The United Nations has begun deploying more peacekeepers to the contested Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan, a UN…
Africa
Punches fly in chaotic Somali parliament session
A rowdy parliament session in war-torn Somalia degenerated into fistfights and kicks Wednesday after disagreements…
Killer of Serbia’s Arkan held in S.Africa: report
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The fugitive killer of the Serbian warlord known as Arkan has been arrested…
DR Congo opposition calls for mass protests
Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi's party called for mass protests to "protect" the…
20 dead as Nigeria boat capsizes
Port Harcourt - Rescuers have recovered 20 bodies after an overcrowded passenger boat capsized in…
Egypt blogger sentenced to two years
Cairo - An Egyptian military court sentenced a blogger who criticised the army to two…
US drone crashes at Seychelles airport
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An American military drone which had been used to monitor piracy off…
Libya air traffic controller strike snarls travel
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's air traffic controllers staged a strike on Tuesday that affected flights in…
Green Sahara in Africa
Budapest, Hungary - Hungarians are working on modeling the responses of an experimental plantation to…
Memorial tablet for the “English Patient”
Budapest, Hungary - A memorial tablet was dedicated to Laszlo Almasy, desert researcher, in the…