http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/1360-africa.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/1360-africa.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2104560-2011-jail-breaks-political-issue-egypt.html CAIRO (AP) — It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 inmates while police were tied down with the massive popular protests that swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power. The prison breaks added to the chaos during the 18-day uprising in 2011, and the ... Thu, 23 May 2013 06:38:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2104560-2011-jail-breaks-political-issue-egypt.html 2013-05-23T06:38:50Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2103058-brutal-attack-london-heightens-terror-fears.html LONDON (AP) — Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime — shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into custody. The brutal... Thu, 23 May 2013 01:18:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2103058-brutal-attack-london-heightens-terror-fears.html 2013-05-23T01:18:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2104140-report-crisis-stoking-anti-migrant-bias-europe.html NEW YORK (AP) — A top human rights group warned Wednesday that the plight of refugees and migrants fleeing wars and economic hardship is worsening in Europe as financial turmoil and austerity stokes bias against foreigners. In its annual global report on human rights, Amnesty International pointed to Greece's tough new immigration laws and Italy's deporta... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:44:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2104140-report-crisis-stoking-anti-migrant-bias-europe.html 2013-05-22T23:44:06Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2102486-congo-fighting-persists-un-chief-arrives.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city. The attack underscores the heightening tension in Congo and comes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Congo's capital far to t... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:58:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2102486-congo-fighting-persists-un-chief-arrives.html 2013-05-22T21:58:06Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html CAIRO (AP) — The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government is mismanaging the country. Seated with top military brass and senior officials, an animated Mohammed Morsi lauded the release as a show of how unified and stro... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html 2013-05-22T20:42:11Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2102638-amid-signs-turmoil-sudan-oil-will-flow.html JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Following a lengthy Cabinet meeting, South Sudan's government spokesman said Wednesday that the country will continue to export oil through Sudan and that there had been only a temporary slowdown in production. An official in South Sudan's oil ministry earlier told The Associated Press that Sudan had blocked the export of South Su... Wed, 22 May 2013 19:32:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2102638-amid-signs-turmoil-sudan-oil-will-flow.html 2013-05-22T19:32:56Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2103258-ap-photos-nigeria-prepares-to-bury-writer-achebe.html OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) — Writer Chinua Achebe, whose works focused on the conflict between modernity and the way of life in rural Nigeria, has returned home for the final time. Achebe's corpse arrived Wednesday in his native Anambra state. There, local government officials and writers feted the late novelist, who died in March at the age of 82. While the man... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:03:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2103258-ap-photos-nigeria-prepares-to-bury-writer-achebe.html 2013-05-22T17:03:10Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2102410-kenyas-truth-report-killings-land-grabs-graft.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which more than 1,000 people died and 600,000 were evicted from their homes. President Uhuru Kenyatta an... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:54:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2102410-kenyas-truth-report-killings-land-grabs-graft.html 2013-05-22T15:54:11Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2102886-malawi-finds-buyer-presidential-jet.html BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi's cost-cutting president is selling her predecessor's jet. Cabinet clerk Ernest Katchetche said Wednesday that the government has identified a buyer for the 14-passenger presidential jet, which was put up for sale. The presidential office says the buyer is a Virgin Islands company. Malawi President Joyce ... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2102886-malawi-finds-buyer-presidential-jet.html 2013-05-22T14:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2102718-african-union-celebrates-50th-year.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonial masters. Now leaders want to map out the next 50 years of political and economic integration. Konjit Sinegiorgis was a young diplomat tasked with distributing documents to th... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:37:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2102718-african-union-celebrates-50th-year.html 2013-05-22T14:37:56Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2102670-zimbabwes-president-signs-constitution.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's president signs into law a new constitution and vows to hold peaceful and clean elections later this year. President Robert Mugabe said Wednesday the new constitution, unanimously accepted in a March referendum, has shown that Zimbabweans are united, regardless of political affiliation and without outside interference. ... Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2102670-zimbabwes-president-signs-constitution.html 2013-05-22T12:48:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. The incident illustrated the hazards of the military operations prompted by the kidnapping last week. A heavy handed att... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:11:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html 2013-05-21T22:11:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2101350-nigeria-islamic-extremist-inmates-to-released.html ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists — including all the women now held in custody. The surprise statement from the Defense Ministry, while lacking specifics about how many would be released and when, represents ... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:07:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2101350-nigeria-islamic-extremist-inmates-to-released.html 2013-05-21T21:07:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100680-algerian-president-leaves-paris-military-hospital.html PARIS (AP) — Officials say Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has left the French military hospital where he has been treated for nearly a month and transferred to another facility. Tuesday's brief statement by the defense ministry health service said Bouteflika "left Val-de-Grace hospital today to go to another establishment to continue his recovery... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:23:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100680-algerian-president-leaves-paris-military-hospital.html 2013-05-21T18:23:24Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100668-2-moroccans-tried-homosexuality-4-months.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation. Prosecutors at the Temara court near Rabat, the capital, said at Monday's trial that the men, aged 28 and 19, were caught having sex in a car and arre... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:55:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100668-2-moroccans-tried-homosexuality-4-months.html 2013-05-21T17:55:56Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099830-safrican-court-acquits-brother-oscar-pistorius.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — One Pistorius brother is free of charges — acquitted Tuesday of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a road accident. The famous younger brother, Olympian double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, still must face his day in court for shooting and killing his girlfriend. Carl Pistorius cried tears of relief Tuesday as a magistrate acquitt... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099830-safrican-court-acquits-brother-oscar-pistorius.html 2013-05-21T16:57:12Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099776-south-africa-winnie-mandela-forced-auction-flops.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — There were no bidders and no locksmiths willing to force entry for a scheduled auction Tuesday to sell artworks and other belongings of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife. The bid to force Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to pay an old debt for school fees for her grand-niece failed. Court sheriff John Maluleke and two other officials joined reporters ... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099776-south-africa-winnie-mandela-forced-auction-flops.html 2013-05-21T16:36:09Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100386-court-frees-man-murder-that-shocked-safricans.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A magistrate drops charges against the boyfriend accused in the brutal gang-rape and killing of a teenager that shocked South Africans. Prosecution spokesman Eric Ntabazalila says the magistrate said there was not enough evidence to try 22-year-old Jonathan Davids. A second suspect still could go to trial. The 17-year-old victim lived ... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100386-court-frees-man-murder-that-shocked-safricans.html 2013-05-21T16:32:59Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100334-rebels-c-african-republic-protest-conditions.html BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Some members of the rebel alliance who overthrew the president of Central African Republic are protesting outside the luxury hotel where their leader is based. Their demonstration marks a dangerous development, underscoring the divisions that are emerging within the Seleka rebel movement. The rebels outside the Hote... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:23:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100334-rebels-c-african-republic-protest-conditions.html 2013-05-21T16:23:03Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100044-uganda-leaders-legacy-stake-generals-case.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — An army general's concern that officials are at risk of assassination if they oppose President Yoweri Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him has stirred controversy in Uganda because it challenges the popular view of Museveni as a moderate leader, analysts said Tuesday. Police continued their search Tuesday of a daily n... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100044-uganda-leaders-legacy-stake-generals-case.html 2013-05-21T15:39:48Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2098236-tunisian-feminist-arrested-alleged-provocation.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian feminist who scandalized her country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested after allegedly sneaking into Tunisia's holiest city disguised in a veil, then trying to get undressed during a protest. On Sunday, Amina Tyler — a 19-year-old member of the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN, which uses nudity i... Mon, 20 May 2013 21:17:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2098236-tunisian-feminist-arrested-alleged-provocation.html 2013-05-20T21:17:27Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of Egyptian troops and armored vehicles moved into Sinai Monday as the government beefed up security in the volatile peninsula after the abduction of six policemen and a border guard by suspected Islamic militants. The security deployment comes a day after the release of a video of the captives, blindfolded and with their hands tied be... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:29:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html 2013-05-20T19:29:51Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2098210-dept-reports-anti-semitism-increase.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Ira Forman, former CEO of the National Jewish Democratic Council, was named special envoy as the State Department released its annual report on religious... Mon, 20 May 2013 18:01:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2098210-dept-reports-anti-semitism-increase.html 2013-05-20T18:01:18Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097534-m23-rebels-clash-with-soldiers-eastern-congo.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — Clashes erupted Monday in eastern Congo between government troops and a rebel group believed to be backed by neighboring Rwanda, escalating to the use of mortars and rocket launchers in the first fighting between the groups since the M23 rebels overtook and later retreated from the provincial capital of Goma last year. Fears that the re... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:43:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097534-m23-rebels-clash-with-soldiers-eastern-congo.html 2013-05-20T16:43:25Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097682-rebels-attack-c-african-republic-villages-8-dead.html BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Suspected foreign fighters backing a rebel movement now in control of Central African Republic's government invaded a remote north-central village and killed six people, residents said. The assault on the town of Bouca on Friday came just days after other armed fighters took a dozen civilians hostage in another vill... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:03:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097682-rebels-attack-c-african-republic-villages-8-dead.html 2013-05-20T15:03:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097580-51-die-2-south-sudan-clashes-army-retakes-town.html JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, while a tribe-on-tribe cattle-raiding attack elsewhere in the country killed 27 people, officials said Monday. A battle in Jonglei state on Sunday killed 20 rebel fighters and four gov... Mon, 20 May 2013 13:03:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097580-51-die-2-south-sudan-clashes-army-retakes-town.html 2013-05-20T13:03:34Z