ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A senior diplomat says the conflicts in Somalia and Sudan will dominate the U.N. Security Council’s meetings with African Union officials. British U.N. Ambassador John Sawers says Sudan’s Darfur region will be on the agenda Saturday. But Sawers says the Security Council has reached no decision on an international arrest [...]
CNN) — Sri Lankan government soldiers seized the last remaining coastal stretch under the control of Tamil Tiger rebels, the Ministry of Defense said Saturday, marking a possible end to a quarter-century-long fight in the island nation. A Sri Lankan soldier guards a military checkpoint in the capital Colombo. The seizure marks the total capture [...]
The problem is straightforward: more than nine million children die each year in Africa. That is the number of people in the entire state of New Jersey. African kids die from infectious diseases such as HIV, TB, malaria, respiratory illnesses, diarrhea, worms, parasites, and vaccine-preventable diseases, malnutrition and — far too often – during childbirth [...]
AngloGold Ashanti, the world’s number three producer, swung into profit in the first quarter of this year on the back of a higher gold price, and said it would trim its hedge book even further. AngloGold’s earnings came bang in line with market consensus – it reported adjusted headline earnings of US$150 million, or US$0.42 [...]
Qaramada Midoobay ayaa sheegtay in Soomaaliya ay soo wajahday abaartii ugu darneyd muddo toban sano ah. Isu Duwaha Qaramada Midoobay dhinaca arrimaha bini’aadanimada u qaabilsan Soomaaliya, Mark Bowden ayaa sheegay in daraasad dhinaca satellite-ka oo la sameeyay ay muujinayo roob yari. Daraasadda ayaa muujinaysa in abaar xun ay ka taagantahay deegaano badan ka oo ka [...]
