Sudan shuts Islamist paper in media crackdown
Sudan shut the newspaper of the country's largest Islamist opposition party on Monday, the latest step in a growing crackdown on independent media in the large African country.
Up to 50,000 flee South Sudan tribal turmoil -U.N.
Up to 50,000 people have fled tribal violence in a remote border area of South Sudan, the United Nations said on Monday
Bashir urges Darfur rebels to seek peace after leader killed
The Western region of Darfur is the scene of an almost decade-long insurgency of non-Arab tribes against the government
S. Sudan says Sudan air raids kill 17 civilians
South Sudan says puts troops in disputed border region with Sudan on "maximum alert"
Syrian forces kill 11 protesters, monitors reach 2 cities
Fearful residents on streets waiting to talk to observers; no sign of observers amid security clampdown in tense areas
Arab monitors face crowds, blasts in second Syria tour
Arab League monitors' visit to city of Homs, a major centre of anti-Assad protests, is hit by snags when locals refuse to speak and gunfire erupts