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World news: Merkel still believes Juncker should get EU top job: aide

YoopyaJun 13, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has not altered her view that Luxembourg’s Jean-Claude Juncker should become president of the European Commission, a government spokesman

Africa news: Africa and West pledge more support in war against Boko Haram

YoopyaJun 13, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigeria will get more military and tactical support to help combat the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and find 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, African

Egypt: Icon of Egypt’s 2011 revolt sentenced to 15 years

YoopyaJun 11, 2014July 25, 20230

CAIRO (AP) — A court on Wednesday convicted a prominent activist from Egypt’s 2011 uprising for demonstrating without permit and assaulting a policeman, sentencing him

Africa: Egypt’s el-Sissi weighs in on sexual harassment

YoopyaJun 10, 2014July 25, 20230

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s new president on Tuesday weighed in on one of the nation’s most troubling social ills, ordering his interior minister to do

Africa: Protests erupt over Nigeria’s new Islamic authority: witnesses

YoopyaJun 10, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Hundreds of youths protested on Monday against a decision to appoint Nigeria’s former central bank governor as the country’s second-highest Islamic authority. Sunday’s

Africa: South Africa’s Zuma misses cabinet meeting to rest

YoopyaJun 10, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma will miss a cabinet meeting on Tuesday as he continues to rest after being admitted to hospital for

Nigeria news: Nigeria’s ex-central bank governor takes throne as Muslim monarch

YoopyaJun 10, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigeria’s ousted central bank governor, Lamido Sanusi, was named Emir of Kano on Sunday, making an outspoken government critic one of the most

Africa news: Muslims at C. African Republic church

YoopyaJun 5, 2014July 16, 20230

CARNOT, Central African Republic (AP) — Men so old their eyes are clouded with cataracts. Orphans who witnessed their parents’ slaughter, left alone to make

Africa news: A Unique Adventure Vacation in Ghana

YoopyaJun 4, 2014July 16, 20230

People who are fascinated with places that have rich culture should go on an adventure vacation in Ghana, specifically the city of Cape Coast. The

Africa: UAE says Sisi represents ‘new hope’ for Egypt

YoopyaMay 31, 2014July 19, 20230

(Reuters) – A UAE minister said the election of former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as Egypt’s president represented new hope for the most populous