Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday, 7 March 2011




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Fighting Reported Near Liberian Border as AU Seeks Joint Meeting

Opposition forces say they captured a key town as AU heads of state try to arrange a meeting between Ivory Coast's rival presidents
A relative stands in the looted home of Francois Konan Bany, March 4, 2011

Oxfam Warns of 'Forgotten Emergency' in West Africa

Oxfam official says most of 70,000 people who have fled Ivory Coast to Liberia lack public health and shelter facilities
A group of Ivorian refugees trek onwards to the town Gborplay in Liberia, after being ferried across the Cestos river at the border with Ivory Coast in a raft (File Photo)

Libyan Unrest Heightened by Information Battle

Opposition accuses pro-Gadhafi troops of using civilians as human shield to force rebels to retreat
Anti-Gadhafi rebels run away as smoke rises following an air strike by Libyan warplanes near a checkpoint of the anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels, in the oil town of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, March 7, 2011

NATO Says 'No Intention' of Intervening in Libyan Uprising

Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the alliance is also conducting "prudent planning for any eventuality"
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that the U.S.-led alliance had no plans to intervene in Libya, February 24, 2011

Italian Island of Lampedusa Sees Increase of North African Refugees

Coast guard officials say 10 fishing vessels arrived early Monday with close to 850 people on board, more expected to follow
Migrants from North Africa arrive in the southern Italian island of Lampedus, March 7, 2011

Fistula: Healing the Pain of Obstructed Labor

MSF brings problem to light on International Women’s Day

Dozens Killed in South Sudan Clashes

Sudan People's Liberation Army spokesman says seven soldiers and at least 47 militiamen were killed in the fighting
South Sudan
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