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U.N. says Somalia's new government at risk
Apr 4 2006 8:48PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Somalia's fragile new government risks collapse unless donors contribute millions of dollars to alleviate drought that has wiped out half the nation's livestock, a U.N. official said Tuesday.
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Envoy says crisis has worsened in Darfur
Apr 4 2006 8:46PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region has worsened, with 200,000 additional people being forced from their homes, a top U.N. envoy barred from visiting the zone by Sudanese authorities said Tuesday.
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U.N. looking for country to take Taylor
Apr 4 2006 7:26PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N.-backed court that would prosecute former Liberian President Charles Taylor has run into trouble trying to persuade any government to either imprison him or give him asylum once the trial ends, diplomats said Tuesday.
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Zuma testifies at trial he is HIV negative
Apr 4 2006 3:47PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma testified Tuesday at his rape trial that his accuser led him to believe she wanted sex by lamenting she had no boyfriend and wearing a skirt when she visited his house.
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Uganda opposition leader pleads not guilty
Apr 4 2006 3:16PM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda's main opposition leader and 22 others pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of plotting to overthrow the government _ a case that could carry the death penalty.
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Sierra Leone tribunal an experiment
Apr 4 2006 12:47PM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The Sierra Leone court that made Charles Taylor the first African president to answer war crimes charges is an experiment in international justice, a hybrid tribunal being tested by the debate over where the former Liberian president should be tried.
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South African policeman kills 8 in rampage
Apr 4 2006 10:22AM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - A senior South African policeman went on a shooting rampage, killing eight people _ including a 2-year-old baby _ before being shot dead by colleagues Tuesday, police said. A pedestrian was killed during a police chase of the suspect.
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