Liberia’s education system ‘a mess’ – President Sirleaf
MONROVIA (Reuters) – President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has branded Liberia’s education system “a mess” requiring a complete overhaul, days after all 25,000 high school students sitting state university entrance exams failed.
Rwanda says Congolese forces shelling its territory
KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwanda accused neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday of persistently shelling Rwandan territory and said such “provocation” could no longer be tolerated, after a flare-up of fighting in Congo’s war-torn east.
Six children killed by landslide in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Six children died when the house they were in collapsed in a landslide after heavy rains in northern Honduras, emergency services said on Thursday.
Egypt arrests senior Brotherhood politician El-Beltagi
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police captured senior Muslim Brotherhood official Mohamed El-Beltagi on Thursday, security sources said, as they pressed on with a crackdown that has put most of the Islamist group’s top leaders behind bars.
Investigators find black box of crashed North Sea helicopter
LONDON (Reuters) – A team investigating a fatal helicopter crash in the North Sea near Scotland’s Shetland Islands said on Thursday it had retrieved the aircraft’s “black box” flight recorder which could help determine the cause of the accident.
Fledgling democracy could survive in crisis-hit Tunisia
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia, birthplace of the Arab uprisings of 2011, is locked in a standoff between its Islamist-led government and secular opposition that could be decisive for the success of its experiment in democracy.
Russia’s Putin orders inquiry into handling of floods
KHABAROVSK, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin ordered an inquiry on Thursday into local officials’ handling of Russia’s worst floods in 120 years, which have cost the country nearly $1 billion.
Saudi Arabia passes kingdom’s first domestic abuse law
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has passed landmark legislation aimed at protecting women, children and domestic workers against domestic abuse, a human rights official said on Thursday, in a move aimed at reducing hidden violence against women in the k…
Pakistan overturns jail term of doctor who helped find bin Laden
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan on Thursday overturned a 33-year jail term handed down to a doctor who helped CIA agents find al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a decision which may result in a new trial.
Santos calls for calm as Colombian farm protests reach Bogota
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Thousands of Colombian farmers will march through the streets of Bogota on Thursday, converging on the capital after 11 days of increasingly violent protests around the country against agricultural and trade policies they say have le…
