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 Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. | It is his last chance to speak at the tribunal in The Hag... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong) BBC News
Africa Liberia Photos War Crime Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) |
 Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali
| Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and using child soldiers. | A repor... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore) Al Jazeera
Human Rights Mali Military Photos Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état |
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 Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. | It says fighting on the border betw... (photo: UN / /Isaac Billy) BBC News
Food Photos South Sudan War Wikipedia: South Sudan |
 India ranked 46th in trade logistics performance
| Washington, May 16 (IANS) Global trade logistics performance slowed down over the last two years amid the global recession, but India and others that pursued aggressive... (photo: WN / prajkta) Newstrack India
India Photos Trade Washington Wikipedia: Trade |
 'Rendition' Libyan commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj to form his own party
Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a prominent Islamist commander suing MI6 over his alleged rendition by the CIA in 2004, is poised to emerge as a powerful political force in Libya af... (photo: AP / Francois Mori) The Daily Telegraph
Islamist Libya Photos Politics Wikipedia: Libyan civil war |
 Zille speech interrupted
DA leader Helen Zille was interrupted while speaking at a protest against Cosatu over the youth wage subsidy when violence erupted in Johannesburg on Tuesday. | Tension w... (photo: AP) Independent online
Johannesburg Photos Politics Protest Wikipedia: Helen Zille |
 Africa must end hunger to sustain growth - U.N
| NAIROBI, May 15 (AlertNet) - Africa needs to boost agricultural productivity and address the debilitating hunger that affects 27 percent of its population if it is to s... (photo: WN / Eteh) The Star
Africa Development Food Photos Wikipedia: Africa |
 Ethiopian Airlines ignores turbulence to focus on growth
| IGNORING the furious winds buffeting the global aviation industry, 66-year-old Ethiopian Airlines is investing more than $2,6bn to ensure it capitalises on its location... (photo: GFDL / Northside) Business Day
Airlines Business Photos Transport Wikipedia: Ethiopian Airlines |
 11 Peacekeepers Wounded in Democratic Republic of Congo: UN
Angry villagers surrounded a UN peacekeeping base in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday and opened fire and hurled stones injuring at least 11 Pakistani peace... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) Jakarta Globe
Congo Democratic Peacekeepers Photos UN |
 Nato defends its role over civilian deaths in Libya
| Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published evidence that scores of ordinary civilians, many of them women and children, were wrongly targeted in a series of missile attacks... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic) The Independent
Human Rights Libya Nato Photos Wikipedia: 2011 military intervention in Libya |
 Americans Train Ugandans For Somalia Mission
| KAKOLA, Uganda (AP) — American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight Soma... (photo: AP / Stephen Wandera) National Public Radio
Military Photos Somalia Uganda United States Wikipedia: 2012 timeline of the War in Somalia |
