A new constitution curbing the powers of Morocco’s King Mohammed VI was approved by 98 percent of voters in a referendum Friday, with 94 percent of polling stations reporting, the interior minister said. Middle East News Headlines – Yahoo! News UK
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he is closely following the situation in Thailand ahead of this Sunday’s national elections and hopes the polls will be credible and free from violence. UN News Centre – Asia Pacific
A team bus at the Tour de France has been seized by French police as part of an anti-doping operation. Europe News Headlines – Yahoo! News UK
A United Nations human rights expert warned today that a newly passed Salvadorian law requiring the country’s Supreme Court decisions to be unanimous could undermine the independence of the judiciary. UN News Centre – Americas
The United Nations-backed tribunal set up to try those alleged responsible for the 2005 assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri today submitted to the country’s authorities a sealed indictment and arrest warrants for an unknown number of suspects. UN News Centre – Middle East
Nearly one in every four deaths of young children in Kyrgyzstan is caused by under-nutrition, and the physical and mental development of many other boys and girls is being delayed in the Central Asian country, according to a United Nations report launched today. UN News Centre – Asia Pacific
CARACAS (Reuters) – Tanks are rumbling into Caracas, flags are up for street parties and pot-holed roads are getting a makeover — but the main act looks sure to miss Venezuela’s 200th anniversary of independence from Spain. Europe News Headlines – Yahoo! News UK
The United Nations human rights mission to Yemen is gaining access to protesters and opposition leaders, has the cooperation of the Government and is generally “going well,” the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported today. UN News Centre – Middle East
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian forces shot dead nine protesters on Friday as tens of thousands of people called on President Bashar to step down in some of the biggest demonstrations since Syria’s uprising began in March. Middle East News Headlines – Yahoo! News UK
Ministers and senior government officials from 31 countries, meeting at a United Nations-supported conference in Bangkok, have agreed to work more closely together on disaster risk reduction and make it central to national development strategies, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) reported today. UN News Centre – Asia Pacific
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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 [...]