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In court, defiant Mursi says he still Egypt’s president

YoopyaNov 4, 2013March 10, 20240

(Reuters) – Ousted Egyptian leader Mohamed Mursi struck a defiant tone on the first day of his trial on Monday, chanting ‘Down with military rule’,

Mursi faces trial in Egypt in test of democracy

YoopyaNov 4, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi arrived at a Cairo police academy on Monday to face trial in what opponents of the army-backed government

Rare solar eclipse in America, Europe and Africa

YoopyaNov 4, 2013February 14, 20240

A rare solar eclipse allowing a view of the Sun that is totally or partially blocked by the Moon has taken place. It was first

France says its journalists “coldly assassinated” in Mali

YoopyaNov 4, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – France said on Sunday two French journalists found dead in the northern Mali region of Kidal had been “coldly assassinated” by militants and vowed to

DR Congo military attacks last areas held by M23 rebels

YoopyaNov 4, 2013February 14, 20240

Government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo are attacking the last areas held by the M23 rebel group in the forested hills in the

Sahara kidnappings: A massive money-making business

YoopyaNov 1, 2013February 14, 20240

The rumours are hard to dismiss. “France paid al-Qaeda 25m euros for four hostages,” read a headline in the Times newspaper this week. The French

South African Anene Booysen gang-rapist jailed for life

YoopyaNov 1, 2013February 14, 20240

A South African man found guilty of the rape and brutal murder of a 17-year-old girl has been sentenced to two life terms in prison

Zimbabwe court scraps controversial Mugabe insult law

YoopyaOct 31, 2013April 12, 20230

(Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s highest court has scrapped a law against insulting the president that has been used to arrest opponents and critics of veteran leader

Mozambique’s Renamo says leader ‘hunted’, government cracks down

YoopyaOct 31, 2013March 4, 20240

(Reuters) – Mozambique’s Renamo opposition party said on Wednesday the army was trying to hunt down and kill its leader after President Armando Guebuza said

Egypt: Police storm university after student siege

YoopyaOct 30, 2013March 4, 20240

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces have stormed the main building of an Islamic university in Cairo after students who support the country’s ousted president