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Algeria promises Libya it will rein in Gaddafi family
Mar 05, 2012 13:55 EST
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The most senior Algerian official to visit Libya since its revolution promised on Monday that members of Muammar Gaddafi's family given refuge on Algerian soil will not be allowed to meddle in Libyan affairs.
Libyan stock exchange says to re-open on March 15
Mar 04, 2012 17:19 EST
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's stock exchange is to re-open on March 15, just over a year after the country's conflict forced it to close down, the head of the bourse said on Sunday.
Suicide bomber attacks Algerian security base
Mar 03, 2012 05:44 EST
ALGIERS (Reuters) - At least 15 people were wounded on Saturday when a suicide bomber drove a four-wheel drive vehicle packed with explosives at a paramilitary police base in a Sahara desert town, local media and security officials said.
Clinton says weighing response to Egypt activist trial
Feb 26, 2012 09:10 EST
RABAT (Reuters) - The United States is evaluating the outcome of legal proceedings in Egypt, where 16 Americans are among dozens of democracy activists being put on trial, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday.
Clinton urges Tunisians to protect new freedoms
Feb 25, 2012 14:37 EST
SIDI BOU SAID, Tunisia (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Tunisians on Saturday to protect their newly won freedoms and called on Islamist and secular parties to work together in the country that inspired the Arab Spring.
Syria to have "more blood on hands" if blocks aid: Clinton
Feb 24, 2012 11:00 EST
TUNIS (Reuters) - The administration of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will have even more blood on its hands if it does not agree to an international demand to allow in urgent humanitarian relief, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday.
Clinton says Syria's Assad caused humanitarian disaster
Feb 24, 2012 11:00 EST
TUNIS (Reuters) - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his security forces have brought about a humanitarian catastrophe in the country, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday.
New Libya army flexes muscles to halt tribal fight
Feb 23, 2012 18:15 EST
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan troops intervened to end fighting between rival tribes in the eastern desert on Thursday, a rare example of the government in Tripoli imposing its authority over the fractious country.
"Friends of Syria" to demand access for aid
Feb 23, 2012 08:26 EST
TUNIS (Reuters) - Western and Arab powers meeting in Tunis on Friday will demand President Bashar al-Assad agree to a ceasefire to let in aid for victims of Syria's intensifying conflict - but a Libya-style military intervention is not on the agenda.
Exclusive: Algeria to allow foreign NGOs to monitor vote
Feb 21, 2012 12:44 EST
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Election observers from U.S. non-governmental organizations the Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute will for the first time be able to monitor a parliamentary election in Algeria later this year, the interior minister said Tuesday.
Libya invites Syria rebels to open Tripoli office
Feb 15, 2012 16:30 EST
CAIRO (Reuters) - Libya will let Syria's opposition National Council open an office in Tripoli, Libya's interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil told Al Jazeera television on Wednesday.
"Friends of Syria" to demand immediate access for aid
Feb 11, 2012 07:17 EST
TUNIS (Reuters) - Western and Arab nations will demand on Friday that Syria allow aid to be delivered to desperate civilians in the absence of any international resolve to intervene to end a crackdown on a near year-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
"Friends of Syria" to demand immediate aid access
Feb 11, 2012 07:17 EST
TUNIS (Reuters) - Western and Arab nations will demand Friday that Syria allow aid to be delivered to desperate civilians in the absence of any international resolve to intervene to end a crackdown on a near year-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
Syrian rebels get arms from abroad: source
Feb 11, 2012 07:17 EST
TUNIS (Reuters) - Foreign powers are turning a blind eye to weapons purchases by Syrian exiles who are already smuggling light arms, communications equipment and night vision goggles to rebels inside Syria, a Syrian opposition source said on Friday.
Anger, chaos but no revolt after Libya violence
Jan 24, 2012 07:27 EST
BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) - A bullet-scarred barracks, scorched and abandoned like the ageing tanks guarding its shattered gateway, was all that remained on Tuesday of what passed for the Libyan government's grip on Bani Walid.
Anger, chaos but no revolt after Libya violence
Jan 24, 2012 07:27 EST
BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) - A bullet-scarred barracks, scorched and abandoned like the ageing tanks guarding its shattered gateway, was all that remained on Tuesday of what passed for the Libyan government's grip on Bani Walid.
Gaddafi supporters seize control of Libyan town
Jan 23, 2012 10:40 EST
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Supporters of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi seized control of the town of Bani Walid on Monday after clashes with a militia loyal to the new government in which four people were killed, witnesses told Reuters.
Protesters storm Libyan government HQ in Benghazi
Jan 21, 2012 13:28 EST
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A crowd of protesters forced their way inside the local headquarters of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) in the eastern city of Benghazi Saturday, a Reuters reporter at the scene said.
Algeria says kidnapped governor freed in Libya
Jan 17, 2012 12:12 EST
ALGIERS (Reuters) - An Algerian regional governor kidnapped near the border with Libya has been freed after his kidnappers were intercepted inside Libya, Algeria's state news agency reported.
Al Qaeda holding kidnapped Algerian governor: sources
Jan 17, 2012 06:32 EST
ALGIERS (Reuters) - An Algerian regional governor kidnapped near the border with Libya is being held by al Qaeda's north African branch, two Algerian security officials told Reuters on Tuesday.
