Thirty-three trapped miners in Chile have started receiving food, water and other supplies intended to help them survive as they face a wait of up to four months before they are rescued.Rescue workers started sending the supplies Monday through a narrow drill hole. The miners are also expected to receive medication and communication devices.The 33 miners were found alive Sunday after being trapped for more than two weeks in a mine near the northern city of Copiapo.
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VOA News-The U.S. military says it now has fewer than 50,000 troops in Iraq, as it closes in on an official end to combat operations.In a statement Tuesday, the military said it had completed the drawdown ahead of an August 31 deadline set by President Barack Obama.U.S. forces will shift to training Iraqi security forces, performing counter-terrorism operations and supporting organizations working to rebuild Iraq.
An outbreak of cholera in the three neighbouring West African countries of Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger has infected nearly 4,000 people and killed more than 260 others since May, the United Nations health agency reported today, blaming the epidemic on poor hygiene and inadequate access to clean water.Northern Cameroon, where more than 2,800 cases - including more than 200 deaths - have been reported, is the worst affected area in the Lake Chad Basin, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
UN News-A United Nations human rights team has confirmed that members of two armed groups in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) raped more than 150 women during an attack on a village in North Kivu province last month, a UN spokesperson said on Monday.Victims of the attack, which occurred on 30 July in the village of Bunangiri, which situated in the Banamukira area of North Kivu, are receiving medical treatment and have also been provided psycho-social care, the spokesperson of the Secretary-General told reporters in New York.
AfricaNews-A suicide bomber and a gunman stormed a Mogadishu hotel popularly patronized by Somali officials and killed 15 parliamentarians, an official and eye witnesses told AfricaNews. Al-Qaeda linked group of Al-Shabaab on Monday announced a heavy offensive attack against government forces and AU peacekeepers."They have murdered15 MPs and government forces are surrounding the hotel area," a Somali official told AfricaNews on phone.
AfricaNews-South African President Jacob Zuma has called for greater investment in his country from China, as South Africa seeks to narrow its trade deficit with Beijing and bring growth to its slow-moving economy. "China is indeed a key strategic partner for South Africa, and South Africa is open for business in a big way," he said.South Africa is looking for expanded trade that will help it meet its development needs, especially by improving infrastructure and livelihoods, Zuma told a forum of business executives from China and South Africa.
By RFI:Philippine President Benigno Aquino expressed condolences on Tuesday to the relatives of eight Hong Kong tourists killed in a hostage crisis in Manila. The message comes former police officer who took a bus full of tourists hostage in Manila Monday was killed by police after a 12-hour standoff."With the rest of the Filipino people, I wish to offer our deepest condolences to the families of the victims whose lives were lost in the hostage situation at the Quirino Grandstand," Aquino said in a statement.
By RFI:Three key independent Australian MPs are meeting Tuesday in Canberra to address the political stalemate after this weekend’s elections which failed to produce a clear winner. The three are being courted by both Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s Labour party and the Liberal/National coalition, neither of which have won enough votes to govern.
GambianNews-Gambian President Yahya Jammeh accused former colonial ruler Britain on Wednesday of backing opposition politicians ahead of 2011 elections, and said the West African nation would not be colonised again.Jammeh has long been criticised for arresting dissenters, rights activists and journalists. Earlier this month a Gambian court sentenced eight people to death after finding them guilty of plotting to overthrow the government.In April, the United States and Britain criticised the jailing of an opposition member for using a megaphone at a rally without permission.
EastAfrican-New York — With less than four months until South Sudan's scheduled referendum on secession, the Obama administration as well as advocacy groups in Washington appear uncertain as to what course of action the United States should take.The president's top advisors on Sudan are reported to be divided on US policy in the run-up to the vote that is supposed to take place on January 9.Citing multiple but anonymous sources, a blogger on the Foreign Policy magazine website recently recounted a dispute over Sudan between Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations, and Major General Scott Gration, President Obama's special envoy for Sudan.Lastest News
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