North Africa
US returning staff to embassy in Tunis
Mar 13, 2013 11:24 EDT
The United States on Wednesday allowed non-emergency staff to return to its embassy in Tunisia after a six-month ban, but warned that the security situation "remains unpredictable."
Alarm raised over anti-migrant violence in Morocco
Mar 13, 2013 11:01 EDT
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Wednesday raised the alarm over increased violence against illegal migrants in Morocco, pointing a finger of blame at both Rabat and Madrid.
Egypt government appeals vote cancellation
Mar 13, 2013 10:31 EDT
A legal body representing Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday filed an appeal against a court ruling cancelling Egypt's controversial parliamentary polls, judicial sources said.
New Jewish museum in Poland unveils synagogue roof
Mar 12, 2013 22:52 EDT
It is not as ornate the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, but a life-sized replica of the polychrome ceiling of an 18th-century synagogue inspired awe as it was unveiled in the Polish capital.
Israel court challenges internment of African migrants
Mar 12, 2013 15:35 EDT
Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the state attorney's office to answer claims that tough legislation enabling illegal migrants to be detained without trial for up to three years is unlawful.
Diesel shortage sparks anger and anxiety in Egypt
Mar 12, 2013 14:26 EDT
Microbus driver Ashraf Kamel has to wait hours outside a Cairo petrol station to fill up his tank, as a severe diesel shortage adds to the burden of Egyptians already facing unrest and price hikes.
Homemade alcohol kills 60 in Libya: ministry
Mar 12, 2013 13:36 EDT
Sixty people have died in Libya from drinking homemade alcohol and hundreds more been poisoned, the government said on Monday as authorities in the Muslim state vowed a crackdown on booze trafficking.
Tunisian vendor immolates self ahead of govt vote
Mar 12, 2013 11:53 EDT
A street vendor in Tunis suffered severe burns Tuesday when he set himself alight in an act of desperation hours before a vote on a new government to pull Tunisia out of a long-running political crisis.
Mali faces food crisis as refugees return
Mar 12, 2013 11:18 EDT
Tethered to the roof of a crowded bus in Gao's former "Sharia Square", suitcases and boxes carry what few belongings the Maiga family could take as they fled when the town was overrun by jihadists.
Desperation high among Tunisian vendors
Mar 12, 2013 11:06 EDT
"My morale is as low as that of the man who set himself alight," on Tuesday, said Mohammed, 27, a young street vendor who earns a living by selling cigarettes and newspapers in the Tunisian capital.
Tunisian vendor self-immolates ahead of govt vote
Mar 12, 2013 06:36 EDT
A vendor was in a "critical" state on Tuesday after torching himself in Tunis, hours before lawmakers were to vote on a new government to pull the country out of a deep political crisis and steer it to elections.
Algerian court jails four for demo seeking jobs
Mar 12, 2013 06:26 EDT
An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced to jail four unemployed people on charges of "illegal gathering" after they held a protest last month to demand jobs, while 13 others were acquitted, their lawyer said.
Egypt Copt 'tortured to death' in Libya: lawyer
Mar 11, 2013 16:31 EDT
An Egyptian Christian jailed in Libya has been tortured to death in custody, an Egyptian human rights lawyer told AFP in Cairo on Monday, with demonstrators attacking the Libyan embassy in protest.
Homemade alcohol kills 51 in Libya: health ministry
Mar 11, 2013 15:44 EDT
More than 50 people have died in Libya since Saturday after drinking cheap homemade alcohol and hundreds were poisoned, the health ministry said on Monday, as the authorities in the Muslim country vowed a crackdown on booze trafficking.
IMF: Emergency loan an option for Egypt
Mar 11, 2013 14:33 EDT
The International Monetary Fund said Monday that it could provide an emergency short-term loan to Egypt if needed, as talks for a longer-term $4.8 billion financing program have bogged down.
Egypt Copt 'tortured to death' in Libya
Mar 11, 2013 11:40 EDT
An Egyptian Christian jailed in Libya has been tortured to death in custody, an Egyptian human rights lawyer told AFP in Cairo on Monday.
Mubarak wants Egyptians to rally round Morsi: lawyer
Mar 11, 2013 10:11 EDT
Toppled president Hosni Mubarak, awaiting trial over his role in the deaths of protesters, believes Egyptians should rally around his Islamist successor and end violent protests, his lawyer told AFP on Monday.
Ancient people had clogged arteries, mummy scans show
Mar 11, 2013 06:12 EDT
Scans of mummies from as long ago as 2,000 BC have revealed that ancient people also had clogged arteries, a condition blamed on modern vices like smoking, overeating and inactivity, a study said Monday.
Egypt, Tunisia strive to woo back tourists
Mar 11, 2013 06:03 EDT
Two years after the Arab Spring uprisings, Tunisia and Egypt are trying to win back holidaymakers in a lifeblood sector for both countries which are gripped by renewed political crisis.
Ancient people had clogged arteries, mummy scans show
Mar 10, 2013 21:06 EDT
Scans of mummies from as long ago as 2,000 BC have revealed that ancient people also had clogged arteries, a condition blamed on modern vices like smoking, overeating and inactivity, a study said Monday.
