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Libya's Abdulhakim Belhadj: 'We are working to find a solution to end this crisis'

Euronews interviewed politician, military leader and president of the nationalist Islamist Al-Watan Party, Abdulhakim Belhadj

03/02/2015

Egypt

Unexploded bombs discovered at Cairo airport, other blasts reported in Egyptian cities

Two unexploded bombs found at Egypt's Cairo airport after two detonated in the centre of the capital, and another deadly blast in Egypt's second city Alexandria.

03/02/2015

Egypt

Release of another Al Jazeera journalist in Egypt "imminent"

Canada says the release of another Al-Jazeera journalist from jail in Egypt is "imminent"

02/02/2015

Egypt

Egypt court confirms Muslim Brotherhood death sentences

Death sentences on 183 supporters of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood have been upheld in Egypt, while ousted president Mohamed Mursi is to face a fourth trial.

02/02/2015

Egypt

Another Al-Jazeera journalist set to be freed from Egyptian jail

The Canadian foreign minister says the release of Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy from jail in Egypt is “imminent”. The Al Jazeera

02/02/2015

South Sudan

South Sudan factions sign ceasefire

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his one time former deputy and current rebel commander Riek Machar, have signed another ceasefire. It moves

02/02/2015

Egypt

Egypt marks anniversary of 2012 Port Said football riot

Egypt has marked the third anniversary of the Port Said football riot that killed more than 70 people. It was the worst incident of football violence

01/02/2015

Egypt

Australian Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste free and on his way home

01/02/2015

World News

7,500 African Union troops to fight Boko Haram

African Union forces from Chad have attacked Boko Haram killing 120 of its militants in the far north of Cameron. The Islamist militant group had

01/02/2015

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Locust invasion in Madagascar

31/01/2015

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Mugabe elected as new African Union chairman

Robert Mugabe at the centre of controversy again after being appointed head of the African Union

30/01/2015

South Africa

Controversy in S. Africa over parole for apartheid death squad leader

Eugene de Kock has spent more than 20 years in prison for the torture and murder of scores of black South African activists

30/01/2015

Egypt

At least 27 dead in militant attacks in Egypt's North Sinai province

Militant attacks in Egypt's troubled North Sinai province have left at least 27 people dead

29/01/2015

Egypt

Fate of Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya unknown

Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya are still being held captive, the most vulnerable among them Coptic Christians. Their families have pleaded with

29/01/2015

Sudan

First of more than 2,000 child soldiers freed in South Sudan

A militia in South Sudan releases the first of many child soldiers as part of peace deal

28/01/2015

Libya

American contractor among nine dead in Tripoli five-star hotel blast

An American security contractor was among at least nine people killed in an attack on a Libyan hotel on Tuesday. The contractor has been identified

27/01/2015

Cinema

Luxor Film Festival honours Arab and French cinema

The third edition of the Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival is underway. Screened at the opening ceremony, 'The Loves of Pharaoh' by

27/01/2015

Libya

Libya: Casualties reported in Tripoli hotel attack

Gunmen in the Libyan capital Tripoli have attacked a hotel often used by government officials and foreign delegations. There are reports of several

27/01/2015

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Kenya: protesters accuse local governor of corruption

27/01/2015

Egypt

Mubarak sons walk free from jail after Egypt marks revolution anniversary

Freed from jail on Monday, the sons of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, are said to have visited their father in the military hospital where

26/01/2015

Egypt

Mubarak sons released from jail in Egypt pending retrial

The sons of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak were freed from jail on Monday, a day after the violent fourth anniversary of the uprising that

26/01/2015

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At least 17 dead in protests on Egypt uprising anniversary

26/01/2015

Egypt

Violent protests mark Egyptian uprising anniversary

Gunfire and sirens were heard on the streets of Cairo as security forces once again used lethal force against protesters who were marking the anniversary of Egypt's uprising.

26/01/2015

Egypt

Egypt: Protests to mark 2011 uprising anniversary turn deadly

Several protesters were killed during bloody protests to mark the 2011 uprising

25/01/2015

Nigeria

Boko Haram strikes again in Nigeria

The Islamist group attacked Maiduguri a major northeastern city around midnight on Sunday.

25/01/2015

Democratic Republic Of Congo

DRC: Controversial electoral reform bill will be amended, says national assembly chief

Part of an electoral reform bill in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which the opposition says was aimed at keeping President Joseph Kabila in

25/01/2015