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Congo army clashes with wanted general, five dead

YoopyaMay 1, 20120

By Jonny Hogg KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least five people have been killed in clashes between Democratic Republic of Congo’s army and soldiers loyal to

Gunfire erupts in Mali’s Bamako, junta claims control

YoopyaMay 1, 20120

By Adama Diarra and Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) – Heavy gunfire erupted near Mali’s state television in Bamako on Tuesday on the second day of

ICC: Libya wants Qaddafi son’s trial at home

YoopyaMay 1, 20120

(AP) AMSTERDAM – The Libyan government has formally challenged the International Criminal Court’s right to try Muammar Qaddafi’s son for war crimes, arguing that he

Jury still out on international war crimes system

YoopyaApr 30, 2012June 2, 20250

(Reuters) – Former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s war crimes conviction may be seen in some quarters as a victory for global justice, but a backlash

Ex-oil chief who tried to reform Gaddafi’s Libya dies

YoopyaApr 30, 20120

By Ali Shuaib and Marie-Louise Gumuchian TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Shokri Ghanem, Libya’s former prime minister and oil chief, saw it as his mission to change

Libya’s Gaddafi-era oil chief found floating dead in Danube

YoopyaApr 30, 20120

VIENNA (Reuters) – Libya’s former top oil industry official, Shokri Ghanem, has been found floating dead in the River Danube in Austria, police said on

S.African security officer killed in Somalia

YoopyaApr 30, 20120

By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A South African security trainer has been killed in Somalia by unknown gunmen during a government-approved mission against pirates,

Al Qaeda offers to free Briton if cleric released

YoopyaApr 30, 20120

DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s North African branch has offered to free a British hostage in return for the release of radical preacher Abu Qatada

Libya leader says govt to stay put until elections

YoopyaApr 30, 20120

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) decided on Sunday to keep the interim government in power in the run up to a

US troops synch hi-tech and nomad intel in Kony hunt

YoopyaApr 30, 20120

By Richard Lough OBO, Central African Republic (Reuters) – In a bare concrete room in a far-flung corner of Central African Republic, U.S. special forces