Tag: North Africa
Chadian military says advancing rebel column ‘decimated’
N'DJAMENA, Chad — The Chadian military said it had halted an advance by rebels coming from neighboring Libya, but the rebel group said Sunday...
Gateshead replaces Rabat for Diamond League season opener
<p>MONACO — This year's Diamond League will open in Britain for the first time with Gateshead replacing Rabat as the season's first host city,...
UN agrees to deploy cease-fire monitors in Libya
<p>UNITED NATIONS — International monitors will watch over a nearly six-month-old cease-fire agreement in Libya, the U.N. Security Council decided in a vote announced...
Gateshead replaces Rabat for Diamond League season opener
MONACO — This year's Diamond League will open in Britain for the first time with Gateshead replacing Rabat as the season's first host city,...
UN agrees to deploy cease-fire monitors in Libya
UNITED NATIONS — International monitors will watch over a nearly six-month-old cease-fire agreement in Libya, the U.N. Security Council decided in a vote announced...
Libyan leader meets top Russian officials, speaks with Putin
<p>MOSCOW — The head of Libya’s interim government has met in Moscow with Russia’s prime minister and security council head, and spoke by telephone...
UN Security Council votes on monitors of Libya cease-fire
<p>UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council is voting on a draft resolution that urges all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya and...
Nobel doctor calls sexual violence in conflict a `pandemic’
UNITED NATIONS — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege warned Wednesday that the scourge of sexual violence and rape in all conflicts is...
Israeli army: Rocket from Gaza hits south Israel
<p>JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says a projectile fired from the Gaza Strip Thursday evening landed in south of the country, breaking weeks of...
UN envoy: South Sudan has potential, needs to hold elections
UNITED NATIONS — David Shearer said Wednesday he’s leaving the top U.N. job in South Sudan convinced the world’s youngest nation has the potential...