Nigerians Recount Night of Their Bloody Revenge
This week dozens of herdsmen slaughtered hundreds of people in a brutal act of sectarian retribution in Jos.
The Female Factor: A Female Approach to Peacekeeping
As modern peacekeeping has evolved, the number of female police officers in U.N. peacekeeping missions around the world has doubled during the past five years.
Quotes Attributed to Mandela’s Ex-Wife Cause a Stir
In the London Evening Standard this week Winnie Mandikizela-Mandela described her former husband as a figurehead who had made a bad deal with South Africa’s former white rulers.
World Briefing | Africa: Morocco: 20 Foreign Missionaries Expelled
The Christians were expelled after religious authorities accused them of proselytism, which is illegal in Morocco.
South African airline drops ‘ambush’ World Cup ad after complaint (USA Today)
A South African budget airline has dropped a national newspaper advertisement after FIFA complained it breached “ambush marketing” laws surrounding the World Cup.
Editor Suggests Robert Mugabe Should Have Endorsed British Nationalists
While they continue to lead in the polls less than two months away from an election expected to be held in May, the leaders of Britain’s Conservative Party may wonder if they can withstand many more endorsements like the one they got recently from the leader of a former British colony, Zimbabwe.
Supreme Court Weighs Lawsuit Over Torture in Somalia
The Supreme Court wrestled with seemingly conflicting laws in determining whether foreign officials can be sued in the United States.
$18bn African Investment – but can the Middle East take the call? (Zawya)
Since 2001, Investment into the African telecommunications sector has hit $18bn, however Africa has missed many opportunities to deploy cable infrastructure to the same extent as its competitive continents such as the Middle East and Asia.
World Briefing | Africa: Congo: Soldiers Seize Wounded Patients at Gunpoint
Government soldiers barged into a hospital in eastern Congo last week, harassed medical workers and removed four wounded patients at gunpoint.
World Briefing | Africa: Somalia: Military Officials Promise Pirates a Fight
International military officials vowed Friday to fight pirates this year as swarms of them moved into the waters off East Africa with the end of monsoon season.
