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Moussa chases tribal votes in Egypt election

YoopyaMay 7, 20120

By Edmund Blair QANTARA, Egypt (Reuters) – Former Arab League chief Amr Moussa campaigned for the votes of influential tribes on Sunday in his battle

Army imposes curfew in Cairo district after clashes

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

By Patrick Werr and Marwa Awad CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army imposed an overnight curfew around the defence ministry in Cairo on Friday after protesters

Tanzanian president sacks finance, energy ministers

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

By Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete axed his finance and energy ministers on Friday in a reshuffle that had

Nigeria Islamists storm prison, kill guards: police

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants stormed a prison in their northeastern heartland on Friday, killing two guards and freeing the inmates, police said, in the latest

Nigeria pledges action, urges patience on oil graft

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s justice ministry said on Friday it would prosecute anyone found guilty of being involved in a $6.8 billion fuel subsidy corruption

Recalled Saudi envoy to return to Egypt on Saturday

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Egypt will return to Cairo on Saturday, the Saudi embassy said in a statement, after he was recalled

Family mourn ex Libya oil chief in low-key funeral

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Scores gathered to mourn Libya’s Gaddafi-era prime minister and oil chief Shokri Ghanem at a low-key funeral in Tripoli on Friday, days

Brotherhood fights image problem on Egypt campaign trail

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

By Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) – The Muslim Brotherhood has deployed a formidable campaign machine in its quest for the Egyptian presidency but faces an

Obama invites African leaders to G8 food security talks

YoopyaMay 4, 20120

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has invited four African leaders to join the G8 leaders’ summit at Camp David later this month for

Gunmen fire on Nigeria cattle market, 60 killed

YoopyaMay 4, 20120

By Ibrahim Mshelizza and Mike Oboh MAIDUGURI/ABUJA (Reuters) – Gunmen threw bombs and opened fire on a cattle market in remote northeastern Nigeria, killing at