A passenger plane crashed into the Indian Ocean shortly after takeoff Tuesday from an airport in Moroni, Comoros Islands, a government official said.

Defiant rebel forces remained in control of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday, hours after a deadline set by regional leaders and the African Union for them to leave had passed.

The sun rises over Cairo, and the city's landmark Tahrir Square is buzzing. Not with traffic, nor with commerce, but with protests -- a tent-city packed with people seething with anger at a man they blast as a dictatorial president who put amassing power over the good of his country.

Congolese activist Vava Tampa asks: Why does the crisis in Syria get extensive media coverage, but not the killing in Congo?