MALI PRESIDENTIAL RACE GOES TO RUNOFF
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Supporters of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita briefly celebrate as they watch the televised reading of election results, at Keita campaign headquarters in Bamako, Mali, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013.…
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IN EGYPT, MORSI’S LOYALISTS DEFY ORDER TO DISBAND
An Egyptian child stands next to poster of the Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where supporters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies at Nasr…
ZIMBABWE PM: NO TRUST IN FREE AND FAIR POLL
Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) supporters chant the party’s slogans as MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai addresses thousands of supporters at his last campaign rally before elections set for July 31,…
EGYPT ARRESTS MORE ISLAMISTS AS EU OFFICIAL VISITS
By AYA BATRAWY In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, left, meets with interim prime minister, Mohamed ElBaradei in Cairo, Egypt, Monday,…
IN EGYPT BLOODSHED, DOZENS OF MORSI BACKERS KILLED
By AYA BATRAWY and TONY G. GABRIEL The corpse of a supporter for Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi, killed during clashes with security forces at Nasr City, where pro-Morsi protesters…
KERRY SAYS EGYPT IS AT ‘PIVOTAL MOMENT’ IN HISTORY
In this Friday, July 26, 2013, photo released on Saturday, July 27, by Egyptian army, opponents of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi protest at Tahrir Square during a protest in…
ZIMBABWE FACES POLL WITH LITTLE VIOLENCE THIS TIME
By GILLIAN GOTORA and ANGUS SHAW FILE – In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013, file photo, supporters welcome their leader President Robert Mugabe, seen on a poster, during a campaign…
REPORT: WORLD TURMOIL MEANS FEWER HAVE FREE PRESS
By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN FILE – In this July 17, 1997 file photo, David Hoffman sits inside his self-built newsstand on Lexington Avenue in New York. According to democracy watchdog…