Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said he would support the imposition of a “moderate” form of sharia law as part of a cease-fire agreement with the country’s insurgents.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sentenced former priest Emmanuel Rukundo to 25 years imprisonment Feb. 27 after convicting him of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Security forces in Madagascar’s capital fired teargas to disperse looters after an anti-government protest. Civil unrest has left 125 dead since the protest campaign began in January.
Russia and Denmark met in Moscow to discuss rival claims to Arctic waters opened by the shrinking of the ice cap—with a estimated 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil and 30% of undiscovered gas.
After Obama took office, the Washington Post announced: “Bush’s ‘War’ On Terror Comes to a Sudden End.” Does this mean World War 4 Report has outlived its mission?
Bloody clashes between the Sudan Armed Forces and Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) in Upper Nile state has renewed fears that the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement is breaking down.
The Committee to Protect Journalists protested the arrest of Sri Lanka newspaper editor Nadesapillai Vidyatharan on charges of collaboration with the Tamil Tigers, calling it part of a pattern of repression.
India’s Border Security Force remains on high alert after a two-day mutiny by the Bangladesh Rifles left scores dead. Unconfirmed reports in the Indian press link the mutiny to Pakistani intelligence.
A young Tibetan monk was shot by Chinese police after he set himself on fire on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, at a market in Sichuan province’s Ngaba prefecture. It is not known if he is alive or dead.
Suspected al-Qaeda operative Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri is to be tried in US federal court, following the unsealing of an indictment. Al-Marri’s habeas corpus petition is pending before the Supreme Court.
Venezuela and Bolivia condemned US State Department reports on human rights and narcotics that single out the two South American countries, saying Washington has no right to pass judgment.
Unidentified assailants threw an improvised explosive at a community center in La Florida district of Caracas in a pre-dawn attack. The attack comes on the heels of the ransacking of a Venezuelan synagogue.
