International Community
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 07:50
About 186 former Niger Delta militants trained under the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) at the weekend departed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos for South Africa, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland for educational and vocational training.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 07:39
A heavily armed Congolese soldier was arrested on Sunday afternoon by Rwandan security organs in Rubavu town, Western Rwanda.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 07:34
The South Sudan army must be held accountable for the atrocities perpetrated against civilians in Jonglei State, the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 07:29
In a statement on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stressed that the allies were “committed to the opposition” and said Assad had “lost all legitimacy to be possible to govern his country.”
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 07:27
“The pressure is on them to comply with this agreement in full,” Hague said of the Syrians. “The world must be prepared to hold them to account if they don’t.”
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 07:21
Earlier this year, South African interest in the conflict in the Central African Republic was piqued by the death of 14 South African soldiers in Bangui. But after the withdrawal of South Africa’s soldiers, and government’s fumbling attempts at explaining why they were in the first place, the Central African Republic has continued on a downward spiral of lawlessness, largely unnoticed by South Africa.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 06:44
Syria must present a full inventory of its poison gases and munitions within a week, and must allow international inspectors to enter by November.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 06:40
The head of the opposition Free Syrian Army on Saturday rejected an agreement between the United States and Russia to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons stock by mid-2014.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 06:28
President Obama hailed the agreement reached with Russia over the weekend to seize and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons as a “foundation” that could eventually lead to a political settlement of the civil war.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 06:12
Giving in to sustained international pressure, authoritarian Uzbekistan is opening up its cotton fields to international monitors this fall.