South Africa holds first ‘Born Free’ election
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa holds its first “Born Free” election on Wednesday although polls suggest the allure of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) as the conqueror of apartheid will prevail even among voters with no memory of white…
Gerry Adams calls on Irish government to act over arrest
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams on Tuesday called on the Irish government to defend Northern Ireland’s peace deal and stop Britain from “persecuting Republicans” in the wake of his arrest in a murder investigation last week.
Warlord Kony hiding in disputed South Sudan enclave: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Warlord Joseph Kony and some of his Lord’s Resistance Army commanders are hiding in Sudanese-controlled areas of a disputed enclave in South Sudan bordering Central African Republic and Sudan, the United Nations said on Tuesd…
U.S. issues sanctions on both sides of South Sudan conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two people on opposing sides of the ethnic violence in South Sudan, showing the growing frustration in Washington with leaders in an African country it helped create.
Egypt’s presidential frontrunner Sisi cautious on energy subsidies
CAIRO (Reuters) – Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who is expected to win a presidential election this month, said in a television interview broadcast on Tuesday that costly energy subsidies could not be lifted quickly.
In China’s Xinjiang, economic divide seen fuelling ethnic unrest
URUMQI, China (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrant workers from distant corners of China pour daily into the Urumqi South railway station, their first waypoint on a journey carrying them to lucrative work in other parts of the far western Xinjiang region.
Twelve Pakistani Taliban killed in factional in-fighting
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Twelve militants were killed in fighting between factions of the Pakistani Taliban near the Afghan border on Tuesday, Taliban and security officials said, the first such clash since the two feuding groups agreed to abide …
India’s Gandhi dynasty battles to hold seat in family bastion
AMETHI, India (Reuters) – At a shabby government health center in the rural bastion of India’s ruling Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, mothers cradling sick babies sidestep dogs sleeping in unlit corridors.
Yemen says army captures al Qaeda stronghold
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Yemeni government forces captured al Qaeda’s main stronghold in the southern part of the country on Tuesday after insurgents blew up the local government compound there and fled, the Defence Ministry said.
German minister wants to block arms sales worth billions: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel wants to block two deals to sell arms to the Middle East worth billions of euros, Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing government and industry sources.
