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Loyalists of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi crossed into Niger late on Monday in a convoy of vehicles, carrying gold and cash, officials from Libya's interim ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) said on Tuesday.

A convoy of vehicles carrying forces loyal to Libya's Moammar Gadhafi has crossed into neighboring Niger, as anti-Gadhafi fighters continue to amass outside one of the ousted leader's last strongholds.

Hundreds of Libyan army vehicles have crossed the desert frontier into Niger in what may be a dramatic, secretly negotiated bid by Moammar Gadhafi to seek refuge in a friendly African state, military sources from France and Niger told Reuters Tuesday morning.

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The disaster killed 270 people on board and on the ground.

Islamic extremists in the deserts of North Africa are exploiting the chaos and violence in Libya to obtain weapons, warned Franco Frattini, Italy’s Foreign Minister.

While thousands of people are seeking to escape war-torn Libya by making a hazardous voyage by boat to Europe, many thousands more are pouring southward into the poverty-stricken desert nations of Niger and Chad.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to begin for his first full term on Sunday amid high expectations that he will usher reforms and try to heal regional rifts, Reuters reported.

Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa trapped in Libya are being forced to fight for soldiers loyal to Moammar Gaddafi against rebel groups in that country’s bloody civil war

For most outsiders, Libya means just two things: oil and Moammar Gaddafi. But Libya is much more than that.

The United Nations said it will be sending a team of specialists to assess the humanitarian crisis in Libya, as thousands of foreigners remain trapped in the country and fighting intensifies between forces opposed to and loyal to Moammar Gaddafi.

Many Bangladeshis remain stuck in Tripoli and other cities, but cannot leave due to the extremely volatile situation between pro- and anti-Gaddafi forces; while others have struggled to cross into neighboring Tunisia.

Moammar Gaddafi has reportedly hired the services of hundreds of Tuaregs from the nation of Mali and Niger as mercenaries in Libya.

Three people were killed and 21 injured by an explosive device thrown from a car at an election rally near Nigeria's capital Abuja on Thursday, the latest act of political violence ahead of nationwide polls next month.

The United Nations (UN) has warned that up to100,000 African migrants may seek to escape strife-torn Libya and cross into poverty-stricken Niger in the next few weeks, fearing they may be killed by anti-Gaddafi Libyans who believe they are mercenaries.

Nigeria's parliament has begun a detailed debate of the latest version of long-delayed reforms to Africa's biggest energy industry, just two months ahead of elections, the head of the state oil company said on Wednesday.

At least 11 people were trampled to death on Saturday in a stampede at an election campaign rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt.

Libya has handed out more than $2 billion in loans to dozens of governments across the globe, according to an internal document that shows the oil exporter's diplomatic ambitions and its struggles to recover its debts.

Sitting on the dusty steps of his local chief's house, Cyrus Edo is spending his third consecutive day trying to register to vote in Nigeria's upcoming elections.