Nigerian army says arrests suspected ‘Avengers’ militants in Delta
ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) – The Nigerian army said on Monday it had arrested members of a militant group which has claimed responsibility for a wave of attacks on pipelines in the restive Delta region.
Tanzania says over 10,000 ‘ghost workers’ purged from govt payroll
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Tanzania has removed more than 10,000 “ghost workers” from its public sector payroll after a nationwide audit found their fraud cost the government over $2 million a month, the prime minister’s office has said.
Colombian FARC rebels agree to let minors under 15 leave ranks
HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and leftist FARC rebels on Sunday agreed to a roadmap for children under 15 to leave guerilla encampments and re-integrate into civil society, as part of negotiations aimed at ending Latin America’s longest war….
Bomb blast in Istanbul wounds four people: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A bomb blast in the Istanbul district of Maltepe wounded four people overnight, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Monday.
Colombia’s war-weary farmers head home amid hopes and fears
LA HORMIGA, Colombia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When gunfire and cylinder bombs erupted around their farmhouse, nestled in the jungle in Colombia’s southern Putumayo province, Jesus Alebio Portillo and his family took refuge under a bed and, trembl…
Colombian police seize 8 tonnes of cocaine near Panama border
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian national police confiscated 8 metric tons of cocaine along the border with Panama, the government said on Sunday, in what may be one of the largest seizures in the country in recent years.
Islamic State on the defensive, territory shrinking in Syria and Iraq: U.S. official
AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State has not gained significant ground since it took the Iraqi city of Ramadi a year ago, which it then lost in December, as the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and Syria has been helped by better intelligence and better equipped …
Egyptian court sentences six inmates to jail for killing Frenchman
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced six people to seven years each in prison on Sunday for beating to death a Frenchman in 2013 while they were all being held together in a Cairo police cell, a judicial source said.
Afghan minority Hazaras plan protest over power line route
KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of members of Afghanistan’s Hazara minority are expected to join protests in Kabul on Monday over a multi-million-dollar power line development that risks becoming a major political battleground for the government.
Eurovision win lifts spirits in Ukraine, raises eyebrows in Russia
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukrainian politicians hailed their country’s surprise weekend victory in the European Song Contest as a continent-wide endorsement in their smoldering conflict with Russia, while Moscow said the competition had been hijacked by …
