World Bank to spend up to $2.1 billion to rebuild Nigeria’s northeast
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s presidency said on Tuesday that the World Bank had pledged to spend up to $2.1 billion to rebuild the northeast of the country that has been devastated by Boko Haram militants.
Turkey denies turning blind eye to Islamic State as bombing stokes anger
SURUC, Turkey (Reuters) – Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu rejected accusations Turkey had in the past tacitly supported Islamic State militants operating from Syria and had unwittingly opened the door to a suicide bombing that killed at least 32 people….
U.S. ‘disturbed’ by Iranian leader’s criticism after deal
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it was disturbed by anti-U.S. hostility voiced by Iran’s top leader after a nuclear deal, as both countries’ top diplomats sought to calm opposition to the accord from hardliners at home.
Nigerians flee to Cameroon, Niger, Boko Haram attack border towns: UNHCR
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government is displacing thousands on both sides of the country’s border with Cameroon to the northeast and Niger to the north, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said …
Desperate Zimbabwean women flock to cross-border trade despite risks
MUTARE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – After her husband died in 2011, Theresa Matanda looked for a job in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, but with no success despite being a qualified accountant.
Tanzania refugee camps tense as Burundians flee poll violence: agencies
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tanzanian refugee camps and relief workers, struggling to help tens of thousands of Burundian refugees, fear a new wave may pour across the border because of the violence that hit Burundi’s presidential election on…
Kyrgyzstan cancels cooperation treaty with United States
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan canceled a cooperation treaty with the United States on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a diplomatic row triggered by the award of a human rights prize to a jailed dissident.
Three Spanish journalists believed kidnapped in Syria
MADRID (Reuters) – Three Spanish freelance journalists have gone missing in Syria and are believed to have been kidnapped, Spanish media said on Tuesday.
Italian coast guard rescues 414 boat migrants including 4 newborns
ROME (Reuters) – Three Italian ships rescued 414 migrants from four boats in the Mediterranean sea on Tuesday, Italy’s coast guard said, with four newborns and one young child among those saved.
Slovenian band plays Pyongyang to provoke those outside North Korea
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – A Slovenian avant-garde rock band that plans to be the first western pop act to perform in North Korea said it aimed to provoke debate beyond the isolated country’s borders.
