had issued a red notice for al-Saadi Gaddafi, son of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Al-Saadi Gaddafi, last seen in Niger, is accused of corruption and intimidation.
A bloc led by the Egyptian Islamist party the Muslim Brotherhood threatened a boycott Wednesday of Egypt’s November 28 legislative elections. They object to a new policy that reserves a third of the seats for independent candidates.
Fighters loyal to the National Transitional Council overran the hometown of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday after battling for days to take hold of the strategic coastal city.
Fighters loyal to the Transitional National Council tightened their siege of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi's hometown on Monday, two days after a failed attempt to take hold of the coastal city.
Representatives of Libya's National Transitional Council said on Sunday that they had unearthed a mass grave of at least 1,200 prisoners slain by Muammar Gaddafi's regime following the 1996 Abu Salim prison uprising in Tripoli.
Forces loyal to Libya's interim leadership, the National Transitional Council, swarmed the city of Sirte on Saturday backed by NATO warplanes in a fresh bid to seize control of former leader Muammar Gaddafi's hometown.
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