Cairo, Feb 8 (DPA) The deputy head of Al Qaeda's Yemeni branch accused Egypt and Saudi Arabia of helping 'crusaders' wage a war against the Arabian peninsula, in an audiotape posted on Islamist websites...

February 8, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Chad’s President Idriss Deby arrived today to Khartoum for the first time in more than six years, reaffirming his readiness to work together with his Sudanese...

February 8, 2010 (KHARTOUM) –The Sudanese highest court today rules today that two nominees were wrongly excluded by the National elections Committee (NEC) allowing them to rejoin the race for...

South Africa’s government has announced that President Jacob Zuma is scheduled to deliver the state of the nation address to parliament in Cape Town...

New York, Feb 9 : Another international aid worker abducted in the strife-torn Sudanese-Chadian border area has been released in a move hailed by the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping...

An official of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) says the organization will soon be transformed into a strong implementation...

Nairobi — The African Union has asked Sudan to set up a "hybrid court" to help find justice over the Darfur crisis. Former South African president Thabo Mbeki said the court should have both...

Threats, Violence Compound Nigeria's Leadership Crisis Nigeria's National Assembly meets Tuesday in a session that will consider a request by state governors to make the vice president the country's...

bans Palestinian cartographer from travel abroad Tuesday, February 09, 2010 OCCUPIED-AL-QUDS/CAIRO: Israeli security forces on Monday raided a Palestinian refugee camp in annexed east al-Quds,...

The outgoing United Nations envoy in Sudan has lauded recent developments in the country?s electoral process, and urged the parties to the north-south peace agreement to press ahead during what will...

(AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)FILE - in this Saturday, Jan.16, 2010 file photo Essam el-Erian, Egyptian Muslim brotherhood top figure, gestures during a conference at the brother hood headquarter in...

CAIRO (AFP) - The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Monday urged Egypt and the Arab League to press Israel to allow reconstruction equipment into the blockaded Gaza...

By Paul Tentena CLOSE to $260m (about sh508b) worth of goods was traded between Uganda and southern Sudan last year, Nelson Gaggawala Wambuzi, the trade state minister, has said.The minister added...

CAIRO - The No. 2 leader of Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures were arrested by police Monday in a dawn sweep targeting members of the nation's most powerful opposition...

CAIRO (AP) - The No. 2 leader of Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures were arrested by police Monday in a dawn sweep targeting members of the nation's most powerful...

The outgoing United Nations envoy in Sudan has lauded recent developments in the country's electoral process, and urged the parties to the north-south peace agreement to press ahead during what will...

The International Criminal Court dismissed charges against a Sudanese fighters leader on Monday, ruling against allegations he helped orchestrate the killing of 12 African Union peacekeepers in...

Indonesian state-owned oil company PT Pertamina said it had obtained a permit from the trade minister to import 600,000 barrels of "Nile Blend" crude from Sudan. Oil production in...

Kenya cricket team’s pace bowler Tony Suji (centre) appeals successfully for a leg-before-wicket against Scotland batsman Ryan Watson during their Twenty20 triangular match at the Nairobi Gymkhana...

International war crimes judges dismissed the case against a Sudanese rebel leader Monday, ruling that prosecutors failed to provide enough evidence to put him on trial for the deaths of...

On Monday morning, Egyptian security forces pounced on the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in a nationwide sweep, arresting 14 people including the movement’s No. 2, Mahmoud Ezzat, and Essam...

Chad traveled to neighboring Sudan Monday for the first time in nearly six years to try to smooth relations strained over the troubled Darfur region. Sudan has accused its neighbor of backing the...

September 2007 attacks [BBC report] against a peacekeeping mission located in North-Darfur. Despite the pre-trial chamber's finding that the mission was entitled to civilian protection under the...

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The president of Chad traveled to neighboring Sudan Monday for the first time in nearly six years to try to smooth relations strained over the troubled Darfur region. Sudan has...

Egypt should stop shooting migrants who pose no threat and deporting others to possible torture...Israel should not be forcibly returning people to Egypt, where they are detained arbitrarily and even...

The Egyptian authorities failed to honor their diplomatic promises and their own human rights obligations under international law. The Swedish government never should have returned Agiza to a country...

These two groups have been spotlighting important human rights issues for years. By refusing to give them legal status, the government has confirmed that the new NGO law is intended to stifle civil...

report by Human Rights Watch and the EIPR publicized this problem and documented the Interior Ministry's policy of refusing mandatory identification documents to Baha'i Egyptians as well as to ...

International Community Urges Ivory Coast to Hold Elections Controversy over the voter list in Ivory Coast is threatening to once again push back long-delayed presidential elections. Election-related...

Essam al Erian, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood top figure, gestures during a conference at group’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt (Jan.16, 2010 file...

Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir, right receives Chadian President Idris Deby upon his arrival in Khartoum, Sudan Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Chadian President Idris Deby is visiting Sudan for the first...

Somalia government policemen guard a street in southern Mogadishu during a raid in which 60 people suspected of creating violence in the capital were arrested...

Another international aid worker abducted in the strife-torn Sudanese-Chadian border area has been released in a move hailed by the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) today declined to confirm the charges made against a rebel leader accused of directing the September 2007 attack that killed a dozen African Union peacekeepers...

February 8, 2010 (JUBA) — The government of South Sudan has confirmed upgrading teachers training institution across the region saying it means to facilitate diploma training for teachers with...

Violence Marks Somali Government's Year Anniversary In recent years, the rise of the militant al-Shabab group in Somalia, an al-Qaida ally fighting to implement its ultraconservative version of Islam...

Tsvangirai Says Early Elections Could Solve Zimbabwe's Political Problems Two widely respected Zimbabaweans have been appointed to head up the new human-rights commission and the electoral...

Chadian President Idriss Deby today began a rare visit to Sudan, part of a rapprochement aimed at ending a proxy war between the two African...

Another international aid worker abducted in the strife-torn Sudanese-Chadian border area has been released in a move hailed by the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur...

Uganda . Children usually start at the age of three and complete nursery school by the age of six. Until recently rural areas like Katine sub-county did not have nursery schools. But more and more...