Sudan's north solidifies hold on oil-rich Abyei region

Sudan's northern army seized control of a disputed, oil-rich region of central Sudan on Sunday, officials said, forcing thousands to flee...

NATO targets Kadafi vessels at 3 ports

A series of NATO airstrikes on Libyan government vessels left ships burned, battered and sunk in three ports Friday as the alliance sought...

Egypt diners watching Obama speech mix distrust with applause

When President Obama appeared on the big-screen TVs at a Pizza Hut overlooking the Nile, the upscale dinnertime crowd shoved aside their...

NATO expects Kadafi's regime to eventually collapse

NATO's top official said Thursday that the air campaign in Libya had seriously damaged Moammar Kadafi's ability to fight and that...

Libya official, in Tunisia, may have defected

Mystery surrounded the status Tuesday of Libya's top oil official, Shukri Ghanem, who was in neighboring Tunisia on what authorities in...

Gas lines and empty roads in an oil-producing nation

Traveling the coastal route from Tunisia to Tripoli, Libya's capital, one thing became clear: One of Africa's largest oil producers has...

Prosecutors seek Kadafi arrest warrant at International Criminal Court

Prosecutors asked judges of the International Criminal Court on Monday to issue arrest warrants for Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi, his son...

Sudanese candidate wanted on war crimes charges wins governor's seat

Ahmed Haroun, a Sudanese ruling National Congress Party candidate wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, was...

'I am still alive,' Kadafi declares a day after NATO strike

A defiant Moammar Kadafi declared "I am still alive" in an audio broadcast on Libyan state television Friday, one day after a NATO strike on...

Letter from Libya: To live and lose in Misurata

We watched the African refugees wait placidly at the port for the boat to take them out of a city under siege. The day before, one of...

In Kadafi's Libya, even soccer was ruthless

It is one of Libya's oldest and most venerable institutions, predating not only Moammar Kadafi's rule but independence in 1951, and boasting...

Egypt's former first lady hospitalized after detention order

Hours after Egypt's former first lady, Suzanne Mubarak, was ordered detained as part of the widening corruption investigation of her...

NATO strikes Kadafi's compound after his TV appearance

The embattled regime of Libya's Moammar Kadafi suffered a series of new blows Thursday as NATO jets hit his compound in Tripoli, Western...

Movie review: 'The First Grader' gets good marks

Early on in "The First Grader," an ancient man, as hard and lean as his walking stick, strides miles across the coarse Kenyan bush. When...

Migrant workers fleeing Libya risk lives on smuggling boats

The frantic satellite phone calls come at all hours to an African priest in Rome from refugees fleeing Libya who find themselves stranded on...

Uganda lawmakers remove death penalty clause from anti-gay bill

After intense international criticism, proponents of an anti-gay bill before Uganda's parliament have removed a punitive clause that...

87-year-old Nigerian faith healer has 86 wives

He fell in love with his first wife because she was sincere and eager to please.

Libyan rebels caught in an uneasy lull

Rumors of renewed fighting circulate in the mostly abandoned city of Ajdabiya in eastern Libya, even without any recent pitched battles...

Supplies running low in besieged Libyan rebel city

Food and fuel supplies are running low in the besieged western Libyan city of Misurata, where government shelling and rocket strikes on...

Libyan forces destroy key fuel supply in Misurata

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi destroyed three huge fuel tanks in the besieged city of Misurata, aggravating an already dire...