npr — Sudan and South Sudan are still threatening one another along their borders. The U.N. is warning both Sudans that they could face sanctions if they can't reverse their escalating feud.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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worldnews.msnbc.msn — A Swedish safari boss, his British pilot and 13 of their staff have been accused of torturing and killing 18 people in the Central African Republic, according to reports.
worldnews.msnbc.msn — Ahead of this week's G8 summit at Camp David, Maryland, the musician and global poverty campaigner Bob Geldof returns to Ethiopia to highlight the issue of famine and climate change.
worldnews.msnbc.msn — Uganda has captured one of the top five members of the Lord's Resistance Army, bringing it a step closer to catching Joseph Kony, the notorious rebel leader accused of war crimes.
npr — Under an agreement three years ago, Zimbabwe's government was supposed to start easing its grip on the media. But that hasn't happened, and Zimbabweans often resort to listening to foreign broadcasts.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
npr — Syrian forces killed at least five people in a raid on a farming village in the country's northwest on Sunday while continuing to crack down on rebellious areas near the capital Damascus, activists said.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
npr — Hospital officials had pronounced Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi dead after he suffered a heart attack while working. As the family prepared him for burial, a doctor sent to sign the death certificate found it strange that his body was warm.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
economist — THE delegation of the National Transitional Council, Libya’s ruling authority, was all smiles as it flew back to Tripoli, the capital, after a day in Kufra, a trading post deep in the Sahara desert some 1,700km (1,056 miles) to the south. There tribal feuding in the past two months has...
economist — Don’t let my boy die NO SOONER had news broken of the sudden alliance in Israel between Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, and Shaul Mofaz, hitherto the leader of the main opposition, than the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, called yet again for “substantive” talks to...
economist — A POLITICAL shenanigan in the dead of night has changed the face of Israel’s government, could do the same to Israeli society, and might even breathe a bit of life into the long-moribund peace process with the Palestinians (see article).The clandestine climax to a bizarre political drama came in the...
economist — Keep your chin up, old boy LAST year 438 rhinos, nearly all of them of the white (meaning wide-lipped) species, were known to have been illegally killed in South Africa, their horns often hacked off while they were still alive. That compares with an annual...
globalvoicesonline — When Zambian president Michael Sata suspended a Supreme Court judge and two high court judges and set up a tribunal to probe their alleged misconduct, he probably did not count on the political backlash that the whole matter would engender, even threatening the tenure of his Director of Public Prosecutions. President...
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worldnews.msnbc.msn — A yacht and dozens of Rolex watches bought by Nigeria’s stock exchange for a total of more than $868,000 went missing during an outbreak of share-price fixing, fraudulent accounting and insider trading, according to a report obtained by Reuters.
worldnews.msnbc.msn — A troubled Shell oil pipeline in Nigeria ruptured, spilling around hundreds of gallons of crude oil a minute for around 24 hours, a member of a nearby community told msnbc.com on Tuesday.
africanews — For three years, Kossi Serge has been buying various items in Hong Kong and China for resale in his native African country of Togo. Serge - who supports a family of six back in Africa - runs a small business which supplies electronic gadgets and clothing to Togolese. Although...
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npr — A conflict in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan has forced thousands to flee bombardment and hunger for newly independent neighbor South Sudan. The refugees from Sudan's last oil-producing state at Yida camp say they are being punished for fighting alongside the South in Sudan's bitter civil war.» E-Mail This »...
worldnews.msnbc.msn — After a Scottish tourist was mauled last week by two young cheetahs in the petting area of a wildlife park in South Africa, an American woman came forward to say she was badly hurt by the same two cheetahs in 2009. Michelle Bodenheimer, a paralegal from Portland, Ore.
africanews — Mobile phones are transforming the way HIV test results are being transmitted to AIDS patients in Africa, a study has shown. AIDS is one of the biggest diseases affecting the continent due to limited access to antiretroviral treatment and heath care. AIDS related deaths account for close to 60% of all...
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guardian.co.uk — Fresh clashes between protesters and police broke out on Friday outside the defence ministry in the Abbasiya district of Cairo
npr — Egypt's presidential voting starts May 23, and two of the leading candidates are Islamists. One is a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the other was recently kicked out of the group.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
africanews — Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Said Djinnit, has said the political and military crisis facing Mali since last January is "a serious source of threat" to peace and security in the West African region. The UNOWA official was speaking at joint press...
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africanews — The small West African nation of Sierra Leone is the latest African country to scoop the enviable Guinness World Record. Sierra Leone won the award following an attempt by a synchronized traditional 'Sampa dance'. The 'Sampa Dance' which was performed at the National stadium on the country's 51st Independence...
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npr — Critical, unresolved quarrels over issues such as oil and borders have led the two Sudans to the brink of war. A U.N. Security Council resolution gives the nations until Friday to stop fighting — or face possible sanctions. Then, they have two weeks to begin negotiating a way out of...
economist — Cyrus eyeballs the locust-eaters THE Persians have enjoyed being nasty about their Arab neighbours at least since the seventh century, when their land was invaded by Arab armies. From satirical verses about “locust-eaters” out of the parched wastes of Araby to periodic efforts to “purify”...
economist — Dad always had a grip on him AFTER three years of comfortably dominating Israeli politics, Binyamin Netanyahu is suddenly engulfed in a swirl of election speculation. By law he can govern until autumn 2013. But politicians are now betting on an election a year or...