20120206 Press TV President of the Somali Red Crescent Society has expressed gratitude to Iran for Tehran’s significant contribution of humanitarian aid to the famine-stricken African nation, Press TV reports.
20120206 Reuters (Reuters) - Egypt's army-backed government said it was preparing to move ousted President Hosni Mubarak to a Cairo prison hospital in an apparent bid to calm protests, but clashes continued with police firing tear gas at demonstrators hurling rocks and broken tiles.
20120206 Reuters (Reuters) - Egyptian airport authorities on Sunday prevented the chief executive of Egypt's investment bank EFG-Hermes from traveling to the Emirates when it was discovered that his name was among a list of Egyptian officials banned from leaving the state, airport sources said.
20120206 Reuters (Reuters) - The cases of 40 U.S. citizens, other foreigners and Egyptians embroiled in a dispute over the activities and funding of pro-democracy groups have been referred to court, judicial sources said on Saturday, deepening a row with the United States.
20120206 Reuters (Reuters) - Libya started and then swiftly postponed court proceedings Sunday against 41 Libyans accused of helping Muammar Gaddafi crush the popular revolt that ended in his death last year, Libyan news agency LANA said on Sunday.
20120206 Reuters (Reuters) - Egypt will prepare Cairo's Torah prison hospital so it can receive ousted President Hosni Mubarak from the military hospital where he is now detained, an Interior Ministry official said on Sunday, an announcement that could help calm protests.
20120206 Reuters (Reuters) - Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic party (PDP) won a governorship election in the northern state of Adamawa, despite fierce criticism over the party's handling of an insurgency in the north.
20120206 AFP Hundreds of Senegalese opponents to President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term gathered in Dakar on Sunday, hoping to energise their protest movement as the election campaign officially kicked off.
20120206 AFP Nigeria's senate president on Sunday called for decisive action to stem the deterioration of a security situation which he said had become intolerable in the religiously-divided country.
20120206 AFP Gabon's opposition leader Mike Jocktane Sunday said police tried to detain him as he was driving through Libreville, adding that his driver managed to lose his pursuers.
20120206 AFP Protesters and police engaged in sporadic clashes on Sunday at security headquarters in Cairo as violence raged into a fourth day and the interior minister leapt to the defence of his reviled forces.
20120206 AFP The United States demanded "clarification" over Cairo's apparent plans to put dozens of pro-democracy activists, including 19 Americans, on trial over charges of illegal funding of aid groups.
20120206 AFP Until a new anti-homosexuality bill caused a wave of homophobia in Uganda, John and Paul could hold hands in the streets of the capital Kampala and kiss in night clubs.
20120206 AP BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — More than 15,000 people including Malian military personnel have fled into neighboring countries since members of the nomadic Tuareg ethnic group launched a new rebellion against the Malian government last month, aid officials say.
20120205 AFP The Mali army said it had killed some 20 Tuareg rebels on Friday and Saturday in the northern city of Timbuktu and taken a dozen prisoners.
20120205 AFP Morocco on Saturday freed a former world kickboxing champion, Zakaria Moumni, jailed 17 months ago on charges of racketeering, after he was pardoned by King Mohamed VI.
20120205 AFP Protesters faced off with police in Cairo for a third day Saturday in deadly clashes sparked by anger at the failure of Egypt's military rulers to prevent football-linked violence that left scores dead.
20120205 AFP Stoppila Sunzu, Christopher Katongo and James Chamanga scored as Zambia overcame 10-man Sudan 3-0 Saturday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals after a 16-year absence.
20120205 AFP Opposition candidates in Senegal's upcoming election pledged Saturday a new round of protests aimed at stopping President Abdoulaye Wade from seeking a constitutionally questionable third term.
