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Ex-Libyan pm stays in cell after death threats: lawyer

Former Libyan prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi failed to turn up Friday at a court hearing in Tunisia to fight an ...

Somali forces attack rebels near strategic town

Somali forces allied to Kenya attacked an al Shabaab base near Afmadow on Friday and said they would press towards the ...

China deports 5,000 N. Korea refugees annually

China repatriates about 5,000 North Korean refugees each year even though they often face harsh punishment on their ...

Security forces vehicle hit in northern Kenya, 3 wounded

An explosion hit a vehicle carrying members of Kenya`s paramilitary police force (GSU) on Friday in the north of the ...

Somali Islamists deny being behind Kenya kidnappings

Somalia`s Islamist Shebab rebels Monday denied being behind the recent kidnappings of foreigners in Kenya following ...

Kenyan troops enter Somalia to attack rebels: government

Kenyan troops have crossed the border into war-torn Somalia to attack Islamist Shebab rebels they accuse of being ...

Aid agency MSF pulls foreign staff from Kenyan camp

Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres said Friday it has pulled all its foreign staff from Kenya`s Dadaab refugee camp ...

Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Kenya

Somali Islamist Shebab rebels on Thursday kidnapped two female Spanish aid workers from Kenya`s Dadaab refugee camp, ...

Three wounded in Israeli raid on Gaza

Israeli fighter jets Saturday fired a missile on Gaza, injuring three people, one of whom was in serious condition, ...

Agung Laksono to visit Ambon

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono is scheduled to be in Ambon, Maluku, on September 26, 2011 ...

Sri Lankan immigrants in despair, finally surrender

Some 88 Sri Lankan immigrants who had been living in despair aboard their boat, the MV Alicia, since July 10, 2011, ...

RI team in Kenya to help Somalian famine refugees

A team of Indonesian humanitarian workers from ACT (Quick Response Action) is currently in Kenya to help Somalian ...

US says reports credible of Syria firing on Palestinians

The United States said Wednesday it found "credible" reports that Syrian forces fired into a Palestinian refugee camp ...

Mt Lokon in N Sulawesi erupts again

Mount Lokon in North Sulawesi Province once again erupted at 1.25 pm local time and spewed volcanic ashes. "The ...

Italian charity worker kidnapped in Darfur

An Italian humanitarian worker employed at a child-care centre in western Sudan`s Darfur region has been kidnapped, ...