JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The top U.S. diplomat for Sudan is urging a range of steps to quell violence surging in southern Sudan as two key votes approach — one of them a referendum on independence that some fear could spark a new civil war. (more)
CAIRO (AP) — A group of several hundred international activists from an aid convoy to the blockaded Gaza Strip have been allowed to leave Egypt Saturday, despite earlier threats to have some arrested because they scuffled with police, an airport official said. (more)
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt on Friday declared renegade British lawmaker George Galloway persona non grata, accusing him of incitement after his harsh criticism of Cairo over delays in an aid convoy’s entry into Gaza, the foreign ministry said Friday. (more)
AL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — International pro-Gaza activists and Egyptian security clashed at this Mediterranean port when Egypt refused to allow an aid convoy pass through its land to the Hamas-ruled seaside territory, witnesses said Wednesday. (more)























