The first long-distance international commercial airliner in some two decades to fly to Somalia's war-torn capital…
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Somali pirates want prisoner swap for ship
HARGEISA (Reuters) - Somali pirates holding a Panama-flagged vessel hijacked last month with goods destined for…
Mali government forces fail to lift garrison town siege
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian army units trying to resupply the remote northern garrison of Tessalit, besieged…
Sudanese try to storm police station after girl killed
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese police used teargas and batons to break up two protests in the…
DR Congo govt resigns to make way for new team
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's cabinet has resigned in a procedural move to allow…
Brazzaville blast leaves 5 000 homeless
Brazzaville - At least 5 000 people were made homeless in Congo's capital Brazzaville by…
Maids in Singapore to get a weekly day off from 2013
The Singapore government has announced that maids working in the country must get a weekly…
Bangkok’s Don Muang airport reopens after floods
Bangkok's Don Muang airport has reopened to traffic after it was inundated by last year's…
Report raises alarm over Laos monkey farms
Thousands of monkeys are being held in overcrowded and barren farms in Laos and sold…
Sri Lanka row over Catholic letter on human rights
One of Sri Lanka's governing parties has called for the prosecution of a leading bishop…