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The admiral Edward Guillaud, Chief of Staff of the French armies, pointed out that the French army did not know where are the hostages.

Rabat demanded the immediate recall of Najib Zarouali Ouariti, ambassador of Morocco in Tunis, because this last would have interfered in a unacceptable manner in the internal affairs of Tunisia.

Further to a State examination, 21 health workers of Niger were stopped and have committed to prison since Monday in the civil prison of Kolo (35 km, South Niamey).

Luanda - Angola expresses its willingness to continue to strive for the respect of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region States and the resolution of border disputes through negotiation, said Sunday in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), the vice-president.

The burkinabian choreographer Seydou Boro is the master of work of the opening ceremony of the 23rd edition of the Pan-African Festival of the cinema and the television of Ouagadougou (FESPACO).

One of the key figures of the main alliance of Egyptian opposition, Mohamed ElBaradei, called on Saturday to boycott legislative elections envisaged from April.

The advice of the choura of Ennahdha indicated his future candidate for the presidency of the government at the end of its meeting held at night by Thursday, February 21st.

Omar El-Béchir considers American sanctions unfair against his country the president of Sudan, Omar to el-Béchir, qualified American sanctions contrary to his country as criminal and morally unfair.

February 21st, 2013 - Violent battles compare the Malian army and of Islamic rebels in Gao, in the north of Mali. The law courts of the city are in the grip of fire.

The president of the Regional League of the Protection of Revolution, Chokri Nasri declared on the waves of Shems Fm to have accepted the threats of death towards him.

According to the governmental daily Fraternité Matin, on the site of industrial pollution located at the entrance of the city of Sikensi (about 80 km north of Abidjan).

We have just learnt by means of Mosaic FM, that the murderer of the activist Chokri Belaïd would have been located...

The Benin claimed to be astounded on Sunday of the warning of Paris against risks of murder attempt or abduction in this country...

The Russian plane made responsible for routing the humanitarian help to Mali took off on Friday, pointed out the Russian ministry of urgent situations.

In Egypt, a presidential decree has just fixed the calendar of legislative elections.

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — One of the last things the bearded fighters did before leaving this city was to drive to the market where traders lay their carpets out in the sand.

The al-Qaida extremists bypassed the brightly colored, high-end synthetic floor coverings and stopped their pickup truck in front of a man selling more modest mats woven from desert grass, priced at $1.40 apiece. There they bought two bales of 25 mats each, and asked him to bundle them on top of the car, along with a stack of sticks.

In Togo, the law on the press adopted on Tuesday by the National Assembly causes a true clamour in occupation but also among the defenders of the freedom of expression.