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Mozambique is having a flood. By Saturday, there were reports of food and fuel shortages. IRIN is now reporting 150 000 displaced in Gaza province. Aid supplies are being distributed but there are not enough of some supplies. "Last year, we had two cyclones, and we used all the shelters we had in stock. That equipment has not been replaced," Castro [Mozambique Red Cross] told IRIN. "Already
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On the 125th anniversary of his death, the biggest controversy surrounding Edward Lear remains this: what's with the self-rhyming last lines of his limericks?
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More: U.S. Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the Syria Crisis
U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Anne C. Richard, and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Nancy Lindborg visited a refugee camp for Syrians in Turkey. While there, they met with Turkish partners and assistance providers to discuss the needs of Syrian refugees and ongoing humanitarian assistance efforts.
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As an increasingly bloody insurgency persists in the country, the Assads will apparently have their fourth child.
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Earlier today I compared the current disorders in Egypt not only to January 2011 but also to the violence of January 1952, which reached its apogee in "Black Saturday," most famous for the destruction by the mobs of the iconic British colonial Shepheard's Hotel.
At the time, I worried I was indulging in hyperbole. Now I'm not so sure: in the past hour this has been the Twitter feed of the Intercontinental Semiramis on the Cairo corniche:
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Transparency International estimates cost of corruption in defence sector amounts to at least $20bn a year
Most countries, including a large majority of the world's biggest weapons importers, lack the tools to prevent corruption in the arms trade, according to an unprecedented international study of national defence ministries and armed forces.
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Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Asikuma Odoben-Brakwa constituency, Paul Collins Appiah-Ofori has called the bluff of Assin Central MP for alleging that the party leadership forced the minority to boycott Parliaments Appointment Committee.
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Political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Legon says the debate on homosexuality is a trap to shift peoples attention from President Mahamas vision and agenda of instituting a ministry that deals with social protection.
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One of the lawyers for the Let My Vote Count Alliance, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko says the groups hours of meeting with the police today was nothing but a waste of time.
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Spokesperson for Former President John Agyekum Kufour, Mr. Frank Agyekum has said the former President has not been served with any court writ in connection to the 33 Ghanaians who died in the Gambia eight years ago.
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Mozambique is having a flood. By Saturday, there were reports of food and fuel shortages. IRIN is now reporting 150 000 displaced in Gaza province. Aid supplies are being distributed but there are not enough of some supplies. "Last year, we had two cyclones, and we used all the shelters we had in stock. That equipment has not been replaced," Castro [Mozambique Red Cross] told IRIN. "Already
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The Ugandan army, or UPDF, earlier this month had a major confrontation with the Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA. Acting on a tip the army received about the LRA's whereabouts in the Central African Republic, the UPDF encountered a small group of rebels approximately 175 miles north of Djema, which led to a firefight leaving Binansio "Binany" Okumu-a former bodyguard of Kony and LRA commander based in Congo-dead.
The location of the reported firefight is significant in that it could provide clues about where Kony is currently hiding. According to reports, the fight took place hundreds of miles from Binany's "post" and, according to Enough sources, he had just met with Kony and was on his way back to Congo. The location of the encounter suggests that Kony may still be hiding in or near the ...
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Five months after the Marikana Massacre in South Africa, footage of police action at the 'killing koppie' ["hill"] has finally reached the public. This footage somewhat predictably wasn't brought to our attention by the local media, who have long since moved on to other things since the Marikana story stopped selling. Rather, it was Channel [...]
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We start by looking at the background behind last weekend's violent clashes in the Egyptian city of Port Said. Riots were sparked by the sentencing to death of 21 local football fans. We also head to Jordan to speak to Syrians who have fled their homeland. Finally, we look at efforts to stop Lebanon's illegal drug trade.
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