Pays occidentaux et membres de la Ligue arabe sont réunis vendredi à Tunis pour un sommet international sur la Syrie, rencontre boycottée par la Chine et la Russie, principaux alliés du régime syrien. En ouverture du sommet, le secrétaire général de la...
Lire la suiteCyberpresse.ca - Nétanyahou gèle les constructions à Jérusalem-Est
Le premier ministre israélien Benyamin Nétanyahou a ordonné le gel de toutes les constructions de nouveaux logements dans les quartiers de colonisation de Jérusalem-Est annexée, en prévision de sa prochaine visite à la Maison-Blanche, rapporte vendredi...
Lire la suiteReuters - Nervously, world powers eye greater Somalia action
Somalia might still be described as the "world's worst failed state", but international enthusiasm for involvement there is ticking up to levels not seen since the 1994 withdrawal of international peacekeepers. Following the October 1993 "Blackhawk Down"...
Lire la suiteThe Guardian - Unrest in Senegal as opponents tell president to cancel looming election
It is one of west Africa's more stable democracies, often singled out as an example to its benighted regional rivals. But Senegal is teetering on the edge of the kind of electoral confrontation that has troubled the likes of Ivory Coast and Liberia recently....
Lire la suiterfi - Guinée: l'opposition demande des «garanties» en vue «d’élections législatives libres»
Après l’interview sur RFI d’Alhassane Condé, le ministre guinéen de l’Administration territoriale déclarant que les élections législatives auront lieu au mois de mai, et ce, avec ou sans l’opposition, Sidya Touré lui répond au nom de cette opposition....
Lire la suiteSciDev.net - Nigeria's new science fund takes US as its model
Nigeria is to get a dedicated science fund similar to the US National Science Foundation, to provide support for research in the country. The National Science Research, Technology and Innovation Fund, announced last month (25 January), will be run by...
Lire la suiteReuters - Hague war crimes court extends Ivory Coast probe
The International Criminal Court said on Thursday it would extend the remit of its investigation into suspected war crimes in Ivory Coast to cover the country's first civil war which began in 2002. The Hague-based war crimes court had already opened an...
Lire la suiteBBC - South Sudan expels Chinese oil firm boss
The world's newest nation has expelled its first person - the head of South Sudan's biggest oil company, the Chinese and Malaysian-owned Petrodar. The Chinese national, Liu Yingcai, was asked to leave following an investigation into Khartoum's "theft"...
Lire la suiteCyberpresse.ca - Sénégal: des membres de Y'en a marre jugés
Des membres du mouvement de jeunes sénégalais Y'en a marre ont comparu mercredi à Dakar et plaidé non coupable de «participation à une manifestation interdite», tandis qu'un petit rassemblement d'opposants tout aussi interdit s'est déroulé contre le président...
Lire la suiteThe Guardian - Somalia conference is a turning point, says Cameron
The world has reached a turning point in helping Somalis reclaim their country, David Cameron said on Thursday, as he opened a conference in London aimed at restoring stability to a country riven by two decades of conflict. "Unless we can help the people...
Lire la suiteSPIEGEL - What Iranian Elites Think: An Inside Look at Views of the West
These days, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad agitates against the United States, Israel and the West, all the while presenting himself as a proud advocate of nuclear energy in his country. The deputy chief of Iran's military forces is threatening...
Lire la suiteRSF - Deux journalistes occidentaux tués en Syrie
Reporters sans frontières a appris la mort, le 22 février 2012, de la journaliste américaine Marie Colvin, et du photographe français Rémi Ochlik, tous deux tués pendant les intenses bombardements qui ont touché le quartier de Baba Amr, à Homs. Plusieurs...
Lire la suiteUN News Centre - Ban calls for boost in efforts to fight organized crime in West Africa and Sahel
A rise in transnational organized crime, drug trafficking and piracy are threatening peace and stability across West Africa and the Sahel, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling for an increase in regional efforts to tackle this issue. “Transnational...
Lire la suiteCyberpresse.ca - Premier scrutin en plus de 40 ans en Libye
Les habitants de Misrata votaient lundi pour élire leur conseil local, lors des premières élections organisées en Libye depuis plus de 40 ans. Les Misratis devraient élire 28 membres du Conseil local, l'équivalent d'un conseil municipal, parmi 242 candidats,...
Lire la suiteCNN International - Nearly 300 elephants slain in Cameroon for ivory
Poachers in search of ivory in northern Cameroon have slaughtered nearly 300 elephants for their tusks since mid-January, according to the country's minister of forestry and wildlife. Minister Ngole Philip Ngwese backed up a claim by the International...
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