Month: February 2014
More than 1,100 asylum seekers rescued off Italian coast
More than 1,100 asylum seekers have been rescued off the coast of Italy, the nation's navy said in…
Army says El-Sisi report ‘speculation’
Egypt's military was quick to quash a newspaper report Thursday that quoted army chief Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi as saying…
Gold mine fire: Eight bodies recovered, one missing
Rescuers recovered the bodies of eight miners trapped in a South African gold mine after an underground fire…
Nine trapped in gold mine after fire
At least nine miners remain trapped in a South African gold mine after an underground fire, the Harmony…
Blast at Libyan school injures six children
Six students were wounded when unknown assailants tossed a hand grenade into a school in the eastern Libyan…
Rwanda spy chief in genocide court
Twenty years after the Rwanda genocide, France has opened its first trial of a suspected accomplice in the…
Camp pushes girls into sex
When Grace learned she'd be going to a camp with her friends, she was thrilled. Every girl around…
Protesters demand freedom for Al Jazeera journalists
Foreign and local journalists gathered outside the Egyptian Embassy in Nairobi on Tuesday to protest the imprisonment and…
Libya destroys chemical weapons
Libya said Tuesday that its chemical weapons, including artillery shells and bombs filled with mustard gas, have been…
USAfrica: African-American John Thompson becomes Chairman of Microsoft; makes history, again
African-American John Thompson becomes Chairman of Microsoft; makes history, again •Follow Twitter.com/Chido247, Facebook.com/USAfricaChido …
Anne Frank’s marbles to go on display in Rotterdam
Shortly before she and her family went into hiding, Anne Frank gave some of her toys to a…
World facing cancer ‘disaster’
Cancer cases are expected to surge 57% worldwide in the next 20 years, an imminent "human disaster" that…