Madagascar names new ministers amid public grumbles over blackouts
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s president announced the replacement of eight ministers late on Sunday, including a new finance minister, after the government was dissolved earlier this month amid mounting public frustration over power cuts and ot…
Congo parliament passes election law stripped of census requirement
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament gave final approval on Sunday to an electoral law shorn of a controversial provision that risked delaying a vote due in 2016 and had triggered days of deadly protests.
Nigeria repels suspected Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri city
MAIDUGURI/BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military repelled multiple attacks by suspected Boko Haram militants on Borno state capital Maiduguri in the northeast, security sources said on Sunday, but the insurgents captured another Borno town.
German anti-Islam rally shrinks, first since leader resigned
DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) – The number of anti-Islam protesters who turned out for a rally in the east German city of Dresden shrank from a record two weeks ago when turnout was likely boosted by the Islamist militant attack on French satirical newspa…
Canada to unveil new security legislation after 2014 attacks: PM
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada will introduce new legislation aimed at giving more powers to its police and security agencies in the wake of two attacks by Muslim converts last year, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Sunday.
Talks to end Yemen’s political crisis falter
SANAA (Reuters) – – Talks aimed at ending Yemen’s political crisis faltered on Sunday when three of the country’s main political parties quit negotiations with the Iranian-backed Shi’ite Houthi group, raising the prospect of growing chaos.
Rebels press Ukraine offensive, Obama promises steps against Russian-backed ‘aggression’
NEW DELHI/KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Moscow rebels, backed by what NATO says is the open participation of Russian troops, pressed on with their offensive on Sunday after restarting the war in eastern Ukraine with the first all-out assault since a truce five …
Latam ex presidents blocked from prison visit to Venezuela’s Lopez
CARACAS (Reuters) – Two former Latin American presidents were blocked on Sunday from visiting jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who was arrested last year after leading protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
Perpetrators of violence in Nigeria will be denied visas for U.S.: Kerry
LAGOS (Reuters) – The United States will deny entry to anyone responsible for stoking violence during Nigeria’s election next month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday, while urging the government not to delay the poll.
Central African Republic minister kidnapped, another targeted
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s minister for youth and sport was kidnapped on Sunday by gunmen in the capital, Bangui, and a second minister narrowly escaped capture in a town to the north, officials said.
