TOGO ARRESTS LARGE-SCALE IVORY TRAFFICKER
By ERICK KAGLAN In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, ivory carvings and elephant tusks seized from the shop of alleged ivory trafficker Emile N’Bouke are displayed at the…
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EGYPT SAYS DIPLOMACY HAS FAILED TO RESOLVE CRISIS
By AYA BATRAWY A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds his posters with Arabic writing which reads ” Yes for legality,” during a protest outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque,…
EGYPT’S LEADERSHIP DENOUNCES ‘FOREIGN PRESSURE’
By MAGGIE MICHAEL This image released by the Egyptian Presidency shows interim Vice President Mohamed Elbaradei, left, meets with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, center, in Cairo, Egypt,…
AP INTERVIEW: MOUSSA ON EGYPT AFTER BROTHERHOOD
By JON GAMBRELL Amr Moussa, longtime Egyptian diplomat and former presidential contender, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. Moussa says the…
US MILITARY EVACUATES EMBASSY PERSONNEL FROM YEMEN
By DEB RIECHMANN and LOLITA C. BALDOR FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 file photo, a Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading…
AFRICAN LEADERS WANT DISPUTED SOMALI CITY ANNEXED
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemarian Desalegn, front left, walks with Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta, centre, and Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, right, as they attend the closing meeting for…
ZIMBABWE OFFICIALS: MUGABE WINS WITH 61 PERCENT
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 1 2013. Tsvagirai said the election is “null and void” due to alleged violations in the voting process, but president…
EGYPT WARNS PRO-MORSI PROTESTERS TO LEAVE SIT-IN
By AYA BATRAWY A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds a banner with Morsi’s image, during a march against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Nasr City,…