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Libya brigades promise to turn over strategic sites

Libyan militias who helped oust Moamer Kadhafi have promised to turn over to the interim government strategic ...

UN chief marks one-year anniversary of revolution in Libya

Marking the one-year anniversary of the revolution in Libya, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that Libyans ...

Gunmen attack police post in flashpoint Nigerian city

Gunmen in Nigeria have killed at least one officer after opening fire on a police station in the city of Kano, where ...

Al Qaeda Africa wing threatens to kill Western hostages

Al Qaeda`s North African wing said it will kill its European hostages if France and its allies attack its bases in ...

Al-qaeda trying to recruit fighters in Libya

Al-Qaeda has sent militants to Libya in a bid to recruit a fighting force after the fall of Moamer Kadhafi`s regime, ...

Christmas Day blast near church in Nigeria kills 15

A suspected bomb blast near a church outside the Nigerian capital on Christmas morning killed at least 15 people, a ...

Ex-opposition leader Marzouki elected Tunisia`s President

Tunisia`s veteran opposition leader Moncef Marzouki was elected president Monday, a month and a half after the north ...

Qaeda says holding 5 hostages, including French "spies"

Al-Qaeda`s North African wing claimed responsibility for kidnapping five foreigners in Mali last month, describing two ...

Libya says to integrate 50,000 anti-Kadhafi fighters

Libya`s security forces will integrate 50,000 fighters who battled loyalists of late dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the ...

Moroccan king appoints Islamist party chief as pm

Morocco`s King Mohammed VI on Tuesday named the head of the Islamist party that won last week`s election as prime ...

ICC trial for Seif Al-Islam could be in Libya: prosecutor

The trial of deposed Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi`s son Seif al-Islam could be held in Libya under the auspices of the ...

Nato says will not keep troops around Libya

NATO is not planning to leave forces around Libya following the end of its military mission in the country, NATO ...

Libya`s ex-intelligence chief in northern Niger

Libya`s former intelligence chief Abdallah Al-Senoussi, wanted by the International Criminal Court, has been spotted ...

Russia demands end of Libya no-fly zone

Russia on Friday demanded that the UN Security Council immediately end the no-fly zone over Libya which was patrolled ...

NTC should immediately take over power in Libya

The National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya should immediately take over power in the country after the death of ...