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Police officers stand guard in the coastal city of Mombasa on 29 August following two days of deadly rioting AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA
clash

Ongoing violence in Mombasa, death toll of four

Death toll expected to rise if violence continues

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Veteran Somali politician Mohamed Osman Jawari in Mogadishu on 26 August AFP PHOTO / Mohamed Abdiwahab
AMISOM

Somali Parliament elects speaker

Political progress comes as UN worker is killed

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy
Constituent assembly members gather for a meeting (File photo) Hassan Ibrahim
committee

Constituent Assembly finalises declaration of war decision, set to vote on Shari’a

President has the right to declare war, military opinion merely "advisory"

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
Australian journalist Austin Mackell who was arrested along with colleagues in the Nile Delta town of Mahalla Austin Mackell
accuse

Charges against Australian journalist dropped

Charges were pending for six months

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
The constituent assembly continues deliberations Hassan Ibrahim / DNE
Constituent Assembly

Freedom and rights on agenda

Constituent Assembly discusses first draft of rights and freedoms in new constitution

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
Chinese President Hu Jintao (left) and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON
china

Morsy secures Chinese deals

Prospects of improving Egypt's economic situation, as Morsy visits China

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Students protest against the threat that Nile University buildings will confiscated by the government Hassan Ibrahim / DNE
decree

Land disputes threaten student facilities

Members of the NU conduct a sit-in, opposing confiscating their campus buildings

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
The 3 UN workers charged with arson and inciting sectarian violence in Rakhine state
muslim

Myanmar grants presidential pardon to 3 local aid workers sentenced to Jail for inciting unrest

The 3 UN workers charged with arson and inciting sectarian violence in…

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy
A young girl holds a sign in Arabic that reads "In Zaatari, sand storms destroy tents and cause diseases" during a protest near UN offices in Amman demanding better living conditions at the Zaatari Syrian refugee camp AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI
aid

Egypt builds field hospital at Syrian-Jordan border

Egypt supporting Syria by building border hospital, sending aids inside and outside…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Kenyan paramilitary police walk past burning tyres in Kenya's port city of Mombasa during a second day of clashes after the killing of an extremist cleric linked to Al-Qaeda-allied Shebab militants AFP PHOTO/STRINGER
cleric

Mulsim riots in Kenya protest against Muslim cleric’s killing

Mombasa's Muslims protesting the killing of Aboud Rogo Mohammed, amid continuous riots

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha