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London - Foreigners on Friday faced hellish scenes in Tripoli as countries worldwide sent planes and warships in a desperate bid to rescue their nationals from the chaos engulfing Libya. Anarchy descended on Tripoli airport as thousands of foreigners packed into the terminal to try to escape the widening crisis, with those who managed to leave describing how food and
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Cairo - Egyptians fleeing Libya said on Thursday they had suffered beatings and torture after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son accused them of being behind a popular uprising there. Arriving at Cairo airport, they said Libyan authorities tried to recruit them to help crush the uprising against Gaddafi’s 42-year authoritarian regime. "When we refused, we were beaten up, tortured,"
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Six African Union troops were killed and 12 others wounded in a renewed offensive against Somalia's Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab rebels in Mogadishu, the Burundian army said on Thursday. The AU forces (AMISOM) launched a fresh push against the insurgents in Somalia's war-torn capital on Wednesday in clashes that claimed around 50 lives. "During this operation, the AMISOM in general and
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Gatwick Airport - Britain's first rescue flights left Tripoli on Thursday as Prime Minister David Cameron apologised for the delay in getting stranded nationals home. The first charter plane made it to London Gatwick Airport with 78 adults and one child on board, while a second touched down in Malta en route to Gatwick carrying 130 adults and two children.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe – Lawyers for 46 people facing treason charges for allegedly plotting an Egyptian-style uprising in Zimbabwe said Thursday that some members of the group were tortured by police. Magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi ordered the suspects to be held in detention to reappear Monday, saying only a higher court was empowered to free them on bail on treason charges punishable
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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Key Libyan oil and oil product terminals to the east of the capital are in the hands of rebels who have seized control from leader Muammar Gaddafi, said residents of Benghazi who are in touch with people in region. The residents told Reuters Thursday the oil and product terminals at Ras Lanuf and Marsa El Brega
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ALGIERS (AFP) – A top US envoy arrived in Algiers Thursday and was to meet with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika as part of a regional tour as turmoil sweeps across the Arab world. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns met with Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci and was expected to meet with the president, a US official said. Burns
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Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has told state TV that Osama Bin Laden and his followers are to blame for the protests wracking his country. In a phone call from the town of al-Zawiya played live on TV, Col Gaddafi said young people were being duped with drugs and alcohol to take part in "destruction and sabotage". Col Gaddafi is
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The Libyan capital was a ghost town Thursday morning, witnesses said, as anti-government protesters declared victory elsewhere after reportedly seizing control of the country's third-largest city. Misrata -- also spelled as Misurata -- is now in the hands of the opposition, who have driven out the mercenaries, according to witnesses and multiple media reports. Witnesses and multiple reports also said
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The embattled Libyan government now considers foreign journalists who entered the country without authorisation "al-Qaeda collaborators," the US state department said on Thursday. "In meetings with senior Libyan government officials, US diplomats were told that some members of CNN, BBC Arabic and Al Arabiya would be allowed into the country to report on the current situation," it said in a
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LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT (AFP) – A first rescue flight landed back in Britain Thursday carrying stranded nationals from Libya, as a second charter plane left Tripoli and a military aircraft was on the tarmac. The first plane returning from the Libyan capital landed at London Gatwick at 0710 GMT with 78 people on board, the airport said. "Libya is descending
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Fighting broke out on Thursday morning in west Ivory Coast between troops loyal to outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo and former rebels who support his rival, Alassane Ouattara, a military source said. -
Abidjan - A new Ivory Coast militant group claims it ambushed and killed 27 police and paramilitary forces loyal to the sitting president who refuses to cede power, amid intensified street fighting over the country's political crisis. The group which calls itself the "invisible commandos" claimed in a Wednesday statement they captured three officers and seized police vehicles and arms,
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Cape Town - The South African government will be sending a plane to Libya to evacuate all its citizens still in the country, the international relations and co-operations department said on Thursday. There are between 30 and 40 South African citizens unable to leave Libya, the department said. Earlier on Thursday, it said its ambassador in Tripoli did not deem
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South African police have raided the prison cell of a man accused of orchestrating deadly bombings in Nigeria after authorities there said he had threatened new attacks, media said Thursday. Police seized cell phones, chargers, a map and papers with phone numbers on them from the cell of Nigerian national Henry Okah, who is facing trial on terrorism charges for
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Opposition candidates who lost in Uganda's election called Thursday on their supporters to stage peaceful protests against veteran President Yoweri Museveni's overwhelming triumph. "We therefore make a call to action. The time is now for the people of Uganda to rise up and peacefully protest against the outcome of the 2011 election," Kizza Besigye, the most prominent figure among the
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Cape Town - Zimbabwe’s Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has been questioned in parliament over allegations that the country’s soldiers were part of the mercenaries unleashing violent attacks on protesters in Libya, a report said. Zimbabwe’s NewsDay reported that the minister was asked to verify reports that Zimbabwean soldiers were shooting down unarmed civilians protesting against Muammar Gaddafi's regime. “Mr Speaker,
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Benghazi - Muammar Gaddafi’s son denies the government launched airstrikes against Libyan cities and claims reports of the number of protesters killed have been exaggerated. Thursday's comments by Seif al-Islam Gaddafi come as the Libyan government fights to maintain control after several other major Libyan cities and towns in the east and close to the capital have fallen to the
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s men have abducted two daughters of his exiled former protocol chief and forced them to denounce their father on state television, the exiled aide's lawyer said on Thursday. Nuri el-Mismari, who is exiled in France where he was arrested last year at the request of Tripoli on suspicion of embezzlement, has made various declarations to the
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TRIPOLI (AFP) – Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi is soon to make a public address in Zawiyah city west of Tripoli, state television said Thursday, two days after he broke cover to urge his supporters to crush an insurrection. The television gave no further details. On Tuesday, in a defiant, sometimes rambling speech on television, Kadhafi vowed to remain in Libya
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More than 5,000 people have fled the chaos in Libya across the border into Tunisia, the regional head of the Red Crescent told AFP Thursday. Between midnight and 4:00 pm Wednesday "around 5,000 Tunisians, 171 Libyans, 22 Algerians, and 28 Moroccans" crossed the border at the main Ras Jedir checkpoint, Monj Slim told AFP close to the border. He said
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NEW DELHI (AFP) – South Africa captain Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to field in the World Cup Group B match against the West Indies at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Thursday. South Africa went in with three specialist spinners in Johan Botha, Robin Peterson and the uncapped Imran Tahir. The West Indies opted for just one
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JOHANNESBURG – South African police say a raid on a Nigerian terror suspect's jail cell yielded eight mobile phones. Police spokesman McIntosh Polela says jail officials raided Henry Okah's cell earlier this week after police heard he was making unauthorized calls. Polela said Thursday that officials confiscated eight phones and other unspecified items. Polela says prisoners are not allowed cell
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LONDON – Britain's government is convening its crisis committee to decide whether the military will need to evacuate almost 200 U.K. oil workers and their colleagues from other countries stranded in Libya. Foreign Secretary William Hague told BBC radio on Thursday the COBRA emergency panel was scheduled to meet and would discuss evacuation options with Defense Secretary Liam Fox. Hague
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AL-BAIDA, Libya (AFP) – Residents of Libya's dissident-held east, frenzied by a deadly crackdown by Moamer Kadhafi's crumbling regime, vowed on Thursday to march on the capital Tripoli as a string of towns famous as World War II battlegrounds fell under their control. With big chunks of the army defecting to the week-old protest movement leaving much of the east
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