Sierra Leone’s Kailahun district records first Ebola case in months
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s eastern district of Kailahun, once a hotbed of Ebola, has recorded its first case in nearly four months, threatening progress made to stamp out the disease, officials said on Saturday.
Gunmen kill nine, gas pipeline hit in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s delta region was hit by violence on Friday, as gunmen killed nine people and, separately, militants blew up a gas pipeline, in a sign of returning unrest to the oil producing area days after a relatively pea…
Zarif stresses benefits to Iran of framework nuclear deal
DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) – All United Nations Security Council resolutions related to Iran’s nuclear program will be lifted immediately if a final deal is agreed, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday, stressing the benefits to Iran of t…
Shi’ite fighters leave Tikrit after looting: Iraqi officials
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Almost all Shi’ite paramilitaries had left Tikrit on Saturday after locals complained that some fighters had spent several days looting the Sunni city after helping retake it from Islamic State.
Kenyatta says campus attackers ’embedded’ in Kenya’s Muslim community
GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Saturday that those behind an attack in which al Shabaab Islamist militants killed 148 people at a university were “deeply embedded” in Kenya, and called on Kenyan Muslims to help prev…
Russia and Red Cross appeal for ‘humanitarian pause’ in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS/ADEN (Reuters) – Russia and the Red Cross appealed on Saturday for a military pause in Yemen to allow urgent humanitarian aid deliveries and evacuation of civilians after 10 days of Saudi-led air strikes and fighting in which hundreds of…
Pope tells Catholics at Easter vigil: seek truth, beauty and love
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis led the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics into Easter on Saturday night, urging them at a vigil Mass to shun indifference and boldly live their faith.
Pilots to be warned over icing after 2014 Mali air crash
PARIS (Reuters) – Aviation regulators are expected to issue new advice to pilots after investigations into the crash of an Air Algerie jet in Mali last July found it went out of control after being hit by ice as an anti-icing system remained switched o…
Militants blow up natural gas pipeline in Nigeria’s delta state
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Militants of the Urhobo minority ethnic group blew up a natural gas pipeline in Nigeria’s Delta state in the early hours on Friday, a Nigerian official said on Saturday.
France halts search for bodies at Germanwings crash site
MARSEILLE (Reuters) – French investigators have ended their search for bodies in the Alps where a Germanwings passenger jet crashed last month, killing all 150 people on board, a local official said on Saturday.
