18 dead in Darfur tribal dispute: leaders
Khartoum: Up to 18 people were killed during a tribal dispute in Darfur, community leaders said on Tuesday, after donor countries pledged about $1 billion to develop Sudan’s war-ravaged western region. Trouble began last week in Darfur’s Umm Dukhun district, on the Chad border, when a member of the Misseriya tribe shot a Salamat tribal member, international peacekeepers said.
Kenyatta sworn in as Kenya president
Nairobi: Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in as Kenya’s fourth president on Monday to thunderous cheers from tens of thousands of supporters, despite facing trial on charges of crimes against humanity. “I do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Republic of Kenya,” said Kenyatta, the son of the country’s first president, clutching a bible as he took the oath of office.
Mend your ways please, US envoy tells Sl
Colombo: Sri lanka needs to get serious about post-war reconciliation and account for war crimes if it needs to avoid grief, US Ambassador Michele J Sison has said. Painting a grim picture of the situation in Sri lanka, Sison told the Foreign Correspondents Club here Monday that Colombo should stop treating calls for reconciliation and accountability as foreign “exhortations”.
13 killed in shooting spree in Serbia
Belgrade: A 60-year old man gunned down 13 people, including six women and a child, as he went on a shooting spree from house to house in a quiet village near Belgrade on Tuesday before trying to kill himself and his wife, police and hospital official said.
Belgrade emergency hospital spokeswoman Nada Macura said the 60-year-old man identified only as ljubisa B.