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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

Egypt protest traps Nigeria’s Sunshine stars in hotel

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – A protest by Egyptian soccer players angered at the suspension of their domestic league briefly prevented Nigerian side Sunshine Stars from leaving their

After Libya misfire, pressure on Romney in foreign policy debate

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

By Matt Spetalnick and Steve Holland BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) – When President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney face off on Monday in their third and

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

Ghana says sailors on seized Argentine ship free to leave

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

ACCRA (Reuters) – The crew of an Argentine naval training vessel impounded in Ghana by a firm seeking to claw back $300 million in defaulted bonds

U.S. intended to keep Benghazi mission open through 2012

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Newly released government documents show U.S. officials intended to keep open a mission in Benghazi, Libya, for at least the rest of this