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U.S. presses sides in South Sudan to sign pact to cease hostilities

YoopyaJan 10, 2014December 3, 20230

(Reuters) – The White House on Thursday urged both sides in the deadly conflict in South Sudan to sign an agreement to cease hostilities immediately.

Central African leader faces pressure to quit at Thursday summit

YoopyaJan 9, 2014December 3, 20230

N’DJAMENA/PARIS (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s interim President Michel Djotodia will face pressure to step down at a summit of regional leaders on Thursday amid

Egypt: Morsi’s trial adjourned until Feb. 1

YoopyaJan 8, 2014December 3, 20230

CAIRO (AP) — The trial of Egypt’s former Islamist president on charges of inciting murder was adjourned on Wednesday until next month, after bad weather

China-Japan ‘Voldemort’ attacks up ante in propaganda war

YoopyaJan 8, 2014December 3, 20230

(Reuters) – China lambasted Japan on Tuesday for comparing it to Lord Voldemort, the villain in the Harry Potter stories, after both countries used the character to describe each

South Sudan rejects call to free rebels to help end fighting

YoopyaJan 8, 2014December 3, 20230

(Reuters) – South Sudan rejected rebel calls for an immediate release of detainees after the two sides met briefly for the first time on Tuesday

The final episode of a stowaway’s story

YoopyaJan 7, 2014January 31, 20240

Many months after a man from Mozambique fell to his death from the undercarriage of an aeroplane flying over London, his family has been traced.

Thousands of African migrants protest Israel detention policy

YoopyaJan 6, 2014December 3, 20230

(Reuters) – Thousands of African migrants, many holding banners demanding freedom for compatriots jailed by Israel, protested on Sunday in a Tel Aviv square against a

First real peace talks for South Sudan begin

YoopyaJan 5, 2014December 10, 20230

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Two warring factions from South Sudan held direct peace talks on Sunday for the first time since conflict began roiling

Egypt: Revolution, turmoil impact on pop culture

YoopyaJan 2, 2014December 3, 20230

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s dizzying ride over the past three years since the toppling of autocratic Hosni Mubarak has not only shaken up the country’s

Opposition: ex-Rwandan intelligence chief killed

YoopyaJan 2, 2014December 3, 20230

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rwandan opposition leaders say the country’s former spy chief has been found strangled in a hotel in South Africa and accused President