By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Prosecutors have demanded an 80-year jail term for former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who last week was convicted of...
In Nigeria’s Kano state, where the number of divorcees is cause for concern, the government is acting as matchmaker to help ex-wives and widows find...
By Svetlana Kovalyova and Veronica Brown MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) – World food prices eased in April after rising in the first quarter of this year, the...
By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Outgoing World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Wednesday gave an impassioned defense of the institution he has run for...
By Katy Migiro LODWAR, Kenya, May 2 (AlertNet) – The Kenyan government must share revenues from its newfound oil reserves with the communities in its...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Libya said on Tuesday it would complete its investigation into Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, within weeks for crimes including murder...
By Adama Diarra Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) – Soldiers from Mali’s ruling junta foiled a counter-coup bid by presidential guardsmen on Tuesday, overrunning their base...
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China and Russia are resisting a Western push for the U.N. Security Council to threaten Sudan and South...
By Bala Adamu KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian forces raided the hideout of Islamist militants in Kano on Tuesday, killing the suspected mastermind of an...
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