Simon Martelli

Libya’s new prime minister has pledged that human rights would be set as its priority, as the United Nations warned against the proliferation of arms.

Libya’s new leadership has pressed a campaign to clear the capital of armed Muammar Gaddafi loyalists after fierce gun battles.

Salva Kiir has lead the first top-level delegation to Khartoum since South Sudan’s secession, with key issues like oil and borders on the agenda.

A top Darfuri rebel leader says he’s working with other armed groups to topple the Sudanese regime.

A South Sudan rebel group has agreed to an unconditional ceasefire and is committed to talks on merging its troops with the fledgling country’s army.

Khartoum stepped up air strikes in South Kordofan state on the south Sudan border on Tuesday, causing "huge suffering" to civilians, the UN says.

Sudan’s army has launched repeated air strikes on the southern army in Unity state in a bid to seize oilfields weeks before the south’s independence.

Clashes between South Sudanese troops and two separate rebel militias have left at least 92 people dead, the army’s spokesperson said on Monday.

An observer mission said on Monday that the secession of South Sudan was "virtually certain" as polling stations wrapped up their counts.

Egypt on Tuesday awaited the results of a parliamentary election that are set to deliver sweeping gains for President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party.