Category: Legal-Judicial

CAIRO - Egypt says it has struck a deal with the state-owned Israel Electric Corp to settle a fine for halting deliveries of natural gas. A statement from Egypt's Petroleum Ministry said the settlement deal, which was signed Sunday, would reduce the $1...

WASHINGTON - The number of African migrants apprehended by U.S. border officials has spiked, from a total of less than a hundred in years past, to more than 600 in just the last few weeks.The group is part of a small but increasing proportion of migran...

KHARTOUM - The talks between Sudan's protest leaders and the Transitional Military Council are expected to resume this week, following concessions on both sides.Protest groups have suspended a nationwide strike called after security forces last week vi...

GABORONE - Botswana's High Court on Tuesday overturned colonial-era laws that made gay sex illegal. Botswana is the fourth African country to decriminalize homosexual relations, and the first to do so through the courts.Addressing the court Tuesday, Ju...

HARARE - Cyclone Idai ripped through eastern Zimbabwe three months ago, after striking Mozambique and Malawi. On Monday, a top U.N. official for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief said Zimbabweans in the storm-hit areas are still struggling to g...

The impasse over Sudan's political future deepened Tuesday as pro-democracy activists rejected a plan by military leaders to hold elections within nine months.Tension in the streets of the capital, Khartoum, remained high a day after security forces st...