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Opposition forces had gained control over most of eastern Libya by Thursday, with only Tripoli and Sirte remaining under the regime's control.

World leaders have this week slowly pushed for taking urgent actions against the Libyan regime, which has already ...

Evacuating families and the growing number of casualties punctuate the atmosphere in post-election Ivory Coast. Supporters for the ...

Filmed through the cracks of a building, a video posted on the Internet shows jeeps allegedly carrying mercenaries ...

In an effort to appease the demands of Algerian protesters, the government of Algeria approved the lifting of ...

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a closed discussion on Libya's violent crack down on Tuesday after an ...

Libya Protests: Libyans are calling on the Internet for a nationwide “day of anger” to take place on ...

While Tunisians flee after highly sought political change, indicators suggest Tunisia's economy might be the blame.

Amid protests inspired by the recent downfalls of regimes in Egypt and Tunisia, Algerian authorities claimed on Monday ...

A stampede at a political rally in Nigeria killed 12 people and injured dozens on Saturday.

A group of 28 Somali pirates was captured near the Lakshadweep Islands, southwest India, and were handed over ...

Over the past two months, supporters of Gbagbo have increasingly used violence to intimidate the president-elect.

It turns out Sudanese President Omar Bashir is feeling more heat from the international arrest warrant looming over ...

Across much of the African continent religious strife between Muslims and Christians is seemingly rife.

Tunisia's parliament granted emergency powers to the country's interim president on Monday, as the country continues to find ...

The Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) party of ousted Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was put out ...

The independence referendum in Sudan shows that citizens from Southern Sudan want to secede from Northern Sudan.

To stop opposition groups from organizing protests, President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen, announced on Wednesday he would ...

Hosni Mubarak: The Egyptian Association for Change gathered outside the White House in support of the protests against ...

In the deeply and violently polarized politics of the Ivory Coast, partisan media has played a large part ...

Southern Sudan is set to become an independent country on July 9 after nearly 99 percent of voters ...

Alluding to the tumult in Tunisia and Egypt, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said African leaders need to heed ...

Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo was named head of the African Union on Sunday.

South Africa's first democratic president, Nelson Mandela, is being treated for a respiratory condition at a Johannesburg hospital, ...

Tunisia issued global alerts for ousted president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali on Wednesday.

While democracy may be a rare sight in the Arab world, it is not impossible, and Tunisia could ...

A month-long ban on cocoa exports from the world's No. 1 exporting country, Ivory Coast, is backed by ...