By Phil Mercer Sydney 22 June 2008 Australia's Labor government has promised to maintain a controversial policy aimed at protecting Aboriginal children in remote settlements, a year after police and troops were sent into indigenous camps. Aborigines...
By Suzanne Presto Irbil 10 May 2008 Spokesmen for the Iraqi government and the movement of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr say the two sides agreed to a truce Saturday to end weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City. Hundreds of people have be...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 April 2008 Lawyers representing Nigeria's federal government say they have begun work on an out-of-court settlement with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in the legal dispute over a controversial clinical trial by the com...
By Phuong Tran Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 01 April 2008 Guinea-Bissau's military has long dominated the course of the country's history. Soldiers control many of the country's economic interests. Elections in 2005 brought back to power a previous presiden...
By Phuong Tran Air Mountains, Niger 01 April 2008 Over the past year, desert nomad rebels in northern Niger have renewed violence against government targets in the uranium-rich Saharan region because of what the rebels say is continued neglect and di...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 27 March 2008 Mali's government is again trying to open a dialogue with rebels from the north of its vast country, where violence, cross-border hostage takings and the number of radical groups are escalating. Human rights acti...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 25 March 2008 The government of Comoros says its forces have captured most of the rebel-held island of Anjouan, following a pre-dawn invasion. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from our Southern Africa Bureau in Johannesburg...
By Michael Bowman Washington 17 March 2008 The U.S. government is using all tools at its disposal to stem a deepening financial crisis and reassure markets after one of America's largest investment banks was bought out to rescue it from the brink of...
By Daniel Schearf Irbil 14 March 2008 The Iraqi government says a lack of trust between politicians is slowing progress on national reconciliation. Critics have warned the government needs to start providing much needed social services to Iraqis or r...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 12 March 2008 The government of Comoros says its troops have captured three rebel soldiers during a brief incursion onto the breakaway island of Anjouan. The incident occurred as African Union troops are arriving for a poss...