Ecowas envoys leave Côte d'Ivoire

The presidents of Benin Boni Yayi, Ernest Koroma of Sierra Leone and Cape Verde Pedro Pires, mandated by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to convince Laurent Gbagbo to cede power, left the country Wednesday, December 29 . Nothing has leaked on the talks they had with Mr. Gbagbo.

Benin's President Boni Yayi said simply that "everything went well." The three men will désromais in Nigeria, where they will report on their discussions at Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. Between two appointments with Mr Gbagbo, the three emissaries exchanged with Alasanne Ouattara in the hotel which serves as the headquarters in Abidjan, blockaded forces loyal to his rival and guarded by tanks of Operation UN in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI).

Belarus: Lukashenko's re-election after exchanges Premier

After the fraud allegations overshadowed by presidential elections in Belarus's authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko has appointed a new government. Lukashenko said just over a week after his controversial re-election the former head of its administration, Mikhail Myasnikovich, the new prime minister.

Photo: AP / Mikhail Myasnikovich DPA is the new Prime Minister of Belarus The 60-year-old Myasnikovich, who until Tuesday was president of the National Academy of Sciences, will replace the current Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky. Lukashenko had the vote in the ex-Soviet republic on 19 December after the official presentation with just under 80 percent won hands down.

Ben Ali in Tunisia regrets disorders and accuses foreign media

Photo published by the Tunisian presidency of Ben Ali's visit to Mohamed Bouazizi, who set himself on fire in protest against the confiscation of his goods by the police. AP / Hassene Dridi In a televised address to the people of Tunisia, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali expressed regret Tuesday, December 28 events of Sidi Bouzid (West Central), beset by social unrest.

"The starting point of these events is a case in which we understand social circumstances and psychological factors and the consequences are regrettable," he said on national television TV7. The region of Sidi Bouzid is plagued by social unrest in the wake of the attempted suicide of Mohamed Bouazizi, a vendor of fruits and vegetables that had their goods confiscated by the municipal police, who can not necessary permissions.

Côte d'Ivoire: UN convoy attacked

A convoy of UN mission in Côte d'Ivoire has been attacked in Abidjan Tuesday, December 28, by a "crowd". One peacekeeper was wounded with machetes and burned a vehicle in the incident, said the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). "A convoy of three vehicles carrying 22 ONUCI peacekeepers was attacked Tuesday" in the popular district of Yopougon (west) when he came from inside the country, said a statement.

"Birth" theories: to Obama and accusation, not a U.S. citizen

Obama is born in the U.S.? Long his birth certificate is presented, but skeptics do not give up their abstruse ideas. Neil Abercrombie is a fresh, elected governor of just 1.3 million Hawaiians. But the bearded democrat wants a total of 83 million Americans take to the chest. These are the 27 percent who believe do not like that its president was born in Honolulu.

Barack Obama would rather come to Africa to the world. That is why he was not a "natural born" U.S. citizens - elected or illegally into the White House. Photo: Reuters / REUTERS In the view of some U.S. citizens Barack Obama, here with his mother in the 60s, none of them at The Birth 4 August 1961 Abercrombie was not in the delivery room.

More than 19,000 Ivorians have fled to Liberia, according to UNHCR

At a crossroads of Abidjan, December 22. According to UNHCR, more than 19,000 Ivorians have joined Liberia to escape fighting between supporters of Gbagbo and Ouattara supporters. REUTERS / Luc Gnago More than 19,000 Ivorians have fled into neighboring Liberia to escape the post-election violence in their country, announced Tuesday, December 28 the UN.

The majority of these refugees are women and children. About 62% of them are under 18 years, as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Among these refugees are "supporters of Alassane Ouattara and Gbagbo supporters," said a statement explaining that they fled out of fear that "the political deadlock could lead to civil war." "The majority are pro-Ouatarra.

Pakistan: 15 dead after firing U.S. drones

A burst of gunfire from U.S. drone killed at least 15 died Tuesday, Dec. 28 in a tribal area of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan. This attack, like almost all the bombing of U.S. drones in recent months, targeted the North Waziristan, a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban fighters and their allies in Al Qaeda, and a rear base for Afghan Taliban who conduct attacks against NATO in Afghanistan.