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Angola's ruling party is likely to strengthen its tight grip when the booming oil-producing nation and emerging African heavyweight holds its first election since the end of a 27-year civil war on...
Rich countries are pushing developing nations with the strongest economies to do far more to combat climate change, opening a faultline between rich and poor in U.N. talks on global warming.
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Libya, now in the mainstream of international politics after decades of isolation, needs reforms to revamp its political system into one that stands out against the region's "forest of...
A suicide car bomb attack on security forces killed at least six civilians east of Algiers late on Saturday, the second such blast this month, authorities in OPEC member Algeria said on Sunday....
Libya suspended oil sales to Switzerland on Thursday over the arrest of a son of Muammar Gaddafi, shipping workers said, punishing what the OPEC member state called a "horrible crime" against its...
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will seek to buy Russian diesel submarines, mobile missile systems and tanks, this week during a trip aimed at boosting trade, Russian media reported on Monday.
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Jailed leaders of Libya's main Islamist militant group are talking to the government about abandoning their armed struggle, a former senior member of the organisation said in remarks published on...
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will soon meet with Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader who tried to block the appointment of a minister over a T-shirt deemed offensive to Muslims.
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Libya told Italy on Thursday it would no longer help protect Italian shores from waves of illegal African migrants because Rome and other European Union states had failed to come up with promised...
Russia agreed to cancel $4.5 billion of Libyan debt on Thursday, unlocking big military and civilian export orders in the face of fierce Western competition for the former outcast state's...
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to oversee the signing of deals worth over $10 billion on a trip to Libya aimed at grabbing a slice of a market opening to the world after years of sanctions,...
JOHANNESBURG - Gauteng MEC for Community Safety Firoz Cachalia announces that 61% of all Gauteng policing precincts recorded a decrease in the total amount of violent crimes between July and...
In this week's podcast: Speaking at a forum on South Africa's future hosted by Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma says there is too much focus...
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi urged a sweeping reform of government on Sunday, saying most of the cabinet system should be dismantled as it had failed to manage the north Africa's...
A car bomb attack on a police station killed two people and wounded 23 in a town east of Algiers on Tuesday, the second such bombing in the OPEC member in a month, the official APS news agency...