Dalai Lama “If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. ”
Barack Obama “Those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history.”
For too many Africans, “conflict is a part of life,” President Obama told Ghana’s Parliament on Saturday.
“There are wars over land and wars over resources. And it is still far too easy for those without conscience to manipulate whole communities into fighting among faiths and tribes,” Obama said.
“These conflicts are a millstone around Africa’s neck. [...]
Somalia’s hard-line Islamist rebels beheaded seven people on Friday for being “Christians” and “spies” in the latest implementation of strict Sharia law by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab movement, witnesses said.
Though al-Shabaab has carried out such punishments before in regions it controled, the beheadings on Friday were thought to be their largest number of executions at one [...]
Africa took center stage at the G8 summit on Friday, with rich nations eager to show they will honor past aid pledges and approve a $15 billion farming program to help poor nations feed themselves.
After two days of talks focused on the economic crisis, trade and global warming, the final day of the meeting [...]
A French government minister has reversed earlier claims that a “black box” recorder from a plane that crashed in the Indian Ocean has been found.
French Minister for Co-operation Alain Joyandet said signals picked up by rescuers came from a distress beacon.
Earlier, an official said fforts to retrieve one of the black box recorders would begin [...]
Airbus 310 crashes off Comoros with 142 passengers, 11 crew; child rescued from crash site.
A five-year-old child has been found alive, hours after a Yemeni airliner crashed in the Indian Ocean with more than 150 people on board.
Some bodies have also been recovered from the wreckage of the plane.
A passenger jet from Yemen with 153 [...]
Lobby group Human Rights Watch has accused Zimbabwe’s army of using forced labour, including children, to mine diamonds in the east of the country.
Local villagers who do not co-operate with the military are beaten and tortured, the US-based group says.
Their report also details an alleged massacre of diamond diggers last year, after the disputed elections.
It [...]
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