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U.S. scouts for Sunni allies on the ground in Iraq

Members of Iraqi security forces are pictured during a patrol looking for militants of the Islamic State on the outskirt Haditha, September 9, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Osama Al-dulaimi

By Oliver Holmes, Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Jason Szep and Ned Parker

16/09/2014

BAGHDAD/AMMAN (Reuters) - Unwilling to send U.S. troops back to Iraq, Washington is trying to persuade armed Sunni factions and tribal figures to fight Islamic State militants in an echo of the "Awakening" movement that drove al Qaeda from the country six years ago.

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Iran supreme leader spurns U.S. overture to fight Islamic State

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks live on television after casting his ballot in the Iranian presidential election in Tehran, June 12, 2009. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Caren Firouz

By Jason Szep and Mehrdad Balali

16/09/2014

PARIS/DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader said on Monday he had personally rejected an offer from the United States for talks to fight Islamic State, an apparent blow to Washington's efforts to build a military coalition to fight militants in both Iraq and Syria.

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Obama to announce ramped-up efforts to beat Ebola

U.S. President Barack Obama walks in before he awards two Medals of Honor for actions during the Vietnam War while in the East Room of the White House in Washington, September 15, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Larry Downing

16/09/2014

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will ramp up its response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa with plans to build 17 treatment centers, train thousands of healthcare workers and establish a military control center for coordination, U.S. officials said.

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Nigeria sentences 12 soldiers to death for mutiny in northeast

16/09/2014

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military authorities have sentenced 12 soldiers to death by firing squad for mutiny in the northeastern region where a Boko Haram Islamist insurgency is raging, they said on Tuesday.

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Somalia's al Shabaab says Uganda did not prevent attack by the group

16/09/2014

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab militants denied on Monday that Ugandan authorities had foiled an attack by the group, after police in Uganda's capital seized explosives and suicide vests and arrested 19 people.

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Qatar rejects accusation it sent weapons to Libya

Libya's Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni speaks to reporters in Abu Dhabi, September 10, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/ Stringer

16/09/2014

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar has denied an accusation by Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni that it sent three military aircraft loaded with weapons to a Tripoli airport controlled by an armed opposition group.

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UN takes charge of Central African Republic peacekeeping force

By Crispin Dembassa-Kette

16/09/2014

BANGUI (Reuters) - The United Nations on Monday took over a peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic previously run by the African Union, a move that rights groups said must lead to more action to protect civilians from attack.

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As Ebola grows out of control, WHO pleads for more health workers

By Kate Kelland and Tom Miles

16/09/2014

LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of new Ebola cases in West Africa is growing faster than authorities can manage them, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday, renewing a call for health workers from around the world to go to the region to help.

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Mali says signed accords with China for projects worth $11 billion

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and China's Premier Li Keqiang (R) shake hands before their meeting during the World Economic Forum's annual meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, September 10, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Wang Zhao/Pool

16/09/2014

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali has signed a string of agreements with China totalling about $11 billion, most of it intended to finance two major railway projects linking the land-locked country to the coast, Mali's presidency said.

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Zimbabwe cuts royalty on gold to boost production

A Zimbabwean miner works underground at Mwana Africa's Freda Rebecca Gold Mine near Bindura, about 90km north of the capital Harare, September 14, 2012. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

16/09/2014

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will cut the royalty imposed on gold producers to 5 percent from 7 percent to boost production because companies are struggling with low prices, the government said.

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