"Economic Crimes" ~ Former Ivory Coast Leader Charged ...
AFRICAFormer Ivory Coast Leader ChargedFormer Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo (AFP) and his wife have been charged with “economic crimes” and remain under state detention. The allegations include aggravated theft, attacks on the national economy, embezzlement of public funds, and pillaging.SOMALIA: The UN's World Health Organization raised fears of a potential cholera epidemic (Xinhua) in famine-stricken Somalia, including in the capital of Mogadishu and other crowded urban areas. A spokesman said the disease is contained at the moment, with some 4,200 reported cases.New efforts by the Obama administration to prioritize the prevention of atrocities can only make a difference if authorities are able to surmount challenges ranging from bureaucratic inertia to fickle public opinion, write Andrew Miller and Paul Stares.
AFRICAFormer Ivory Coast Leader ChargedFormer Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo (AFP) and his wife have been charged with “economic crimes” and remain under state detention. The allegations include aggravated theft, attacks on the national economy, embezzlement of public funds, and pillaging.SOMALIA: The UN's World Health Organization raised fears of a potential cholera epidemic (Xinhua) in famine-stricken Somalia, including in the capital of Mogadishu and other crowded urban areas. A spokesman said the disease is contained at the moment, with some 4,200 reported cases.New efforts by the Obama administration to prioritize the prevention of atrocities can only make a difference if authorities are able to surmount challenges ranging from bureaucratic inertia to fickle public opinion, write Andrew Miller and Paul Stares.
