Maggie Michael

Second day of voting in Egypt to pick Mubarak successor

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 17 Jun 2012

Egyptians voted for a second day in a presidential runoff pitting Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister against a conservative Islamist.

Petrol shortage in Egypt sets tempers off

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Mar 2012

Egyptians have been hit by an increasingly acute petrol shortage, which the government has blamed on black market sales of fuel.

Militias continue stronghold a year after Libyan uprising

Article bogdan TagDiv - 17 Feb 2012

A year after Libya's uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, its militias continue to hold influence with corruption, violence and anarchy.

Libya takes next step towards drafting new constitution

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 4 Jan 2012

Libya's National Transitional Council has proposed a draft law for electing an assembly to draft the country's new constitution.

Egypt’s activists fear wider crackdown

Article bogdan TagDiv - 31 Dec 2011

Rights groups have denounced the startling show of force in the raids on 10 organisations and accused Egypt's generals of trying to silence critics.

Fear and loathing in Libya

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 6 Jul 2011

Rebel sympathisers, driven underground in Tripoli, have resorted to furtive protests such as writing "No" next to pro-government graffiti.

Libya govt says rebels’ victory claims ‘wishful reporting’

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 13 Jun 2011

From the east and west, working with Nato air strikes, resurgent rebels have battled Libyan government forces at flashpoints along the Mediterranean.

Libya rebels battle into key oil port

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 12 Jun 2011

Rebels battled their way back into a major oil port just 50km west of Tripoli on Saturday, forcing Muammar Gaddafi's troops to close the highway.

Christian-Muslim affair tests Egypt’s revolution

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 14 May 2011

It started with a Christian woman who wanted a divorce to marry her Muslim lover, and found no other way to do so but to convert to Islam.

Cairo scene of violent chaos as protests escalate

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 28 Jan 2011

Cairo was the scene of violent chaos on Friday, when tens of thousands of anti-government protesters stoned and confronted police.

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