by Aminu Abubakar

JOS, Nigeria-UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint on Monday after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims.

by Aminu Abubakar

JOS, Nigeria-The Vatican led a wave of revulsion on Monday at the slaughter of hundreds of Christians in Nigeria as survivors told of how the killers hacked victims to death after snaring them in animal traps.

VIENNA-Developing countries could face a "health disaster" if wealthy countries fail to control drugs, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime warned on Monday.

by Laurence Boutreux

LOME-The Togolese government on Monday banned a march planned by opposition parties to protest the result of the country's presidential election, won by incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe.

HARARE-Lawyers for a top aide to Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday told his treason trial he had no case to answer.