The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court has asked for the court’s authorization to investigate possible war crimes in Ivory Coast. Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday asked judges at The Hague to approve a probe of post-election violence in the West African nation. Moreno-Ocampo says at least 3,000 people were killed in the five-month […]
ICC Prosecutor Asks for Ivory Coast War Crimes Investigation
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
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Senegalese Violence Spreads, Opposition Gaining Ground
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
Senegal’s ruling party has abandoned efforts to change the constitution after riots by opposition supporters in the capital, Dakar. The protesters clashed with riot police on Thursday and demanded the constitution remain unchanged. Opposition supporters said a proposed amendment would make it easier for President Abdoulaye Wade to stay in power. The current constitution says […]
Senegalese Violence Spreads, Opposition Gaining Ground
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
Fierce clashes are spreading through the Senegalese capital, where demonstrators are taking to the streets to protest proposed changes to the country’s election laws. VOA’s correspondent in Dakar said Thursday hundreds of demonstrators took control of the main square in front of the National Assembly building, assaulting riot police with stones. Riot police fought back, […]
Somalia Names New Prime Minister
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
Somalia’s president has named former economics professor Abdiweli Mohamed Ali as the country’s new prime minister. Mr. Ali has been serving as acting prime minister following the resignation Sunday of his popular predecessor, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. Previously, the U.S.-educated appointee had served as Somalia’s minister for planning and international cooperation. President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed […]
Police Disperse Protesters in Senegal With Tear Gas For A Second Day
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
Senegalese police have fired tear gas on marchers in Dakar protesting proposed changes to election laws that opponents say would make it easier for the president to be re-elected. Witnesses say the demonstrators were throwing stones at the parliament building when the altercation began Thursday. VOA’s correspondent in Dakar said Wednesday protestors destroyed a bus […]
Michelle Obama Continues African Trip
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama meets Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu Thursday as she wraps up her visit to South Africa. The two are set to meet in Cape Town. But Mrs. Obama’s planned ferry ride to Robben Island prison, where former South African President Nelson Mandela was jailed for 18 years, was cancelled […]
US First Lady To Visit Prison Where Mandela Was Jailed
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 10:05 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama will visit Thursday the Robben Island prison where former South African President Nelson Mandela was jailed for 18 years. The first lady met with Mr. Mandela at his home in Johannesburg Tuesday, at the beginning of her two-nation tour of southern Africa. On Wednesday, Mrs. Obama delivered an emotional address […]
Nigerian Police Backtrack on Suicide Bomb Claim
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
Police in Nigeria say they are no longer sure if an attack last week on police headquarters in Abuja was a suicide bombing. Police said soon after the June 16 bombing that it was a suicide attack believed to have been carried out by the Islamist radical group Boko Haram. The attack left at least […]
Police Disperse Protesters in Senegal With Tear Gas
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
Police in Senegal have used tear gas to disperse protesters demonstrating against a draft election law that opponents say would make it easier for the president to be re-elected. VOA’s correspondent in Dakar says protesters Wednesday destroyed a bus near the Place de Independence, a large square in the capital. He says riot police broke […]
UN: Sudanese Troops Arrest 6 UN Staffers
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations Mission in Sudan says Sudanese troops have arrested six staff members who were being evacuated from a volatile north-south border state. The mission said the staffers, all of whom are Sudanese nationals, were detained at the airport in Southern Kordofan state on Wednesday. Spokesman Kouider Zerrouk condemned the arrests, saying they violate […]
