Loud explosions rocked the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday close to leader Muammar al-Gaddafi's residence in the Bab al-Aziziya neighbourhood. Nato warplanes were heard swooping ... Read more »
Hospitals in Benghazi are stretching its already limited resources to treat the large number of people wounded in the country's civil war. Read more »
A new rebel group led by a former general of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) has called for overthrowing the Juba government and forming an interim cabinet comprised of ... Read more »
The main reasons children join the armed forces are poverty and a lack of educational opportunities. Read more »
UN peacekeepers have launched an operation against the forces supporting incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo after they continued to attack the UN, the elected government and ... Read more »
After a month and a half of conflict in Libya, the situation of political prisoners and prisoners of war on both sides is said to be uncertain. Read more »
Forces opposed to Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule have lost a key oil town again, and France 24 reports that the pendulum in fighting along the coastal road has swung his way. Read more »
The African Union has failed to attend an international conference in London to discuss the situation in Libya, where government forces are battling armed opposition seeking an end ... Read more »
The Ugandan and Burundi governments have agreed to deploy 4,000 additional troops to join African Union troops to back Somalia's transitional government. Read more »
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is to take command of military operations in Libya, and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says it will develop an operations ... Read more »
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