Deadly protest exposes cracks in Afghan strategy - BBC

The protest began after Fridaz prayers in Mazar-e-Sharif

After protesters in the normally peaceful Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif turned their wrath on the UN, killing seven foreign staff, the BBC's Paul Wood in Kabul examines what might have been behind the attack and what it means for Nato's strategy.

Breaking news: Space Shuttle emergency landing in Kinshasa

NASA Space Shuttle “Atlantis" (quickly dubbed "AtlantiLeaks") has carried out a controlled emergency landing at N’djili International Airport in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), today at around 18.08 h local time (GMT +1), sources and eye witnesses say. No one was hurt. 

Ten million inhabitants of the poor nation’s capital, as well as several dozen international aid workers, have had a Sunday afternoon they are unlikely to forget anytime soon. 

“When I saw it (the Space Shuttle) approaching, it was immediately clear to me that this was not the SN Bruxelles flight we were expecting”, said one member of the diplomatic community in Kinshasa, who was stuck in the notorious traffic jam to the N’djili airport, where he expected to board business class to a conference on good governance in Copenhagen, Denmark, via Bruxelles. 

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Walungu: violences sexuelles, quatre militaires condamnés à mort | Radio Okapi

Quatre condamnations à mort, huit condamnés à 20 ans, un à 7 et un autre à 5 ans de prison ferme, ainsi que trois acquittements, tel est le verdict du tribunal militaire garnison de Bukavu dans le procès en chambre foraine, en territoire de Walungu contre 17 militaires et policiers qui étaient poursuivis pour viols et violences sexuelles.