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Egypt's former president Morsi dies: state television

  Ousted former Egyptian Islamist President Mohammad Morsi died Monday after he fainted in court following a hearing, state television reported. Mursi, a top figure in the Muslim Brotherhood who was the first democratically elected president in Egypt's modern history, had...

Sudan protesters urge night rallies amid standoff with army

Sudan's protest leaders are calling for nighttime demonstrations and marches in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country, amid a tense standoff with the ruling military. The protest leaders said Monday they've begun a "revolutionary escalation" to pressure the country's generals...

Algeria jails Bouteflika-era tycoon Ali Haddad

Ali Haddad, a key backer of Algeria's former leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika and one of the country's top businessmen, was jailed for six months Monday for holding two passports, state television reported. The former head of Algeria’s business confederation was arrested in late March on the...