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A tribal leader and his son in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula were shot dead Monday by militants, two days after Bedouin tribal chiefs extended cooperation to the Egyptian security forces to restore normalcy in the lawless border region along Gaza and Israel.

Senegal has seen decades of peace and democracy, even while surrounding countries endured war, tyranny and instability.

The New York State Dept. of Financial Services has ordered Standard Chartered to explain its alleged illegal money laundering and called the UK-based a "rogue institution".

Kiir wears the ten-gallon Stetson so often in public that it has become his trademark.

China hailed the recent agreement between Sudan and South Sudan that will allow the landlocked South to resume exporting crude oil through its northern neighbor's pipelines after months of tense negotiations.

The U.N. today announced the Sudan and South Sudan have reached a The announcement comes just days after Secretary Clinton's talks with the leaders of the two countries, urging them toward a consensus on the issue.

The world's third-largest employer suffered a damaged reputation in the wake of its mismanagement of security in London, but it may keep growing all the same. It has always done so.

Secretary Hillary Clinton is in South Sudan today, and met with the presidents of Sudan and South Sudan to spur them towards a compromise in light of the escalating violence.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Africa for ten days, meeting with leaders over concerns about terrorism and security, and China's growing economic hold over the continent.

Ebola remains a mysterious affliction; it has no cure, and no vaccine. It tends to flare up sporadically, but it can kill hundreds whenever it does crop up.

Sudan must press ahead with reforms to ensure its economic stability, an International Monetary Fund mission said on Wednesday, while welcoming the country's recent moves including scaling back its fuel subsidies and devaluing its currency.

South Sudan has advanced a plan to resume oil exports in cooperation with Sudan, a move that could ease tensions and salvage the countries’ failing economies.

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China uses Africa conference as an opportunity to respond to foreign criticisms of its expanding relations with the continent.

Khartoum is willing to negotiate with South Sudan in order to further the talks in Addis Ababa. However, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti added that oil revenue-sharing negotiations will only start once rebel activity in the South Kordofan and Blue Nile states stops.

The Senate probe, which also lays heavy criticism on HSBC's prime U.S. regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), goes so far as to suggest that lawmakers should consider revoking the bank's charter to operate in the U.S.

Considering her South African roots and the many serious challenges facing the African Union today, Dlamini-Zuma will be under intense scrutiny in the coming weeks.

Not much is clear about Tony Blair's new role in South Sudan: Is it humanitarian or an investment? Can he change negative policies or will be grow Juba's stalled economy?

The Beatles and Rolling Stones were inadvertently stepping into a vacuum ? the biggest rock star in the world, Elvis Presley, was inducted into the army in 1962.

Even the president of South Sudan recognizes that true independence has not been achieved, but China and Japan may help change that.

Horrific living conditions in a South Sudan refugee camp have sparked a humanitarian crisis, according to Doctors Without Borders.