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Nairobi — The trial of four men charged in connection with Kenya’s Westgate mall massacre was hit on Tuesday by allegations from defence lawyers that the suspects have been assaulted…
ICC opens investigation into CAR violence
THE HAGUE – International Criminal Court prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations of murder, rape and recruiting of child soldiers in the Central African Republic over the past two…
Give back the land: EFF
Johannesburg — The greatest heritage of South Africans is their land, and thus historical dispossession needs to be made right, the EFF said yesterday. “Until land is returned, all else…
South Sudan’s warring sides told to stop stalling
ADDIS ABABA — The chief mediator at South Sudan’s peace talks in Ethiopia told the warring factions on Monday to stop stalling with procedural issues and said neither side could…
UN approves resolution on foreign fighters
Members of the UN Security Council have unanimously approved a binding resolution on stemming the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria. The US-drafted resolution adopted on Wednesday requires…
US drone strike kills 10 in NW Pakistan
At least ten people have been killed following yet another bombing of Pakistan’s tribal belt in the northeast of the country by US assassination drones. According to local security sources,…
Targeted murders kill 7 in Libya’s Benghazi
BENGHAZI – Seven people were killed within 24 hours from Tuesday morning to early yesterday, according to security sources. Two colonels from the Benghazi security forces, Wael al-Hamali and Younis…
Kurds flee as clashes rage in northern Syria
Fierce fighting between Kurdish forces and fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is continuing around the Syrian town of Kobane, sparking an exodus into…
Fisherman survives 8 days at sea in a cooler
Mexico City – A fisherman who went missing during Hurrican Polo was found floating in an ice cooler near Acapulco, Mexican media reported. Raymundo Rodriguez Noyola, 45, was rescued on…
Palestine pressures Israel, US to end occupation
RAMALLAH – Palestinian leaders are making moves to escalate their diplomatic offensive against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, warning that if their demands are ignored, they will appeal directly…