MARSEILLE, France Aug 4 (Reuters) – France will bring home its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier from its Libyan mission next week for maintenance, Defence Minister Gerard Longuet told the regional daily Var-Matin. France will move its Rafale fighter jets from the carrier, moored off the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, to NATO’s base in [...]
NALUT, Libya – The rebel fighters of the Tripoli Brigade have one goal — to be among the first to enter the Libyan capital and kick out Muammar Qaddafi and his cronies. They say their intimate knowledge of the city makes them best suited for the job. Nearly all the 475 men either grew up [...]
By Catherine Bremer PARIS (Reuters) – Having failed to bomb Muammar Gaddafi out of office, Western powers have no choice but to stick to their military campaign while also hoping that the Libyan leader will end their dilemma by bowing out himself. Contrary to initial hopes in Western capitals, Gaddafi has clung to power despite [...]
(AFP) – 9 hours ago ROME — A boat carrying 330 migrants from Libya arrived late Tuesday on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a day after officials found 25 people choked to death in the engine room of another Libyan refugee boat. Tuesday’s wooden refugee vessel, accompanied to shore by the Italian coast guard, was [...]
2.05pm: An interesting tweet from al-Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin suggests, perhaps unsurprisingly, that the Mubaraks still retain respect from at least some sections of the Egyptian military: unbelievable walking out of courtroom alaa gamal mubarak shaking hands w military! alaa covered the live camera w his hand #mubaraktrial The former interior minister, Habib al-Adly, also shook [...]
Even before they take the fight to Gaddafi in his stronghold, the rebel front is being threatened with what will definitely demoralize their leadership or destabilize their tenuous hold on the administration. The first major blow has hit them. General Abdel Fattah Younes, their military commander, has been killed, the rebel National Transitional Council says [...]
Libyan rebels cannot count on British support If there ever more damning evidence of how seriously Britain’s wars in Afghanistan and Libya are being taken, it is the quiet in Westminster. George Osborne is in Hollywood, Nick Clegg is in Spain and David Cameron is in Tuscany. William Hague is left alone in Whitehall. When [...]
BENGHAZI, Libya — Rebels said they arrested dozens of militiamen loyal to Moammar Gadhafi in their eastern bastion but suffered a blow Monday in Libya’s west, losing a village at the foot of a key mountain range. At least 63 people were rounded up by the insurgents in an ongoing bid to tighten security in [...]
AFP Libyan rebels rounded up at least 63 people suspected of murdering their military chief and having links to Muammar Gaddafi, after an hours-long battle in their eastern stronghold of Benghazi. Security forces patrolled the streets overnight in a bid to track down more members of the pro-Gaddafi group, a rebel spokesman said, as shoppers [...]
DUBAI – As masses of revolutionary Arabs prepare for a different Ramadan this year, the holy fasting month is not equally welcomed by their rulers who are bracing for more tensions amid a wave of unprecedented uprisings sweeping the region. “Throughout history, Ramadan has been the month of revolutions and victory,” Abdullah al-Amadi, director of [...]
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]