Policy shift?: US defends peace overtures to Taliban – The Express Tribune


The Express Tribune

Policy shift?: US defends peace overtures to Taliban
The Express Tribune
Secretary of State Kerry says it's better to bring foes to the table than fight them. By AFP. Published: May 27, 2013. Tweet · Share this article Print this page Email. “I am convinced that we have one of the strictest, most accountable and fairest programmes,”
Drone strikes has helped to root out al-Qaeda in Pakistan: John KerryIndian Express


John Kerry defends US use of assassination dronesPress TV
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Zimbabwe stresses need to complete decolonization process in SADR – Sahara Press Service

Zimbabwe stresses need to complete decolonization process in SADR
Sahara Press Service
Harare, May 26, 2013 (SPS) – The Vice -President of Zimbabwe, Hon J.T.R. Mujuru has stressed, in a ceremony organized Saturday in Zimbabwean capital to mark OAU 50-year anniversary, the need to completed the decolonization process in the Saharawi

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Great Lakes Security Accord Reviewed at AU Summit – Voice of America


Voice of America

Great Lakes Security Accord Reviewed at AU Summit
Voice of America
ADDIS ABABA — African leaders from the Great Lakes region met Sunday at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa to discuss progress bringing peace to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Security is high on the summit agenda, as is a proposal that
India to remain trusted partner of Africa, says Hamid AnsariIBNLive


Little more sleep will do: Ansari after two back-to-back toursBusiness Standard
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Somalia: Federal Government supports repatriation of Somali refugees – Garowe Online

Somalia: Federal Government supports repatriation of Somali refugees
Garowe Online
MOGADISHU, Somalia May 26 2013 (Garowe Online) – African leaders agreed at IGAD's 22nd extraordinary summit in Addis Ababa on Friday that hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees living in Kenya and Ethiopia will be repatriated to Somalia, Garowe

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‘AU Did Not Snub Tsvangirai’ – AllAfrica.com


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'AU Did Not Snub Tsvangirai'
AllAfrica.com
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has dismissed reports that he was barred from the African Union (AU) Golden Jubilee celebrations summit in Ethiopia, insisting that he cancelled the trip because of the sudden illness of his wife, Elizabeth Macheka.
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Freetown: Contract for Matotoka-Kono Road Project Awarded – Patriotic Vanguard

Freetown: Contract for Matotoka-Kono Road Project Awarded
Patriotic Vanguard
The Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Works, Housing and Infrastructure and the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA), has on Friday, May 24th, 2013 awarded the contract for the construction of the first phase of the Kono road project, from
Foreign Minister looks at construction site of new embassy in EthiopiaCocorioko



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Tsvangirai dismiss claims he was snubbed by AU – Bulawayo24

Tsvangirai dismiss claims he was snubbed by AU
Bulawayo24
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's office has dismissed as misleading, state media reports claiming he was snubbed by the African Union which is holding its 50th anniversary celebrations at its Addis Ababa headquarters in Ethiopia. Tsvangirai's

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Dr. Muhammad Rashad Abdulle, eminent Oromo scholar and linguist, dies at 79 – Home – OPride.com

Dr. Muhammad Rashad Abdulle, eminent Oromo scholar and linguist, dies at 79
Home – OPride.com
Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Rashad Abdulle, a noted Oromo scholar, expert in Oromo and Somali languages and researcher died on May 25, 2013 in Oromia, Ethiopia. He was 79. He has been battling an undisclosed illness for sometime. Sheikh Muhammad

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Western Sahara decolonization to be crowning victory over colonialism, says … – Sahara Press Service

Western Sahara decolonization to be crowning victory over colonialism, says
Sahara Press Service
Addis Ababa, May 25, 2013 (SPS) – Western Sahara decolonization will be the crowning victory of Africans against colonialism and apartheid, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said Saturday in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). "The great victories in this historic battle

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Namibia urges AU and UN to adequately address the plight of Saharawi people – Sahara Press Service

Namibia urges AU and UN to adequately address the plight of Saharawi people
Sahara Press Service
Addis Ababa, May 25, 2013 (SPS) – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Namibia Ms. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said that her country “fully supports the urgent need for the African Union (AU) and the United Nations to adequately address the plight of the people

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