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Ivory Coast: One million refugees feared, UNHCR says
Up to one million people may have fled their homes because of violence following Ivory Coast’s disputed elections, the UN refugee agency says.The UNHCR says most had run away from recent violence in Abidjan.
Aid agencies are said to be unable to reach parts of the west where forces loyal to disputed President Laurent Gbagbo have been losing ground.France has circulated a draft resolution at the UN calling for sanctions against Mr Gbagbo.This follows a calls for UN sanctions and tougher action to oust him by West African leaders.
Sudan preventing food, health care from reaching Darfur, Catholic Relief says
The Sudanese government is preventing aid organizations from delivering food and health services to hundreds of thousands of people in the conflict-ridden Darfur region of the country, according to one of the largest remaining groups there.
Shady dealings helped Qaddafi build fortune and regime–Colonel Qaddafi’s family and his government have accumulated billions of dollars with the help of international corporations
WASHINGTON — In 2009, top aides to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi called together 15 executives from global energy companies operating in Libya’s oil fields and issued an extraordinary demand: Shell out the money for his country’s $1.5 billion bill for its role in the downing of Pan Am Flight 103 and other terrorist attacks.
United States finds $29 billion of Libyan assets in one bank—freezes them
The Treasury Department team had been working nonstop on a plan to freeze Libyan assets in U.S. banks, hoping they might snare $100 million or more and prevent Moammar Gaddafi from tapping it as he unleashed deadly attacks against protesters who wanted him gone.
Thousands march to protest Syria killings
Syria’s repressive leadership came under unexpectedly heavy pressure on Thursday as thousands of angry demonstrators massed again in the southern city of Dara’a, demanding democratic reform and protesting the deaths of more than a dozen people shot by security forces in the past week.
Muslim Brotherhood is rising force in new Egypt
CAIRO — In post-revolutionary Egypt, where hope and confusion collide in the daily struggle to build a new nation, religion has emerged as a powerful political force, following an uprising that was based on secular ideals. The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group once banned by the state, is at the forefront, transformed into a tacit partner with the military government that many fear will thwart fundamental changes.
Ethiopia at the center of global farmland rush that has put 86 million acres in foreign hands, shutting out small farmers
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Western forces attack Libya, establish no-fly zone; Arab League objects to severity of attack
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, has said the military operation in Libya called for by the UN Security Council is not aimed at regime change – adding that a “stalemate” could well exist, leaving Muammar Gaddafi in power.
Egypt approves constitutional changes by overwhelming vote
Egyptians have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a package of constitutional amendments, according to official results released on Sunday evenin
