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Morocco says to take tougher line on rape-marriages

YoopyaMar 16, 20120

RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco on Thursday said it would amend a law allowing rapists to marry their underage female victims after the suicide of a

Kenyan cabinet proposes not taxing essential goods

YoopyaMar 16, 20120

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya has proposed a bill to scrap all taxes on basic commodities including maize, wheat flour, milk, bread and medical supplies to

Kenya health workers agree with government to end 2-week strike

YoopyaMar 16, 20120

By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan public health workers have ended a near two-week strike over pay after reaching a deal with the government

Moroccan police violently break protest in capital

YoopyaMar 15, 20120

RABAT (Reuters) – Moroccan police on Wednesday beat up protesters who were seeking to stage a demonstration in the capital Rabat in solidarity to anti-government

S.Sudan to lobby for Sudan debt, sanctions relief

YoopyaMar 15, 20120

By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan said on Wednesday it would help its former civil war foe Sudan lobby for debt relief and

UN’s Ban says Libya should end rights abuses

YoopyaMar 14, 20120

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that Libyan authorities should address human rights violations after a U.N.

Attacks on security forces in north Nigeria kill 7

YoopyaMar 14, 20120

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed in separate attacks by suspected Islamist militants targeting security patrols in northern Nigeria on Tuesday,

Sudan rebels say they shot down drone, govt denies

YoopyaMar 14, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Insurgents in one of Sudan’s conflict-torn border regions said they shot down a government drone doing reconnaissance in rebel-held territory on Tuesday,

Hague war crimes court to issue first ever verdict

YoopyaMar 14, 20120

By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Hague international war crimes court hands down its first verdict, on a Congolese warlord, on Wednesday after

Kenya arrests four over weekend grenade blasts

YoopyaMar 13, 20120

By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan police have arrested four people over a grenade attack at a Nairobi bus station blamed on Somali Islamist