Influential Mozambican lawyer Cistac gunned down in taxi
MAPUTO (Reuters) – A gunman shot dead on Tuesday a prominent Mozambican lawyer who was viewed as sympathetic to opposition calls for decentralization of power in the resource-rich southern African country.
Hunger and frustration grow at Ebola ground zero in Guinea
MELIANDOU, Guinea (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A charred kapok tree and around a dozen graves scattered amongst the mud brick houses of Meliandou are painful reminders of the toll Ebola has taken on this village in southeast Guinea.
U.N. calls for accountability in Sri Lanka rights investigation
COLOMBO (Reuters) – The United Nations urged Sri Lanka on Tuesday to make sure it had strong systems for holding people accountable, as the island nation carried out its own investigations in abuses during a 26-year civil war.
FBI to help investigate U.S. citizen blogger killing in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will help investigate the case of an American blogger hacked to death in Dhaka last week, a senior police official said on Tuesday.
Taxis jam Brussels in protest over possible Uber arrival
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hundreds of taxis jammed central Brussels on Tuesday in a protest against the city’s planned reform of the industry that could lead to the legalization of online ride-sharing services such as Uber.
Egypt court defers parliamentary election: judicial sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Tuesday deferred a long-awaited parliamentary election due in March indefinitely after another court declared the election law’s provision on voting districts as unconstitutional, judicial sources said.
Britain laughs off Argentine Falklands banknote as ‘a stunt’
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain derided a new Argentine banknote featuring the disputed Falkland Islands as a stunt on Tuesday and said it had no intention of discussing sovereignty over the archipelago with Buenos Aires.
UK intelligence asked Tanzania to stop ‘Jihadi John’ in 2009: source
Dar es Salaam (Reuters) – Mohammed Emwazi, the Briton identified as Islamic State killer “Jihadi John”, was denied entry to Tanzania in 2009 at the request of British security services, a Tanzanian police source said on Tuesday.
Michelle Obama heads to Asia to promote girls’ education
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Japan and Cambodia this month as part of a U.S. global effort to support education for girls, the White House said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan must prosecute government officials who violate rights: group
KABUL (Reuters) – The United States and other aid donors should press Afghanistan to prosecute government and security force officials guilty of serious human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
