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New Zealand to help train Iraq army fight IS

Military vehicles of the Iraqi security forces make their way on the outskirts of Baiji, north of Baghdad, December 8, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

24/02/2015

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand will send soldiers to help train Iraq's armed forces fight Islamic State militants, but would not be involved in combat, the government said on Tuesday.

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South Africa grants five-year reprieve to worst air polluting firms

A truck drives in front of the Lethobong power station outside Johannesburg in a file photo. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

24/02/2015

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa has given a five-year reprieve to some top polluters, including power utility Eskom, to meet new air emissions standards, the environmental minister said on Tuesday.

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Africa's expanding farms attract more plague-infested rats: TRFN

Spice farmer Kassim Sisso (front) walks around his family-run spice farm in Zanzibar's island village of Kidichi in a file photo. PHOTO BY REUTERS

By Chris Arsenault

24/02/2015

ROME (Reuters) - Converting wilderness areas into farmland in East Africa may be increasing the risk of disease epidemics, as rodents crawling with plague-carrying fleas are drawn to the harvested food.

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Libyan government to exclude Turkish firms from contracts

24/02/2015

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's internationally recognised government has said it will end all contracts with companies from Turkey, a country it has accused of supporting a rival administration.

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African Union urges Congo to let UN forces help assault on rebels

A peacekeeper serving in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and a Congolese soldier stand guard as residents gather following recent demonstrations in Beni in North Kivu province, October 23, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Kenny Katombe

By Aaron Maasho

24/02/2015

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union on Monday urged the Congolese government to accept help from U.N. forces to defeat rebels in the country's east, after a row over human rights derailed plans for joint operations.

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Ebola drug in Guinea helps some, stirs debate on broader use

A health worker attends to a patient at the maternity ward in the government hospital in Koidu, Kono district in eastern Sierra Leone, December 20, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Baz Ratner

By Emma Farge

24/02/2015

DAKAR (Reuters) - A Japanese anti-Ebola drug being tested in Guinea should be made available across West Africa after initial trials showed it halved mortality rates in some patients, the medical charity administering it said.

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Merck places children's HIV drug in shared non-profit patent pool

Nine-year-old Tumelo shows off antiretroviral (ARV) pills before taking his medication at Nkosi's Haven, south of Johannesburg, November 28, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

24/02/2015

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co has contributed an HIV medicine for children to an international shared patent pool in a move that should speed the development of cheap paediatric formulations for use in poor countries.

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Egypt's Sisi issues decree widening scope of security crackdown

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi makes a speech during the Egypt in the World event in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos, January 22, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

By Michael Georgy and Mahmoud Mourad

24/02/2015

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed off on an anti-terrorism law that gives authorities more sweeping powers to ban groups on charges ranging from harming national unity to disrupting public order.

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Bomb kills 10 at bus station in northeast Nigeria's Potiskum

24/02/2015

DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) - A bomb exploded at a crowded bus station in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people in the second attack there since the weekend.

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Tunisia arrests about 100 militant suspects, signs of Islamic State influence

By Tarek Amara

24/02/2015

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia arrested about 100 suspected Islamist militants in the last three days, some of whom were preparing attacks, officials said on Tuesday, and published video footage showing evidence of an Islamic State influence on some of those detained.

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