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Friday, April 17, 2015 - 07:45
In the last few months, the rebels had declared a unilateral cease-fire, pledging to stop carrying out attacks, and had promised to stop recruiting child fighters. The two sides had even agreed to work together to find and destroy the thousands of land mines littering Colombia after five decades of war.
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 07:39
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to unveil a $46 billion infrastructure spending plan in Pakistan that is a centerpiece of Beijing’s ambitions to open new trade and transport routes across Asia and challenge the U.S. as the dominant regional power.
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 07:35
Grenier, who served as a senior CIA counterterrorism official, spoke at a campus event hosted by the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Clements Center for History, Strategy and Statecraft on Thursday to promote new his book, “88 Days to Kandahar.” Overwhelming Afghanistan with U.S. military forces led to unsustainable progress the Afghans could not maintain, Grenier said.
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 07:25
Smuggling of ivory, gold and timber worth over a billion dollars a year is fuelling war by funding dozens of rebel groups in Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN report warned.
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 07:07
The Ebola-stricken nations of West Africa are asking international donors to cancel their debts and give them $5-6 billion over two years to rebuild their economies, devastated by the deadly disease, Sierra Leone's president said on Thursday.
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 07:05
Between Ebola, terrorism, xenophobia and conflict fatigue, there are plenty of reasons why you haven’t heard much from the Central African Republic in the last few months. That doesn’t mean nothing is happening. Simon Allison assesses where the stricken country is, and where it’s going. The signs are not encouraging.
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 07:01
Condemnation of attacks against foreign nationals in South Africa is growing. As President Zuma delivered a stern warning to the perpetrators, thousands joined a march in Durban in protest against xenophobia.
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 06:55
Somalia's Islamist al-Shabab militants are recruiting heavily in north-eastern Kenya, according to evidence gathered by the BBC.
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 06:52
Kenyan leaders are debating whether to keep troops in war-torn Somalia to fight al-Shabab or pull them back to the borders to fight insurgent fighters who have carried out deadly attacks in those regions and other towns in the country.
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 06:49
A majority of United States lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee said Wednesday that they have lost confidence in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s chief amid allegations that agents attended sex parties with prostitutes in Colombia.Twenty-two of the committee’s 43 members signed a statement expressing no confidence in DEA head Michele Leonhart.