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Somali President Says No Quick Fix For Nation’s Woes
Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed sought to downplay high expectations of his new administration at his...
UN Concerned Over New West Bank Demolition Plans
The United Nations raised concerns Wednesday over newly announced demolition plans in a Palestinian Bedouin village in...
Turkey Says Only 100 Jihadists Left In IS-Held Syria Battleground
Turkey said Wednesday fewer than 100 jihadists were still holed up in the flashpoint Islamic-State Syrian town of...
DR Congo Investigating Alleged Army Massacre Video
The Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday it was investigating "facts brought to the public's attention" after a...
Rapes, Killings Still Blight Darfur
A senior UN rights official said Wednesday that rape and inter-communal killings are still taking place in Sudan's...
Yemen President Says $10 Bn Saudi Aid For Reconstruction
Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia has earmarked $10 billion in aid for the...
Myanmar Security Forces Probe Rohingya Prison Deaths
Myanmar's security forces are investigating the deaths of eight Rohingya in custody who were among hundreds arrested...
Myanmar Makes Record Seizures of Illegal Timber
Myanmar seized a record amount of illegal timber this financial year as part of a government clampdown to protect the...
Germany To Send Home More Rejected Asylum Seekers
Germany will speed up expulsions of rejected asylum seekers under measures agreed by Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet...
Australia PM Slams UN Resolution As He Welcomes Netanyahu
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attacked the United Nations for "one-sided resolutions" against Israel's...
Rival Syrian Camps Due In Geneva Ahead of Talks
Rival Syrian camps were due in Geneva Wednesday for UN-brokered talks to end the six-year conflict with persistent...
South Africa’s Decision To Leave ICC Ruled ‘invalid’
South Africa’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been ruled “unconstitutional...
Fire Guts NORRIP Warehouse
A warehouse belonging to the Northern Regional Rural Integrated Programme (NORRIP) in Tamale was yesterday destroyed by...
South African Court Says Government’s ICC Withdrawal Is Unconstitutional
A decision by South Africa to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is unconstitutional, the country's...
S. African Court Rules Against Govt Plan To Pull Out of ICC
A South African court on Wednesday ruled the government's plan to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
Top Yemen Commander Killed As Rebels Hit Back
Yemeni rebels hit back at government forces advancing up the Red Sea coast killing a deputy army commander in a missile...
Judges Dismiss Case Against Mid-Level Khmer Rouge Cadre
A UN-backed court on Wednesday dismissed a case against a former Khmer Rouge cadre charged with crimes against...
Ghana’s Economy Not “broke”
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu , Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has dismissed President Nana Addo’s...
Helping the Boko Haram Displaced
Not a single car remains in the town of Dikwa in northeast Nigeria and there's no way to communicate to the outside...