By Sarah Sirgany and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN August 16, 2013 -- Updated 0908 GMT (1708 HKT) Kafr Hakim, Egypt (CNN) -- For 67 years, the Virgin Mary Church has been a peaceful refuge for Shenouda … [Read more...]
InSight Crime: Buses Hijacked By Robbers In Honduras
July 24, 2013 by
Written by Miriam Wells Tuesday, 23 July 2013 Criminals in Honduras have reportedly begun kidnapping entire buses full of passengers in order to rob them, reminiscent of attacks carried out by … [Read more...]
VOA: Gunmen Kill at Least 30 in Nigeria School Attack
July 7, 2013 by
VOA News July 06, 2013 Suspected Islamic gunmen have killed at least 29 students and a teacher at a Nigerian boarding school, setting buildings on fire and then shooting pupils as they tried to … [Read more...]
Thompson Reuters Foundation: Landmines and explosives update
June 26, 2013 by
Updated: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 Landmines, cluster bombs and other unexploded ordnance claim thousands of lives every year. Many victims are civilians, often killed or maimed long after war has … [Read more...]
allAfrica.com: Al-Shabaab Abducting Children From Central Somalia
June 26, 2013 by
BY DAHIR JIBRIL, 25 JUNE 2013 Mogadishu — Al-Shabaab in recent weeks has kidnapped hundreds of children from the militant-controlled town of El Bur in Galgadud, residents say, expressing fear that … [Read more...]