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Rwanda: Munyakazi - UN Appeals Court Rejects Genocide Accused's Trial in Country

The Appeals Court of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has upheld decision of the Lower Court to deny Prosecutor's request to transfer genocide accused former businessman, 73-year-old Yusuf Munyakazi, to stand a...

Sudan: UN Working to Ensure Security for Darfur's Displaced, Says Peacekeeping Chief

The United Nations is working hard to ensure the safety of civilians and to protect the camps housing those displaced by the five-year-old Darfur conflict, the world body's top peacekeeping official said during a visit to the...

Investors flock back to banking stocks

Investors have flocked back to Australia's largest banks, pushing their shares more than six per cent higher on Monday, after the federal government guaranteed savings deposits and bank wholesale borrowings. "The banks are...

African finance ministers urge developed nations to maintain pledged aid

African finance ministers have urged developed countries to maintain pledged levels of aid to African countries despite the volatility of the international financial market. Ministers from Gambia, Cameroon and Kenya told a...

Chinese official calls for stronger co-op to maintain world economic stability

International cooperation should be strengthened to maintain world economic stability, a senior Chinese financial official said here Sunday. "The current world economic and financial situation is complex," said Li Yong, Chinese...

Indonesia's bird flu warrior takes on the world (AFP)

by Aubrey Belford 5 minutes ago JAKARTA (AFP) - Since late 2006 Supari has refused to share all but a handful of Indonesia's virus samples with the World Health Organisation (WHO), saying Indonesia will only resume if the...

Congo-Kinshasa: War Goes On, Little Pressure for Peace

The war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, site of the United Nations' largest peacekeeping operation, attracts little attention from the world's media. Conditions vary from place to place in that vast country. But...

Africa: Number of People With Mental Problems Increases in Africa

The regional director for Africa of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Angolan Luís Gomes Sambo, this Friday affirmed that, in the continent, the number of people with mental health problems, neurological perturbations or...

Kenya: Experts Call for Controlled Fishing to Save Nile Perch

Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Costantine Sebastian Experts have called for a 40 per cent reduction in fishing activities in Lake Victoria to counter the rapid dwindling of Nile perch stocks in the world's second largest...

Kenya: Project to Restore Mau Forest Starts Next Year

Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Kennedy Senelwa Nairobi Planting of trees to rehabilitate the Mau Forest will start early next year. This will be carried out in a joint project of the United Nations and Kenyan Government. The...