Al-Qaeda operative Nazih Abdul Hamed al-Ruqai AKA Abu Anas al-Libi, wanted for his role in the 1998 African embassy bombings, was reportedly captured by US forces in Tripoli.
Human Rights Watch called on Libya to suspend the death sentences of two former officials convicted of crimes related to the country’s uprising in June 2011.
A visit by a delegation of cabinet ministers from Mali’s central government to Kidal, the northern town held by Tuareg rebels of the MNLA, sparked a mini-intifada.
Canada-based Kinross Gold is said to be rethinking plans for expansion of its massive open-pit mine at Tasiast, Mauritania, after a strike shut the facility for 10 days this month.
Libyan oil production this month fell below 400,000 barrels per day—from 1.65 million bpd a year ago—as striking workers shut down export terminals.
Berbers protested in Tripoli to demand that their language and cultural rights be included in Libya’s new constitution—and by some accounts invaded the Congress building.
Amid growing protests, Femen activist Amina Sboui and rapper "Weld El 15"—both facing criminal charges—have become heroes for Tunisia's secular opposition.
Ahmed Ibrahim, former minister of education and information for Libya, was sentenced to death for inciting citizens in Moammar Qaddafi’s hometown, Sirte, to oppose the rebellion.
Libyan protesters attacked offices of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party in Tripoli and Benghazi following the assassination of secular activist Abdelsalam al-Mismari.
A nationwide strike has been declared in Tunisia after protests over the killing of opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi, a lawmaker with the leftist Popular Movement.
The International Criminal Court rejected Libya’s request to suspend the order to hand over Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, son of the late dictator Moammar Qaddafi.
A UN mission formally took over from the African-led force in Mali—although most of the actual soldiers remain the same. France is to keep some 1,000 troops in the country.
