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Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 06:44
The United Nations on Wednesday said 5,700 people have been killed in the conflict in Yemen since March 26, including 830 women and children, while efforts to coax all sides into another attempt at peace talks continue.
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 06:41
Kenya's anti-corruption commission has stepped up its investigations into alleged looting of public funds and has put two ministers in court, but its head says the judiciary needs to work harder to deliver convictions.
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 06:40
Security forces have been deployed in unusually high numbers in downtown Tunis. Interior Ministry spokesman Walid Louguini told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the impressive deployment of forces in the Tunisian capital city was just part of "security vigilance measures."
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 06:38
The Obama administration should not sell aerial bombs to Saudi Arabia in the absence of serious investigations into alleged laws-of-war violations in Yemen.
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 06:36
Mexico detained 73% more migrants since the announcement of an operation to shore up security on its southern border, according to a study released on Wednesday by human rights and migrants’ advocates groups.
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 06:33
Nigerian troops were denied weapons to fight Boko Haram and thousands of lives were lost because of rampant fraud in the procurement process, President Muhammadu Buhari has alleged.
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 06:28
More than 400 South African soldiers are heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo to beef up the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Congo (Monusco), a senior official said on Wednesday.
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 06:27
President Nicolas Maduro said he'll file a formal protest and review relations with Washington following a report of U.S. spying on Venezuela's state oil company, including intercepting the calls and emails of ex-Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez.
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 06:12
While Boko Haram swept across the country, a former national security adviser awarded 'phantom contracts' to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets, bombs that were never supplied.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:56
If the Colombian government and the country’s largest rebel group finalize a historic peace accord in the coming months, they will set in motion a process of daunting logistical complexity.The government’s most immediate challenge: to persuade more than 6,000 heavily armed fighters to come down from the mountains, hand over their weapons and start new lives as law-abiding civilians.