Italian lawmaker likens black minister to orangutan
ROME (Reuters) – A senior parliamentarian in the anti-immigration Northern League party likened Italy’s first black minister to an orangutan and only apologized on Sunday after a storm of criticism.
Sudan’s Bashir arrives in Nigeria to anger of rights groups
ABUJA (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived in Nigeria on Sunday for an African Union summit on HIV/AIDS as his hosts chose to ignore an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against him.
Malawi rules out interim deal over lake dispute with Tanzania
LILONGWE (Reuters) – Malawi will not accept any interim deal on a disputed boundary on Lake Malawi with neighboring Tanzania until the wrangle over sovereignty is settled, President Joyce Banda told mediators on Sunday.
Egypt’s new finance minister faces daunting task
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s new finance minister is a U.S.-educated economist who will need all his training to help pull his country out of an acute financial crisis aggravated by renewed political turmoil.
U.N. pens deal for unarmed surveillance drones over Congo
PARIS (Reuters) – U.N. peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo will begin using unarmed drones on a trial basis to monitor its war-torn east, the head of peacekeeping operations told Reuters on Sunday.
Uganda frets over rebel threat as Congo refugees reach 66,000
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda is worried that a rising stream of refugees fleeing fighting in eastern Congo could give easy passage for rebels to launch attacks in the country, the military said on Sunday.
Senior U.S. diplomat Burns to visit Egypt this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns will visit Egypt this week to meet interim government officials and stress the need to end violence and move toward a democratically elected government, the State Department said on Su…
Israel’s Netanyahu says Iran closer to nuclear ‘red line’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Iran was getting closer to the “red line” he set for its nuclear program and warned the international community not to be distracted by the crises in Syria and Egypt.
Egyptian army chief says no group barred from politics
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in a speech on Sunday that no movement would be barred from participating in politics, as he sought to explain his decision to oust elected President Mohamed Mursi amid fierce criticism fro…
Polish leader egged during visit to Ukraine massacre site
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian man smeared Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski with a broken egg when he visited the site of a 1943 massacre of Poles in neighboring Ukraine on Sunday, police said.
