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 Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, Convicted in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing, Dies at 60
| Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, has died in Libya, family members told news... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) The New York Times
Bombing Libya Lockerbie Photos Wikipedia: Abdelbaset al-Megrahi |
 Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
| CAIRO - Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president. | The voting that begins Wed... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Herald Tribune
Egypt Election Islamist Photos Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012 |
 Netanyahu: African migrants could overrun Israel
| JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is warning that Israel could be swamped by illegal migrants from Africa. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu g... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) Atlanta Journal
Africa Immigration Israel Photos Wikipedia: Benjamin Netanyahu |
 AU Pushes for Sudan Talks
By NICHOLAS BARIYO | KAMPALA, Uganda—The African Union has mounted pressure on oil-producing Sudan and South Sudan as it seeks to bring the two back to the negotiat... (photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti) Wall Street Journal
Africa Kampala Photos Sudan Uganda Wikipedia: African Union |
 UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violence in Hargeisa
Sunday, 20 May 2012, 11:12 am | Press Release: United Nations | UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violent Clashes in Hargeisa | New York, May 19 2012 5:10PM | The United... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Scoop
Civil Photos Somalia UN Violence Wikipedia: Somalia |
 Thousands flee DR Congo violence
| Fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced hundreds of thousands people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | The fighting has been mo... (photo: UN) Al Jazeera
Africa DR Congo Photos Violence Wikipedia: Democratic Republic of the Congo |
 Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader
When Egyptians joined a popular revolt last year, many were demanding economic change. | They were suffering from high unemployment and prices, low wages, widespread pove... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) BBC News
Economy Egypt Photos Revolution Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012 |
 South Africa targets rainbow tourists
There is arguably no worse place in the world to be gay than Africa. Today more than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalising homosexual acts and across th... (photo: Creative Commons / NJR ZA) BBC News
Africa Market Photos Tourism USA Wikipedia: South Africa |
 Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
| LGBTI people fleeing persecution in home country among most vulnerable and isolated of all refugees, finds study In Uganda, 'public rhetoric demonising homosexuality ha... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine) The Guardian
Africa Photos Refugees Somalia Violence Wikipedia: Somalia |
 US to announce food security plan for Africa
US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. | They say the initiative is ... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) BBC News
Africa Aid Photos US Wikipedia: United States Agency for International Development |
 US: 'Barack Obama was born in Kenya'
London: A promotional pamphlet edited from publishing imprint Acton and Dystel claimed that Barack Obama, then president of the Harvard Law Review, was “born in Kenyaâ€... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) Zeenews
Government Obama Photos President Wikipedia: Barack Obama |
 Niger malnutrition crisis spreading - Save the Children
Months of warnings have failed to prevent a serious malnutrition crisis in Niger, Save the Children has said. | The charity says more than six million people are affected... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) BBC News
Children Malnutrition Niger Photos Wikipedia: Sahel drought |
 G8 summit: The hunger game
| One of the worst hit is the African country of Niger where the lives of six million children are in the balance, the British charity Save the Children has warned. Serio... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) The Independent
Africa Aid Famine Photos Wikipedia: Sahel drought |
 Donna Summer will be remembered for playing the anthem to carefree summers
Jeneba Ghatt | Ask me a question. | WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 - Hot summers in DC during the 1980s frame my earliest memory of LaDonna Adrian Gaines, stage name Donna... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert) The Washington Times
Donna Summer Photos Singer Washington Wikipedia: Donna Summer |
 Egypt Brotherhood flexes muscle in election stunt
| AFP - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood organised on Thursday a kilometres-long rally to support its candidate in next week's presidential election, displaying the potent netw... (photo: AP / Mohammed Abou Zaid) France24
Egypt Election Muslim Photos Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012 |
 SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba
| South African Airways (SAA) needed to be recapitalised by the state to allow it to renew its fleet of aircraft and roll out its African aviation strategy, Public Enterp... (photo: Creative Commons / Kleinz1) Business Day
Airlines Business Photos Transport Wikipedia: South African Airways |
 Chinese in bold call for official's removal
| A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of B... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan) Al Jazeera
China Communism Photos Politics Wikipedia: Zhou Yongkang |
 Dramatic start to Mladic genocide trial
| HE is no longer the swaggering general who held Sarajevo "in the palm of his hand" during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. Yet as his long-awaited genocide trial be... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) The Australian
Dramatic Genocide Photos Serbia Trial Wikipedia: Serbia |
 Charles Taylor accuses prosecutors of paying witnesses
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president convicted of crimes against humanity, accused United Nations prosecutors of paying witnesses to testify against him and thre... (photo: AP / George Osodi) The Daily Telegraph
Court Crimes Photos UN Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) |
 Climate Change: Its Effects On Migration, Conflict In Northern Ghana
Scientific evidence available to various research institutions in Ghana have showed that the three regions of the North – comprising Upper West, Upper East and Northern R... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Joy Online
Climate Ghana Photos Research Wikipedia: Ghana |
