Libyan rebels said Monday that any ceasefire would require the withdrawal of government troops from the streets and freedom of expression, as African mediators were due in their stronghold.

Egyptian activists plan to march onto Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square on Friday to demand former regime officials be purged and put on trial, including ousted president Hosni Mubarak.

A U.N. official says the retired South African judge who authored a damning report on Israel’s 2009 incursion into Gaza must formally request the document to be withdrawn before it can be repealed as Israel has demanded.

Three journalists detained by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi, including two employees of Agence France-Presse news agency (AFP), have been released.

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai warned Friday that Zimbabwe could slide back to “dark days” of violence unless regional leaders help save the power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe.

Moamer Kadhafi threatened to turn into “hell” the lives of anyone who attacks Libya in line with a UN Security Council resolution passed overnight.

The government of Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Friday denied blame for an attack in which the United Nations said between 25 and 30 people were killed, denouncing the accusations as a conspiracy.

The long-awaited corruption trial of former Malawian president Bakili Muluzi kicked off Tuesday, making him one of the few African leaders ever to stand trial for corruption.

Benin’s parliament on Friday approved a law aimed at again postponing Sunday’s presidential elections amid allegations that a million people have been excluded from the voter roll.

A suicide car bomb attack on a government security base in Mogadishu Monday killed at least six policemen and wounded scores of others, a police official told AFP. “At least six police officers were killed. Many others were wounded, the toll could be higher but I don’t have more details,” said Abdirahman Issa, a senior [...]