Cholera outbreak hits Malian refugee camp in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- The United Nations refugee agency said that they are working to contain a cholera outbreak in Niger in a refugee camp for people fleeing the conflict in Mali....

Uganda leader's legacy at stake in general's case
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Analysts in Uganda say an army general's concern that officials are at risk of assassination if they oppose President Yoweri Museveni's plan to have his son succeed him is controversial because it challenges the president's reputation as a moderate leader....

Fighting for 2nd day between army, rebels in Congo
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- Fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 20 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said....

South Africa: Winnie Mandela forced auction flops
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- An auction to pay off a debt of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife failed to take place because no one would open her home to the sheriff....

South Africa: Mandela name pulled into politics
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already begun....

Talks to resume with Mali government, Tuaregs
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) -- Talks will resume soon between the Malian government and an ethnic Tuareg rebel group whose influence has been growing in the country's north, Burkina Faso's foreign minister said Monday....

Militiamen attack gas complex in western Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- A Libyan gas company official says militiamen have attacked a natural gas complex in the country's west, injuring two guards and stealing weapons and military vehicles....
Clashes between Egypt troops and gunmen in Sinai
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian security officials say police and military forces have clashed with armed tribesmen in a north Sinai village by the border with Israel, leaving one gunman dead....

Cairo airport baggage handlers end strike
CAIRO (AP) -- Cairo airport officials say baggage handlers have resumed work after a strike that left passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage....

AP PHOTOS: Palestinians in Egypt exiled, forgotten
GEZIRAT AL-FADEL, Egypt (AP) -- In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. The 28-year-old and his family walked west for several hundred miles, crossing the Sinai Peninsula before settling in an area around 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Cairo....