Battles between rival ethnic groups spread across South Sudan on Friday as foreign governments scrambled to get their nationals away from reported slaughters and a refugee buildup. African ministers pushed President Salva Kiir to start talks with his…
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The family of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, on Friday told the BBC they hope to appeal against his conviction. Megrahi, who died from cancer in Tripoli last year after…
Sudan expressed fears Friday over the fate of vital oil flows as fighting between rival army factions spread in neighbouring South Sudan. Sudan’s cash-starved economy is to receive an estimated $1.5 billion (1.1 billion euros) in fees from South Sudan…
19 December 2013 – Unknown assailants attacked a United Nations base in South Sudan today, possibly killing or injuring civilians…
18 December 2013 – Amid the ongoing fighting in South Sudan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is reaching out to key leaders…
The United States has deployed 45 troops to South Sudan, amid intensifying fighting between rebels and government forces and fears the country is sliding toward civil war, the White House said Thursday. In a letter to Congress, President Barack Obama…
The United Nations said Thursday it had lost contact with one of its bases in South Sudan as continued fighting between rebels and government forces increased fears the world’s youngest state was sliding towards civil war. The UN said it has lost contact…
BERN, Switzerland, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Federal Council decided during today’s session to extend by three…
BEIJING, China, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On December 16, 2013, Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with…
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