UN vows ‘despicable’ attack will not end Somalia mission
UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed outrage at a "despicable" Islamist attack on a UN compound in Somalia which left 16 dead but vowed that the organisation would not end its work in the troubled country. Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents killed nine people as they shot and blasted their way into the UN compound more...
Family of detained Gambian ex-minister rues appalling condition
Serious concerns have been voiced by the family of Gambia's sacked justice minister Lamin Jobarteh whose condition in detention was described as appalling. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, family members of Mr. Jobarteh said on condition of anonymity that since his sacking and subsequent arrest by the more...
Ivorian PM assures govt will uphold AfDB’s return roadmap
The Ivorian government will live up to its commitments to allow the quick implementation of the roadmap for the return to its original headquarters in Abidjan of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in 2014, the Ivorian Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan reassured.Duncan was speaking on Tuesday at the end of more...
US lashes China, Russia for human trafficking
The United States downgraded China, Russia and Uzbekistan to the bottom of a US table for failing to make greater efforts to combat human trafficking, a move that may spark sanctions. China rejected the report Thursday calling it "arbitrary." "We believe that the US side should take an objective and more...
YOU can save the Timbuktu manuscripts: interview
The mausoleums of Timbuktu have been destroyed. But most of the manuscripts which constitute the great literary treasure of the desert holy city do still exist. That is no miracle but the result of the patient and brave work of many Malians who scooped the fragile papers and ferried them out in secret. more...
