Thousands march to support Niger army after Boko Haram attacks
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people marched through Niger’s capital Niamey on Tuesday to support the country’s military following a series of attacks along the border with Nigeria carried out by Boko Haram militants.
Bahrain launches criminal investigation against main opposition group
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrain has opened a criminal investigation of the country’s main opposition group, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday, accusing the al-Wefaq group of trying to undermine national security.
Jobless and desperate, Egyptians risk all in perilous Libya
AL-OUR, Egypt (Reuters) – Facing grim economic prospects at home, desperate young Egyptians are seeking jobs in Libya – a country sliding into lawlessness where armed groups battle for control and dozens of their compatriots have been kidnapped.
Nigeria’s Obasanjo quits ruling PDP in blow to Jonathan
LAGOS (Reuters) – Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has quit the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that he helped found, in a blow to President Goodluck Jonathan six weeks before an election.
Two shot in first ever attack on Red Cross in Myanmar: witness
KUNLONG, Myanmar (Reuters) – Unknown attackers shot and wounded two people on Tuesday in the first ever assault on a Red Cross convoy in Myanmar where battles have raged in the northeast between government soldiers and ethnic insurgents over two weeks,…
PM Tsipras declares war at home on Greece’s ‘oligarchs’
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s new anti-corruption minister is not a politician, but he is in tune with the new crusading mood.
Indonesia’s Widodo tested as anti-graft chief named suspect in tit-for-tat feud
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police named the head of the anti-graft agency a suspect in a corruption case on Tuesday, the latest twist in a tit-for-tat feud between the rival organizations that has presented the new president with his biggest challe…
Nigeria’s Obasanjo quits ruling party in blow to Jonathan
LAGOS (Reuters) – Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has quit the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that he helped found, in a blow to President Goodluck Jonathan six weeks before an election.
Egypt’s Sisi urges UN mandate for Libya coalition
PARIS (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi called for a United Nations resolution mandating an international coalition to intervene in Libya after Egypt’s airforce bombed Islamic State targets there.
Russian prosecutors demand 10 years in jail for Kremlin critic at appeal
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian prosecutors called on Tuesday for Kremlin critic and protest leader Alexei Navalny be jailed for 10 years as they appealed against a suspended sentence he received last year in a theft case, arguing it was ‘too soft’.
