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US alarm as Egypt army undermines election result

YoopyaJun 19, 20120

By Alastair Macdonald and Shaimaa Fayed CAIRO (Reuters) – The United States expressed alarm that its proteges in the Egyptian army were abusing hopes for

U.S. alarm as Egypt army undermines election result

YoopyaJun 19, 20120

(Reuters) – The United States expressed alarm that its protégés in the Egyptian army were abusing hopes for democracy by ordering more military rule just

Muslim Brotherhood warns Egypt’s generals

kiemtarJun 18, 2012June 19, 20120

The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to face down Egypt’s ruling generals in a “life or death” struggle over the country’s political future, after declaring that

Sudan police disperse student protest with teargas

YoopyaJun 18, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese riot police on Sunday used tear gas and batons to disperse a student protest in Khartoum against the government and high

ECOWAS has Mali force troop pledge, still lacks backing

YoopyaJun 18, 20120

By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) – West African military chiefs have secured troop commitments from three nations for their planned Mali intervention force, despite the

Nigeria church bombings kill 19, spark reprisals

YoopyaJun 18, 20120

By Isaac Abrak ZARIA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suicide car bombers attacked three churches in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least 19 people, wounding dozens

Egypt Islamists claim presidency, army rules

YoopyaJun 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on Monday its candidate won the country’s first free presidential election, but a sweeping legal maneuver overnight by Cairo’s

Israel launches African migrant deportation drive

YoopyaJun 17, 20120

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel launched a high-profile deportation drive against African migrants on Sunday with an airlift of South Sudanese whose government

Explosions hit northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state

YoopyaJun 17, 20120

LAGOS (Reuters) – Two explosions shook the town of Zaria in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state on Sunday, the emergency services said, and at least one

Tunisian ex-PM launches secular party to challenge Islamists

YoopyaJun 17, 20120

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Former Tunisian Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday launched a new secularist political party aimed at counterbalancing Ennahda,