Residents carry the coffin of a victim of Friday’s bombing in Baghdad’s Zaafaraniya neighbourhood [Reuters] At least 32 people have been killed, half of them police officers, after a suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives at a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad. Police officials said the blast occurred on Friday morning in the [...]
More than 350,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes in three states in Sudan and South Sudan, according to the UN refugee agency. Two of the states – South Kordofan and Blue Nile – are in Sudan, while the third – Jonglei – is in the world’s newest nation. In Blue Nile and South [...]
Private bond holders are being asked to forgive half their Greek debt, and in return accept cash payments [AFP] Greece and its private creditors have made progress in talks to try and overcome obstacles to a major debt-relief deal needed to avoid bankruptcy, sources from both sides say. Lucas Papademos, the Greek prime minister, held a [...]
The Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, has challenged Boko Haram to identify itself and state clearly its demands as a basis for talks. The radical Islamist group killed more than 500 people last year and another 250 in the first weeks of 2012 in gun and bomb attacks in the West African country, according to Human Rights Watch. “If [...]
