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Haredi rally in Jerusalem against proposed scrapping of Tal Law, which exempts students from military service.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir dismisses growing unrest in country over austerity measures introduced to deal with severe economic crisis.

Journalists and bloggers covering the snowballing protests against price rise are at the receiving end of the regime's security officials.

Police crackdown on continuing protests over austerity measures and corruption escalate anger of ordinary Sudanese.

Sudan police break up fifth day of protests against austerity measures, which led Khartoum state governor to fire staff.

The Islamist militants Boko Haram unleash wave of attacks in cxity of Damaturu amid mounting criticisism of President Goodluck Jonathan trip to Brazil for a UN conference.

Ivoirian leader will work with Israel on repatriation of Côte D'Ivoire nationals who entered the country illegally.

Israel kicks out more than 120 South Sudanese in first stage of process that could see thousands of unauthorised African migrants forced out.

Study by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and African researchers comes up with life-saving method for young children.

US government was the creator of one of the most complex computer viruses in history according to F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen.

Global Peace Index for 2012 highlights world’s most dangerous - and most peaceful - countries.

Dozens of South Sudanese migrants have been detained ahead of their deportation, as part of Israeli clampdown on illegal migrants.

Two major carriers of the US AT&T and Verizon Wireless have opted out of the Dropbox deal.

Joseph Kony's Lords Resistance Army is continuing to hunt down children after abducting more than 600 of them in the last two years.

Intisar Sharif Abdallah, a mother of three, sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Sudan.

Head of women's league of opposition Forum for Democratic Change has breast groped by police.

A newly-discovered and highly complex piece of malware called Flame has gone undetected stealing sensitive information for over two years.

An Israeli man was charged with arson after he threw Molotov cocktails at the homes of African migrants in Tel Aviv.

In an exclusive interview, international relations expert Kenneth Lieberthal explains why the US cannot give political asylum to Chen Guangcheng while he lives in China. He also discusses North Korea and other issues.

Omar al-Bashir cracks down in border states of South Kordofan, White Nile and Sennar.

China shows support for South Sudan as the latter's president visits Beijing to court Chinese leaders. Behind the relationship, a lot of oil exports to China are at stake.

UN-African Union peacekeeper and 16 civilians killed in separate attacks in disputed area.

The killers opened fire from helicopter, slaughtering 22 elephants at Garamba National Park. The poachers removed the elephants' tusks and genitals, which were reportedly smuggled to Asia.

More than 100,000 women in the UK have undergone Female Genital Mutilations (FGM), according to reports.

Khartoum on war footing, South Sudanese President tells Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on visit to Beijing.

Scientists from the University College London and the British Geological Survey have made the finding.

Invisble Children have called for a "cover the night," campaign to bring international attention to the Kony 2012 campaign.

Border tensions escalate between two major players in Horn of Africa.

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, who has long been the UN Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), will take on a new role - a Special Envoy for large-scale crises causing civilians to flee homelands.

Opec and IEA reports show oil production and supplies increasing as demand growth steadies, which could ease prices in 2012.