February 2016
February 12, 2016
South African president to partly pay back cash used for home upgrade – Jacob Zuma hopes move will bring an end to two-year scandal that […]
February 12, 2016
‘The world needs science and science needs women,’ says UN on new International Day – More than ever today, the world needs science and […]
February 12, 2016
Boko Haram violence keeping a million children out of school, says Unicef – The Boko Haram insurgency has kept more than one million children out of […]
February 12, 2016
UN says 1.4m children have fled Boko Haram extremists – The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram’s Islamic insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring […]
February 12, 2016
Ban welcomes proposal for first binding limits on airlines’ carbon emissions – Welcoming a proposal by the United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on the […]
February 12, 2016
Guinea’s media holds ‘press-free day’ over shooting of journalist in clashes Bare newsstands and silent radios marked an unprecedented “press-free day” in Guinea, in […]
February 12, 2016
Teenager seized for Boko Haram attack tells how she tore off suicide vest and fled – Girl feared going against orders but was even more […]
February 12, 2016
Defence lawyers begin summing up Hissène Habré war crimes trial – The trial of Chad’s former president for war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture has […]
February 12, 2016
Rebecca Masika Katsuva obituary – Congolese human rights campaigner who set up refuge centres and an organisation to help the victims of war and rape The […]