Mauritania arrests suspect in kidnapping of 2 Italians
Kidnapping suspect arrested in Mauritania NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — A security official says that Mauritanian police have arrested a man presumed to have kidnapped two Italians last week. Guinea’s military junta rejects proposal to send foreign troops to prevent further violence
Guinea: Junta rejects proposal for foreign troops Guinea: W.African bloc calls for troops to prevent violence after assassination attempt
Guinea: W.African bloc calls for preventive troops Junta says negotiations regarding Guinea crisis to continue
Junta says talks on Guinea crisis to continue Hovering on extinction’s edge, West Africa’s last giraffes make a surprising comeback
W. Africa’s last giraffes make surprising comeback UN experts say Ivory Coast arms embargo and ban on diamond exports are being violated
UN: Ivory Coast arms, diamond embargoes violated Guinean leader dismisses French foreign minister’s call for international interventionCONAKRY, Guinea — Guinea’s leader on Monday dismissed the French foreign minister’s call for international intervention in the West African country after soldiers there opened fire on demonstrators last week, killing at least 57. Burkina Faso’s leader to mediate political crisis in Guinea following bloody protestCONAKRY, Guinea — The president of Burkina Faso is working to mediate the political crisis in Guinea, where soldiers fired on demonstrators last week. US government and taxpayers win rare praise for helping countries escape povertyUNITED NATIONS — In words of praise rarely heard at the United Nations, leaders of several poor countries thanked the U.S. government and American taxpayers Tuesday for helping with economic development. Thousands of West African families work to make flooded homes livable in torrential rainsFASS MBAO, Senegal — The only piece of furniture that survived the most recent flood in Fatou Dione’s house is her bed. It’s propped up on cinderblocks and hovers just above the water lapping at the walls of her bedroom. Thousands living in flooded homes in West Africa after torrential rainsFASS MBAO, Senegal — The only piece of furniture that survived the most recent flood in Fat Dione’s house is her bed. It’s propped up on cinderblocks and hovers just above the water lapping at the walls of her bedroom. UN launches emergency operations in Burkina Faso, Niger and MauritaniaOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The World Food Program has launched emergency operations in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania, distributing food rations to the victims of flooding across West Africa, the U.N. relief agency said Tuesday. Severe flooding uproots 110,000 in Burkina Faso, at least 5 killed in nation’s capitalOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Officials say that torrential rains have killed at least five people in Burkina Faso’s capital and forced nearly 110,000 from their homes. UNESCO adds Dolomites to world heritage list, drops DresdenMADRID — Italy’s Dolomite mountains were among 13 new sites added to UNESCO’s world heritage list. Burkina Faso’s `pleasure hospital’ offers women sexual hopeBobo-DIOULASSO - In the dusty town of Bobo-Dioulasso in western Burkina Faso, young women in brightly-coloured dresses watch construction workers mix cement in the afternoon sun. As the workmen haul bricks across the building site, the women whisper excitedly. Africa scrambles to prevent arrival of swine flu as continent struggles with other diseasesCAPE TOWN, South Africa — African nations are scrambling to prevent swine flu from reaching a continent already struggling with the burden of AIDS and malaria, fearing an outbreak could wreak much more devastation than in North America or Europe. |
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