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Special Report: In the land of “gangster-jihadists”

YoopyaOct 25, 20120

(Reuters) – A military helicopter arced through the dusty yellow haze and dropped onto the sand a few kilometers from Timbuktu on April 24, settling

UN Security Council backs plan for Syria truce over holiday weekend, but skepticism prevails

kiemtarOct 25, 2012October 25, 20120

CAIRO — The U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria says the Syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a ceasefire during the upcoming Muslim

Egypt constitution case sent to higher court, may be delayed

YoopyaOct 23, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – A case against the assembly writing Egypt’s new constitution was referred to another court on Tuesday in a move that could give the

S.Africa police shot striking miners in back, lawyers say

YoopyaOct 23, 20120

By Jon Herskovitz RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – Police in South Africa shot at least a dozen striking miners in the back during the so-called “Marikana

Sudan rebels say shelling resumes around oil state capital

YoopyaOct 23, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese rebels said they had shelled the main city in the oil-producing South Kordofan state near the border with South Sudan after coming

Nigerian soldiers ‘killed by Boko Haram’ in Potiskum

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

Several Nigerian soldiers have been killed by suspected Islamist militants in the north-eastern town of Potiskum, an army source has told the BBC. The town

Instability grips Libya a year after Gaddafi’s fall

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

By Hadeel Al Shalchi and Marie-Louise Gumuchian BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Insecurity blights Libya, where militias still call the shots a year after they toppled Muammar Gaddafi,

Somali piracy at 3-year low after security thwarts gangs

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Somali pirate attacks fell to their lowest in three years in the first nine months of 2012 as tougher navy

Guinea-Bissau: Portugal behind coup bid in attack on air base

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s interim government accused Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking countries of being behind an assault on an air force base, saying it was part

Protesters break into grounds of Libya’s parliament

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

By Ali Shuaib TRIPOLI (Reuters) – About 500 protesters broke into the grounds of Libya’s parliament building on Sunday to demand an end to violence in