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In her bid to become director general of the World Trade Organization, Mari Elka Pangestu, Indonesia’s minister of tourism and the creative economy, has embarked on a world tour to persuade the trade bloc’s 158 members to vote for her. After being cleared last week to qualify as one of nine candidates for the organization’s …

Armed men attacked an Indian-owned oil barge as military personnel were escorting it through the Niger Delta in Nigeria. Two soldiers and one crewman from the barge were killed during the attack. The gunmen were deterred by return fire, but still managed to escape wounded. The incident occurred in the Angiama region of the Niger …

Mogadishu, 04 February 2013 – “It was truly like being born again. We had given up hope and suddenly we were brought back to life,” one of the surviving crew members of the MV ICEBERG 1 said as he was released on his birthday, after being held hostage for over 1000 days by pirates off …

Somalia’s president tells Sky News he is determined to make his country a better place as it enters a “new era”. Tim Marshall Foreign Affairs Editor The president of Somalia has told Sky News that his country is emerging from an era when it was misruled by “an international gang of criminals operating in a …

It’s already clear that Mari Vanna is endorsed by Russian hockey players. The Caps’ Alex Ovechkin was spotted there before opening, and Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin swung by this weekend while he was in town, ordering teas and desserts. But what do the locals think about the new, three-level Russian restaurant in Dupont Circle? …

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Gidan Mari – an Unusual Rehabilitation CentreAllAfrica.comWhile it is like a taboo for a family to know that its member was about to be sent to a Psychiatric hospital, the reverse seemed to be the case with this unusual rehabilitation home in Kano, where people, mostly children with wayward behaviours …

ADEN, Feb 4 – A Yemeni court on Monday sentenced 16 Somalis to 10 years in jail and another to five years behind bars for acts of piracy in the Gulf of Aden, a judicial source said. The court in the southeastern coastal city of Mukalla convicted the group of hijacking a Yemeni fishing boat …

By Our Reporters In the past, possession of a pistol in Nigeria was an exclusive preserve of retired top military brass, high- ranking police officers and few wealthy Nigerians who could afford the usually expensive license. Then, there were armed robbers, drug barons and a few other roughnecks who used guns illegally to carry out …

The Council adopted the following conclusions:  1. “The EU welcomes the end of the transition in Somalia as a historic opportunity to leave behind two decades of conflict. Adoption of a provisional Constitution, the selection of a Federal Parliament and the election of a new President bring new prospects for lasting peace and prosperity to …

Rajat Pandit, TNN  NEW DELHI: With India and Japan in the process of further cranking up their military ties across the entire spectrum, Army chief General Bikram Singh will be heading for Tokyo on a four-day visit later this month. “The strategic-military partnership with Japan is evolving to a new level. General Singh, who will …