Africa
Egypt arrests Mubarak supporter who criticized government
Cairo, July 11 (AP/UNB) — Egyptian prosecutors Thursday charged the administrator of a Facebook page that supports former autocratic president Hosni Mubarak with spreading false news and undermining national interests after a post implied Mubarak did more to help Egypt's poor than the current government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
Sudan activists say internet restored after crackdown
Khartoum, Jul 10 (AP/UNB) — Sudanese activists say internet service has been restored in the country, after a weekslong blackout imposed during a deadly crackdown earlier last month.
Sudan's military council to be dissolved in transition deal
Khartoum, Jul 8 (AP/UNB) — Sudan's top general says the military council that assumed power after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir in April will be dissolved with the implementation of a power-sharing deal reached with protesters last week.
Massive wasp nests as big as a car are appearing in Alabama
Dhaka, July 6 (UNB) - Scientists issued a buzzworthy warning to Alabama residents: thousands of wasps are making the state home in what are called perennial yellow jacket nests. And they are freaky.
Sudan rebels criticize protesters' deal with the army
Khartoum, Jul 6 (AP/UNB) — Sudanese rebel groups have criticized a power-sharing deal between the military and the country's pro-democracy movement aimed at ending weekslong political deadlock.
Airstrike hits migrant detention center in Libya, 44 killed
Benghazi, Jul 3 (AP/UNB) — An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants in the Libyan capital early Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 130, the U.N. mission to the war-torn country said.
Death toll from clashes at Sudan rallies climbs to 11
Khartoum, Jul 1 (AP/UNB) — Sudanese activists said Monday that at least 11 people were killed in clashes with security forces during mass demonstrations demanding a transition to civilian rule.
At least 7 dead as Sudanese stage protests against army rule
Khartoum, Jul 1 (AP/UNB) — Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Sudan's capital and elsewhere in the country Sunday calling for civilian rule nearly three months after the army forced out long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
Libyan fighters threaten to target Turkish interests
Cairo, Jun 30 (AP/UNB) — The forces of Libya's Khalifa Hifter said that Turkish vessels and interests are "legitimate targets" in its battle to seize the capital of Tripoli, after it accused Turkey of helping rival militias allied with the U.N.-supported government.
16 die in Zimbabwe road crash
Harare, June 29 (Xinhua/UNB) -- At least 16 people died in a head-on collision between a commuter omnibus and a haulage truck about 100 km south of Harare on Friday, police said.