Turkish PM to Set Up Somali Embassy

Somalia heads terrorism risk, South Sudan in top 5: survey

Eritrea planned massive bomb attack on African Union summit, UN says

Another area girds for revolt as Sudan approaches a split

Militants said to gain ground in south Yemen

State-sponsored imams contradict Turkish secularism, Sudanese professor says

US balks at Pakistani bills

Osama bin Laden’s wife: ‘I’ll stand with you’

Israelis conducting global war on Hamas

Violence escalates in Gaza

Why Libya’s unrest could threaten the Sahel region

Arms from Iran: a rash of intercepted shipments

Egypt revolt gave us back our lives: Hamas chief

Graphic: Political unrest in North Africa and the Middle East

US to review Sudan terror designation

Six countries in the Arab world where ‘winds of change’ are blowing

Egypt, Jordan, and the Arab world’s ‘watershed’ moment

Not all in northern Sudan embrace Islamic law

Islamic Sudan envisioned if south secedes

Sudan: Women are punished with ‘600,000’ lashes a year

Moscow’s gray weapons market: Russian intelligence supports dubious arms deals

Kenya says West wasting money on anti-piracy ships

As part of its reconciliation process with terrorists and extremists, the Libyan government has freed a former Gitmo detainee who served al Qaeda and the Taliban for almost a decade.

Churches call for south Sudan to vote for independence

East African leaders urge UN to provide Somalia force

Four Islamists sentenced to death for the murder of a USAID employee and his driver escaped from jail and engaged in a gunfight with police. The Islamists belong to a group called Ansar al Tawhid. One of the men convicted of the murder served as an officer in the Sudanese military.

Foreign fighters gain influence in Somalia’s Islamist al-Shabab militia

Nigeria forced to deal with revival of Islamist group Boko Haram
