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| Lack of data on sexual rights leaves millions of girls "invisible" - report | | Monday, October 03, 2016 3:11 AM | |
| | By Lin Taylor LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millions of girls are left "invisible" because of a lack of data, a children's charity said on Monday, and the absence of accurate statistics on issues such as sexual violence means policymakers cannot draw up effective plans to help them. There is no data that fully captures the daily realities of girls in poor communities, Plan International said in a report, including why girls drop out of school or how many become pregnant because of sexual violence. "We do count how many girls start school, but we actually don't count how many girls leave school," said Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, CEO of Plan International. |
| Taliban advance on Afghan city exposes weak defences, deep divisions | | Monday, October 03, 2016 3:07 AM | |
| | By James Mackenzie TARIN KOT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan authorities are investigating why Taliban militants were able to push past checkpoints in the central city of Tarin Kot with such ease during a recent attack that exposed the fragile defences of many remote regions. The Sept. 8 raid on the capital of Uruzgan province briefly sparked fears of a collapse like that in the northern city of Kunduz last year, a short yet symbolic victory for an Islamist insurgency that shows few signs of weakening. The Tarin Kot advance was eventually repelled when reinforcements, backed by U.S. airstrikes, arrived, but not before local officials had fled to the airport in fear. |
| Gabon names new government after winning disputed election | | Monday, October 03, 2016 2:59 AM | |
| | Gabon's prime minister on Sunday named a new government in the wake of disputed elections, but it contained no representatives of opposition leader Jean Ping, who says the vote was rigged. According to a government statement, the only opposition leader named in Prime Minister Emmanuel Issozet Ngondet's cabinet of 40 people is Bruno Ben Moubamba, who came in a distant third in the Aug. 27 vote. Moubamba was chosen as deputy prime minister and minister for urbanisation and social habitats. |
| In Jamaica's 'wickedest' town, few fear Hurricane Matthew's fury | | Monday, October 03, 2016 2:58 AM | |
|  By Gabriel Stargardter PORT ROYAL, Jamaica (Reuters) - Since being founded in the mid-17th century, the small Jamaican fishing town of Port Royal has survived a seemingly endless cycle of typically Caribbean threats, including pirates, plagues, hurricanes, fires and earthquakes. Perhaps unsurprisingly then, the locals nursing iced rum-and-Cokes on Sunday evening in the town's square were instinctively relaxed about Hurricane Matthew - the latest potentially lethal inconvenience to breeze through Port Royal. "I definitely no leave, bro," said Edgar Barrington Aitken, a toothless 57-year-old fisherman.
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| Colombians reject deal to end 52-year FARC rebel war | | Monday, October 03, 2016 2:57 AM | |
|  By Helen Murphy and Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians narrowly rejected a peace deal with Marxist guerrillas in a referendum on Sunday, plunging the nation into uncertainty and dashing President Juan Manuel Santos' painstakingly negotiated plan to end the 52-year war. The surprise victory for the "no" camp poured cold water on international joy, from the White House to the Vatican, at what had seemed to be the end of the longest-running conflict in the Americas.
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| Bangladesh acquits student suspected in July cafe attack | |  A man who was dining in a Dhaka cafe when it was attacked by Islamist militants and who was later detained as a suspect has been acquitted of terrorism charges and released on bail, police said on Sunday. Tahmid Hasib Khan, 22, was at the Holey Artisan Bakery on the evening of July 1 when it was stormed by militants, beginning a 12-hour siege in which 20 hostages, mostly foreigners, two police officers and six suspected attackers died. In video footage filmed by witnesses and militants, Khan appeared holding a pistol and talking to the hostage-takers, but police said forensic analysis had shown the Toronto University student had been forced to do so.
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| Dozens killed in stampede in Ethiopia after police fire warning shots at protest | | | By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - More than 50 people were killed in a stampede in Ethiopia's Oromiya region that was triggered when police used teargas and shot in the air on Sunday to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival. Since late 2015, scores of protesters have been killed in clashes with police. Some protesters waved the red, green and yellow flag of the Oromo Liberation Front, a rebel group branded a terrorist organisation by the government, witnesses said. |
| Colombians vote in referendum on peace deal, 'yes' win likely | |  By Helen Murphy and Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians look set to back a peace accord with Marxist rebels in a referendum on Sunday, the final hurdle for a deal that would end 52 years of war and allow FARC fighters to re-enter society and form a political party. The plebiscite asks for a simple "yes" or "no" on whether Colombians support the accord signed on Monday by President Juan Manuel Santos, who has staked his legacy on peace, and the rebel commander known as Timochenko. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, whose numbers halved to about 7,000 in recent years due to a U.S.-backed military offensive, have agreed to turn in weapons and fight for power at the ballot box instead of with bullets.
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