Egypt suspends parliamentary vote schedule
2013-03-08 09:18:30
Egypt's Higher Election Commission decided Thursday to suspend an earlier decision about the schedule of parliamentary elections, official news agency MENA said.
Kenyatta takes early lead in Kenya
2013-03-06 10:17:55
Kenyan presidential hopeful Uhuru Kenyatta opened an early lead as the East African nation counted ballots on Tuesday in an election that brought out millions of voters.
Plane crashes in eastern DR Congo
2013-03-05 10:52:34
An airplane, a private Congolese airline, crashed in Gome, the provincial capital of North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with no survivors found.
Kenya holds historic election
2013-03-05 00:36:54
Millions of Kenyans faced a sleepless night as they started lining up under the stars in the early hours on Monday to vote in the historic national election.
4 dead, 400 injured in clashes in N Egypt
2013-03-04 17:31:21
At least four people were killed, including two policemen and 400 others were injured in clashes between the protesters and the security forces in Port Said in northern Egypt.
5 police officers found dead in Kenya
2013-03-04 14:44:40
Five police officers were found dead with deep cuts on the bodies at one of the polling stations in Kenya's coastal town of Kilifi on Monday.
Polls open in Kenya's general election
2013-03-04 13:39:58
A total of 14.3 million Kenyan voters lined up to cast their ballots Monday morning to choose the country's next president.
Terrorist chief reportedly killed during Mali raid
2013-03-04 09:29:39
Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al-Qaida commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad's military said.
Assad condemns West for giving aid to rebels
2013-03-04 07:52:26
Syria and Iran joined forces on Saturday to condemn moves by Western powers to aid rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with the Syrian leader singling out Britain as a "shallow and immature" power.
Terrorist chief reportedly killed during Mali raid
2013-03-04 07:52:26
Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al-Qaida commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad's military said.
Egypt ends travel ban imposed on Mubarak
2013-03-04 04:09:05
Cairo Criminal Court decided Sunday to end a travel ban imposed previously on former regime figures including ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his wife Suzanne Thabet, his two sons Gamal and Alaa and their wives, state-run al-Ahram online newspaper reported.
Families identify balloon crash victims in Egypt
2013-03-01 11:17:16
Several families from China's Hong Kong visited hospitals in Egypt's capital of Cairo on Thursday evening to identify victims of a tragic hot balloon explosion in Luxor.