Wednesday, 19 June 2013 19:57
Posted by Muhammad Iqbal
BEIJING: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "shocked" at the news of an attack on a UN compound in Somalia on Wednesday, his spokesman said."The Secretary-General is aware of the attack against the United Nations in Somalia, and he is shocked by it," Martin Nesirky, the spokesman, said in an e-mail. "He is being updated regularly as we get more information from Mogadishu and UN Headquarters in New York."Ban is currently on a visit to China for talks with the country's leaders. Earlier Wednesday he held talks with Chinese president Xi Jinping.Three foreigners and at least two Somali security guards were killed during the attack by Islamist insurgents in Mogadishu, UN sources said.One UN staff member and two contractors as well as at least two Somalis guarding the fortified compound died, the sources said, taking the toll killed excluding attackers to at least eight. The nationalities of the foreigners could ...
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BEIJING: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "shocked" at the news of an attack on a UN compound in Somalia on Wednesday, his spokesman said."The Secretary-General is aware of the attack against the United Nations in Somalia, and he is shocked by it," Martin Nesirky, the spokesman, said in an e-mail. "He is being updated regularly as we get more information from Mogadishu and UN Headquarters in New York."Ban is currently on a visit to China for talks with the country's leaders. Earlier Wednesday he held talks with Chinese president Xi Jinping.Three foreigners and at least two Somali security guards were killed during the attack by Islamist insurgents in Mogadishu, UN sources said.One UN staff member and two contractors as well as at least two Somalis guarding the fortified compound died, the sources said, taking the toll killed excluding attackers to at least eight. The nationalities of the foreigners could ...
HARARE: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has filed an urgent application with the country's top court to push back crucial elections by two weeks, his justice minister said Wednesday.Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa told AFP he had filed papers on Tuesday that sought "a postponement of the date for the harmonised elections from July 31, 2013 to August 14, 2013."The announcement comes just days after Southern African leaders pressed Mugabe to delay the polls to allow more ...
MAPUTO: Mozambique's government on Tuesday blamed opposition party Renamo for an attack a day earlier on a military arms depot that killed at least five soldiers amid faltering peace talks between the two parties."We were surprised by the tragic news that Renamo unleashed an armed attack," said Jose Pacheco, the ruling Frelimo's chief negotiator with Renamo.Talks were set up after military skirmishes in April."We condemn this attack and warn that this attitude does not help ...
CAIRO: President Mohamed Morsi has replaced 17 of Egypt's governors, including the choice in Luxor of a member of an Islamic party linked to a deadly attack on tourists in the ancient temple city, reports said Monday.Among the new appointees were members of the Muslim Brotherhood from which Morsi hails, the reports said, in a move that tightens the group's grip on key administrative and security posts.The reshuffle which affects all but 10 of Egypt's ...
JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela continues to recover in hospital from a lung infection but remains in a serious condition, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday.Mandela has been in a Pretoria hospital for a week, the fourth time the 94-year-old former president and anti-Apartheid leader has been admitted to hospital since December."We are grateful that he continues to get better," Zuma said. "Over the last two days, although he remains serious, his doctors have stated ...
BENGHAZI: Six soldiers were killed and five injured in clashes between Libyan special forces and armed protesters outside a special forces base in the eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday, military officials said on Saturday.Residents said heavy gunfire and explosions were heard. "The clashes lasted from 2 a.m. (0000 GMT) until 6 a.m. but are over now," Colonel Mohammed Sharif, of the special forces in Benghazi, told Reuters. He said six of his troops had ...
CAIRO: Egypt's military will not allow violence during protests against President Mohamed Mursi that his opponents have planned for June 30, the first anniversary of the Islamist leader's election, a state newspaper said on Saturday."Security forces from the armed forces and the military police will deploy on all main roads" on June 28 "to secure vital installations and public facilities", Al Gomhuria said, quoting a military source."The armed forces will not allow any confrontations that ...
