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21/08/2012

African press review 21 August 2012

Beauty salons in the Somali capital Mogadishu are back in business. Hospitals in Namibia are busy installing CCTV after a raft of thefts.

20/08/2012

African press review 20 August 2012

South African headlines claim Africa's lives are cheap as ever and looks at what lessons can be learned from the recent shootings of miners and Nigeria headlines look at President Jonathan's calls ...

17/08/2012

African press review 17 August 2012

We focus on South Africa where an attempt by the police to disperse striking workers at Marikana's troubled Lonmin mine on Thursday ended in dozens of deaths.

16/08/2012 - France

France makes first arrests following Amiens riots

French police have arrested five people in connection with riots earlier this week in the northern city of Amiens.
 

French firemen and police stand outside a leisure centre after rioters opened fire and injured more than a dozen police in overnight clashes
14/08/2012

Rioting rocks French city of Amiens

A riot in the town Amiens has left 16 police officers injured, a primary school severely damaged by fire and a sports centre completely destroyed, local officials said Tuesday.

'I was tortured in Sudan' says British citizen Magdy el-Baghdady
12/08/2012 - African news explained

'I was tortured in Sudan' says British citizen Magdy el-Baghdady

British citizen says he was imprisoned, tortured and subjected to a mock execution in Sudan last year.

Where is Syrian human rights lawyer Mazen Darwish?
10/08/2012 - World news explained

Where is Syrian human rights lawyer Mazen Darwish?

The UN human rights body, the UNHCR, says the conflict in Syria has caused a severe internal displacement crisis.

05/08/2012

French weekly magazines review

The worsening civil war in Syrian is one of the prime issues attracting comments in this week’s French magazines.

Deepening crisis in Syria
03/08/2012 - World news explained

Deepening crisis in Syria

The UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, resigned yesterday complaining of a lack of support for his peace plan.

Is Syria moving closer to a post-Assad era?
02/08/2012 - World news explained

Is Syria moving closer to a post-Assad era?

As fighting intensifies in Syria's main cities, the opposition is suggesting new leaders and road maps for transition.

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