[World body admits it should have done more to prevent 2010-2012 tragedy, finding half of those who died were children. Almost 260,000 people, half of them young children, died of hunger during the last famine in Somalia, according to a UN report that admits the world body should have done more to prevent the tragedy….
[At least 20 vehicles loaded with anti-aircraft guns block road as 200 armed men demand removal of Gaddafi-era staff. Armed men have surrounded Libya’s foreign ministry in the capital, Tripoli, to push demands that officials who had worked for deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s government be banned from senior positions in the new administration. At least…
[Un attentat à la voiture piégée. Un véhicule a explosé mardi matin devant l’ambassade de France en Libye, à Tripoli. Deux gendarmes français sont blessés. Un grièvement, l’autre n’a que des égratignures. D’après des témoins, le quartier est méconnaissable. Le bâtiment abritant les locaux de la chancellerie a été fortement endommagé et une partie du…
[UNITED NATIONS: Rwanda won a behind-the-scenes battle Monday to keep the U.N. Security Council from recommending any role for the International Criminal Court in solving conflicts, violence and human rights abuse in Africa, saying the Hague-based court “condemns crimes committed by some but not others.” Rwanda is angry that the ICC has indicted Bosco Ntaganda…
[Une attaque contre le principal tribunal de Mogadiscio et un attentat à la voiture piégée a entraîné la mort d’une trentaine de civils ce dimanche en Somalie. Des hommes armés portant des explosifs ont lancé un assaut contre le complexe judiciaire. Certains se sont fait sauter pendant que d’autres tiraient sur les civils. Neuf membres…
[A senior civil servant says at least 36 people have lost their lives and over 2,000 families have been displaced in three weeks of flooding in Kenya. Andrew Mondoh, the second-in-command at the Special Programs Ministry, said on Thursday that heavy rains have led to “the loss of 36 lives… property and infrastructure” and the…
[Alors qu’une nouvelle personne a été tuée dimanche lors d’affrontements entre coptes et musulmans, le président égyptien a ordonné une enquête. Mohamed Morsi, le président égyptien, est intervenu dimanche soir pour tenter de mettre fin aux violences religieuses entre coptes, les chrétiens d’Egypte, et musulmans. “Je considère toute attaque contre la cathédrale comme une agression…
[Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised to cooperate with African nations on the basis of equality, a pledge aimed at easing African concerns about Beijing’s growing influence on the continent. In a keynote speech to Africans in Tanzania’s economic hub of Dar es Salaam Monday, Xi said China insists on “equality among all countries irrespective…
[CENTRAL African rebels seized control of the capital Bangui as the president fled, but they promised to respect a January peace deal that provides for elections within three years. Looters and armed gangs roamed the streets of the city and there were casualties as South African troops clashed with the rebels. But after the fighters…
[Democratic Republic of Congo rebel Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the International Criminal Court for a string of alleged atrocities, has surrendered to the US embassy in Kigali, US and Rwandan officials said on Monday. Ntaganda asked to be sent to the ICC, the world’s permanent independent war crimes court, said US State Department spokeswoman Victoria…
