Mubarak welcomes rivals for presidency 2005-01-09 15:32:11
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has been in power since 1981, says he doesn't mind people seeking nomination for the presidential referendum but warned "whoever sits in the chair of the president of Egypt, his health, time and nerves are ruined and he has no private life at all".Full Story...
Locusts swarms a real threat to Africa 2005-01-07 14:47:49
The UN food agency has urged the rest of the world to help combat a possible re-invasion of locust swarms in north and west Africa where the situation is still described as "serious".Full Story...
Polish leader hopes to boost ties with Libya 2005-01-06 09:43:40
Poland's prime minister, Marek Belka, is in Tripoli for a series of talks with Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi. Belka hopes to improve economic ties with the North African country.Full Story...
Egyptian politics warms up 2005-01-05 17:14:44
Egyptian state newspaper al-Ahram predicts that President Hosni Mubarak will be the clear-cut winner when residents go to the polls later this year.Full Story...
18 killed in Algerian ambush - report 2005-01-05 12:40:57
Rebels from Algeria's extremist Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat have reportedly blown up an army convoy and then raked it with machine-gun fire, killing 13 soldiers and five civilians.Full Story...
Senegal bus drivers strike over safety belts 2005-01-04 12:11:57
Bus drivers in Senegal's capital Dakar have gone on strike after being told they would be fined if passengers in their decrepit vehicles failed to wear safety belts.Full Story...
Egyptian dramatist's Israel trip invites ire 2005-01-03 19:03:08
A visit to Israel by a controversial Egyptian playwright has sparked a bitter row between backers and opponents of a "normalisation" of cultural ties with the Jewish state.Full Story...
Egypt to hold parliamentary poll in late 2005 2005-01-02 14:21:04
Egypt will hold parliamentary elections in the second half of November this year, Minister of State for Parliament Kamal el-Shazli has announced.Full Story...
Algerian man and his daughters found dead 2004-12-30 08:08:37
An Algerian man and his two daughters have been found with their throats slit after an attack that has been blamed on Islamic extremists.Full Story...
Rebels claim success against Sudanese forces 2004-12-28 12:09:44
There are conflicting reports about an attack by a new rebel group in Sudan's Darfur region, on government soldiers. The rebels claim they have attacked government forces at six places.Full Story...
Rough weather kills 13 during sea crossing 2004-12-24 15:06:22
African would-be migrants were found dead on board a makeshift boat after apparently dying of hypothermia on a voyage in severe weather to Spain's Canary Islands.Full Story...
Officials jailed in pesticide corruption case 2004-12-24 14:12:26
Senior officials from the Egyptian agriculture ministry had been sentenced to jail terms ranging from between one and 10 years for their roles in the illegal importation of banned carcinogenic pesticides.Full Story...
Tons of dagga seized at Moroccan airport 2004-12-23 17:17:41
Moroccan customs have seized nearly seven tons of cannabis resin stashed in paint buckets destined to Luxembourg.Full Story...
Morocco lifts lid on human rights abuses 2004-12-22 15:10:00
Morocco's "truth commission" has begun hearing public testimony from victims of torture during the reign of King Hassan.Full Story...
Bush's re-election: Gaddafi takes some credit 2004-12-17 14:09:12
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says his country's decision to renounce its nuclear weapons programme was one of the reasons why George Bush was re-elected as American president.Full Story...
Morocco denies Netherlands terrorism claim 2004-12-16 15:56:28
Morocco is not the source of acts of "terror" committed in The Netherlands, including the murder of a prominent filmmaker, the justice minister has said.Full Story...
Tanker spills oil into Suez Canal 2004-12-15 19:46:48
A tanker has hit a pier in the Suez Canal causing a massive oil spill, the second significant incident at the waterway in less than six weeks.Full Story...
Crash leaves 11 dead in Morocco 2004-12-15 14:56:42
Eleven people, most of whom burnt to death, have died and 38 others have been injured when a truck crashed into a bus in Morocco's southern Chichaoua province.Full Story...
Somali leader attempts talks with parliament 2004-12-15 09:39:06
Somali President Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed is intent on making political headway: he has called an urgent meeting with his re-appointed prime minister and the rest of his ministers to set up a new government.Full Story...
Algerian protest descends into chaos 2004-12-13 16:53:54
Riots sparked by anger over shortages of state-subsidised apartments in Oran have left six police officers and more than 30 youngsters injured.Full Story...
Protesters deplore Mubarak's 'despotic' rule 2004-12-13 01:59:46
Islamists, nationalists, leftists and liberals in Egypt have protested against a fifth term for President Hosni Mubarak, the country's system of presidential referendums, and the emergency rule that has existed in the country for decades.Full Story...
'Solution in sight' for HIV nurses in Libya 2004-12-09 05:04:18
Diplomats say they are seeing progress in the case against five Bulgarian nurses convicted of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with Aids.Full Story...
Christians deplore 'forced' conversions 2004-12-09 02:32:25
Egyptian Christians have clashed with police over what they call police complicity in "forced" proselytisation. The Christians say fellow worshippers are forced to convert to Islam.Full Story...
A day of bloodshed – and hope 2004-12-08 19:06:32
Egypt has brokered terms of an Israel-Palestinian truce and principles of a peace accord, according to the official Egyptian news agency.Full Story...
Feminist sets sights on Egyptian presidency 2004-12-08 15:08:26
A leading feminist, sociologist, medical doctor and writer says she will run for president in Egypt's next elections.Full Story...
Bulgaria won't pay Libya to indemnify nurses 2004-12-07 07:18:12
The fate of five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor, condemned to death for infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, is still uncertain, this after Bulgaria refused to pay any blood money.Full Story...
Israel, Egypt set stage for closer relations 2004-12-06 11:11:13
Egypt has sent a convicted Israeli spy home after eight years in jail and Israel released six Egyptian infiltrators in the clearest sign of a warming of relations since the start of the Palestinian uprising in 2002.Full Story...
Dozens injured as tremor rattles Algeria 2004-12-05 14:11:46
A tremor has shaken the Algerian capital, slightly injuring 46 people only a few days after a moderate earthquake hit the same area.Full Story...
Egypt makes prisoner pact with Israel 2004-12-05 14:09:06
Egypt and Israel have completed a prisoner exchange exercise, during which six Cairo students held for plotting attacks on soldiers were freed.Full Story...
Arafat's brother laid to rest in Cairo 2004-12-03 19:00:49
Fathi Arafat - the brother of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat - has been buried at a family cemetery in Cairo.Full Story...
Destitute kids return home after mom's death 2004-12-03 19:24:23
Six Egyptian children, who had been evicted from their apartment in Baghdad after their Iraqi mother died, have returned home to Cairo after living on the streets for several weeks.Full Story...
Out of frying pan into fire for Oxfam chief 2004-12-03 07:04:54
Sudan says it has approved the application of a regional Oxfam director, for a visa to leave the country. Earlier Sudan informed the man he had 48 hours to pack up and go.Full Story...
13 to be charged over religious crimes 2004-12-01 18:41:37
Thirteen Egyptians will be tried by an Emergency State Security Court for allegedly trying to influence fellow Muslims.Full Story...
UK aid directors to remain in Sudan - for now 2004-12-01 08:35:29
The Sudanese government has started negotiations aimed at resolving the expulsion issue concerning the directors of two British aid agencies.Full Story...
Germans tourists found guilty of pillaging 2004-11-30 17:33:27
Five Germans accused of stealing artifacts in the Sahara Desert have been sentenced to three months in prison.Full Story...
Sudan expels director of aid agency 2004-11-30 08:22:52
The Sudanese government has expelled the director of Save The Children after accusing the British aid agency of breaching Khartoum's laws.Full Story...
Child labour rife in Morocco. 2004-11-30 02:17:33
Boys between the ages of five and 14 years are the majority of child labourers in Morocco, says a study released recently.Full Story...
Bouteflika: No governance without rule of law 2004-11-29 15:53:15
Representatives from African states have gathered for the 27th congress of the African Parliamentary Union to focus on developing good governance.Full Story...
Overloaded boat sinks off Yemen coast 2004-11-29 15:50:28
A boat crossing to Yemen from the Horn of Africa, carrying more than 115 Ethiopians and Somalis sank and about 16 people are feared to have drowned.Full Story...
Egyptians lament 'gardens of the devil' 2004-11-29 10:22:05
More than 20-million landmines lurk beneath the shifting sands of Egypt's Western Desert, reaping a slow, bloody harvest and keeping potential farmers at bay.Full Story...
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