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December 11, 2015

Algeria prosecutor seeks death penalty for children killers

Algeria's public prosecutor on Sunday demanded the death penalty for two men on trial for abducting and murdering two boys aged nine and 10, the news agency APS reported.

December 11, 2015

Tunisia opposition rejects Islamists' concession

Tunisia's opposition coalition on Friday rejected proposals by the ruling Islamists for ending a month-long political crisis, saying its offer to enter talks on a government of technocrats was insufficient.

December 11, 2015

Arnie in Algeria seeks to 'terminate' climate change

US actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed in Algeria on Tuesday to press his bid to "terminate" threats to the environment through his climate action campaign.

December 11, 2015

Bladerunner Pistorius may face new gun charges

South African Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius may face two new charges related to firing a gun in public when he appears in court next week, local media reported Friday.

December 11, 2015

Libyan Rebels Claim Control of Post on Tunisian Border

Libyan rebels said Thursday they had control of a post on the Tunisian border, forcing government soldiers to flee over the frontier and possibly opening a new channel for opposition forces in Muammar Qaddafi's bastion in western Libya.

December 11, 2015

S.Africa state TV launches 24-hour news channel

South Africa's loss-making public broadcaster on Thursday launched a 24-hour news channel, with President Jacob Zuma saying it should help diversify media coverage.

December 11, 2015

Libyan Woman Who Claimed Qaddafi Troops Raped Her Facing Criminal Charges

A Libyan woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell foreign journalists how she was gang raped by Muammar al-Qaddafi's troops will face criminal charges, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.

December 11, 2015

Close to 600 May be Dead on Libyan Migrant Ship

Almost everyone on an overcrowded ship carrying some 600 African migrants to Europe is believed to have died when the vessel broke apart within sight of the Libyan capital, the United Nations said.

December 11, 2015

White Farmer Petitions U.N., Accusing South Africa Of Genocide

A white farmer has accused the South African government of genocide in a petition submitted to the United Nations.

December 11, 2015

Mali Tuareg rally urges release of MNLA rebels

Around 100 supporters of Mali's main Tuareg rebel group demonstrated Tuesday in the northern city of Kidal to demand the release of fighters detained in Bamako.