8 DEAD IN TUNISIA SHOOTOUT WITH ISLAMISTS
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA A hooded member of the Tunisian anti-terrorist police forces (BAT) walks near a house where suspected Islamist militants were hidden in Raoued, near Tunis, Tuesday, Feb.…
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EGYPT REFERS BROTHERHOOD LEADER TO A NEW TRIAL
By MARIAM RIZK FILE – In this Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 file photo, Leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood opposition group, Mohammed Badie attends a press conference at the group’s parliamentary…
SOUTH AFRICAN OPPOSITION COALITION SPLITS
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA South African anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele, left, greets Helen Zille, right, the head of the South African Democratic Alliance political party during a press conference in Cape…
MANY SOUTH SUDANESE REMAIN IN CAMPS DESPITE TRUCE
By ILYA GRIDNEFF In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, displaced South Sudanese women queue for water at the United Nations base where they have sought shelter in Malakal,…
EGYPT ARMY CHIEF WHO LED COUP PROMOTED TO TOP RANK
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi salutes during an arrival ceremony for U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck…
LEADER: EGYPT TO HAVE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FIRST
By SARAH EL DEEB In this image made from video broadcast on Egyptian State Television, Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour speaks at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan.…
FIGHTING REPORTED IN S. SUDAN DESPITE CEASE-FIRE
By ILYA GRIDNEFF Nhail Deng Nhail, 2nd left, the head of South Sudan’s negotiating team, and top negotiator for the rebel’s side, Taban Deng Gai, right, a general in South…
DIVIDED EGYPT MARKS 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF UPRISING
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and SARAH EL DEEB An Egyptian vendor displays a mask of Egypt’s Defense Minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the 2011 uprising, in…