The transitional government of Somalia has signed a pact with the moderate Islamist group Ahlu-Sunna. The group controls most of central Somalia and has been fighting against the rival al-Shabab militants in the south of the country. The deal was signed at the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, from where Uduak Amimo reports.
The accord between the Ahlu-Sunna Wal-Jama'a or ASWJ and Somalia's transitional federal government creates the largest fighting force in the country. It also brings more territory and some 20,000 fighters under government control, meaning that a new offensive against al-Shabab might be imminent. Diplomats at the African Union hailed the signing as a historical location, a breakthrough and a turning point in the two decades of chaos in Somalia.
Scientists say that chemical found in bananas could be a powerful weapon in the fight against HIV. A research team at the University of Michigan says it found the naturally occurring plant protein was opponent as two current anti-HIV drugs in laboratory tests.
A play which was first discovered almost 300 years ago has finally been published under the name of William Shakespeare. The work called Double Falsehood was dismissed as a forgery in the 18th century. Now scholars for their British Shakespeare publisher, Arden, say they believe the work was written by the playwright who died in 1616, in collaboration with another dramatist John Fletcher.