Armed forces encircled Vice President Riek Machar’s home in South Sudan’s capital Wednesday, while authorities detained several high-ranking officials allied with him following an insurgent attack on a northern military installation. The dramatic developments have thrust the fragile nation back to the precipice of widespread conflict. The military standoff comes just weeks after Machar publicly […]
The Tripoli-based General National Congress announced Monday it may make a U-turn in order to participate in the Geneva round if UNMIL chief Bernardino Leon agrees to amend the draft initialed by the House of Representatives, the internationally-recognized parliament sitting in Tobruk and elected on 25 June 2014, and other Libyan political forces. The announcement […]
A two-year-old baby born with the HIV, in Mississippi State, appears to have been cured by US doctors, raising hope worldwide in the fight against the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS. This scientific breakthrough has been unveiled at the conference held lately in Atlanta to look into “Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections”. The infant is said […]
