Egypt's Mubarak gets 3 years for graft
A Cairo court convicted ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement on Wednesday, sentencing him to three years in prison.
18 killed in Algeria suicide attack: hospital source
2011-08-27 08:58Two suicide bombers hit a military barracks in Algeria on Friday, killing 18 people in one of the deadliest attacks in the North African country in recent years.
Explosion hits UN building in Nigeria's capital
2011-08-26 19:01A car bomb ripped through the United Nations' headquarters in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Friday, killing at least 10 people, security sources and witnesses said.
Libya NTC leader asks for unfreezing assets
2011-08-26 17:13The international community needs to take urgent action to release frozen Libyan assets to the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) to avoid a crisis in the future.
UN to allow release of $1.5 bln frozen Libya funds
2011-08-26 08:58The United States and South Africa struck a deal on Thursday to allow the release of $1.5 billion in frozen Libya funds for humanitarian aid and other civilian needs, UN diplomats said on Thursday.
Gadhafi calls on Libyans to march on Tripoli
2011-08-26 08:36Libya's Muammar Gadhafi called on his supporters to march on Tripoli and "purify" the capital of rebels, who he denounced as "rats, crusaders and unbelievers" in a defiant, angry speech that betrayed no hint of despondency.
Libyan rebels to move leadership to Tripoli
2011-08-26 07:32Libyan rebels announced to transfer their leadership from Benghazi to the capital Tripoli. Meanwhile, Muammar Gaddafi called on his supporters to "purify" the capital of rebels.
Libyan rebels to transfer leadership to Tripoli
2011-08-26 06:54Libyan rebels announced late Thursday to transfer their leadership from Benghazi to the capital Tripoli.
Libyan ex-PM says ready to create new party
2011-08-26 06:40Defected Libyan ex-prime minister Abdessalam Abdel Jalloud said here at a press conference on Thursday that he was ready to found a new political party.
Contact group calls on Gadhafi to surrender
2011-08-26 06:39The Libya contact group called on the embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi and his inner circle to surrender at the conclusion of its meeting in Istanbul on Thursday.
UN to help post-conflict Libya: official
2011-08-26 06:37UN under-secretary-general for political affairs B. Lynn Pascoe said here on Thursday that the United Nations will assist Libya at the directives of its new government.
War kills more than 20,000 in Libya: NTC
2011-08-26 06:35More than 20,000 people have been killed in Libya since the civil conflict started in February in the North African state, rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said on Thursday.
