Tripoli, March 3 (IANS/AKI) Some 6,000 people have died since the anti-government protests erupted in Libya, the Libyan Human Rights League has said.

“Nothing has changed. Our demand was the fall of the regime - not just Mubarak - and this has not happened yet,” says Khaled Ibrahim, one of the Egyptian protesters back in Tahrir Square.

HARARE, MARCH 3, 2011 - South Africa has warned that anyone calling for fresh elections before a new constitution in Zimbabwe will be violating the Global Political Agreement (GPA), in a thinly veiled rebuke of President Robert Mugabe.

Madagascar political parties supporting de-facto President Andry Rajoelina are calling for quick adoption of a regional mediation proposal making him head of another transitional government. Three major opposition groups reject the proposal and say they will form a rival transitional government.

We’re not likely to see Uganda or other African countries revolt against corrupt governments as the Arab world has done. With the election of Museveni in Uganda, citizens chose short-term stability, with long-term consequences – not just for Uganda, but the entire region.