SUSPECTED Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters have attacked Nzara region of South Sudan at least three times this month, forcing civilians to flee their homes, local officials said.

Eritrea's ambassador to the European Union, Girma Asmerom, was conspicuously absent. The Europe External Policy Advisors' moderator had assured everyone that the invite was sent. In an interview published in the September/October issue of the Courier ACP, the ambassador claimed

Climate change will hit Africa - a continent that has contributed virtually nothing to bring it about - first and hardest.

An independent United Nations human rights expert today condemned the series of stonings that have been taking place in Somalia, and called for an urgent end to such "cruel, inhuman and degrading" practices.