Even though aid is coming in slower than hoped, Liberia’s leader says she sees a decline in the crisis that has claimed 3 900 in West Africa.
More than 100 000 people displaced by religious violence in Central African Republic are in urgent need of basic supplies at the Bangui airport camp.
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, an ex-prime minister with a reputation for firmness, has won Mali’s presidential election.
Following a decisive second-round presidential vote Francois Hollande is expected to be voted into power in Frances presidential elections.
Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande will clash in their only television debate, seen as the conservative incumbent’s last chance to turn the odds.
President Nicolas Sarkozy says he would bar some Muslim preachers from entering France as part of a crackdown after shootings there by an extremist.
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Germany is easing its opposition to a bigger European bailout fund, smoothing the way for the world’s leading economies to secure near
Vague pledges and a lack of action by G7 countries underscored differences between Europe and the US and a lack of room to manoeuvre.
Leading world economies agreed to put the policies of seven nations under a microscope as part of a plan to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis.
Opposing views about how to reform the global monetary system were laid bare at a meeting of the top 20 economies on Thursday.