Malawian president says will accept court ruling on disputed vote
LILONGWE (Reuters) – Malawian President Joyce Banda said on Thursday she is ready to step down if the High Court ratifies a disputed election last week and her opponent ends up as the winner, even though she still believes the vote was fraudulent.
Pakistan PM: honor killing of pregnant woman was ‘unacceptable’
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif demanded to know on Thursday why police stood by while a pregnant woman was beaten to death by her family in front of one of the country’s top courts.
Colombia’s Zuluaga softens on FARC peace talks ahead of run-off vote
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who faces President Juan Manuel Santos in a run-off vote on June 15, on Thursday backed away from a threat to end peace talks with Marxist rebels if elected, softening his stance on the election’s most …
Youths pillage mosque in Central African Republic protest over church attack
BANGUI (Reuters) – Youths in the Central African Republic plundered a mosque in the capital and barricaded streets with burning tyres on Thursday in protest at an attack by Muslim gunmen on a church that killed about 15 people dead, witnesses said.
Youths pillage mosque in Central African Republic protest over church attack
BANGUI (Reuters) – Youths in the Central African Republic plundered a mosque in the capital and barricaded streets with burning tyres on Thursday in protest at an attack by Muslim gunmen on a church that killed about 15 people dead, witnesses said.
Bulgarian former interior minister sentenced to four years in jail
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s former Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov was sentenced to four years in jail on Thursday for refusing to allow legal wiretapping in a probe against a former senior police official.
Nigeria’s president orders full scale offensive on Boko Haram
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s president said on Thursday he had ordered “a full-scale operation” against Boko Haram Islamist militants and sought to reassure parents of 219 schoolgirls being held by the group that their children would be freed.
Chaos over premier’s post as Libya slides into uncertainty
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya stumbled deeper into chaos on Thursday uncertain over who runs the country after rival prime ministers both claimed legitimacy in a confrontation threatening to turn into violence among rival factions.
Niger jails man for four years in first slavery case
NIAMEY (Reuters) – A court in the West African state of Niger has sentenced a man to four years in jail in the country’s first prosecution for slavery, a magistrate said on Thursday.
Gunmen on motorbikes kill 32 villagers in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) – – Gunmen mounted on motorbikes killed at least 32 people in the northeastern Nigerian village of Gurmushi, a police source said on Thursday.
