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EGYPTIAN archaeologists have discovered a new set of tombs belonging to the workers who built the great pyramids, shedding light on how the labourers lived and ate more than 4,000 years ago,

ALGERIAN security forces have killed 10 Islamist rebels in an ambush, state radio was quoted by Reuters in a report yesterday, But in a separate development, a Canadian firm said an Algerian

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THE African Union yesterday expressed concern at the lack of trust between Sudan's north and south over the implementation of their peace agreement, agency reports indicated The Agence France Presse (AFP) reported

GUINEA could face a civil war if the country's military leader, Moussa Dadis Camara, returns home, France's Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, has said. Kouchner told French MPs on Wednesday that Moussa Dadis

NIGER has reactivated arrest warrants against three exiled opposition leaders, including a former president, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported yesterday. But the move may have jeopardised talks aimed at ending a

THE United Nations (U.S.) Security Council slammed Eritrea with an arms embargo and other sanctions on Wednesday for its role in aiding rebels in Somalia and refusing to withdraw from a border

ZIMBABWE’S Finance Minister Tendai Biti yesterday said the Southern African country needs $45 billion to return its economy to peak levels seen more than a decade ago.

A UNITED Nations' (UN) report which was leaked to the media yesterday wants Guinea's military leader, Capt Moussa Dadis Camara, to be charged with crimes against humanity over the killing of opposition

AN Ethiopian court yesterday sentenced five people to death and 33 others to life in prison for planning to assassinate government officials, agency reports claimed. Many of the accused, Associated Press (AP),