Australia expresses concern at a decision in Papua New Guinea to delay elections by six months, amid an ongoing political crisis in PNG.

A Tuareg rebel group in northern Mali declares independence of an area it calls Azawad after seizing control from the government following a coup.

Le 1er juin 2010, Floribert Chebeya, militant historique des droits de l'homme, est retrouvé mort après une convocation chez le chef de la police. Fin connaisseur de la RDC, le réalisateur belge Thierry Michel a filmé le procès qui a suivi.

Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) leaders conclude the 20th Asean summit with a statement calling for sanctions against Burma to be lifted.

L'identité des Sames, ce peuple autochtone de Laponie, alimente un nouveau débat en Finlande, rapporte le quotidien Helsingin Sanomat.

Pollution, assèchement... Malmené par l'homme, le Yangtsé-kiang, troisième plus long fleuve du monde, est en péril.

Un partenariat public-privé ve permettre de relancer la production de benznidazole, une molécule chimique contribuant à guérir la maladie de Chagas, une maladie endémique en Amérique latine.

Pro-junta demonstration in Bamako causes West African leaders to cancel visit to ask coup leaders to restore president.

China's manned submersible Jiaolong is getting ready for a 7,000 meters dive in the Pacific.

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi points out irregularities ahead of a key by-election, but says she does not regret taking part.

Opposition say they support regional plan calling on soldiers to give up power, as ECOWAS leaders seek to defuse crisis.

Conservationists say hundreds of Indonesian great apes could be killed within weeks if land-clearing fires continue.

Explosion shakes city as Arab leaders attend meeting in Iraqi capital expected to be dominated by crisis in Syria.