U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is on her way home after a week-long, two-nation visit to southern Africa. Obama’s plane left Botswana Sunday, a day after she finished up her trip with a safari in South Africa. The first lady, accompanied by her daughters, mother, a niece and a nephew, saw an elephant at the […]
Michelle Obama Returning Home After African Trip
Posted June 26th, 2011 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
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AU Panel Discusses Libya Peace, Aid Efforts
Posted June 26th, 2011 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
The African Union panel on Libya is meeting to discuss peace and humanitarian aid efforts in the war-torn country. South African President Jacob Zuma is hosting heads of state from Mauritania, Uganda and Mali at Sunday’s meeting in Pretoria. Mr. Zuma’s office says the leaders will discuss efforts to secure a cease-fire and to bring […]
Michelle Obama Goes on African Safari
Posted June 25th, 2011 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama went on a South African safari Saturday at the end of her two-nation African tour. Obama, joined by her daughters, mother and a niece and nephew, saw an elephant as the group headed out into the Madikwe Game Reserve. The family rode in an open-air off road vehicle, in search […]
UNESCO Adds Sites in Africa, East Asia to World Heritage List
Posted June 24th, 2011 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations’ cultural body has named five sites from across Africa and East Asia to become World Heritage properties. The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization announced Friday it has added sites from Kenya, Senegal, Australia, Japan and China. UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee is meeting in Paris through next week to examine 37 sites […]
Watchdog Group Divided Over Approval of Zimbabwe Diamond Exports
Posted June 24th, 2011 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
A global diamond monitoring group has found itself divided over a decision to allow Zimbabwe to sell diamonds from one of its controversial fields. The Kimberley Process, which aims to prevent so-called “conflict diamonds” from entering the market, has approved the sale of the Zimbabwe gems from its Marange field. However, the watchdog group is […]
Zimbabwe Arrests Another Tsvangirai Ally
Posted June 24th, 2011 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
For the third time this year, Zimbabwe police have arrested a Cabinet minister from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change. The MDC said police arrested Jameson Timba in Harare Friday on allegations he had undermined the authority of President Robert Mugabe of ZANU-PF. A police spokesman in Harare confirmed the arrest but said […]
Michelle Obama Visits HIV/AIDS Clinic in Botswana
Posted June 24th, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama helped paint an HIV/AIDS clinic on her first stop in Botswana on Friday. Mrs. Obama and family members traveling with her painted a mural at the Botswana-Baylor Adolescent Center of Excellence in the capital, Gaborone. The mural is part of a facility that is being constructed to support children and […]
UN Cites ‘Shocking’ Rise is Somali Refugees
Posted June 24th, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations says tens of thousands of people are fleeing Somalia, making a difficult and dangerous journey to safety in Kenya. The U.N. refugee agency said Friday about 20,000 refugees have left Somalia for Kenyan camps in the past two weeks. UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming has described both the increase in refugees and their […]
Michelle Obama Visits HIV/AIDS Clinic in Botswana
Posted June 24th, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama helped paint an HIV/AIDS clinic on her first stop in Botswana on Friday. Mrs. Obama and family members traveling with her painted a mural at the Botswana-Baylor Adolescent Center of Excellence in the capital, Gaborone. The mural is part of a facility that is being constructed to support children and […]
UN Court Convicts First Woman in 1994 Rwanda Genocide
Posted June 24th, 2011 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
A U.N. court has sentenced a former Rwandan government minister to life in prison for her role in the 1994 genocide in that country. The United Nations-backed tribunal in Tanzania sentenced Pauline Nyiramasuhuko Friday on charges of genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide and rape as a crime against humanity. She is the first woman convicted […]
