Joint fight with Arabs against Kadafi spurs Berber hopes of equality in Libya

Before the Libyan uprising this year, Salah, a proud Arab, never would have approved if his sister had decided to marry a Berber, a long-...

Fierce fighting in western and eastern Libya

Fighting broke out on two fronts Saturday in Libya, as rebels tried to gain ground against entrenched government forces in the western...

Libyan faithfully tends graves of foreign World War II dead

Every morning, Salah Fatour is at his post with his worn rake and wheelbarrow, tending the garden of the dead.

U.S. formally recognizes rebel group as Libya's government

The Obama administration formally recognized a rebel group as Libya's government, giving the forces struggling to overthrow Moammar Kadafi's...

Refugees flee war and starvation in Somalia

To save themselves, Rahmo Ibrahim Madey and three of her children escaped on foot this month from southern Somalia's Bakol region —...

Libya rebels desperately short of funds

In early April, Mazin Ramadan left his American wife and two children in Seattle and flew to this Libyan rebel stronghold to help the...

Being top baboon can be very stressful

Think it's easy at the top? Turns out chasing females, putting down underlings and generally maintaining one's social status can be very...

Egypt fires more than 600 top police officers

Egypt fired more than 600 high-ranking police officers Wednesday in a purge aimed at appeasing thousands of antigovernment protesters in...

In Egypt, post-revolution harmony turns into acrimony

Stock prices are sliding, protesters are clamoring, generals are fuming and the once-respected prime minister is maneuvering to hang on to...

Pills found to be highly effective in preventing HIV transmission

Taking a daily pill containing either one or two anti-HIV drugs can reduce transmission of the virus by as much as three-quarters among...

Sudan president promises freer, more inclusive government

Facing increased scrutiny at home and a war crimes indictment abroad, Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir stood before his...

Independent South Sudan is jubilant, wobbly a day later

On the day after independence in South Sudan, the modest clock tower in downtown Juba read "Free at Last," and the dirt roadsides were...

In rebel-held Libya, men find new identities as warriors

He is a soft-spoken 22-year-old with a massive Belgian machine gun.

Kadafi again threatens to attack Europe with suicide bombers

For the second time in a week, Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi has threatened to dispatch hundreds of Libyan suicide bombers to attack...

South Sudan, world's newest nation, is instantly one of the most troubled

The countdown clock ran out, the flag ascended over the fledgling capital and a new nation born from Africa's longest civil war and the...

Southern Sudanese prepare for nationhood

Garang Yai was 7 when government soldiers burned down his village, forcing him to flee to Ethiopia, a three-month walk that many of his...

Tens of thousands protest in Egypt for reforms, speedier trials

Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested across the nation Friday to demand political reforms and swifter trials for police and former...

Libyan rebels said to advance in west

Even as Libyan rebels reported driving government forces from another mountain town in western Libya on Wednesday, Moammar Kadafi's regime...

Egyptians race to capture the spirit of Tahrir Square

The questioner reads evenly from a script.

In Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood showing cracks in its solidarity

The Muslim Brotherhood has expelled five of its youth members in a purge signaling that Egypt's most potent political force is unwilling...