Dilshan says Sri Lanka will focus on test series against Proteas amid...
Sri Lanka skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan has said his team will concentrate on winning a first Test match in South Africa amid the players' salaries being delayed for nine months.
View ArticleAmid Congo election dispute, rival candidates carefully plan confrontation
Demonstrators protest in front of police over the recent elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in London, Wednesday. President Joseph Kabila and opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi each ...
View ArticleSpain To Demand Damages From EU for Scrapping Morocco Fishing Deal
Spain is to demand damages from the European Commission after the European Parliament scrapped a fishing agreement with Morocco, likely resulting in hundreds of jobs being lost in Spain, ...
View ArticleBishops sound alarm as DR Congo vote tensions build
Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo issued a dire warning Sunday about its political situation as vote results continued trickling in after veiled opposition threats of ...
View ArticleVital steps that Kenya must take to thrive
For counties to take over critical service delivery functions from day one, including health services and urban management, systems will have to be developed and capacity built from almost scratch ...
View ArticleSon of Libya's army chief injured in clash
TRIPOLI, Libya -; A Libyan army official says one of the top military commander's sons has been injured during an exchange of fire with rivals from another former rebel force. The ...
View ArticleNumber hit by floods tops 100,000
Rain-induced floods in several parts of Kenya have affected at least 105,000 people and weakened the country's food security ...
View ArticleAfrican entrepreneurs win UN-backed award for eco-friendly initiatives
A company that transforms groundnut shells into fuel briquettes in Gambia and a business in Kenya where women produce aloe-based skin care products are among this year?s winners of a United ...
View ArticleExecution of arrest warrants vital for ending crimes in Darfur, says ICC...
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today renewed his call for the arrest and transfer of those alleged to have committed genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur, citing ...
View ArticleTwo Self-Declared Leaders Keep Congo on Edge
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Police were going door to door on Saturday, taking youths out of houses in an opposition neighborhood and pushing them into unmarked vehicles, a day after ...
View ArticleSpain orders fishermen back to port after Morocco ban
- Scores of Spanish fishing boats sat stuck in port Thursday after being banned from Moroccan waters, raising alarm over the threat to jobs in an already troubled economy. Spain ordered its fleet ...
View ArticleLibya, Iraq 'will impact on oil trends in 2012'
The governmental changes in Libya will have a deep impact on how its oil industry functions, as well as the extent of its participation in the global ...
View ArticleOn the trail of Gaddafi's hidden assets
It has seven or eight bedrooms with luxury en suite bathrooms, an indoor swimming pool and a suede-lined cinema room, though one of the squatters, from a group called Topple the Tyrants, has said ...
View ArticleSA’s ‘Red Pimpernel’ remembers the armed resistance
Fifty years ago on a summer evening in the South African city of Durban, 23-year-old Ronnie Kasrils was sweating as he crawled through a field of maize trying to avoid detection. He was one of the ...
View ArticleICC slams Malawi and Chad over Bashir
New York - The International Criminal Court on Thursday criticised Malawi and Chad for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during visits to those ...
View ArticleWanted men commit crimes in Darfur - ICC
New York - A group of senior Sudanese officials indicted by the International Criminal Court, including the president, continue to commit genocide in western Sudan, the court's prosecutor said ...
View Article'Storm of hunger' threatens lives of 2.5 million South Sudanese -...
Damaged crops combined with conflict and insecurity are threatening to leave some 2.5 million people in South Sudan the world's newest country in critical conditions unless food assistance is provi
View ArticleUN's Rwanda tribunal cuts jail terms for two ex-officials convicted of...
The United Nations tribunal trying suspects connected to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda today reduced the sentences of two former senior officials found guilty in 2008 after a number of their convictions
View ArticleUN officials urge eradication of sexual violence in Africa's Great Lakes...
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today stressed that efforts to restore peace and stability in Africa's Great Lakes region will not come to fruition unless the scourge of sexual violence is c
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