South Africa mines minister appeals for calm after protests in platinum belt
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s mines minister appealed for calm on Monday after protests around the town of Steelpoort, on the eastern edge of the platinum belt, disrupted mining operations in the area.
On eve of presidential election, Burundi opposition urges boycott
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi’s opposition has urged voters to follow their lead and boycott the presidential election scheduled for Tuesday, warning the vote would deepen political deadlock in a nation with a long history of political violence and eth…
Britain’s Cameron announces anti-militant plan, tells internet firms to help
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday that moderate Muslims in Britain should speak out against Islamist militants, saying it was wrong to deny any connection between their religion and acts of violence.
Spain’s Socialists up election ante with family support scheme
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s opposition Socialist party on Monday pledged nearly 6.5 billion euros annually ($7 billion) for vulnerable families if it wins a national election later this year in which economic factors will play a major role.
Obama meets with Nigeria’s Buhari on countering Boko Haram
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the White House and said the two planned to discuss cooperating to counter the extremist group Boko Haram, among other topics.
China to prosecute former aide to retired president
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will prosecute a former senior aide to retired president Hu Jintao after an investigation found that he took bribes and engaged in other corrupt behavior, the government said on Monday, the latest top official to fall in a gra…
Syria Kurds say in near complete control of Hasaka city
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian Kurdish militia said on Monday it was in near full control of the northeastern city of Hasaka, expanding its sway at the expense of the Damascus government in the wake of an Islamic State attack in the area.
UK journalists take court action over police phone spying
LONDON (Reuters) – London police were accused on Monday of breaching the human rights of three journalists working for Britain’s top-selling newspaper by accessing their phone records in a bid to find the source for a story which brought down a senior …
Victims hail ‘end of nightmare’ as Chad’s Habre stands trial
DAKAR (Reuters) – A lawyer for victims of Chad’s former president Hissene Habre welcomed his trial in Senegal on Monday as “the end of a nightmare” after he was forced to appear before an African Union-backed court for crimes committed in his 1982-1990…
Two killed in suicide bomb on edge of Nigeria’s Damaturu city
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least two people were killed on Monday by a car suicide bomb at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damaturu, capital of Yobe state in northern Nigeria, witnesses and a hospital source said.
