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 Libya prisoners make new torture allegations
New evidence has emerged that supporters of the former Libyan leader, Col Gaddafi, have been tortured while in detention. | The BBC has been told by inmates at a jail in Misrata that they were beaten,... (photo: AP) BBC News
Human Rights Libya Photos UN Wikipedia: Libyan civil war |
 Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
| DAKAR (Reuters) - Street protests spread through towns across Senegal overnight on Saturday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections ne... (photo: AP) The Star
Abdoulaye Wade Photos Protests Senegal Wikipedia: Abdoulaye Wade |
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 Egypt’s Assault on Civil Society
| Post-Mubarak Egypt is facing profound challenges with its unfinished revolution and looming economic crisis. The last thing it needs is to pick a fight with the United ... (photo: Creative Commons / Sherif9282) The New York Times
Egypt Photos Protests Society Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution |
 Nigeria faces an existential threat
| London: Nigeria is up against a hydra-headed monster in the Boko Haram sect that claimed responsibility for last Friday's devastating attacks on the city of Kano. ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Gulf News
Nigeria Photos Politics Terrorism Wikipedia: Boko Haram |
 Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
| DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday that the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's elec... (photo: AP/Schalk van Zuydam) Dayton Daily News
Elections Photos Politics Senegal Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012 |
 Jonathan urges Boko Haram to state demands
| Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged Boko Haram to identify themselves and state clearly their demands as a basis for talks. | "If they clearly identify ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Al Jazeera
Boko Haram Nigeria Photos Violence Wikipedia: Boko Haram |
 Will India's poor remain hungry?
| - As India's proposed new Food Security Act hovers in political limbo, the nation remains hungry. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made headlines in early January when he ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) Al Jazeera
India Photos Politics Poverty Wikipedia: Poverty in India |
