Friday, 17 May 2013 08:47
The Central African Republic (CAR) has collapsed into "a state of anarchy" and the UN Security Council must impose sanctions and mandate a neutral security force to restore order, a UN envoy has said.
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The Central African Republic (CAR) has collapsed into "a state of anarchy" and the UN Security Council must impose sanctions and mandate a neutral security force to restore order, a UN envoy has said.

At least one person has been killed in an overnight attack on a police station in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, police say.

Nigerian troops have moved into cities in the northeast where President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency as part of a campaign to rein in the armed group Boko Haram.

International donors pledged more than $4.22bn on Wednesday to help Mali recover after a conflict with al Qaeda-linked fighters, French President Francois Hollande has said.

Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian president, has imposed a "state of emergency" in three states in an attempt to curb the increasingly violent attacks by armed group Boko Haram, saying the level of violence called for "extraordinary measures".

On the eve of a major international donors conference, the European Union has announced it is pledging $674.8mn over the next two years to help rebuild the west African country of Mali as a functioning state.

Almost 100 people were feared trapped after a four-storey building that was under construction collapsed in northeastern Rwanda, the government said.

Thousands of mine workers have downed tools at South Africa's Lonmin mine after a union leader was shot dead in the restive platinum belt at the weekend, a company official said.

Kenyan demonstrators have released a litter of pigs and poured blood on the pavement outside the gates of parliament in Nairobi to protest a proposed law that would raise wages for parliamentarians.

Swaziland's King Mswati III has made it illegal for anyone under 18 years of age to get married.
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