Egypt unnerved by rising religious fervor

CAIRO — An engineering student is killed for walking with his fiancee by men reportedly linked to a group called the Promotion of...

John Atta Mills dies at 68; president of Ghana

JOHANNESBURG — Ghanaian President John Atta Mills, who vowed that the nation's oil reserves would be used for the good of the people,...

Egypt president names new prime minister, a surprise to many

CAIRO — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi surprised the nation Tuesday by naming an obscure bureaucrat as his new prime minister to...

Egypt's workers, newly emboldened, seek reforms

SUEZ, Egypt — The name of his brand is Cleopatra and he calls himself one of the "noblest businessmen in the world." But Mohamed Abul-...

South Africa teens often become moms

MAVELA, South Africa — Her grandmother was an alcoholic and her mother was a prostitute, strangled by a client. The child of another...

Omar Suleiman dies at 76; former head of Egyptian intelligence

CAIRO — Omar Suleiman, Egypt's former spymaster and a confidant of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak, died Thursday in a U.S. hospital,...

In Egypt, Hillary Clinton offers support for Islamist president

CAIRO — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met for the first time Saturday with new President Mohamed Morsi in a fresh...

In Kenya, Dadaab refugee camp faces $25-million shortfall

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya is the biggest in the world, a sprawl of nearly half a...

Bride abductions 'a distortion' of South Africa's culture

— She was named Democracy in Zulu, at a time when her country had none.

Egypt parliament reconvenes, escalating power struggle

CAIRO — The power struggle between Egypt's newly elected Islamist president and the military has escalated, with lawmakers defying a...

In Libya, diverse coalition has edge over Islamists in elections

TRIPOLI, Libya — The main street in Misurata remains shot to pieces. In Tripoli's Janzour suburb, displacement camps dot the...

Amid Egypt president-army struggle, it's unclear who's in charge

CAIRO — The power struggle between Egypt's president and military leaders is becoming increasingly murky, leaving many Egyptians...

Libyans vote in first free elections in decades

TRIPOLI, Libya — Naima Naggar stood in a Tripoli polling station Saturday, her index finger stained with indelible ink as she voted in...

In Libya, ethnic and tribal tension threatens democracy

TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyans vote for a national assembly Saturday amid sharpening ethnic and tribal tension threatening the nation's...

Mohamed Morsi sworn in as Egypt's first Islamist president

CAIRO — Mohamed Morsi, the son of a peasant farmer who rose through the ranks of the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood, was sworn in...

Group behind 'Kony 2012' wins new respect

It's been nearly four months since "Kony 2012" exploded into public consciousness as a rare bird: an Internet video that captivated the...

Egypt foreign policy tone may change, but not its substance

CAIRO — Egypt's foreign policy under its first Islamist president is likely to change in tenor but not substance, at least in the...

Egypt President-elect Mohamed Morsi joins Tahrir Square protest

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A poor African woman's journey to home and security

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — It was more money than she had ever dreamed of, stuffed into stockings and concealed under her clothes...

Egypt court strikes down martial law decree

CAIRO — A move by Egypt's ruling generals to revive martial law was blunted Tuesday by a court that struck down a government decree...

Egypt President-elect Mohamed Morsi moves into Mubarak palace

CAIRO — Egyptian President-elect Mohamed Morsi on Monday moved into the palace of the man who once jailed him.

South African photographer believes theft was hate crime

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — It was a most unusual burglary. Thieves got in through the bathroom window and walked past the flat-...

Muslim Brotherhood candidate wins Egyptian presidential vote

CAIRO — The historic election of Egypt's first Islamist president collided immediately with the political reality that the ruling...

Protesters again mass in Egypt's Tahrir Square

CAIRO — Tents and rage bloomed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Thursday as the Muslim Brotherhood and other political groups staged a sit-...

Egypt election results fill Tahrir Square with joy

CAIRO — Egyptians wept and hugged as fireworks exploded in Tahrir Square and their world suddenly changed.

Mubarak health reports leave Egypt confused and suspicious

CAIRO — Egypt is a land of angry, puzzled faces.

Egypt officials deny reports of Mubarak's death

CAIRO — Egyptian officials denied reports Tuesday night that deposed President Hosni Mubarak was "clinically dead" after he suffered a...

In Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood rally steps up pressure on military

CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood increased pressure on Egypt's military rulers Tuesday by rallying thousands of protesters in Tahrir...

Egypt Muslim Brotherhood backers both angry and joyful

CAIRO — With his hands chained and raised toward the sky, Ahmed Elsayed Attia stood chanting in the heart of Tahrir Square with dozens...

Egypt revolution suffers crushing blow

CAIRO — The revolution, for now, has been crushed.

Egypt military decree curbs next president's authority

CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood claimed victory in Egypt's landmark presidential runoff election early Monday, but its historic rise to...

Egypt runoff presidential election kicks off sullenly

CAIRO — Egyptians began voting Saturday for a new president, but the joy that defined the first round of elections last month had...

Egypt revolution losing steam as military asserts power

CAIRO — The revolutionaries chanted in frustrated knots beneath lifeless flags Friday in Tahrir Square, trying to revive the spirit of...

Egypt court dissolves parliament, keeps Mubarak ally on ballot

CAIRO — The battle between Egypt's military leaders and the ascendant Muslim Brotherhood over the country's political fate...

American NGO worker in Egypt faces his fate in court

CAIRO — In a cafe off the Nile, a man with a backpack and a quiet air orders double espressos and awaits the next twist in a...

Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya — The Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland,...

A novel idea in Egypt: Presidential candidates

AGA, Egypt — After an unfriendly journalist was tossed off, Amr Moussa's campaign bus headed north to the Nile Delta, where barefoot...

Africa's economic boom points up the need for managers

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Africa's rapid economic growth has helped change the stereotype of a hopeless continent of starving...

South Sudan troupe sees new country's struggle in Shakespeare

LONDON — Posthumus, the protagonist of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline," marched through the Herculean columns of the Globe theater,...

Nigerian billionaire leaves his imprint in cement

LAGOS, Nigeria —The chaotic color of the megalopolis cascades past the window of his silver Mercedes SUV. A police escort with a...

Northern Nigeria lives in fear of militant group

KANO, Nigeria — In an attack that didn't happen — well, not officially — a police inspector and four of his officers...

Pope Shenouda III dies at 88; leader of Coptic Orthodox Church

Egypt military looking to keep its grip at least on economy

The Egyptian military stamps itself as protector of the nation, but behind this carefully tended mythology the army controls a multibillion-...

Debts closed in on Egypt man who died hanged in his jail cell

His mother visited him hours before he twisted the edges of his blanket into a rope.

After revolution in Egypt, women's taste of equality fades

Bothaina Kamel is a novelty and a provocation in a single breath. The only woman running for Egypt's presidency, she travels without an...

A young Somali lured into a life of death

When his parents were killed in a rocket attack, the only person to show a lonely Somali boy named Abdi any kindness, or say a caring word,...

Unpredictable to the end, Moammar Kadafi ruled Libya for decades

In the modern pantheon of the world's dictators, Moammar Kadafi stood apart. Far apart.

Three women, two Liberians and a Yemeni, win Nobel Peace Prize

Three women from Africa and the Middle East who symbolize nonviolent struggles to improve their nations and advance the role of women's...