Alex Thomson
Central African Republic: EU to send some peacekeepers – at last
The EU move is a start but the numbers are not enough, not nearly enough to end the slide into violence in the Central African Republic
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African Union suspends Sudan after violent crackdown
Opposition activists say at least 100 people have been killed this week, blaming the paramilitary group formerly known as the Janjaweed.
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African Union refuses to recognise rebels
As Libya’s National Transitional Council moves to Tripoli to attempt to restore normality, the African Union has refused to recognise the new government in a sign of support for Colonel Gaddafi.
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Libya: Gaddafi ‘accepts African Union peace plan’
Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi accepts a roadmap for ending the conflict, but Jonathan Rugman says the rebels will find any deal which sees Gaddafi remain in power “difficult, but not impossible” to accept.
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Black Lives Matter at the Oxford Union
It started in Florida with the death of an unarmed black teenager: 17 year old Trayvon Martin, fatally shot as he walked from a store. Tonight some of the African American mothers who’ve lost their children to police shootings and alleged racial violence are speaking at the Oxford Union.
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MH370: Reunion debris ‘very likely’ from missing plane
Australian officials say they are “more and more confident” that parts of an aircraft wing found washed up on Reunion Island are from the missing Malaysian Airlines jet.
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
Saved from the horror: French rescue British woman in Central African Republic
Channel 4 New Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson tracks down a British woman in the lawless Central African Republic. Only French troops can save her and her family from the men with machetes.
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US airlifts Burundian troops into Central African Republic
The United States airlifts Burundian troops to Central African Republic as part of efforts to help African and French forces prevent a descent into civil war.
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France to act ‘immediately’ in Central African Republic
The French president Francois Hollande announces that an operation to protect civilians in the violence-torn Central African Republic will begin within hours.
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Central African Republic: ‘suffering beyond imagination’
Tit-for-tat killings, rape, refugees – the Central African Republic has been described as “on the brink of genocide”, so should the international community intervene?
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Four injured at shooting at South African mine
Four striking miners are hurt by rubber bullets fired by security guards, as it emerges that other miners arrested over the deaths of 34 colleagues two weeks ago will be released.
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Zuma addresses miners in bid to quell South African unrest
As South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma returns to Marikana, where 44 people died during strike action by miners, fears grow that unrest will spread across the heartland of global platinum mining.
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South African police fire on striking miners
South African police open fire against thousands of striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at a platinum mine leaving several corpses lying on the ground, eyewitnesses report.
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Libya to work with African leaders for ‘real ceasefire’
In an exclusive interview ahead of talks in Tripoli with African leaders, Libya’s foreign minister tells Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman he will work for a “real ceasefire”.
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UN: ‘North African refugee crisis imminent’
As 35 Tunisians die in rough seas in the Mediterranean and 1800 Africans fleeing Libya are turned away by Italy, the UN Refugee Council warns Channel 4 News of an impending refugee crisis.
