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Sudan rebels agree key peace deal

 Sudan's main rebel alliance has agreed a peace deal with the government aimed at ending 17 years of conflict, official news agency SUNA said Sunday. The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), an alliance of rebel groups from the western region of Darfur and the southern states of South...

UN expresses concern over 'dramatic turn' in Libya crisis

The United Nations voiced alarm Saturday over what it called "a dramatic turn of events" in Libya's civil war, after a power struggle between leaders of the Tripoli-based government surfaced in the wake of anti-corruption protests. "Libya is witnessing a dramatic turn of events that...

Key Libyan interior minister suspended amid protests

The head of Libya's internationally recognized government suspended his powerful interior minister from his duties Friday, saying his handling of street protests and a violent crackdown against them would be investigated. The move coincides with reports of growing friction between Fayez...

UK supports cease-fire, political solution in Libya

The British ambassador to Libya said that the UK supports a political solution in Libya. Nicholas Hopton and Libyan premier Fayez al-Sarraj spoke by phone on Thursday, according to a written statement by the Libyan government. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the latest...