The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has funded a rural ICT project aimed at providing Arua Secondary with ICT skills for self- sustainability and economic development.

Armando Angulibo, Training Coordinator, commented on the exercise, saying it was projected towards community empowerment through the use of ICT.

Vietnam-based Viettel announced in Maputo, Mozambique, the official launch of Movitel – the group’s first mobile network in Africa to join its already flourishing networks in Asia and Latin America.

In just over a year since being licensed, Viettel has built 12,600 kilometres of fiber optic cable and 1,800 mobile stations in Mozambique.

EU naval forces have conducted their first raid on pirate bases on the Somali mainland, saying they have destroyed several boats.

The EU forces were transported by helicopter to the bases near the port of Haradhere, a well known pirate lair.

Airtel Tanzania has launched “Super 5” , an offer that provides affordable solutions to its subscribers who frequently use voice calls, social platforms and SMS to communicate.

Cheikh Sarr, Airtel Marketing Director, commented saying that this is the most competitive offer in the market that seeks to combine quality and affordable rates on online data services and voice.

Essar Telecom’s Yu Mobile has launched a new service ‘Credo4yu’, which is a pre-paid credit service that gives access to emergency airtime to its subscribers.

Subscribers will get up to Ksh 20 ($0.23c) of emergency airtime credit when they need to make urgent calls.

Polls have opened in Algeria for parliamentary elections which the authorities have billed as more free and transparent than ever before.

Last year's revolts in the region left the country largely untouched, but it is now under pressure to reform and renew its ageing establishment.

M-Cash Uganda and Housing Finance Bank (HFB) is a joint venture that is seeking to introduce a virtual Bank account scheme that enables customers to send money within Uganda.

Paul Musoke, Deputy MD HFB, said the account enables holders to have an e-wallet that can be accessed through the different HFB branches and M-Cash agents in Uganda.

Vodacom customers can now buy airtime, data bundles and SMS bundles using their debit, cheque or credit cards via their mobile phones.

Customers who bank with Absa, Standard Bank and Nedbank will be able to use this service to buy Vodacom Prepaid or Top Up airtime for themselves or for other mobile phone users.

Nigerian-based and Africa’s fastest growing telecommunications company Glo Mobile, has officially opened its doors in Ghana, as it announced the commencement of commercial services in the African nation.

“(Glo had) rolled out the most modern telecommunications network and is introducing into the market abundant, superior and attractive value offerings in all ten regions of the country,” said Chief Operating Officer George Andah.

At least 16 people have been killed in a gun and bomb attack at a university in Nigeria's northern city of Kano, Nigerian Red Cross officials say.

Six others were in a serious condition following the attack at Bayero University campus where Christian worshippers were holding a service.

Human rights groups have welcomed the guilty verdict against former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.

The UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague said he aided and abetted war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war.

A Ugandan police officer has been suspended over the alleged sexual assault of an opposition activist, the authorities have said.

Footage shows an officer squeezing the breast of Ingrid Turinawe of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) as she was arrested last week.

Nigeria's parliament has discussed a report said to reveal that $6bn (£4bn) has been defrauded from the fuel subsidy fund in the past two years.

The debate, which was televised live, made official findings that have been widely leaked in recent days.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Sudan's bombardment of a border area in South Sudan.

Mr Ban called on "the government of Sudan to cease all hostilities immediately", saying there could be no no military solution" to the two countries' simmering border dispute.

The newly-laid undersea West African Cable System is due to be switched on in May, which will bring Africa just one step closer to being a truly connected continent.

With a number of other cables already linking the continent to other parts of the world, WACS will bring some relief to some parts in terms of internet availability and speeds.

Many Ugandans are losing money to unending promotions by their preferred telecom companies.

This comes in the form of users asked to subscribe by sending messages to win cash, airtime, and cars. Apparently these messages go for between Ksh50 to Ksh1500 depending on the network provider.

Two high-profile politicians have been arrested in Cameroon in connection with the allegedly fraudulent purchase of a presidential plane.

Marafa Hamidou Yaya used to be the interior minister and Chief Ephraim Inoni is a former prime minister.

At least 12 people have been killed and more than 30 badly injured by a bombing in the central Somali town of Baidoa.

The governor of the Bay region, Abdifitah Mohamed Gesey, told the BBC that most of the casualties were women and children.

Ugandans who subscribe to Orange Uganda’s network can now access Wikipedia for free, according to the company publicist, Patience Tindyebwa.

“Any customer with an Orange SIM and mobile Internet enabled phone will be able to access Wikipedia, the largest online encyclopaedia in the world, through their mobile browser,” Tindyebwa said.

British youths from African communities could become radicalised as al-Qaeda looks to Africa to build its strength, the Rusi think tank has suggested.

It says such a development would pose new challenges for UK and other Western intelligence services.

The Ugandan government has banned the opposition Action For Change group, which has staged many protests against corruption and the cost of living.

The group has become known for its "walk to work" demonstrations, during which its leader Kizza Besigye has faced frequent arrests.

Ugandan telecommunications operators are outsourcing large portions of their management of infrastructure and assets to UK-based Eaton Towers.

According to reports, Orange Uganda and Warid Telecom are also outsourcing assets and asset management to the UK in a bid to improve efficiency and operating costs in light of dropping prices in the country.

Senegalese politician Macky Sall has won a crushing victory over veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade in the country's presidential election.

Official results showed he won 66% of the vote compared with Mr Wade's 34%.

Oil has been discovered in Kenya after exploratory drilling by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil, President Mwai Kibaki has said.

The discovery was made in the country's north-western Turkana region. Mr Kibaki said it was "the first time Kenya has made such a discovery" and called it a "major breakthrough".

A Zimbabwean court has convicted six activists of inciting public violence for discussing the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

The activists were arrested in February last year as they attended a lecture about the North African protests.

Moroccan activists have stepped up pressure to scrap laws that allow rapists to marry their victims - after a 16-year-old girl killed herself.

Amina Filali swallowed rat poison after being severely beaten during a forced marriage to her rapist.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has found Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers during the final years of the Democratic Republic of Congo's 1998-2003 war.

The Ugandan government announced on Monday that Libyan assets, including Uganda Telecom (UTL), seized by the government last year as part of United Nations (UN) sanctions on Libya, will be returned.

The government said, in a press statement published by the WallStreet Journal, once UN sanctions against the North African country were lifted in December 2011, “all assets would be returned to the Libyan government in the next few months”.

Urgent action is needed to stop drought in West Africa's Sahel region turning into a humanitarian disaster affecting 13 million people, Oxfam says.

The charity says the international community waited too long to respond to famine in East Africa last year.

Huge explosions at an arms depot, which killed at least 146 people in Congo's capital, Brazzaville, were caused by a short-circuit that led to a fire, government officials say.

They say some 1,500 people were hurt.

Construction has begun on a $23bn (£14.5bn) port project and oil refinery in south-eastern Kenya's coastal Lamu region near war-torn Somalia's border.

An oil pipeline, railway and motorway will also be built linking Lamu to South Sudan and Ethiopia.

MTN Ghana, leading telecommunications operator, sent out a reminder yesterday to all its customers across the country to register their voice and data SIM cards.

The company statement said it “wishes to advise MTN customers to send a blank text to the short code 400 to confirm their registration status.

James Ibori, a former governor of one of Nigeria's oil-producing states, has pleaded guilty in a UK court to 10 counts of money-laundering and conspiracy to defraud.

British police accuse him of stealing £250m ($400m) over eight years. Mr Ibori, once seen as one of Nigeria's wealthiest and most influential politicians, was arrested in 2007.

The Lower Indian Ocean Network (LION2), Kenya’s fourth submarine cable, will become fully operational in April this year, the local telecommunications ministry revealed on Thursday.

Three women in Cameroon have been charged with practising homosexuality, in what is believed to be the first such case in the country, a local reporter tells the BBC.

The case, allegedly involving a lesbian love triangle, came to court on Monday, but has only been reported nationally now due to the remoteness of the area.

The upsurge in Sub-Saharan African mobile telecommunications seems to be subsiding as companies continue to saturate the market in a bid to gain more clients.

The levels of investment in the sector and how businesses aim to win over customers’ favour was the subject of a new report.

Oil has been found off the coasts of Liberia and Sierra Leone, energy companies have announced.

African Petroleum and Anadarko say further tests are needed to see how commercially viable the finds are. Nevertheless, hopes have been raised that an oil bonanza could spur growth in the West African states - still recovering from civil wars.

Libyans are marking the anniversary of the uprising that led to the overthrow of Col Muammar Gaddafi after his rule of more than 40 years.

Celebrations are planned in towns and cities across the country and have been under way for days in the eastern city of Benghazi, where the revolt began.

Think of Algeria and a snow storm does not usually come to mind. But the people of the Mediterranean country are having to get used to unprecedented amounts of the white stuff that have caused widespread chaos.

FNB recorded a 150% growth in the number of cellphone banking transactions and 1384% eWallet growth comparing December 2010 and December 2011.

2.4 million transactions were conducted on cellphones during December 2011 in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Swaziland and Lesotho.

A tropical cyclone has hit the island of Madagascar, with winds of up to 194km/h (120mph) ripping up trees and electricity pylons.

At least two people have been killed by Cyclone Giovanna, and there are reports of up to five deaths.

Nigerian security forces have recaptured the main suspect in a deadly Christmas Day bomb attack which killed 37 people and left 57 wounded.

Kabiru Sokoto, who escaped from police custody last month, was arrested on Friday in the northeastern state of Taraba, which borders neighbouring West African country Chad.

Uganda’s Communications Commission is investigating possible penalties to telecommunications providers delivering poor service quality. New proposed companies could face a 10% of their gross income.

Uganda's government has defended its right to debate an anti-gay bill but says the draft legislation does not have official backing.

MP David Bahati this week retabled his bill after it was shelved following an international outcry. The bill calls for life in prison for homosexual offences but Mr Bahati says the death penalty will be dropped.

Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which controls much of Somalia, has released a joint video with al-Qaeda, announcing the two groups have merged.

Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, said he "pledged obedience" to al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Nigerian carrier services provider Phase3 Telecom and Dancom Technologies have announced their partnership deal boosting broadband services in the country.

They said in a joint press statement they would upgrade their respective networks in order to “provide robust transmission services to deliver reliable broadband services to individual end-users and businesses.”

Uganda’s Airtel officially launched its mobile money scheme on Tuesday with Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi making the first transaction to a local journalist.

The new platform should enable Ugandans to access their real money and convert it to e-money in order to pay bills and accounts, top up mobile credit and receive money across the country’s telecom networks.

Official results from elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo have given President Joseph Kabila and his allies an outright parliamentary majority.

The electoral commission released the results two months after November's disputed elections.

Tigo Ghana is losing ground to its nearest competitor, Vodafone Ghana, a new report published by the National Communications Authority (NCA) has revealed.

The report shows that through December of last year, Vodafone Ghana has moved into a solid second place in the sector ahead of Tigo.

Two people have been killed in the Senegalese capital during a demonstration against President Abdoulaye Wade's re-election bid.

Police and thousands of opposition supporters clashed in the centre of the city on Tuesday evening.

Verizon Communications confirmed over the weekend plans to expand its enterprise network platform deeper into Africa and the Middle East.

The global telecom giant said its enterprise customers now have private IP services available in Gabon on Africa’s western coast, Djibouti and Ethiopia on the Horn of Africa, Malawi and Zimbabwe in Eastern Africa and Swaziland in the southern region.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged African leaders to respect gay rights.

Discrimination based on sexual orientation had been ignored or even sanctioned by many states for too long, Mr Ban told an African Union summit.

Independent telecom hub NewTelco has inked a deal with Alink Telecom to boost use of a carrier-neutral co-location hub.

The overall goal of NewTelco – a unit of Jasco Group – is to move into West Africa and increase its presence across the continent.

The results of last November's parliamentary elections in Democratic Republic of Congo have been released, showing no party has a majority.

With 432 of the 500 seats declared, President Joseph Kabila's PPRD party came first with 58 seats, followed by opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi's UDPS with 34.

Held captive since last fall, an ailing American woman and a Danish man will soon be safely on their way home after a bold, dark-of-night rescue by U.S. Navy SEALs. The commandos slipped into a Somali encampment, shot and killed nine captors and whisked the hostages to freedom.

In the first partnership of its kind, mobile telecommunications operator Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation will provide more than 70 million Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East (AMEA) with mobile access to Wikipedia – without incurring data usage charges.

Southern Africa’s Liquid Telecommunications has reportedly acquired Zimbabwe Online (ZOL), Zimbabwean tech site Techzim reported on Monday.

The website wrote that the company will remain independent in terms of branding and operations, but will be part of the parent company’s portfolio.

Two presidential candidates in Kenya are to stand trial over crimes against humanity following post-election violence in 2007, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled.

Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former minister William Ruto will both face charges.

Uganda's opposition leader Kizza Besigye and several other politicians were arrested to stop them attending a rally in the capital, Kampala.

The BBC's Joshua Mmali in the city says police used tear gas on the group, before taking them to a police station.

Malawi's president says he has ordered police to arrest anyone who attacks women for wearing trousers in public.

President Bingu wa Mutharika spoke out on national radio after several women were beaten and stripped on the street for wearing non-traditional dress.

Moroccan mobile operator Maroc Telecom announced that it has begun deployment of an international high speed fiber optic cable between the North African country and Spain.

The French Vivendi Universal Group company also added that the new cable would be ready for use as early as March this year.

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) made the appeal on Monday as they attempt to have all mobile phone cards registered with the government in an effort to crackdown on piracy and enable new technologies to be rolled out.

Ethiopia's government has been accused of forcing tens of thousands of people off their land so it can be leased to foreign investors.

US-based Human Rights Watch says people are being forcibly relocated to new villages that lack adequate food, farmland and facilities.

Thousands of Tunisians have turned out in central Tunis to demand jobs and dignity as the north African country marked a year to the day since Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, its president, fled into exile.

"Work, freedom and dignity", "Work is a right" and "We will continue the fight", were among the slogans chanted on Saturday by demonstrators brandishing banners on the avenue which was the epicentre of the popular uprising that gave birth to the Arab Spring.

Nigeria's trade unions have suspended protests and some strikes for two days to allow more talks with officials.

The announcement comes on the fifth day of a general strike over the removal of a fuel subsidy, which has caused fuel prices and transport fares to double.

Apple CEO, Tim Cook,  issued a press release confirming the launch of iPhone 4S in Kenya, Uganda and 20 other markets starting Friday, January 13. The phone which is an upgrade to iPhone 4 launched in US, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, France and Japan on 14 October, 2011.

Businesses in Uganda's capital, Kampala, have closed their shops and are boycotting banks to protest at high interest rates.

Uganda's central bank raised rates last year when inflation hit more than 20%. Shopkeepers in Kampala say interest rates of up to 27% are crippling their businesses.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed a foreign conspiracy for trying to destabilise Syria.

He said the "external conspiracy is clear to everybody", as protests continue against his rule.

In his first public remarks for months, he said: "Regional and international sides have tried to destabilise the country."

Guinea-Bissau's President Malam Bacai Sanha has died in hospital in Paris, according to a statement from his office read over national radio.

The 64-year-old had travelled to France for medical treatment in late November after being taken seriously ill.

Nigerian unions have launched a nationwide strike over the elimination of a government fuel subsidy.

Correspondents say the strike is likely to bring parts of the country, Africa's largest oil exporter, to a standstill.

Ordinary Nigerians and trade unionists have condemned the government for withdrawing a fuel price subsidy which has led petrol prices to more than double in many areas.

The main trade unions have called people to prepare for a strike.

Somali pirates have hijacked an Italian cargo ship with 18 crew off the coast of Oman, according to Indian shipping officials.

The Turkey-bound Enrico Ievoli is now reportedly headed for the Somali coast. The crew includes seven Indians, six Italians and five Ukrainians, the report said.

Two Swedish journalists have been jailed for 11 years in Ethiopia for entering the country illegally and supporting terrorism.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's President, Joseph Kabila, has been sworn in for a second term in Kinshasa.

He reportedly promised to safeguard national unity, as tanks were deployed in the capital to prevent protests.

The party of President Alassane Ouattara has won most seats in Ivory Coast's parliamentary elections - the first poll since ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo was arrested, officials say.

Mr Ouattara's RDR gained just under half the 255 seats, while the allied PDCI won 77 to ensure a large majority.

Morocco has ordered foreign fishing boats operating in its waters under an EU deal to leave immediately.

The moves comes after the European Parliament voted not to extend a deal under which the EU paid Morocco for access to its fish stocks.

We all like reports of dramatic medical and scientific breakthroughs but the reality is that most developments are incremental. As a result, important issues can get overlooked.

Take malaria. Deaths from the parasitic infection - which is spread by the bites of infected mosquitoes - have been falling steadily since around 2004.

Malian security forces have arrested four suspects accused of kidnapping two French nationals last month on behalf of al-Qaeda's North African wing, the West African state said.

The Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has rejected claims that he won elections through widespread rigging.

The Carter Center observer group said the results "lack credibility", while the Catholic archbishop of Kinshasa said they did not reflect "the truth".

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo - The Democratic Republic of Congo's election commission has postponed announcing the winner of the country's presidential election by 48 hours, fuelling further tension between the government and the opposition amid claims of irregularities.

Former president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo is to make his first appearance before the International Criminal Court at The Hague.

He faces four charges of crimes against humanity, including murder and rape, in the wake of Ivory Coast's disputed presidential elections a year ago.

Zimbabwean police believe there is a nationwide syndicate of women raping men, possibly to use their semen for use in rituals that claim to make people wealthy.

It has taken more than a year for any arrests to be made, and on Monday three women are to go on trial in the capital, Harare, over the allegations which have shocked the country.

Protesters claim next week's parliamentary elections are pointless as long as king and his court retain real power.

Nous sommes le 11 novembre 2011. Et pour les adeptes de l'ésotérisme, un alignement numérique rare interviendra à 11 h 11. L'occasion pour des milliers de personnes de se retrouver à travers le monde pour des cérémonies ou des danses. Plusieurs pages consacrées à cette date ont fait leur apparition sur Facebook.

MEXICO CITY - The decapitated body of a man was left Wednesday at the same monument in the border city of Nuevo Laredo where the corpse of a woman purportedly killed in retaliation for her postings on an anti-crime website had been left previously, authorities said.

Violence casts a shadow over West African nation's presidential run-off vote boycotted by the opposition.

Around 4,500 polling stations have opened in Liberia's presidential run-off election amid fears of violence and intimidation after clashes left at least four people dead in the capital, Monrovia.

A one-month old baby, said to hold a diploma, was on the Nigerian government payroll, officials have discovered, exposing the levels to which corruption runs in Africa's most populous country.

Certification body allows Harare to trade $2bn worth of diamonds from a field where alleged human rights abuses occured.

Zimbabwe's mining minister has said his country "will no longer be begging for anything from anybody" after international diamond regulators agreed to let it trade about $2bn in diamonds from a field where human rights groups say miners have been tortured.

Tenders for fresh "housing units" made public as Netanyahu government decides to freeze tax revenues to Palestinians.

L'égérie d'Alice ADSL vient d'être licenciée pour avoir révélé son idylle avec un fils de l'ex-dictateur libyen.

TRIPOLI, Libya - NATO's triumphant, 7-month air campaign against Libya ended Monday, setting the country on the path to a democratic transition less than two weeks after the capture and killing of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

Son once-tipped to succeed Libya's late dictator tells International Criminal Court he is not guilty of crimes against humanity.

NTC backs down from insistence Gaddafi died in crossfire and pledges justice for anyone proven to have fired lethal shot.

Le fils de l'ex-dictateur libyen tenterait de se rendre à la CPI, craignant pour sa vie s'il est capturé en Libye.

Les Etats-Unis utilisent un aéroport civil éthiopien pour faire décoller des drones armés pour des opérations "antiterroristes" dans la région ciblant notamment les islamistes shebab de Somalie, rapporte le Washington Post.

SIRTE, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte paid a heavy price for sheltering him in the final battle of Libya's civil war.

Juan Manuel Santos, the Colombian president, has called for the global legalisation of marijuana to help combat the trafficking of harder drugs and related violence.

Libya's NTC appears to have decided that an anonymous grave would ensure the site did not become a shrine.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen says military alliance plans to wrap up air operations over Libya by the end of the month.

NTC member says investigation needed as to how toppled Libyan leader ended up dead after being captured alive.

A member of Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) has voiced doubts over the exact circumstances of Muammar Gaddafi's death, raising questions over earlier claims that the deposed leader had been killed in crossfire.

TRIPOLI, Libya  - Libya's new leaders will declare liberation on Sunday, officials said, a move that will start the clock for elections after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunis was filled with rival rallies throbbing with music as the political parties marked the end of three weeks of campaigning for the country's first truly free and multiparty elections since its independence from France in 1956.

The scars Gaddafi has left Libya, coupled with the West's role, will complicate a 'post-war' period.

Apparently, Colonel Gaddafi was no guerrilla leader. Nor was he a very cunning fugitive for long when stripped of the prerogatives of state.

Witness accounts and grainy footage offer partial glimpses into the former Libyan leader's last stand.

While reports surrounding the circumstances of Muammar Gaddafi's death remain murky, amateur footage combined with eyewitness accounts tell a dramatic story of the toppled leader's last stand.

Dominant display helps New Zealand book a rugby World Cup finals spot as they overpower an ineffective Australia 20-6.

NTC military commanders say 95 per cent of Gaddafi stronghold has fallen, despite some pockets of resistance.

Fighters belonging to Libya's ruling National Transitional Council say they have captured nearly all of Bani Walid, one of two last remaining strongholds of the country's deposed leader, Muammar Gaddafi.

Oct. 10 -- Coptic Christian protesters clashed with security forces in Cairo yesterday, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 200 as shooting broke out and cars were set on fire, according to news reports.

The most popular contraceptive for women in eastern and southern Africa, a hormone shot given every three months, appears to double the risk the women will become infected with H.I.V., according to a large study published Monday. And when it is used by H.I.V.-positive women, their male partners are twice as likely to become infected than if the women had used no contraception.

Armed anti-government group warns of "more serious blasts" after bombing in Somali capital leaves at least 70 dead.

At least 19 people have been shot or hacked to death in a brutal attack in a village in north-west Nigeria, police say.

Eyewitnesses said about 150 people raided the village of Lingyado, in Zamfara state close to the border with Niger, with guns and machetes.

A French woman has been kidnapped by an armed gang on Kenya's northern resort island of Manda and taken to Somalia, Kenyan officials say.

The disabled woman, 66, was attacked at her bungalow at Ras Kitau. Kenya's government said it believed the abductors were al-Shabab militants.

ROME  - Italian and French energy companies have resumed partial oil production in Libya after months of civil war, a potential economic lifeline for Libya's new government as it scrambles to rebuild.

Loyalists in hometown of the former Libyan leader, put up fierce resistance against rebel fighters.

LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's government is assuring people in Africa's most populous nation: a phone call can't kill you.

A text message has spread across the oil-rich country in recent days, warning that people will die if they answer mobile phone calls from 09141. The widespread fear forced the Nigerian Communications Commission to issue a statement Wednesday saying it is "unimaginable that somebody will die while receiving a call."

Un equipo internacional de biólogos ha descubierto en Madagascar telas de araña de un tamaño y una fortaleza jamás vistas.

La creadora de estas redes es la gigantesca araña Caerostris darwini (araña corteza de Darwin), una especie recién descubierta. Según los investigadores, el animal es capaz de fabricar el material biológico más resistente del mundo, una seda dura de 2,8 metros cuadrados que suspende a través de ríos y lagos de hasta 25 metros de ancho. Es tan poderosa, que la tela puede atrapar una treintena de presas al mismo tiempo y aguantar como si nada.

Election commission nominates November 21 as the date for elections to the lower house of parliament, state media says.

Egypt's election commission has proposed November 21 as the date for elections to the lower house of parliament, state news sources have said.

British PM David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are in Libya, the most senior Western leaders to visit since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted.

NIAMEY, Niger -- A son of Moammar Gadhafi and three of his generals were trying to gain political asylum Wednesday in this poor, landlocked nation at Libya's feet, after a more than 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) drive across the vast desert that separates the two countries for what could be their only shot at refuge.

One of the sons of fugitive Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has been given refuge in neighbouring Niger.

Read on: Libya conflict: Gaddafi denies fleeing to Niger

Police in Kenya are hunting a gang who killed a British man and kidnapped his wife at a resort in the country.

The couple were staying at the luxury Kiwayu Safari Village, north of Lamu Island, when the armed men attacked.

Libya's fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi has dismissed as lies and psychological warfare the speculation that he has fled south to neighbouring Niger.

A fully equipped gynaecological operating theatre, bedroom and jacuzzi have been discovered underneath Tripoli's Fateh University.

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Ils seraient deux mille migrants à avoir disparu, cette année, en tentant de traverser la Méditerranée. La faute, notamment, à une aide insuffisante des pays européens, a estimé, mercredi 7 septembre, à Rome, une sénatrice hollandaise chargée d'une mission par l'assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l'Europe.

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libya's former rebels have ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi surrounded, and it is only a matter of time until he is captured or killed, a top, a spokesman for Tripoli's new military council said Wednesday.

CAIRO -- Moammar Gadhafi's dictatorship likely wouldn't have survived for more than four decades without the sea of dictators all around, protecting one another and working together to silence dissident voices.

Muammar Gaddafi has issued a defiant audio message, accusing international forces of seeking to occupy Libya for its oil and other resources and warning them to prepare for guerrilla war.

Al Jazeera news producer Jamal Elshayyal recently gained access to the Tripoli headquarter of Libya's intelligence agency. Among the documents scattered throughout the demolished building were secret files indicating that influential Americans advised Muammar Gaddafi since the beginning of the Libyan uprising. Here is his account of the discovery:

Five women who were part of Col. Moammar Gaddafi’s elite team of female bodyguards say they were raped and abused by the now fugitive Libyan leader.

The wife and three children of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are in Algeria, Algerian officials say.

Al Jazeera has found evidence of a possible mass execution of political activists in Libya.

Libyan rebels completely captured Muammar al-Qaddafi’s main military compound in Tripoli after several hours of resistance Tuesday, but the embattled leader was still nowhere to be found.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Europe and the United States are preparing to unfreeze billions in frozen Libyan assets that will be crucial to supporting the country once Moammar Gadhafi's regime collapses, but the North African nation's recovery will be neither easy nor rapid.

Libye - "Tripoli est sous notre contrôle. Que tout le monde soit rassuré", dit le fils de Kadhafi à des journalistes.

Seif al-Islam, un des fils du colonel Mouammar Kadhafi, a démenti son arrestation en se présentant dans la nuit de lundi à mardi devant des journalistes à Tripoli et affirmé que la capitale était "sous le contrôle" du régime. "Je suis là pour démentir les mensonges", a-t-il indiqué aux journalistes qui l'ont rencontré dans le complexe résidentiel du dirigeant libyen de Bab Al-Aziziya à propos de l'annonce de son arrestation.

Heavy fighting is taking place in Tripoli around the compound of embattled Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi after rebels seized control of much of the city on Sunday.

Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli Sunday and met little resistance as Muammar al-Qaddafi's defenders melted away and his 42-year rule rapidly crumbled. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in Green Square, the symbolic heart of the regime.

The feared security chief of the ousted President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali begged Tunisians for forgiveness during a court appearance on Wednesday. The security chief, Ali al-Seriati, was considered close to the Tunisian leader, and many accuse him of orchestrating violence after Mr. Ben Ali fled the country on Jan. 14 following an uprising. He was arrested shortly after Mr. Ben Ali’s departure and was charged with providing the former leader’s relatives with forged passports to help them escape.

Pro-government forces have carried out 26 extrajudicial killings in the past month, the United Nations peacekeeping mission said Thursday. The mission also documented 85 illegal arrests and 11 rapes by those forces, mainly former rebels who helped President Alassane Ouattara defeat the former president Laurent Gbagbo, who had refused to cede power after losing an election. The abuses were reported to have been committed between July 11 and Aug. 10, long after the conflict was supposed to have ended.

(NYTimes)

The first payments were made Thursday to Nigerian families who lost children during a 1996 trial of an experimental meningitis drug, and Pfizer, which had tested the drug, a new antibiotic, said it was “pleased” that payments were finally being made under a settlement reached two years ago.

Johannesburg — South African markets are stable enough to function through the knock-on effects of the United States debt downgrade, the department of finance and the SA reserve bank (Sarb) said on Monday.

ZIMBABWE's fragile economy could be in a currency dilemma. Since adoption of the multi currency regime nearly three years ago, the United States dollar has emerged as the most commonly used medium of exchange in most parts of the country, while the South African rand, the second most preferred currency, is widely used in the southern parts of the country.

JOHANNESBURG  -- One woman waited 1 1/2 hours at the hospital, only to see a nurse who yelled that she was "lying about being in labor." Three hours later, her baby was stillborn. Another woman gave birth on the street, steps away from a clinic that twice turned her away, saying her time had not come.

BENGHAZI, Libya — Libya's rebels said Friday they have reports that Moammar Gadhafi's youngest son, who commands one of the regime's strongest military brigades, was killed in a NATO airstrike in the western town of Zlitan.

Ex-diplomate en Libye, Patrick Haimzadeh explique pourquoi l'impasse dans laquelle se trouve l'Otan dans le pays était inévitable.

CAIRO- Former President Hosni Mubarak arrived by helicopter Wednesday to the Cairo court for the opening of his historic trial on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him.

US President Barack Obama has condemned the Syrian authorities' crackdown on protesters on Sunday, which activists say has left more than 130 dead.

Mr Obama said he was appalled by the government's use of brutality against its own people and promised to work to isolate President Bashar al-Assad.

Almost 100,000 gold miners have begun an indefinite strike in South Africa calling for a 14% salary increase.

The stoppage could cost the gold mining sector $25m (£15m) a day in lost output, economists say.

Zimbabwe hopes to import US currency coins into the country where shops are often unable to give customers change, the finance minister says.

The military commander of the Libyan rebels fighting to topple Col Muammar Gaddafi has been killed, the rebel National Transitional Council says.

Tripoli has condemned the UK for recognising the rebels as Libya's "sole governmental authority" after similar moves by France and the US.

Khaled Kaim, deputy foreign minister in Muammar Gaddafi's government, told reporters the decision was unprecedented and irresponsible.

Libyan officials have accused NATO of killing at least eight people in an air raid on a food warehouse and medical clinic in Zlitan, east of Tripoli.

The UN World Food Programme is to start airlifting food to Somalia, WFP head Josette Sheeran said at crisis talks on East Africa's drought.

This will be the first airlift of food aid since the UN declared a famine in two areas of Somalia last week.

Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Ibrahim warned at the emergency meeting in Rome that more than 3.5 million people "may starve to death" in his country.

Nelson Mandela is a symbol of the human struggle for justice and equality. In celebration of his 93rd birthday on Monday, you may be asking yourself how best to honor him.

Les Sud-Africains se préparaient à fêter lundi un joyeux anniversaire à leur héros national Nelson Mandela, 93 ans, une journée pendant laquelle ils sont invités à rendre hommage à "Madiba" en multipliant les bonnes actions. À l'initiative de sa fondation, le 18 juillet est devenu le "Mandela Day" (Journée Mandela), une journée reconnue depuis novembre 2009 par l'ONU comme un appel mondial à consacrer 67 minutes de son temps à aider ses semblables, en hommage aux valeurs défendues par l'ancien président sud-africain. Ces 67 minutes représentent les années qu'il a consacrées à son combat politique.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says more than 11 million people in the Horn of Africa are confronting the worst drought in decades and need urgent assistance to stay alive.

Hacking the mobile phones of British families who had lost loved ones to sexually depraved violent criminals, al-Qaeda inspired "terrorists" and Taliban insurgents proved the tipping point that led to the closure of Britain's most popular Sunday newspaper The News of the World, first published in London in 1843 and printed for the very last time on Sunday July 9, 2011.

CAIRO — More than two dozen onetime officials and allies of former President Hosni Mubarak were charged Thursday with murder, attempted murder and terrorism, accused of organizing one of the most memorable attacks on protesters during the 18-day revolution, one in which assailants riding horses and camels charged into the crowds at Tahrir Square.

Turkey has extended official recognition to Libya's rebels and offered at least $200 million in aid as part of a diplomatic shift away from the regime of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi.

A U.K.-led report laying out an international road map for post-conflict Libya envisions using Col. Moammar Gadhafi's army and police force to keep the peace if he is ousted, drawing on lessons learned from post-invasion Iraq, a British government minister said.

GENEVA  — The United Nations says it is concerned about the fate of 7,000 Sudanese civilians, more than a week after they were forced by north Sudan authorities to leave the protection of a U.N. compound in the tense border region with the south.

Judges at the UN court for Rwanda have sentenced a former Rwandan minister for women's affair, to life in prison for genocide and incitement to rape.

Libya's leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has agreed to stay out of negotiations to end the four-month old conflict in his country, African Union (AU) leaders said.

A top U.S. admiral has confirmed to a U.S. congressman that NATO forces are trying to kill Muammar Gaddafi, and that the need for ground troops in Libya after the embattled leader falls is anticipated.

Representantes del Grupo empresarial cubano Labiofam revisaron aquí con autoridades de salud ugandesas la marcha del Programa de Lucha contra la Malaria en este país africano, informaron hoy fuentes de esa entidad del país caribeño.

El director de la empresa Labiofam, doctor José Antonio Fraga Castro, declaró a Prensa Latina que con el Ministerio de Agricultura ugandés se examinó el desarrollo de la producción de vacunas, bioplaguicidas y biofertilizantes, entre otros aspectos de la cooperación.

The United States has introduced a UN resolution that would deploy a 4,200-strong Ethiopian peacekeeping force to Sudan's disputed Abyei region, the scene of heavy fighting in recent weeks.

Climate change is causing devastating droughts across East Africa - leading to an end of the pastoral way of life.

L'ex-président tunisien Ben Ali et son épouse, Leïla Trabelsi, ont été condamnés par contumace, lundi 20 juin, à trente-cinq ans de prison chacun, dans un procès où il étaient poursuivis pour détournement de fonds publics. Un verdict qualifié de "plaisanterie" par l'avocat de M. Ben Ali.

Military alliance blames "weapons systems failure" for errant air strike on Tripoli which reportedly killed nine people.

LONDON  - The Ritz Hotel in London and the elite private school Eton were among a handful of possible British terror targets that a senior al-Qaida leader was considering before he was killed in Somalia last week, a British security official said Thursday.

Des élus américains ont déposé un projet de loi visant à transformer l'argent de Mouammar Kadhafi en aide humanitaire.

Malawi's government has scrapped extra payments to HIV-infected civil servants, accusing some of them of spending it on prostitutes and beer.

Mouammar Kadhafi aurait encouragé le viol d’opposants en Libye et les enquêteurs de la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) disposent de preuves, a dit mercredi soir le procureur de la Cour.  Luis Moreno-Ocampo a précisé que ces faits pourraient  faire l'objet d'un nouveau chef d'inculpation.

Several huge explosions have been reported from near Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's residential compound in central Tripoli, the Libyan capital.

Le directeur du Novotel d'Abidjan, Stéphane Frantz di Rippel, enlevé le 4 avril et retrouvé mort, a été conduit "au palais présidentiel occupé par Laurent Gbagbo" où il a été "torturé" et "exécuté", a affirmé vendredi l'avocat de sa famille, Me Pierre-Olivier Sur, sur RTL.

Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian president, has been sworn in following elections last month that were seen as the country's fairest in two decades.

Italian foreign minister declares Libyan leader's rule "finished", while NATO forces resume attacks in the capital.

Italy has joined international calls led by Britain, France and the US for the Libyan leader to go [Reuters]

RABAT, Morocco - With Shakira and other top international artists performing in open air venues around Morocco's capital - often for free - the annual Mawazine world music festival doesn't at first seem like something anyone could dislike.

Activists from Morocco's pro-reform February 20 movement, however, tried to get it canceled, describing it as a symptom of the country's corruption and cronyism.

BRUSSELS - The military campaign in Libya began with what seemed a narrowly defined mission: to enforce a no-fly zone and protect civilians from attack.

Muammar Gaddafi will inevitably leave power, U.S. President Barack Obama said, as NATO intensified its weeks-long bombing of government targets and said on Friday it had sunk eight Libyan warships.

Authorities in Tunisia have lifted an overnight curfew imposed on the capital, Tunis, 10 days ago.

Tunisia's interior ministry said the curfew had been lifted following an improvement in the security situation.

The maid who has accused International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault is "scared" but will testify against him, her lawyer says.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Criminal Court prosecutor asked judges Monday to issue arrest warrants for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and two other senior members of his regime, accusing them of committing crimes against humanity by targeting civilians in a crackdown against rebels.

NATO and its allies are prepared for a lengthy continuation of their air campaign in Libya, Britain's defense secretary said Monday.

The wife of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been detained for 15 days pending further investigations into corruption allegations.

The 70-year-old was later moved to an intensive care unit in Sharm el-Sheikh hospital after suffering what officials said was a suspected heart attack.

L'Egypte craint une véritable recrudescence des affrontements interconfessionnels après que des heurts entre musulmans et chrétiens d'Egypte, les coptes, ont fait une douzaine de morts samedi 7 mai au soir, dans un quartier de l'ouest du Caire.

News of Osama Bin Laden's killing by US forces in Abbottabad is on the front page of practically every leading Pakistani and Indian newspaper - with pages of coverage devoted to his death and its likely impact.

Clashes erupted in Algeria Monday between security forces and hundreds of students demanding political change, leaving at least nine people injured, including three policemen, AFP journalists saw.

MISRATA (Libye) - Le port libyen de Misrata était sécurisé par les rebelles mercredi au lendemain d'un bombardement des forces du régime, alors que l'Otan s'apprêtait à installer un représentant à Benghazi, fief des insurgés, pour nouer des contacts politiques avec l'opposition.

Les forces du président ivoirien, Alassane Ouattara, ont tué, mercredi soir 27 avril, l'ex-putschiste Ibrahim Coulibaly, dit "IB", chef du "commando invisible" dans le nord d'Abidjan, qui était perçu comme une menace par le pouvoir même s'il avait contribué à la chute de Laurent Gbagbo.

The US department of justice (DOJ) has submitted a written defence of the US role in this new war in Libya to the US Congress. The DOJ claims the war serves the US national interest in regional stability and in maintaining the credibility of the United Nations. Who knew?

The UN's aid chief has warned against blurring the lines between military operations and relief work in Libya. Valerie Amos said there was no need yet to accept an EU offer of military escorts to protect aid deliveries.

France and Italy have said they are to send small teams of military officers to advise Libyan rebels who are seeking to topple Col Muammar Gaddafi.

French officials said fewer than 10 would be sent, while Italy's defence minister announced that 10 would go.The UK said on Tuesday it was sending a similar team to the city of Benghazi.

Syrian security forces have used tear gas and batons to disperse tens of thousands of protesters in the capital, Damascus, witnesses said.

Dozens of members of Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore's personal guard fired shots into the air in apparent protests in two army barracks in the capital Friday.

Small and heavy arms fire, which was clearly audible outside the presidential compound, first came from the barracks of the elite and well-paid presidential guard located inside the 20-hectare (50-acre) area.

"We don't worry ourselves about the goings-on in Europe," he told thousands at the burial of deputy intelligence chief Menard Muzariri, who died Monday. "About the unnatural things happening there, where they turn man-to-man and woman-to-woman. We say, well, it's their country. If they want to call their country British Gaydom, it's up to them. That's not our culture. We condemn that filth."

TUNIS - Tunisian authorities have prepared 18 legal cases against former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, including "voluntary manslaughter" and "drug trafficking", the state TAP news agency said on Wednesday.

Au moins 35 personnes ont été tuées au Nigeria dans des attentats à la bombe et d'autres violences depuis le début de la série d'élections qui a commencé samedi, a annoncé hier la commission électorale.

Free Libyana permet aux rebelles libyens et aux habitants de l'est du pays de téléphoner librement depuis la Libye sans être contrôlés par Tripoli. Récit d’une opération digne d’un roman d’espionnage.

Le vice-ministre libyen aux Affaires étrangères Khaled Kaaim a indiqué hier soir que le Qatar a fourni des missiles antichars de type Milan, de fabrication française, aux rebelles à Benghazi (est).

BERLIN (AP) - Foreign ministers from NATO's 28 member countries are meeting in Berlin to discuss the way forward in Libya following a trans-Atlantic rift over the alliance-led military operation there.

Hosni Moubarak a été placé en détention, mercredi 13 avril, pour une durée de quinze jours, sur décision du parquet égyptien. Les problèmes de santé de l'ancien président égyptien, toujours hospitalisé à Charm el-Cheikh, où il a été admis mardi après avoir été victime d'une alerte cardiaque, pourraient bien gêner la poursuite de son interrogatoire dans l'enquête sur les violences contre des manifestants pendant le soulèvement de janvier et février. Son état de santé est jugé "instable", selon l'agence officielle Mena qui cite une source médicale à l'hôpital de Charm el-Cheikh. "L'équipe médicale suit son état de près", ajoute cette source.

Paris et le camp Gbagbo donnent des versions divergentes sur les conditions de l'arrestation du président sortant. Reconstitution.

La marche de milliers d'étudiants, mardi 12 avril, dans les rues d'Alger, a "tourné au bain de sang".

Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo was arrested on Monday after French armored vehicles closed in on the compound where he has been holed up in a bunker.

Alors que Laurent Gbagbo se terre toujours dans sa résidence de Cocody, Alassane Ouattara, reconnu président élu du pays par la communauté internationale, a pris la parole, jeudi 7 avril au soir, dans une allocution solennelle à la nation. Il a appelé à la réconciliation de tous les Ivoiriens et à la reprise de l'activité économique.

A boat carrying as many as 300 migrants from Libya capsized in rough seas off the Italian coast early Wednesday, leaving 250 people unaccounted for. Survivors told of desperately trying to reach rescue boats as those unable to swim screamed in the darkness and pulled one another under the water.

Libya's former-energy minister said Wednesday that several members of Moammar Gadhafi's inner circle want to defect, but many are too scared to abandon the dictator fearing the safety of themselves and their families.

Italy and Tunisia have struck a deal to choke off the flood of Tunisians heading to Italian shores, with Rome agreeing to give short-term residency papers to 20,000 illegal migrants but intent on deporting new arrivals.

Five years after their leader Slobodan Milosevic died while on trial for genocide, some Serb nationalists have found a new idol: Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

Facebook group supporting the Libyan leader has gathered more than 66,000 "likes" by Tuesday, reflecting the deep hatred that some Serbs feel for the West over the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia, which ended Belgrade's rule over the former province of Kosovo.

Lawyers acting for Kenyans who claim they were tortured by the British during an anti-colonial rebellion in the 1950s have forced the Foreign Office to reveal secret U.K. government documents, hidden for decades, that detail how rebels at the time were treated.

Après avoir mené, dans la nuit de lundi à mardi, des raids sur le port pétrolier de Brega, l'Otan - dont les frappes auraient diminué d'un tiers le potentiel des forces pro-Kadhafi - se concentre désormais sur Misrata, troisième ville du pays.

La crise politique en Côte d'Ivoire a rappelé à la communuaté internationale la place qu'occupe le cacao dans l'économie ivoirienne. Pourtant, le pays dispose d'autres ressources. Panorama sur ces exportations dont on ne parle pas.

ABIDJAN, April 5 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo has surrendered and asked for United Nations protection, an internal U.N. document seen by Reuters said on Tuesday.

"...President Gbagbo has also surrendered and has asked UNOCI's protection," the document to U.N staff said.

Gbagbo was negotiating his departure following a fierce assault by forces loyal to his presidential rival backed by U.N. and French helicopter air strikes.

Quand on pense aux conséquences douloureuses de la Résolution 1973 du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies sur la Libye, on se rend compte, après coup, qu’elle était le fruit d’une arnaque. On s’est efforcé de ramollir les hésitations en la rendant la plus vaporeuse possible en jurant la main sur le cœur, que son souci ici était d’empêcher le massacre des populations civiles de Bengazi par le diabolique Kadhafi.

Alassane Ouattara devrait prendre des mesures concrètes afin que les troupes qui combattent sous son commandement dans la capitale commerciale de la Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, ne se livrent pas à des représailles ou ne commettent d’autres violences contre des civils ou des partisans de Laurent Gbagbo, a déclaré Human Rights Watch aujourd’hui.

Selon l’ONU et plusieurs organisations internationales, la prise mardi par les pro-Ouattara de Duékoué, important carrefour de l’Ouest ivoirien, s’est accompagnée de massacres à grande échelle. Les bilans vont de 330 tués à un millier de «morts ou disparus».

Un millier de personnes ont été “tuées ou sont portées disparues” dans la ville de Duékoué, dans l`ouest de la Côte d`Ivoire, théâtre d`un “massacre” perpétré lors de combats entre dimanche et mardi, a annoncé l`ONG Caritas dans un communiqué. “Les équipes de Caritas s`étant rendues à Duékoué, en Côte d`Ivoire, ont rapporté qu`un millier de personnes ont été tuées ou sont portées disparues”, selon un communiqué mis sur le site web de l`ONG catholique.

Ces massacres légitimés par l’occident…

La meurtrière ingérence des Etats occidentaux en Côte d’Ivoire

Alassane Ouattara, pantin désigné par la communauté internationale pour garder la Cote d’Ivoire sous contrôle occidental a lancé depuis quelques jours une vaste offensive à travers le pays afin de renverser le gouvernement populairement légitimé de Laurent Gbagbo.

NATO war planes hit tanks with deadly precision, with the aim of degrading a despot's army and leveling the playing field for a ragtag rebel force. In many ways, the air strikes on Libya mirror the Western alliance's Serbia campaign 12 years ago.

Les banques et établissements financiers libyens détenaient 8,233 milliards de dollars auprès de leurs consoeurs françaises à fin septembre. Impossible de savoir quelle partie est contrôlée par Kadhafi.

Reprise des frappes aériennes de la coalition à l'est de Tripoli, nouveaux revers pour les insurgés, défection du ministre des Affaires étrangères. Le point sur la situation en Libye le mercredi.

Les forces du président Alassane Ouattara sont entrées mercredi soir à San Pedro; le chef d'Etat-major de Gbagbo déserte.

Réputé favorable au sortant Laurent Gbagbo, battu dans les urnes, le statu quo ivoirien n'était qu'apparent.

How can you adequately describe someone like Muammar Gaddafi? During a period that has spanned six decades, the Libyan leader has paraded on the world stage with a style so unique and unpredictable that the words "maverick" or "eccentric" scarcely do him justice.

Après le rejet par Alassane Ouattara du haut représentant nommé par l'Union africaine, les discussions sont dans l'impasse.

President Barack Obama told Americans on Saturday that the military mission in Libya is clear, focused and limited, and that it has already saved "countless" civilian lives.

Libya has declared gold reserves worth more than $6bn at current prices, thought to be held largely at home. The reserves are substantial, ranking in the global top 25, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) data.

UNITED NATIONS -- An estimated 51 million people have no access to safe drinking water in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which holds over half of Africa's water reserves, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said Tuesday.

Plusieurs centaines de manifestants, des femmes en majorité, ont marché dans les rues du centre-ville de Bouaké (centre), réclamant une intervention onusienne.

The no-fly zone over Libya could end up costing the Western coalition more than $1 billion if the operation drags on more than a couple of months, defense analysts say.

An agitated police officer ordered a minibus to stop and its passengers to disembark, saying the vehicle was not roadworthy. The officer got into the bus, then jumped out moments later, merrily swinging his baton.

La question centrale, celle du départ de Muammar Kadhafi, fait peur aux dirigeants arabes.

LONDON (AP) - British submarines launched Tomahawk missiles at Libyan air defense targets Saturday, officials said, as Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed that British forces are in action over Libya.

Le premier tir d'un avion français, a eu lieu samedi vers 17h45. «Une première cible a été engagée et détruite», a tenu à préciser l'état-major français.

Shells have been fired at a district of Abidjan opposed to disputed Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, with reports of at least 25 dead.

Alors que le conseil de L'ONU se réunit ce soir pour voter un projet de résolution prévoyant des mesures militaires en Libye, le ministère libyen de la défense a menacé d'attaquer les avions et bateaux circulant en Méditerranée.

Rights activists are speaking out against rapes targeting lesbians in South Africa. About 25 demonstrators rallied outside parliament Monday while their leaders met with government representatives.

Des immigrants partis de Tunisie pour l'Italie ont disparu en mer, entre lundi et mardi. Leur bateau a échoué.

Laurent Gbagbo has banned U.N. and French flights from flying over the country, a spokesman for the self-proclaimed president of Ivory Coast told CNN Thursday.

L'homme d'affaires libanais a été interpellé, le 5 mars, au Bourget, en provenance de Libye. Les douanes ont saisi 1,5 million d'euros en liquide dans l'avion privé affrété par Tripoli. Deux journalistes du Journal du Dimanche se trouvaient également à bord.

Despite facing intense pressure from parts of the international community to relinquish power, the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi can still count on the continued support of some prominent world leaders, say analysts.

United Nations officials apologized to Belarus this week for an incorrect report accusing it of shipping attack helicopters to the disputed president of the Ivory Coast.

Cameroon striker Mohamadou Idrissou may need throat surgery, his Bundesliga club Borussia Moenchengladbach, the league's bottom side, said Sunday.

Madagascar's navy Sunday towed into Antsiranana port a hijacked Comoros-flagged vessel almost a week after its captain and two suspected pirates arrived on the island to seek help, an official said.

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Oil prices surged for the fifth day on Wednesday as anti-government protests in North Africa spread to the oil-exporting nation of Libya.

Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi has announced his resignation after a renewed outbreak of street violence in the North African country in the past few days.

A Benghazi, la deuxième ville de Libye, l’opposition a mis en place un gouvernement parallèle et dans les rues, l’entraide se développe pour retrouver un semblant d’organisation après quelques jours de chaos... Avec le retour au calme il y a aussi les découvertes, comme cette prison souterraine à dix mètres de profondeur, où des dizaines, peut-être des centaines de prisonniers ont été enfermés par le régime, des détenus presque oubliés, à l’écart du monde. Mais aussi un arsenal abandonné dans une base militaire...

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to impose sanctions on Libya amid Moammar Gadhafi's escalating attacks on anti-government protesters.

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The embattled regime of Muammar Qaddafi is arming civilian supporters to set up checkpoints and roving patrols around the Libyan capital to control movement and quash dissent, residents said Saturday.

Entre les huit enfants du "Guide" libyen, la tension est palpable, depuis des années. Au-delà des aspects rocambolesque de la vie de certains membres de la fratrie Kadhafi, qui sont-ils?

Le colonel Kadhafi a déclaré à la télévision qu'il se trouvait toujours à Tripoli. La situation est confuse dans le pays.

Saudi Arabia, shaken by the loss of a key ally in Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, must now worry that protests in neighboring ally Bahrain may embolden its own Shi'ite population to push for reform.

Unprecedented demonstrations sweeping the Middle East and North Africa spread Wednesday to Libya, where police clashed with anti-government protesters in the coastal city of Benghazi.

L'information est passée inaperçue : le conseil de l'Union européenne (UE) a décidé, le 4 février, de geler les "fonds et les ressources économiques" de personnes physiques proches de l'ancien président Ben Ali.

Le Canard enchaîné ne lâche pas Michèle Alliot-Marie, et fait de nouvelles révélations. L'hebdomadaire satirique avait révélé, le 5 février dernier, que la ministre avait profité du jet d'Aziz Miled, riche homme d'affaires tunisien associé à la famille Trabelsi (Lire "Aziz Miled, victime ou complice du régime ?"), pour son séjour en Tunisie fin décembre, au début des émeutes qui devaient conduire au départ de Ben Ali.

The health of former Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak is deteriorating and he is refusing medical treatment, the Saudi-owned daily Asharq al-Awsat said on Tuesday. The report could not immediately be confirmed.

The Irish pop star Bono has been criticised for apparently endorsing a song which includes the lyric: "Shoot the Boer".

The Swiss government says it is freezing any money belonging to former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak or his family in Switzerland.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lars Knuchel says the order to block any accounts comes into effect immediately Friday.

(AP)

De violents affrontements ont eu lieu lundi 7 février dans l'après-midi à Abidjan entre manifestants et policiers fidèles au président sortant, Laurent Gbagbo, dans un quartier favorable à son rival, Alassane Ouattara.

Le Sud-Soudan a voté à 98,83 % en faveur de la sécession, selon les résultats définitifs officiels rendus publics lundi 7 février par la commission référendaire. Ce chiffre vient confirmer les résultats provisoires donnés fin janvier.

Shahira Amin, Nile Sat's journalist told 'Al Jazeera' news channel she resigned from the state television after being threatened and intimidated.

"I cant be part of propaganda machine and i refuse to be hypocrite," she said.

“Many Egyptians are ignorant of the events but I think they are beginning to realize,” she said, adding that she now feels “lieberated.”

(Iloubnan.info)

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Au moment où les manifestations sans précédent en Egypte demandent le départ du président Hosni Moubarak, un appel à manifester vendredi 4 février après-midi contre la "monocratie, la corruption et la tyrannie" en Syrie a été lancé ces derniers jours sur Facebook, pourtant censuré.

Des heurts ont éclaté, mercredi 2 février après-midi, entre partisans du président Hosni Moubarak et manifestants qui réclament son départ, sur la place Tahrir au Caire. Plusieurs dizaines de milliers de personnes favorables au chef de l'Etat ont marché sur la place où des milliers de manifestants anti-Moubarak avaient passé une nouvelle nuit pour réclamer son départ.

Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak are marching towards Tahrir Square in Cairo, where anti-Mubarak protesters are currently camped.

The French authorities have seized a private jet said to belong to the family of ousted Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

Google Inc said on Tuesday that its Middle East and North Africa marketing head is missing in Egypt.

Émergence d’acteurs régionaux, réforme du marché, pistes de croissance… La patronne des banquiers francophones et directrice générale de Bank of Africa-Côte d’Ivoire  revient sur les principaux enjeux du secteur bancaire en Afrique de l’Ouest.

Pas moins de cinq chefs d’État vont se pencher pendant un mois sur le dossier ivoirien au nom de l’UA, en étroite collaboration avec l'ONU, et doivent se rendre prochainement à Abidjan. Objectif : faire plier Laurent Gbagbo pour permettre à Alassane Ouattara d’exercer pleinement le pouvoir.

De la fuite de Ben Ali jusqu’à la débandade de la "famille", en passant par la reddition de la garde présidentielle... Récit exclusif des événements qui ont fait basculer la Tunisie.

Le beau-frère de Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Belhassen Trabelsi, a fui vers le Canada après la chute du régime avec sa famille. Les autorités d'Ottawa ont décidé d'accéder à la requête de la Tunisie de l'arrêter. Sauf surprise, il devrait ainsi être extradé prochainement vers Tunis.