Weekly Southern African Report
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 24th May 2009
| From 1994-Present over 3,000 Farmers have been murdered in S.Africa. Many thousands of their farm workers have also been murdered too. Click here for Photos & Updates - WARNING: Very Graphic & Gruesome |
| The Communist War to undermine & destroy South Africa's banks - Shades of Hugo Chavez & Robert Mugabe... Monday 18-May-2009: I am getting highly irritated by a lot of complete nonsense floating around in the Mass Media about South Africa's banking industry. For years I have been warning that the Communists are gunning for S (By Jan)... | South Africa: Ritual slaughter blamed for shark attacks Wednesday 20-May-2009: The ritual slaughter of animals on a beach at Port St Johns has been blamed for two fatal shark attacks there this year.A special task team set up to probe the attacks made the finding in a report rel (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: JTF, Militants in All Out War! Monday 18-May-2009: By Emma AmaizeGBARAMATU community in Delta State was at the receiving end of severe pounding from the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Friday following clashes between soldiers and militants. Already, the sk (By Jan)... | [3 Pics] The Secret history of southern Africa: The Russian-backed invasion of Rhodesia which failed... Monday 18-May-2009: [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format. Jan]The Planned Russian Invasion of RhodesiaIn 197 (By Jan)... |
| Rwanda: Some Things We Know About Genocide Saturday 23-May-2009: By Gerald CaplanHaving been asked in 1998 to write a report on Rwanda's 1994 genocide by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), Gerald Caplan outlines a series of 10 broad lessons about genocide. St (By Jan)... | S.Africa: Shocking Delinquency figures - My Predictions regarding Banking come true Thursday 21-May-2009: Something I predicted recently has come true and is worth examining. Today on eTV news they had a most shocking story. I have warned about what would happen if the Govt messed with the banks, and n (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Lieutenant, 14 Others Feared Dead in JTF, Militants Clash Monday 18-May-2009: By Emma AmaizeFIFTEEN persons, including seven soldiers, one of them a Lieutenant were feared to have been shot dead in Wednesday's gun battle between militants and men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) o (By Jan)... | S.Africa's Communist Influenced Reserve Bank Governor sinks to new lows of madness.... The Sad Satire of TV3 Wednesday 20-May-2009: For many years now, Tito Mboweni, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, has actually commanded quite high respect inside and outside South Africa. His "moderation" (as that of Trevor Manuel, the Minister (By Jan)... |
| [9 Pics] The Secret history of southern Africa: The Russians and Communists in South Africa Monday 18-May-2009: [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format. Communist trash like Bram Fischer are now lauded i (By Jan)... | Nigeria: In Akwa Ibom, It's Kidnap And Die Friday 22-May-2009: By Davidson IriekpenLagos - Last week, Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State became the second governor to sign into law the bill prohibiting kidnapping and hostage-taking in the country. Of th (By Jan)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: Rights Group Accuses Army of War Crimes Wednesday 20-May-2009: The United Nations Security Council, visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo today, should vigorously condemn war crimes by Congolese army soldiers in the eastern part of the country, Human Rights W (By Jan)... | Zim: Gono's letters to Tsvangirai and Jomic Friday 22-May-2009: Allegations of further financial improprieties involving acquisitions of properties in South Africa Gono's letter to PM Tsvangirai11 May 2009The Rt. Hon. Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimb (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: White Farmer's 80 year old mother beaten & detained by Mugabe's Police as Farm attacks continue Wednesday 20-May-2009: [Yes, nobody is safe, even an 80 year old white woman gets roughed up. My friend Robb Ellis was only too happy when his mother and another family member managed to flee from Zimbabwe to Britain. Some (By Jan)... | USA: Classroom lesson on Socialism. Texas Tech Econ Class Experiment Thursday 21-May-2009: [This is an interesting story we received from a regular reader. This is the basis of capitalism. What made the West great and what makes capitalism great, as the story below explains is that it rewar (By Gairk)... |
| USA: My Liberal Friend was right… Saturday 23-May-2009: My liberal Democrat friend told me if I voted for McCain, the nation's hope would deteriorate, and sure enough there has been a 20 point drop in the Consumer Confidence Index since the election, reach (By Gairk)... | Black Zimbabweans flood into South Africa in ever vaster numbers... ZAPU abandons ZANU - EXCELLENT Wednesday 20-May-2009: You would have thought with the Government of National Unity that Black Zimbabweans would try to return to Zimbabwe. The South African Govt made it easier for Zimbabweans to enter SA for short periods (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Plan to use youth in fighting crime cautioned Wednesday 20-May-2009: Policing experts have cautioned against the government's ambitious plan to recruit unemployed youths to police the streets in the fight against crime, saying this could lead to xenophobic attacks and (By Jan)... | Army Continues Crackdown on Militants in Nigeria Monday 18-May-2009: By Emma AmaizeAS the Joint Task Force (JTF) yesterday continued its attacks on Ijaw villages in a bid to raze down suspected camps of militants, a cacophony of voices has risen in condemnation of the (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: 100 Days - GNU Has Little to Show for It Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Kholwani NyathiTHE inclusive government this week celebrates its first 100 days in office amid increasing frustration at the speed at which the coalition is implementing reforms to haul Zimbabwe ou (By Jan)... | S.Africa: The Sickening R50 million fine of Tiger Foods Wednesday 20-May-2009: The other day I mentioned the fine of Tiger foods. This happened some month back. I just wanted to make a point about it. While I'm on this subject of Communist pieces of trash coming along and lookin (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Four nabbed for alleged house robbery Friday 22-May-2009: Four robbers were arrested in two separate incidents in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, police said on Thursday.One suspect was arrested in Kelvin on Tuesday after he allegedly over-powered and tied u (By Jan)... | South Africa: Affirmative action racist, says former President De Klerk - Whites did not agree to this Thursday 21-May-2009: [I suppose it is better late than never to admit that things are not right. But yes, the bottom line is that the ANC is a racist organisation promoting racism. In fact, currently it is on a Mass Media (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Soweto Survivor Fades In Abject Poverty in Liberia - Saved From Apartheid, Last Struggles With Life Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Joe RobertsMonrovia - On June 16, 1976, Leonard Francis Gabriel, a youth in his teens, joined up with 3000 angry students, taking to the streets in rebellion in the all black African ghetto townshi (By Jan)... | Somalia: Police Arrest 15 Pirate Suspects Tuesday 19-May-2009: Police authorities in Somalia's northeastern region of Puntland have arrested 15 suspected pirates and seized five boats in police raids in recent days, Radio Garowe reports.Col. Osman Hassan "Afdalow (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Inmates dying like flies in Zim's prisons Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Peta ThornycroftHarare - Six people were found dead in their filthy cells at Zimbabwe's Chikurubi maximum security prison on Monday. About the same number died over the weekend. Another 100 bodies, (By Jan)... | South Africa: Hero shot saving woman Friday 22-May-2009: By Dasen ThathiahA Durban businessman, who was shot while saving a woman from a hijacker dressed in a security guard's uniform, says he would do it again if he had to.To add insult to injury, when the (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Frustration over land behind protest violence Sunday 24-May-2009: By Michelle PietersenA demand for land was behind protests which erupted in an informal settlement neighbouring Du Noon yesterday morning when people went on the rampage, stoning cars and burning tyre (By Jan)... | Science: The deadly secret of a Komodo's bite Tuesday 19-May-2009: Sydney - The world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, has a snake-like venom in its bite which sends victims into shock and stops their blood from clotting, Australian research showed on Tuesday.It (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Put cash-in-transit vans under army guard' Monday 18-May-2009: Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa wants his officers in blue manning the country's borders to be withdrawn so they can focus on fighting crime in business and residential areas.Mthethwa said the governme (By Jan)... | [2 Pics] S.Africa: White Farmer Drives off Cliff with Black Robbers in his car! Monday 18-May-2009: [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format.This remains one of the coolest stories I've posted. I (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Power - Is Gono Caught Up? Friday 22-May-2009: Harare - There is little doubt that Zimbabwe's three-month old inclusive Government is hamstrung in a bare-knuckles contest for power and control.Beneath the veil and public show of harmony and agreem (By Jan)... | South Africa: Worker killed at AngloGold Friday 22-May-2009: A worker was killed at AngloGold Ashanti's Klerksdorp mine early on Thursday morning, the fourth miner killed this week, trade union Solidarity said.The man was killed in an accident involving two hop (By Jan)... |
| Why Is Michael Scheuer So Anti-Israel Even Though Israel Will Be A Major Target Of Osama? Thursday 21-May-2009: [What's the matter with a certain Michael Scheuer whom states in his resume he has around twenty years of experience within the CIA? But when it comes to terrorism, as what Israel is facing, well, Sc (By Lone Wolf)... | South Africa: Robbers caught in the act Tuesday 19-May-2009: Two men died in a shootout when passing detectives interrupted them as they were robbing a pedestrian in Khayelitsha. A third robber fled. The man who was robbed was wounded in the thigh and is in hos (By Jan)... |
| [4 Pics] [Humour] Zim: Satire about Robert Mugabe... Monday 18-May-2009: [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format. I must admit, I'm not in a laughing mood. I wish Rober (By Jan)... | Zim: Workers assaulted as Headlands farm faces intensified attacks Sunday 24-May-2009: When he could not find the irrigation sprinklers he attacked and assaulted two of the farm's foremen By Alex BellAs the unity government's silence on the countrywide wave of farm invasions pre (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Lawmakers Back Military Action in Niger Delta Saturday 23-May-2009: By Onwuka Nzeshi and Segun JamesAmidst protests and rowdiness, the House of Representatives yesterday threw its weight behind the ongoing military operation in parts of Delta State.They also demanded (By Jan)... | Tanzania: Imperial Projects And the Food Crisis in the Periphery Friday 22-May-2009: By Ng'wanza KamataConsidering Tanzania's position in relation to food crises around the world, Ng'wanza Kamata laments the inability of Jakaya Kikwete's government to develop the 'agricultural revolut (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'How dare Eskom consider itself so different' Wednesday 20-May-2009: The National Consumer Forum will request the National Energy Regulator (Nersa) to reject Eskom's proposed 34 percent price hike, the consumer body said on Tuesday."Eskom is now using contradictory ar (By Jan)... | Nigeria: 12 Soldiers Feared Dead in Delta Reprisal Attacks Saturday 23-May-2009: By Sule Lazarus, Rotimi Akinwumi (Abuja) Harris-Okon Emmanuel (Warri) and Tunke-Aye BisinaAsaba - Militants on Thursday kept their word to hit soldiers; killing 12, including a Lt. Colonel, in an ambu (By Jan)... |
| Disturbing: One Third of South Africa's Doctor's have left - Economic Crisis drives Doctors to the edge Tuesday 19-May-2009: [Take a close look at this news report. One third of our doctors have left, and another 10% will be leaving. Look at the percentage which left last year. If you look at their figures, 5% of our doctor (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Calls to Ban Blood Diamonds Sunday 24-May-2009: By Michael DeibertParis - Amid allegations of human rights abuses and government corruption, international calls are growing to ban or restrict the trade in diamonds from politically unstable Zimbabwe (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Workers Assaulted as Headlands Farm Faces Intensified Attacks Saturday 23-May-2009: By Alex BellAs the unity government's silence on the countrywide wave of farm invasions prevails, the attacks on a Karori Farm in the Headlands district have intensified, with two of the farm's worker (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Delta Crisis Costing Country One Million Barrels of Oil Daily Thursday 21-May-2009: By Juliana Taiwo, Segun James and Martha EigbefohLagos - The Federal Government revealed yesterday that the renewed Niger Delta crisis is costing the nation over one million barrels of crude oil per d (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Wednesday 20-May-2009: Science & MedicineResearchers Develop Questions To Determine Risk of HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance[May 19, 2009]Researchers from the Makerere University hospital in Uganda, the U.S. and Belgium have develo (By Jan)... | Southern Africa: "Africa Should Shake Off Mineral Dependency" Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Kester Kenn KlomegahMoscow - A group of Russian executives from industry, investment banks and commercial enterprises are seeking Russian government support for a five billion dollar investment in (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Suspect dies of hypothermia Tuesday 19-May-2009: A Pretoria housebreaking suspect with a bullet wound to his head froze to death while trying to evade capture. A homeowner in Lynnwood Ridge had discovered three men breaking into his home in the earl (By Jan)... | [Pic] S.Africa: From my history: Not looking forward to ANC rule back in 1990 - Ian Smith was a Great Man Monday 18-May-2009: [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format. Take note of Wood's views that Ian Smith was a gre (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Three held for Alex house robbery Tuesday 19-May-2009: Three men were arrested for house robbery in the Alexandra township in Johannesburg on Monday, Gauteng police said.Captain Bhekizizwe Mavundla said the three men allegedly robbed a house in Rosebank o (By Jan)... | South Africa: If you're under threat, shoot: Petros Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Michelle JonesPolice officers have been told to shoot criminals if they think their lives, or the lives of those they are protecting, are under threat.This was the instruction yesterday of Western (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cops catch alleged rapist in the act Tuesday 19-May-2009: A 26-year-old man was arrested after police caught him in the act of raping a woman, Gauteng police said on Tuesday.The victim, an 18-year-old woman, was with her friends at a supermarket in central K (By Jan)... | South Africa: Francisco's story Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Laura AshbaughFor the first time, hear Francisco Kanze describe in his own words the day that he and his brother-in-law Ernesto Nhamuave were attacked in Ramaphosa in the East Rand during the heigh (By Jan)... |
| Security Agents Shoot Another Man Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Lekopanye MooketsiFrequent shooting of suspects by security agents has now become commonplace. On Wednesday night, a Gaborone man, John Kalafatis, died in a hail of bullets fired by security agents (By Jan)... | World: Violence spikes in Iraq Friday 22-May-2009: Baghdad - Iraq was engulfed on Thursday by a wave of violence, with suicide and bomb attacks killing 23 people a day after a massive bomb devastated a Baghdad Shi'a neighbourhood slaughtering 40 civil (By Jan)... |
| The CIA's War: Africa: Ehtiopian forces return to Somalia - The CIA's war not going too well Wednesday 20-May-2009: [In my opinion, the CIA is behind a lot of the fighting in this region because of the presence of Muslim terrorists. However, the CIA "manages" this war, by providing monies, paying off Third parties (By Jan)... | Africa: First 100 days of working with Mugabe Friday 22-May-2009: After his first 100 days in office Zimbabwe's new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has given his assessment of the progress of the new unity government.Peta: Isn't the number of Zimbabweans still stre (By Jan)... |
| Zim: First 100 days of working with Mugabe Sunday 24-May-2009: "Whether you like Robert Mugabe or not is not the issue" Basildon PetaAfter his first 100 days in office Zimbabwe's new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai gave his assessment of the progress of (By Jan)... | Zim: Gono accuses Biti of corruption Saturday 23-May-2009: "I have not seen the letter. I do not have a personal fight with anyone" By Constantine ChimakureThe war of attrition between finance minister Tendai Biti and Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono (By Jan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (24-05-2009) Sunday 24-May-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- My arm continues to dictate my life and pace. On Tuesday, B and I went to the new hand clinic (got soaked on the way there!) at City Hospit (By The BeardedMan)... | Nigeria: Task Force Captures More Militants' Camps Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Ahamefula Ogbu in Port Harcourt and Omon-Julius Onabu With Agency ReportsLagos - Hostilities between the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) and militants in the Niger Delta escalated yesterday as JTF (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Army Rescues More Hostages Monday 18-May-2009: By Ahamefula Ogbu, Omon-Julius Onabu and Segun James with agency reportsLagos - Another group of expartriates were yesterday rescued by the Joint Task Force (JTF) which had engaged militants in the Ni (By Jan)... | [2 Pics] South Africa: White Mothers for Black Babies - Dumped Black Babies & their White Mothers... Monday 18-May-2009: [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format.It is not common, but I still see white women who also (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Region Condemns Eritrea, Calls for Blockade Friday 22-May-2009: The 33rd Extra-ordinary Meeting (Extra-ordinary No. 1) of the IGAD Council of Ministers was convened at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 20th May 2009 to discuss the developments in Somalia since the 32nd Ext (By Jan)... | Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Thursday 21-May-2009: Politics and PolicyHIV/AIDS Advocates React to Obama's Proposed Global Health Initiative[May 20, 2009]Some HIV/AIDS advocates have voiced disappointment with the level of HIV/AIDS funding in President (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Niger Delta - Illegal Refineries Destroyed Friday 22-May-2009: By Funso Muraina, Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Ahamefula Ogbu in Port HarcourtLagos - Illegal refineries said to be used by Niger Delta militants as kidnapping rings have been destroyed by the Joint (By Jan)... | Africa: Tsvangirai: Foreign reporters free to report Friday 22-May-2009: By Angus ShawHarare, Zimbabwe - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday that foreign journalists should freely report in the troubled southern African nation from which many have previously (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Niger Delta - War Spreads to Ondo, Edo, Bayelsa Friday 22-May-2009: About 300 homes were razed by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Wednesday in Oporoza, the largest Ijaw community and headquarters of the Gbaramatu clan in Delta State.It was the sixth day of offensive whi (By Jan)... | Zim: Elderly woman beaten and detained by police as farm attacks continue Thursday 21-May-2009: The attack was in full view of the Deputy Sheriff of the High Court who was there to serve the order papers By Alex BellThe elderly mother of a commercial farmer has become the latest victim o (By Jan)... |
| recent column by Grace Kwinje Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Grace KwinjeKigali - Where to start? - Alice Ishimwe's storyTeenage girl Alice Ishimwe is 15 years old. She was born during the Genocide in circumstances later explained to her: 'From the story I w (By Jan)... | Opinion: Madagascar 'A Greek Tragedy That Will Hurt Investment' Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Stephen HayesDeposed President Marc Ravalomanana brought the house of Madagascar down upon himself. But he has been replaced by a young untested leader who, although he has some public support, is (By Jan)... |
| World: Policemen killed in Afghan violence Monday 18-May-2009: Kabul - A dozen policemen and an army soldier were killed in separate Taliban attacks in Afghanistan on Sunday, while Afghan and international forces killed seven militants in operations, officials sa (By Jan)... | South Africa: Labor Influence Enhanced in Country's New Government Sunday 24-May-2009: By J. Daniel O'FlahertyThe African National Congress retained power in South Africa’s April 22 general election with a slightly reduced, but still overwhelming, majority in the parliament which, (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Thousands Flee Violence, Hundreds Suspected Dead Saturday 23-May-2009: Abuja - Thousands of civilians have fled their villages in Nigeria's Delta state after government troops launched an offensive against militant groups in the state on 13 May.Villagers in Delta state's (By Jan)... | [3 Pics] South Africa's Richest Black billionaire - The Richest Black man is... Monday 18-May-2009: [This is one of the old but important stories from the original AfricanCrisis website that I am converting on to the new site, in the new format. Jan] South Africa's Richest Black BillionaireIt w (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Man, knife found after jogger stabbed Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Michelle JonesHours after a man over 50 was stabbed, then collapsed and died after waving a passing police vehicle to a stop in Kenilworth, a young man - wearing "bloodstained clothes" - was arrest (By Jan)... | South Africa: New LSE Study Challenges Ideas About the Spread of Aids Saturday 23-May-2009: A new study of South Africans’ widespread reluctance to practice safe sex despite suffering one of the most severe AIDS epidemics in the world challenges the view that state-sponsored denialism (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Tempers Flare in Mugabe's Ranks Saturday 23-May-2009: By Dumisani MuleyaTEMPERS flared at a tense Zanu PF politburo meeting on Wednesday after President Robert Mugabe's simmering succession crisis exploded into a charged debate, with some senior party of (By Jan)... | Witchcraft & Black Insanity: Zimbabweans say angry ancestors are behind road accidents Sunday 24-May-2009: [This is a load of rubbish, and rest assured Mugabe would like people to believe in this nonsense. I find it interesting that they somehow find a way to link this up to the presence of the whites. If (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Mugabe suffers rare setback in power struggle with MDC Saturday 23-May-2009: Mr Tsvangirai wants both men removed By Peta Thornycroft in Harare and Sebastien Berger in JohannesburgPresident Robert Mugabe suffered a rare defeat on Thursday when his opponents in the Move (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Coping Without Oil in Delta Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Emmanuel Eweta UduaghanNINE months ago, the world changed. In terms of catastrophic proportion few events in human history have rivalled the collapse of the global economy; may be the Second World (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: They lie in an alien land, far from home Monday 18-May-2009: By Alex Eliseev and Beauregard TrompLila Romeeo. A wife, a girlfriend, a mother? The two words tattooed on an arm are clues to the identity of body 1261/2008 - a man killed during the xenophobic viole (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Hutu Militia Rampages Across North Kivu Monday 18-May-2009: By Taylor Toeka Kakala in and Jacques KahorhaLuofu/Goma - A Hutu militia group is terrorising civilians in eastern Congo, apparently in retaliation for the recent military campaign intended to drive t (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Party Splits Monday 18-May-2009: By Nkululeko SibandaBulawayo - About 1 000 delegates from throughout Zimbabwe endorsed Zapu's formal withdrawal from the 1987 Unity Accord with Zanu PF in a major blow to the former ruling party.The s (By Jan)... | South Africa: Tasks for a Rural Development Ministry Saturday 23-May-2009: By Stephen GreenbergThe new appointments to the 'economic cluster' have dominated media discussion of the Zuma Cabinet.Receiving far less coverage is the restructuring of the 'rural' ministries of agr (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Government Silence on Land Attacks Continues Friday 22-May-2009: By Alex BellThe deafening silence from the unity government on the ongoing and increasingly violent land invasions has continued, despite promises by government leaders that the rule of law will be re (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe's MDC asks AU, SADC to sort out deadlock Monday 18-May-2009: "We are committed, and the others must show their commitment too" By Donovan MaisiriMasvingo - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party on Sunday invited the African Union (AU) and (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Should Aid Come to an End? Saturday 23-May-2009: By Ronald Elly WandaDambisa Moyo's argument that aid is detrimental to Africa's development has made her a star on the literary and academic circuit, writes Ronald Elly Wanda, but it isn't true. Moyo' (By Jan)... | Gambia: Time to Stop the Abuse Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Abena Ampofoa AsareState-sanctioned witch-hunts in March have triggered growing popular criticism of Gambia's repressive Jammeh government on the ground as well as internationally, writes Abena Amp (By Jan)... |
| 'Official Killers' Are a Challenge to Our National Leadership, Image Wednesday 20-May-2009: Last week, this paper and our sister publication, The Monitor carried the story of a man who was shot in cold blood in Gaborone.According to reports, the man had been on the 'wanted' list of the secur (By Jan)... | Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Tuesday 19-May-2009: Science & MedicineResearchers Develop Vaccine Candidate That Is Successful in Blocking Simian Version of HIV[May 18, 2009]Researchers have successfully blocked SIV, the simian version of HIV, using a (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Anti-Crimes Body Places Bank Accounts Under Watch Monday 18-May-2009: By Abimbola Akosile With Agency ReportsLagos - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stepped up its anti-money laundering efforts with an all round surveillance on banks transactions (By Jan)... | Africa: 'Hostages rescued from militants' Saturday 23-May-2009: By Bashir AdigunAbuja, Nigeria - Nigeria's foreign minister said on Friday that the military has rescued 12 hostages - eight Filipinos and four Ukrainians - from militants being targeted by the armed (By Jan)... |
| Of Khama's Presidency And Police Brutality Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Gasebalwe SeretseThe warning signs were there even before Ian Khama became president, many Batswana became wary of the overwhelming presence of the police and soldiers on Gaborone city streets.Some (By Jan)... | South Africa: Farmers 'endangering SA's water security' Thursday 21-May-2009: By Ana-Maria UdricaFarmers illegally extracting water for irrigation are stealing 180 million cubic metres of water a year - the entire yield of the Mohale Dam in Lesotho, says Chris Herold, chairman (By Jan)... |
| Boost for Morupule B Power Station Tuesday 19-May-2009: The Morupule B Power Station got a major boost this week with the announcement that Standard Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have been mandated as joint lead arrangers to f (By Jan)... | East Africa: The Migingo Dispute - Will Diplomacy Work? Friday 22-May-2009: By Tajudeen Abdul-RaheemAs Kenya and Uganda face off over the sovereignty of the tiny Migingo Island in Lake Victoria, Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem suggests explanations for why two previously highly cordial (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Civilians killed in Islamic attack in Somalia Thursday 21-May-2009: By Mohamed Olad HassanMogadishu, Somalia - An attack by Islamic insurgents on Somali troops near an African Union peacekeeping base in the capital killed a sleeping child and at least two other civil (By Jan)... | South Africa: Recession: Worst over for SA? Sunday 24-May-2009: Signs of an end to the recession for hard-pressed consumers are likely to be seen by October, but the good times - despite the sharpening decline in interest rates - will only start by January 2010, a (By Jan)... |
| World: FBI foils alleged New York terror plot Friday 22-May-2009: By Sebastian SmithWhite Plains, New York - US security services announced on Thursday they had foiled a plot by four Americans to blow up a New York synagogue and shoot down a warplane in a year-long (By Jan)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (19-05-2009) Tuesday 19-May-2009: Howzit I actually began this posting just after 4pm on Monday afternoon. I sit in out stripped down lounge - and would you believe that the decorator didn’t pitch up? He won’t answer his teleph (By The BeardedMan)... |
| Somalia: U.S. Conducting High-Level Strategic Review of Strategy Friday 22-May-2009: By Jim Fisher-ThompsonIn Somalia, the U.S. government is determined to support the policy of political reconciliation spearheaded by the beleaguered Transitional Federal Government (TFG), Assistant Se (By Jan)... | Africa: Obama Sets Framework for Trying Terrorist Detainees Friday 22-May-2009: By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.President Obama said the remaining 240 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be treated consistent with the rule of law and American values, but none who pose a dan (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Fighting in Mogadishu enters second day Sunday 24-May-2009: By Mohamed AhmedMogadishu - Government forces fought hardline Islamist insurgents on Saturday in Somalia's capital for a second day running to try to regain control of the city.Heavy fighting killed a (By Jan)... | Zim: Gono accuses Biti of money laundering Friday 22-May-2009: "It has dawned on my team and I that all this noise about ‘Governor Must Go' may have its background in self-interest and protection" By Lebo NkatazoZimbabwe's Reserve Bank Governor Gideon G (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Bulawayo Businessman Jailed 15 Months for Swindling Company Wednesday 20-May-2009: Harare - BULAWAYO businessman Ivan George Hall, who runs Shu Shine Bus Company, was last Thursday jailed for an effective 15 months for swindling a Harare company of fuel valued at US$54 000.Hall (53) (By Jan)... | Morocco: Sordid Lifestyles of Nigerian Illegal Immigrants Saturday 23-May-2009: By Chinwe OchuLagos - Chinwe Ochu who was in Rabat, Morocco recently tells the sordid life of Nigerian illegal immigrants in that country which revolves around drugs, rape, begging, tribal gangsterism (By Jan)... |
| Africa: China - South-South Exploitation? Friday 22-May-2009: By Servaas Van Den BoschWindhoek - It is a Sunday around five o'clock in the afternoon when carpenter Thomas Haimbodi knocks off work. He is waiting for the lorry that will take him and his colleagues (By Jan)... | Cut Food Prices, Khama Commands Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Monkagedi GaotlhobogwePresident Ian Khama has called for the reduction of the cost of food and other consumer items.Addressing the annual High Level Consultative Council (HLCC) meeting in Gaborone (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: SAPS is not a haven for criminals - police Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Nondumiso MbuyaziThe SAPS is not a haven for criminals and the three police officers who pleaded guilty to unlawfully being in possession of guns and ammunition taken in an armed robbery from a Dur (By Jan)... | Africa: New coast guard can stop piracy: Somalia Monday 18-May-2009: Kuala Lumpur - Somalia's fledgling government on Monday appealed for international help to set up a coast guard, saying it would guarantee that sea piracy near its shores is wiped out once it has such (By Jan)... |
| Southern Africa: Global Financial Crisis Leads to HIV Budget Cuts Monday 18-May-2009: By Kristin PalitzaCape Town - International donors and African governments are likely to cut health budgets due to the global financial crisis. Health experts fear that increasing unemployment and pov (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Military Force Razes Community Settlement in Delta Wednesday 20-May-2009: Troops on Tuesday intensified their offensive against Okerenkoko, another community in Delta State, razing down all buildings in the all-out confrontation against militants intent on making life impos (By Jan)... |
| Rwanda: Response to The New Times Article on Country's Genocide Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Georgette GagnonRwanda's state-owned newspaper published an article by one of its editorial staff, Grace Kwinjeh, on May 8, 2009. The article accused Human Rights Watch of (among other things) sani (By Jan)... | Uganda: UPDF Peacekeepers Safe in Somalia Tuesday 19-May-2009: Kampala - UGANDAN soldiers serving on the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) are safe, the commander of the Land Forces, Maj. Gen. Katumba Wamala, has said.Henry Mukasa reports tha (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Refers Dispute With Mugabe to AU, SADC Monday 18-May-2009: Harare - MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai apparently succumbed to pressure from his party yesterday and agreed to a resolution immediately referring all outstanding issues under the Global Political (By Jan)... | South Africa: One dead, 12 injured in robbery Monday 18-May-2009: A late night tavern reveller was killed and 12 others injured in a botched armed robbery outside Pretoria.Four gunmen armed with an assortment of weapons believed to include semi-automatic rifles, sto (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Address by President Jacob Zuma at Unizulu Saturday 23-May-2009: Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the graduation ceremony of the Faculties of Commerce, Admin and Law, and Science and Agriculture of the University of Zululand, King Bhekuzulu Hall, KwaDlangezwa, E (By Jan)... | Central Africa: Human Rights, Humanitarian, and Faith-Based Groups Back Landmark U.S. Legislation To Help Protect Civilians from the LRA Friday 22-May-2009: The introduction of legislation in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives earlier this week to commit the United States to comprehensive efforts to help civilians threatened by one of the world& (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zim nationals get more leeway in SA Thursday 21-May-2009: By Louise FlanaganUndocumented Zimbabweans already in South Africa may soon be able to apply for easier and faster legal status even if they have been arrested.The Department of Home Affairs has waive (By Jan)... | South Africa: Spoornet depot robbery ends in gunfight Monday 18-May-2009: Pretoria police were involved in a shootout with a gang of heavily armed robbers who attacked a city container depot over the weekend.The gunfight occurred while police from the Pretoria Flying Squad (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: AU Peace and Security Council Calls for Sanctions Sunday 24-May-2009: The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 190th meeting held on 22 May 2009, considered the situation in Somalia in light of the outcome of the 33rd Extraordinary Session of the (By Jan)... | Zim: Another year without much food Sunday 24-May-2009: "The harvest is going to be poor, we just don't know how poor" Harare - Zimbabwe is bracing for another year of food insecurity, amid bleak expectations from both the main maize harvest in Apr (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Pan Africanism: Towards a Peoples' Union Saturday 23-May-2009: By Himuvi MbingeneekoAs we celebrate this year Africa Day, we are very conscious of the challenges that surround the efforts to unify Africa and its Diaspora.African leaders have agreed in principle t (By Jan)... | South Africa: Robbery victim tortured with hot iron Friday 22-May-2009: Armed robbers used a hot clothing iron to torture a gagged and bound Joburg family into revealing where cash was hidden in their home.The Johannesburg High Court heard that the robbers stormed into th (By Jan)... |
| Top lawyer's arrest shows how far Zimbabwe must still travel Tuesday 19-May-2009: Which country would I prefer to be arrested in? CommentNicole FritzWhen I travel in southern Africa meeting human rights lawyers and civil society activists, whose work often earns them the en (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Military Justifies Onslaught On Militants Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Tunke-Aye Bisina and Rotimi AkinwumiDefence Headquarters reiterated on Monday that the ongoing military onslaught in the Niger Delta to douse the activities of militants would continue until order (By Jan)... |
| World: Tamil rebel leader lives? Sunday 24-May-2009: By Arthur MaxColombo, Sri Lanka - For die-hard followers, the almost mythic commander who led a terror-driven Tamil insurrection in Sri Lanka still lives - despite persuasive evidence to the contrary. (By Jan)... | South Africa: Lekota slams ANC culture Sunday 24-May-2009: The Congress of the People's president Terror Lekota said on Saturday South Africa's democracy is being undermined by a culture of intolerance within the ANC that resulted in violence against members (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Two nabbed for alleged car theft Tuesday 19-May-2009: Two men were arrested for possession of stolen vehicle in Mondeor, Johannesburg police said on Tuesday.The men, believed to be on their way to a house robbery, were arrested at Nyata complex while dri (By Jan)... | Zim: International relations move from freezer to fridge Tuesday 19-May-2009: Gently prising open the door for assistance to the beleaguered country Washington - A gradual defrosting of relations between Zimbabwe's unity government, Western nations and global institutio (By Jan)... |
| Africa: MDC leaders eye SADC intervention in Harare Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Stanley GamaZimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change has appealed to the Southern African Development Community to intervene to break a deadlock that is still st (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: International Relations Move From Freezer to Fridge Tuesday 19-May-2009: Washington, DC - A gradual defrosting of relations between Zimbabwe's unity government, Western nations and global institutions, combined with a financial mechanism designed to avoid donor money flowi (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Communities bombarded from 'air, sea, land' Monday 18-May-2009: Nairobi/Abuja - Nigeria's main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), on Monday accused the government of indiscriminately bombing villages in the oil-producing (By Jan)... | Africa: Residents fear new clashes Sunday 24-May-2009: Mogadishu - Terrified residents fled the Somali capital on Saturday, following a day of fierce fighting between government forces and Islamist hardline rebels that left at least 31 people dead.Most of (By Jan)... |
| Guinea Bissau: Lowering the Light-Weapon Load Saturday 23-May-2009: Bissau - The government of Guinea-Bissau must work on several fronts to cut the number of light weapons in the country - estimated at some 650,000. Regional instability, crime and weak governance toug (By Jan)... | East Africa: Speaking Like Narkissos Again? Saturday 23-May-2009: By Godwin MurungaIn the wake of Kenya and Uganda's confrontation over the small island of Migingo in Lake Victoria, Godwin Murunga argues that the actions of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni are ver (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Germany unveils US$13m package for Harare Tuesday 19-May-2009: "There will be more cooperation depending on political development" By Andrew MoyoHarare - Germany announced a euro10 million (about US$13 million) financial package for Zimbabwe on Monday, as (By Jan)... | Africa: IMF Using Global Crisis to 'Re-Launch' Itself Monday 18-May-2009: By Christi Van Der WesthuizenCape Town - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is attempting to reinvent itself with the global financial crisis, in the process using the opportunity to promote polici (By Jan)... |
| Sudan: Darfur Rebel Leader Submits to War Crimes Trial Monday 18-May-2009: A Darfur rebel leader charged with war crimes for attacking African Union peacekeepers in the region has voluntarily surrendered himself to appear before the International Criminal Court on Monday. T (By Jan)... | Kenya: Unprecedented State of Violence Saturday 23-May-2009: The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has urged the ACHPR to adopt a resolution to address the Kenyan government on its obligations to protect and promote the rights of all people and its duty to h (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: As Citizens Suffer Fuel Scarcity and Soaring Food Prices Saturday 23-May-2009: By Grace OmoshabaLagos - Aside the unjustified high fuel price and the scarcity that comes with it, another major necessity of life; foodstuffs have also become unaffordable, as its price has been inc (By Jan)... | Nigeria: War in Niger Delta Saturday 23-May-2009: Lagos - The on-going war in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, clearly, is doing more harm than good and must be stopped immediately, especially so that the innocent can be spared the death, destruction (By Jan)... |
| Inflation Slips After a Stable Course in March Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Brian BenzaAfter remaining stable in March, the annual inflation rate slipped down in April, shedding 1.5 percentage points.Figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that last mo (By Jan)... | Sierra Leone: Taxation in Perspective - NRA Mobilizing Revenue for National Prosperity Sunday 24-May-2009: By Brima Karl SamuraFreetown - No nation can truly thrive without efficient, credible and potent taxation policies and implementation processes in place."Government Revenue" is the sum total of all du (By Jan)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: UN Security Council - Push for Civilian Protection During Congo Visit Thursday 21-May-2009: Goma - The United Nations Security Council, visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo beginning today, should press for urgent action to protect civilians, a coalition of 68 aid and human rights group (By Jan)... | Africa: Sudan threatens to destroy Chad troops Thursday 21-May-2009: By Andrew HeavensKhartoum - Sudan on Wednesday threatened to destroy any Chad forces that invaded its territory, stepping up its rhetoric after Chad said it was readying its troops to cross the countr (By Jan)... |
| World Bank funds bypassing Zimbabwe government Thursday 21-May-2009: Yet to demonstrate it can manage the economy with prudence and transparency By Lesley WroughtonWashington - A top World Bank official said on Wednesday grant funding to Zimbabwe was not going (By Jan)... | South Africa: DA gives 'natives' the boot, says Qunta Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Christine QuntaNow we know that the Western Cape is the last white colony in Africa. If there was any doubt about that, Western Cape Premier Helen Zille's astounding decision to appoint only men, m (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Bloody injustice Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Beauregard Tromp and Alex EliseevHortencia Nhamuave would like to see the people who killed her husband tried and put behind bars. It won't bring him back but it would be justice.Filmed, edited, an (By Jan)... | South Africa: Army may escort cash-in-transit Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Lavern de VriesThe Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, was on Tuesday expected to decide whether troops from the country's border control units will be deployed to escort cash vans in an attempt to (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'The Indian woman was not shot by me' Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Sherlissa PetersIn a dramatic twist at the murder trial that has captivated the Midlands community, a state witness who testified last week said on Monday that he had lied on the stand and knows no (By Jan)... | South Africa: Bogus cops arrested after attack Monday 18-May-2009: A gang of armed robbers, posing as police officers, was bust hours after they attacked a businesswoman outside Pretoria.The five-man gang, which is believed to be linked to a spate of robberies around (By Jan)... |
| Tanzania: Forcible Repatriation Threat for Burundian Refugees Friday 22-May-2009: By Zachary LomoAround 40,000 Burundian refugees face involuntary repatriation when Tanzania's Mtabila refugee camp is closed at the end of June, writes Zachary Lomo. Officials have told refugees that (By Jan)... | World: Bloody day in Iraq Friday 22-May-2009: Baghdad - Suicide bombers killed at least 19 people in Iraq in separate attacks in Baghdad and Kirkuk yesterday, security officials said, underscoring the fragility of Iraq's security gains. In one at (By Jan)... |
| Zim: ZEC lied about run-off violence Friday 22-May-2009: Meant to mask how Mugabe stole the election from Tsvangirai By Cuthbert NzouHarare - The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has tabled a report in Parliament claiming that the countdown to la (By Jan)... | South Africa: SA Post Office beefs up security Monday 18-May-2009: By Mogomotsi MagomeThe SA Post Office is pulling out all the stops to improve security at its 2 600 branches across the country, which have experienced crime ranging from fraud, armed robbery and mail (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Darfur rebels 'prepared' Sunday 24-May-2009: By Andrew HeavensKhartoum - Darfur rebels on Sunday accused Sudan's government of mounting daily bombing raids around their positions and said they were expecting another clash with state troops soon. (By Jan)... | Zim: Tsvangirai fumes over Gono letter Sunday 24-May-2009: "The PM is not happy with Gono's latest stunt but he will not respond because the man is as good as gone†By Kholwani NyathiPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will not intervene in the acrimon (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Save our democracy from ANC - Lekota Sunday 24-May-2009: COPE President Mosiuoa Lekota has called for opposition parties to unite to save democracy in the face of what he said was ANC bullying and dirty tricks during the recent election campaign."We saw vio (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Another Year Without Much Food Saturday 23-May-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe is bracing for another year of food insecurity, amid bleak expectations from both the main maize harvest in April and the coming winter wheat crop.The hunger season peaked in March, (By Jan)... |
| Angolan Drug Mules Admit Guilt Saturday 23-May-2009: By Werner MengesFIVE Angolan nationals who were arrested in mid-April after they were caught carrying cocaine into Namibia in their intestines all pleaded guilty to drug-dealing charges in the Windhoe (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Government, Rebel Atrocities Uprooting Civilians in East - UN Saturday 23-May-2009: Growing reports of atrocities committed against civilians - by both Government troops and rebel groups - in the war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to drive people fro (By Jan)... |
| Sudan: Peace in Darfur - One Step Forward, Two Steps Back Wednesday 20-May-2009: Nairobi - Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region are showing signs of unity, but it has not brought their region any closer to a comprehensive peace, analysts said, as the government wrapped up another round (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Ruminations On Obama's Planned Visit to Africa Tuesday 19-May-2009: By 'Jibola AsoloLagos - The election of the United States of America's 44th President was an inspirational moment for many people around the world for various reasons.For Muslims in the Middle East, i (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Clashes leave three dead Friday 22-May-2009: Mogadishu - Fierce clashes on Friday left at least three people dead as Somali government forces attempted to drive Islamist rebels out of the capital Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said."This is (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Research Market, Crop for Maximum Payoff Thursday 21-May-2009: By Elita ChikwatiHarare - AFTER driving past rustic villages and savanna grasslands dotted with flat-topped Musasa trees the rather sleepy town of Karoi comes into view.Behind the town, to the south, (By Jan)... |
| Central Africa: U.S. Bipartisan Bill Calls For Increased Pressure on LRA Wednesday 20-May-2009: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Sam Brownback (R-KS) and U.S. Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA), Brad Miller (D-NC) and Ed Royce (R-CA) are introducing legislation today to h (By Jan)... | Somalia: Islamist Hardliners Seize Key Town Monday 18-May-2009: Rival Islamist militias continued to battle over control of territory in central and southern Somalia Sunday, as Al Shabaab hardliners captured the key town of Jowhar, Radio Garowe reports.Uneasy calm (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Hundreds feared dead in Nigeria unrest Friday 22-May-2009: By Nick TattersallLagos - Rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday it had received reports suggesting hundreds of people, mainly civilians, may have been killed in a week-old Nigerian milit (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Country Loses 250,000 Barrels Daily to Niger Delta Violence Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Adeola YusufLagos - The smooth running of about 1.8 million barrels of oil production in the Nigeria's oil rich Niger Delta region was at the weekend disrupted following a violent clash, which has (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Halliburton Scandal - Culprits Must Be Brought to Book - Yakassai Monday 18-May-2009: By Chioma GabrielElder statesman and civil servant extra-ordinaire, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, in this interview in Kano speaks on the Halliburton scandal, the Ekiti crisis and the perennial fuel scarcity (By Jan)... | Africa: Offensive to continue in Nigeria Sunday 24-May-2009: By Segun OwenWarri, Nigeria - Nigerian security forces said they had freed three more Filipino hostages in the oil-producing Niger Delta on Saturday and vowed to press on with an offensive that has fo (By Jan)... |
| World: Largest Afghan drugs bust Sunday 24-May-2009: Kabul - Troops killed 60 militants and seized their largest-ever drugs haul in a just-ended operation that smashed an insurgent hub in southern Afghanistan, the military said Saturday.The four-day ope (By Jan)... | South Africa: DA put pressure on Zuma to release Zim report Thursday 21-May-2009: The Democratic Alliance on Thursday invoked the Promotion of Access to Information Act to force President Jacob Zuma to release a report by retired army generals on Zimbabwe drafted during the Mbeki e (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: REA Scam - Court Remands Ugbane, Elumelu, Others in Prison Till June Thursday 21-May-2009: By Joe NwankwoAbuja - Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power and Steel, Nicholas Ugbane, and his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, now standing trial over allegation of fi (By Jan)... | Nigeria: War in Niger Delta - Mend Threatens Northerners in Oil Industry Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Ofonime Umanah and Yemi AkintomidePort Harcourt/Akure - Umbrella body of the militants in the Niger Delta, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has sent out a chilling signal, t (By Jan)... |
| Liberia: Armed Robbers, Police Exchange Fire Tuesday 19-May-2009: By A. Abbas DullehMonrovia - Police Wednesday arrested three notorious armed robbers after a broad day gun battle that left the robbers severely battered in the Pipeline Community in Paynesville.The (By Jan)... | Central Africa: U.S. - Pass Bill to Protect Ugandan Civilians Sunday 24-May-2009: Washington, DC - The introduction of legislation in the US Senate and House of Representatives earlier this week to commit the United States to comprehensive efforts to help civilians threatened by on (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Ribadu Seeks Expansion of U.S. Crime Laws Friday 22-May-2009: By Constance IkokwuWashington, D.c. - Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has urged the United States government to expand its crime law to enab (By Jan)... | Police Death Threats Against Journalists Thursday 21-May-2009: Maputo - Plain clothes policemen, who are supposedly guaranteeing the security of a police officer standing trial in a high profile murder case, on Tuesday issued death threats against the journalists (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Finally Owning the Land That They Have Been Tilling Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Stephanie NieuwoudtCape Town - Bathed in sunlight on a crisp autumn morning, the Welgemeen farm in the Ceres district in the Western Cape province is a shining example in the otherwise patchy track (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe newsman ready to try again Monday 18-May-2009: The big question is whether the ministry, controlled by hard-liners, will give the paper an operating license By Robyn DixonReporting from Harare, Zimbabwe - The newspaper consists of a small (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Development Bank Recommends Post-Conflict Policies Monday 18-May-2009: Dakar - "In the second half of the 20th Century, the African continent, more than any other part of the world has suffered enormously from violent conflict within and between States", says the African (By Jan)... | Is Nigeria, Africa's Black Super-power falling apart at the seams? Wednesday 20-May-2009: I will be brief. There was a time in the 1960's when Nigeria was touted by the West as Africa greatest "democracy" (a term applied these days to South Africa, and that term is fast falling into disrep (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: SANDF names dead in army shooting Tuesday 19-May-2009: The SA Defence Force (SANDF) on Tuesday released the name of the corporal who shot dead his wife then killed himself at the 101 Air Supply Unit in Centurion. His wife was also a member of the SANDF.In (By Jan)... | Who Ordered Kalafati's Execution Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Lekopanye MooketsiThe Monitor is in possession of a letter in which the late John Kalafatis informed his lawyer claiming that his life was in danger.Kalafatis was killed on Wednesday night. Family (By Jan)... |
| South African Ambassador Envisages Strengthening of Cooperation Monday 18-May-2009: Luanda - The South African ambassador to Angola, Themba Kubheka, said Friday in Luanda he is optimistic about the increment of cooperation between the two countries at all levels, with stress to the e (By Jan)... | South Africa: La Terrasse murder was an 'inside job' Monday 18-May-2009: The murder of Clive Rautenbach, the owner of La Terrasse Restaurant and Hotel, was an "inside job", the South Gauteng High Court has ruled.Judge Nigel Willis on Friday found Rautenbach's employee, Jer (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Bringing About a Common African Platform Sunday 24-May-2009: Two of the MDG goals -- economic growth and poverty reduction - recall two critical situations: the financial crisis and the environmental situation.The Third Ministerial Conference on Financing for D (By Jan)... | Somalia: 25 Killed in Government Offensive Against Insurgents Sunday 24-May-2009: At least 25 people were killed in Friday clashes after Somali government forces attacked Islamist insurgents in the capital Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.More than 90 people were wounded as fighting (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Struggle veteran to lead 'new Scorpions' Friday 22-May-2009: A tried and tested veteran of both the liberation struggle and the fight against crime is how the ANC's top brass described the man they have entrusted to head the new Directorate of Priority Crime In (By Jan)... | South Africa: We're sitting on a ticking time bomb - Cosatu Friday 22-May-2009: By Tiisetso Motsoeneng South Africa's powerful trade union federation Cosatu on Thursday warned of a public sector strike unless the government fulfilled promises it made in a 2007 wage deal.Cosatu, a (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cop denies beating man to death Thursday 21-May-2009: A Nigel police constable is facing a charge of murder in the Pretoria High Court after a suspect was allegedly beaten to death in the holding cells of the police station shortly after he had been arre (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: New Civilian Catastrophe Looms in East Thursday 21-May-2009: By Colin Thomas-Jensen and Rebecca FeeleyA new offensive by the Congolese army, backed by United Nations peacekeepers, against Rwandan rebels ensconced in the lush forests of the eastern Democratic Re (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Algerian military kills five militants Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Alfred de MontesquiouAlgiers, Algeria - The Algerian military killed five militants with suspected al-Qaida links in a fierce gunbattle east of the capital Algiers, authorities said Monday.The shoo (By Jan)... | Africa: Senate And Administration Should Provide Leadership to End Violence And Bring Accountability Friday 22-May-2009: Washington, DC - The United States Senate should move beyond collecting testimony in its commitment to help prevent and punish rape in conflict, Human Rights Watch said today in a written submission t (By Jan)... |
| World: Arrests after terror-attack plan in New York Thursday 21-May-2009: New York - Four men are expected to appear in a federal court on Thursday to face charges linked with planning attacks against a Jewish synagogue and US warplanes based at a New York military base, pr (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cash-van guard had a premonition of his death Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Mziwandile NkosiThe security guard killed in last week's cash-in-transit heist in Joburg had survived three other robbery attempts.And, according to his family, Motsamai Jacob Mokgothu, 34, knew th (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zille attacked on Facebook Tuesday 19-May-2009: A vicious anti-Helen Zille group on the social networking website Facebook is hurling abuse at the new provincial premier over her all-male cabinet and her spat with the ANC Youth League.Named "Helen (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Brume Asks Govt to Adopt Method in N-Delta Devt Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Emma ArubiWarri - SENATOR Fred Brume yesterday described the fighting between militants and operatives of the Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta as an unequal battle that is drastically de-p (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Unrest Pushes Oil Price to U.S.$62 Per Barrel Saturday 23-May-2009: By Adeola Yusuf (With Agency Reports)Lagos - The ongoing crisis at Nigeria's oil rich Niger Delta on Thursday made crude to trade above $62 a barrel.The global oil market was filled with excitements (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cop 'didn't realise' detainee was dead Saturday 23-May-2009: The constable in charge of the Nigel Police Station on the night a detainee was allegedly beaten to death in a cell, yesterday testified that she checked up on him three times during the night, but on (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Fuel Crisis - Lukman on the Crucible Thursday 21-May-2009: By Cosmas EkpunobiLagos - Mr. Rilwanu Lukman, Minister of petroleum is back to trenches with the Senate, barely two months after he was fined N400,000 by the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) f (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cops, backyard dwellers clash in Macassar Wednesday 20-May-2009: A police officer and a young boy were among several people injured during Tuesday's violent confrontation between police and Macassar Village backyard dwellers who invaded land adjacent to the N2.Duri (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: The Electoral Process is a Farce Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Jude Igbanoi and Kayode KatefeLagos - There's hardly any lawyer who studied in any Nigerian university that would not have come in contact with Professor Itsejuwa Esanjumi Sagay SAN, either in pers (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Petrol - Why Citizens May Pay N90 Per Litre Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Kayode EkundayoA major energy crisis may soon be brewing in the nation's downstream oil sub-sector following the resolve of the federal government to remove the subsidy on petrol, Sunday Trust chec (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Turkish-Led CTF 151 Makes First Suspected Pirate Capture Tuesday 19-May-2009: Ships from Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 prevented a piracy attack in the Gulf of Aden, which resulted in the apprehension of more than a dozen suspected pirates aboard an alleged “mothership&rd (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Wase Fulani - the Inside Story Monday 18-May-2009: By Andrew AgbeseAhmed Mohammed - On Thursday, May 14, 2009, 48 Fulani people from different parts of Plateau State were summoned for a meeting with Governor Jonah Jang at Rayfield Government House in (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: SACP slams ANC Monday 18-May-2009: The political fallout after the ANC's defeat in the Western Cape has begun, with the SA Communist Patty in the province calling for the ANC Western Cape leadership to be disbanded.The Western Cape SAC (By Jan)... | Africa: High-Level Engagement With Continent Has Started Sunday 24-May-2009: By Charles W. Corey"High-level engagement has already started" between the Obama administration and Africa, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson said May 19.Speaking at a ga (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Rajcomar strangled Pooran with his belt' Saturday 23-May-2009: By Sherlissa PetersIn a surprise turnaround yesterday during the bail hearing in the Sandesh Pooran murder trial, the accused's wife handed in a confession, detailing how it had taken an hour for Poor (By Jan)... | Leadership Would Give Africans Something to Celebrate at Last Saturday 23-May-2009: By Tinyiko MakondoJohannesburg - ON MONDAY, Africans will celebrate Africa Day -- a day marked as a commemoration of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963, and a celebration (By Jan)... |
| Pension Funds - Regulation on Cards to Safeguard the Golden Hen Friday 22-May-2009: By Catherine SasmanWindhoek - Namibia - like the rest of the world - is undergoing a process to revamp its Pension Fund Act.Since 2006 the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA (By Jan)... | South Africa: Uranium Holds Growing Allure for Top Gold-Mining Groups Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Charlotte MathewsJohannesburg - A FUNDAMENTAL change in the base price for uranium is encouraging SA's big three gold producers to realise more value from the uranium mined with gold in certain are (By Jan)... |
| Sudan: Darfur Rebel Leader Accused of War Crimes Appears Before ICC Tuesday 19-May-2009: A rebel leader accused of having directed the deadly September 2007 attack against peacekeepers in the war-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur voluntarily appeared today before the International Crimina (By Jan)... | South Africa: Secrecy veiled activities of new top cop Saturday 23-May-2009: Not even Anwa Dramat's parents knew the full extent of his work in criminal intelligence in the Western Cape.The country's new top cop has spent the past decade helping to break the back of organised (By Jan)... |
| Renamo Demands Changes to Electoral Laws Saturday 23-May-2009: Maputo - Although this year's general and provincial elections are now just five months away, Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, wants the electoral legislation revi (By Jan)... | Africa: Lesotho PM attack: Suspect held Saturday 23-May-2009: Maseru - The chief suspect in April's assassination attempt on Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has been arrested in South Africa's capital Pretoria, his lawyer said Friday.Makotoko Lerotholi (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Govt Seeking Missing Soldiers, Delta Militants Saturday 23-May-2009: By Monday OsayandeTwelve soldiers are missing in action and the ongoing military campaign in the delta creeks will not end until they are found, Commander of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) code n (By Jan)... | Sudan: Unamid Condemns Armed Attack Against Government Position in North Darfur Monday 18-May-2009: The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today condemned an attack by armed elements against a Sudanese military position in North Darfur.Armed elements, allegedly part of the Justi (By Jan)... |
| World: Teen killed in church blast Sunday 24-May-2009: Kathmandu - Two people were killed, including a teenage girl, and 14 wounded when a bomb exploded on Saturday in a Roman Catholic church packed with worshippers on the outskirts of the Nepalese capita (By Jan)... | South Africa: Travelgate MPs get prime jobs Sunday 24-May-2009: By Political BureauANC choices to head up powerful parliamentary oversight committees have sparked controversy, with the opposition DA accusing the ruling party of "moral bankruptcy" by elevating four (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Pretoria tariff hike shock Friday 22-May-2009: By Barry BatemanPretoria ratepayers will have to dig deeper into their pockets this year for hefty, above-inflation tariff hikes that Tshwane mayor Dr Gwen Ramokgopa has announced, while noting top ec (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Armed Robbery Down By 38 Percent Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Edwin MusoniKigali - Rwanda National Police has registered a tremendous decrease in cases of armed robbery in the first quarter of 2009, announcing a fall of 38 percent.The statistics were released (By Jan)... |
| Human rights lawyers summonsed in Zimbabwe Tuesday 19-May-2009: Caught in the crossfire of indiscriminate arrests By Kumbirai MafundaA Zimbabwe Magistrate Court has summoned two human rights lawyers to stand trial for allegedly participating in a demonstra (By Jan)... | South Africa: Fire probe focuses on locks at lodge Monday 18-May-2009: By Caryn DolleyFirefighters have removed the locks on the fire escapes in the gutted Two Oceans Lodge and handed them to police, according to police spokesman Andre Traut.Four people died and seven we (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Unravelling the Stock Market Crisis Sunday 24-May-2009: By Obaka, Abel InaboAjaokuta - The nation's capital market witnessed a remarkable expansion in less than a decade, making it the fourth best performing in the world and the toast of investors worldwid (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'Secret' ANC land deal illegal - Zille Sunday 24-May-2009: The transfer of 1 000 hectares of provincial land to a national body has outraged Premier Helen Zille, who has accused the ANC of asset-stripping a day before the elections.She has also accused the fo (By Jan)... |
| Bank of Namibia Cuts Interest Rates Saturday 23-May-2009: By Jo-Mare DuddyTHE global economic storm has forced the Bank of Namibia (BoN) to throw consumers yet another lifeline - it is lowering rates by half a percentage point a month earlier than planned.We (By Jan)... | Election 2009: Zille blames Zuma for Aids myth Saturday 23-May-2009: Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Friday said sexism and misogyny were rife in South African society, and accused President Jacob Zuma of setting a bad example.Citing a recent study into the s (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Price fixing 'rampant in SA' Saturday 23-May-2009: Claims of widespread price fixing and collusion in South Africa - in the food industry and elsewhere - have been made by Cosatu.The trade union claims that price fixing is endemic throughout the count (By Jan)... | Africa: Somali pirate pleads not guilty Friday 22-May-2009: By Christine KearneyNew York - A Somali teenager accused of holding a U.S. ship captain hostage in the Indian Ocean after an attempted hijacking pleaded not guilty on Thursday to 10 charges, including (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: SA's human trafficking bill in the pipeline Thursday 21-May-2009: By African Eye News ServiceSouth Africa has no laws that focus specifically on human trafficking. To plug the loophole, the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill has been drawn up an (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'He raped me. I saw his face' Thursday 21-May-2009: A man accused of raping a 22-year-old woman on a mountain west of Pretoria and leaving her for dead, and also allegedly strangling her friend and leaving his body in a well, on Tuesday claimed in the (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Mysterious Blast Kills 17, Including 'Foreign Fighters' Wednesday 20-May-2009: At least 17 people were killed Sunday afternoon in the Somali capital Mogadishu after a mysterious explosion occurred at a house where militants were lacing vehicles with explosives, independent sourc (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Canada to Issue Genocide Verdict Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Felly KimenyiKigali - Following the announcement by Canadian judiciary that the verdict of genocide suspect Desire Munyaneza is due on Friday, different bodies have expressed optimism that he will (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Main Selebi prosecutor wants to sue police Monday 18-May-2009: Jackie Selebi's lead prosecutor wants the police to cough up R300 000 for what he claims was his "wrongful" revenge arrest.Now, after missing their deadline to respond to Gauteng Scorpions boss Gerrie (By Jan)... | Quickfire With ... Windhoek City Police Chief Abraham Kanime Saturday 23-May-2009: By Denver IsaacsSHOOTOUTS and gun battles in broad daylight, brazen muggings and robberies, increased criminal targeting of tourists and an all-round sense of an increase in criminal menace.Against th (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Mountain of evidence against Mathe Thursday 21-May-2009: By Botho MolosankweAs the State is about to close its case against rape accused Annanias Mathe, a long list of crimes, escapes and arrests characterising his six-year reign of terror has emerged. In (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Missing Link in the Argument Thursday 21-May-2009: Though government has done everything within its powers to convince Nigerians that full deregulation is the only way out of the fuel supply crisis in the country, there appears to be a missing link be (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Man 'walks all over his victims', sentenced Wednesday 20-May-2009: A man has been sentenced to an effective 18 years of imprisonment for his part in a robbery in which the armed intruders covered their victims with a carpet and then walked over them as they carried t (By Jan)... | World: Israel in range of Iran's new missile Wednesday 20-May-2009: Semnan, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Iran has test-fired a new medium-range surface to surface missile."The defence minister (Mohammad Mostafa Najjar) told me to (By Jan)... |
| Sierra Leone Knuckles Down to Heal Wounds Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Lansana FofanaFreetown - Incitement and violent clashes continue to shackle the government of Sierra Leone that took office two years ago. The elections were marred by reports of assassination atte (By Jan)... | Africa: Continent May Benefit From Global Climate Change Fight Monday 18-May-2009: By Abdoulie JannehKampala - CLIMATE change is here, it is real and has to be dealt with urgently. African and European institutions should work together to take advantage of the existing and emerging (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Egypt arrests seven over deadly Cairo bombing Sunday 24-May-2009: Cairo - Egypt said on Saturday that police have arrested seven members of an al-Qaeda-affiliated cell behind a Cairo bazaar bombing three months ago that killed a French tourist.The interior ministry (By Jan)... | Ghana: Illegal Sand Winning Poses Serious Threat Saturday 23-May-2009: By Sylvester Senyo Ofori-ParkuIllegal and indiscriminate sand winning activities in Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West Municipal Assembly in Ghana leave the land bare, thereby causing farmers to lose their s (By Jan)... |
| Togo: Yar'Adua - Nigeria Safe Friday 22-May-2009: By Juliana TaiwoConstance Ikokwu - President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has said he is not aware that any world leader is scared of visiting Nigeria and that the country is safe.The President also said the s (By Jan)... | World: Lebanon moans about Israel's alleged spying Friday 22-May-2009: By Sam F GhattasBeirut - Lebanon said on Thursday it has complained to the United Nations about alleged spying by Israel, accusing its archenemy of violating a 2006 truce and the country's sovereignty (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Joburg energy, rates shock Thursday 21-May-2009: It was a budget with few surprises - which Joburg mayor Amos Masondo said was a reflection of the sound financial position and stability of the municipality.But the city's R26-billion 2009/10 budget h (By Jan)... | South Africa: ANC set to dash DA hopes of Scopa post Thursday 21-May-2009: By Caiphus Kgosana and Gaye DavisDA parliamentary leader Athol Trollip's hopes that the ANC would give his party the chairmanship of an influential parliamentary committee look set to be dashed.The Da (By Jan)... |
| Tsvangirai Seeks Africa Intervention Over Unity Govt Dispute Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Tichaona SibandaPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC will press ahead with referring all outstanding issues in the Global Political Agreement to SADC and the African Union for arbitration, despit (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Delta Crisis Spurs Panic Buying in Global Oil Market Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Adeola YusufLagos - The unrest in the Nigeria's oil rich region on Tuesday led buyers at the global market into panic buying, which pushed oil prices to reach $60 a barrel.Although a ceasefire has (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Ghana Saga - Anger in Senate as Probe Begins Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Sufuyan OjeifoLagos - Sufuyan Ojeifo writes on the disquiet in the Senate over allegation by the Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum, Dr. Emmanuel Egbogah that some senators were compromi (By Jan)... | Sudan: Prevent Recurrence of Violence in Southern Town Sunday 24-May-2009: New York - Sudan's Government of National Unity should act to prevent a recurrence of clashes by military units and ensure justice for abuses committed in the Southern Sudanese town of Malakal in Febr (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Saturday 23-May-2009: Global ChallengesMajority of HIV-Positive Pregnant Women In Developing World Lack Access to PMTCT Services, Report Says[May 22, 2009]Two-thirds of HIV-positive pregnant women in the developing world d (By Jan)... | South Africa: A security alarm that attacks intruders? Friday 22-May-2009: By Thandi SkadeAt just over the length of a ruler, the Skunk Alarm is small, but carries a punch ... literally.It is a security alarm that "attacks" intruders with a spray of non-harmful, but "repulsi (By Jan)... |
| World: Rescuers comb crash site for more bodies Thursday 21-May-2009: By Heri RetnowatiMagetan, Indonesia - Indonesian rescuers were looking for more bodies on Thursday in the charred wreckage of a military plane after more than 100 people died when the aircraft crashed (By Jan)... | South Africa: SA's Muslim women to get more power Thursday 21-May-2009: By Yazeed Kamaldien Pending legislation on personal law will give Muslim women power to fight the discrimination they suffer at the hands of men.A draft Muslim Personal Law (MPL) is being discussed a (By Jan)... |
| Attention: JoAn our Volunteer is in hospital in Oregon, USA with heart problems... Thursday 21-May-2009: For some time I've been struggling to get hold of JoAn, our most loyal volunteer. We were all trying to phone her on her cell and land line. Then one of our South African readers managed to get ho (By Jan)... | Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Enter Central Region - Report Wednesday 20-May-2009: An Ethiopian army contingent has entered parts of central Somalia where deadly clashes have raged in recent days among rival factions of Somali Islamists, Radio Garowe reports.Ethiopian troops backed (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Lifting the 'Resource Curse' Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Marina LitvinskyWashington - Four new countries have joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global effort to set concrete standards for the transparent management of rev (By Jan)... | Africa: UN's Ban Ki-Moon Urged to Step Up to the Plate On Right to Food Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Peter KennyGeneva - A group of Christian leaders who campaign for justice in the fight against hunger are calling on the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to step up to the plate and see (By Jan)... |
| World: Court rejects lawsuit over Bush-era abuse Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Lucile MalandainWashington - A sharply divided US Supreme Court ruled Monday that the FBI director and Bush-era officials cannot be sued over the alleged abuse of terror suspects in the wake of the (By Jan)... | Africa: Could Mugabe bodyguards face prosecution? Monday 18-May-2009: Hong Kong - Government lawyers in Hong Kong were Monday considering whether to prosecute two bodyguards looking after the daughter of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe for alleged assaults.The Zimbab (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Mugabe guards might face trial Monday 18-May-2009: Not entitled to immunity as they are not consular officials Hong Kong - Government lawyers in Hong Kong were on Monday considering whether to prosecute two bodyguards looking after the daughte (By Jan)... | South Africa: Xenophobic attacks: Msimang hits back at SA Saturday 23-May-2009: By Esther LewisSouth Africans should all hang their heads in shame for 2008's xenophobic attacks, says Mavuso Msimang, the director-general of the national Department of Home Affairs.Speaking at a vig (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Rape accused can't explain semen Friday 22-May-2009: An Elandspoort man accused of raping a 22-year-old woman twice and killing her friend by strangling him with a belt, could not explain how his semen came to be on the woman's top.Irvin Khumalo, 24, sw (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Surely the Final Say Cannot Be in New York Friday 22-May-2009: By Grace KwinjehKigali - That Human Rights Watch, Executive Director, Kenneth Roth, was insensitive to the people of Rwanda at their time of mourning, during the 15th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocid (By Jan)... |
| Ethiopia: Giving Peace a Chance in South Omo Friday 22-May-2009: Turmi - Zuga Sherdo grew up in a community that was constantly fighting its neighbours in southern Ethiopia.As a young Malee man, he lived through conflict between his community and the Bena, Tsemai a (By Jan)... | Iranian Leader Helps Recycles Seymour Hersh's Disinformation Wednesday 20-May-2009: [Now certainly here there must be something wrong with someone like a certain Seymour Hersh, always wanting to do damage to the USA's credibility. From suggesting that Fatah al-Islam is an "American- (By Lone Wolf)... |
| South Africa: Zille's comments on Zuma were true - readers Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Ainsley Daniels Western Cape Premier Helen Zille, in an interview with a leading newspaper, said that "Jacob Zuma is a self-confessed womaniser with deeply sexist views, who put all his wives at ri (By Jan)... | Africa: Rebels seize another town in Somalia Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Ibrahim MohamedJowhar, Somalia - Islamist insurgents closed in on Somalia's coastal capital after seizing another strategic town north of Mogadishu on Monday.President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's forces (By Jan)... |
| YouTube Video: Sad Metaphor To What Obama's Administration's Going To Turn Out To Be Tuesday 19-May-2009: [Now I don't know if anyone here has ever heard of the show the Simpsons which is shown in the USA and likely in Europe, Australia and a few Asian countries. But an episode from the show caught my at (By Lone Wolf)... | Zimbabwe: Bakers Inn Donates 1,000 Loaves to Prisoners Monday 18-May-2009: Harare - A LOCAL bakery has donated 1 000 loaves of bread to the Zimbabwe Prison Services and pledged to supply more than 3 500 loaves every day to five prisons around Harare for six months.Bakers Inn (By Jan)... |
| Africa: AU calls on UN to impose sanctions on Eritrea Sunday 24-May-2009: Addis Ababa - The African Union on Friday called on the UN Security Council to take "immediate measures" to impose sanctions on Eritrea over its support for Islamist insurgents in Somalia.It specifica (By Jan)... | 'Ecological Sanitation' Could Replace Bucket Toilet System Saturday 23-May-2009: By Moses AmweeloSANITATION and efficient water usage are closely linked, especially in an arid country such as Namibia.Therefore alternative technologies and approaches are required, for example, to p (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Use Reasonable Force, Amnesty International Tells JTF Saturday 23-May-2009: By Chinwe OchuAbuja - Amnesty International has called on the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the crisis-ridden Niger- Delta to use force only in a way that would not result in human rights abuses as agains (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Speaks on Outstanding Issues in Coalition Govt Friday 22-May-2009: Harare - Statement by the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, The Right Honourable Morgan Tsvangirai, on the Implementation of the Global Political Agreement and The Outstanding Issues, Harare 21 May, 2009: M (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Friday 22-May-2009: Global ChallengesFormer President Clinton, U.N. Advisor Douste-Blazy Announce Voluntary Airline Ticket Donation[May 21, 2009]Former President Clinton has joined efforts to raise money for HIV/AIDS, tu (By Jan)... | Ethiopia: Bank of Abyssinia Probe Leads to Additional Arrests Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Abiy WendifrawThe probe by federal police investigators of the alleged loss of 57 million Br claimed by the Bank of Abyssinia (BoA) led last week to the additional arrests of seven current and form (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: How crime-prevention cop was nabbed Monday 18-May-2009: A senior police officer responsible for crime prevention in Soweto has found himself on the wrong side of the law.The officer, whose identity is known to The Star, was arrested on Thursday on charges (By Jan)... | South Africa: Sex predator teachers to be listed publicly Monday 18-May-2009: The names of teachers found guilty of sexually abusing pupils will be published in the government gazette from July and listed on the Internet to warn off prospective employers from hiring sex-pest ed (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zuma vows to 'revamp townships' Sunday 24-May-2009: Economic development and facilities should not be the sole preserve of previously whites-only suburbs, President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday.Addressing hundreds of people at the official opening of the (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Navy Arrests 17 Over Militancy Sunday 24-May-2009: By NanNo less than 17 persons have been arrested by naval officers from NNS Delta Base in its preemptive measure to guard Warri against the infiltration of militants fleeing the creeks.The arrest was (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: ANC won't work with a 'hostile' party Friday 22-May-2009: The ANC has given its MPs strict instructions to be robust and not be afraid of holding cabinet ministers to account for their actions.Announcing the names of influential chairpersons of National Asse (By Jan)... | South Africa: Local arrests alleged robbers Booysens Friday 22-May-2009: A Booysens resident allegedly shot and beat up two men who allegedly robbed a convenience store on Thursday, Johannesburg police said.The man heard what was happening in the store and waited for the r (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Mathe's alleged reign of terror exposed Thursday 21-May-2009: By Botho MolosankweAs the State is about to close its case against rape accused Annanias Mathe, a long list of crimes, escapes and arrests characterising his six-year reign of terror has emerged.In 19 (By Jan)... | Burmese Outfit Reportedly Behind Training Bangladeshi Islamist Militants Wednesday 20-May-2009: [Now this report is quite odd here, that a Burmese group known as the Rohingya Solidarity Organization was allegedly responsible in training members of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh terrorist gr (By Lone Wolf)... |
| Tanzania: Sharks, Unlike Corrupt Individuals Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Ramadhani KupazaArusha - Some prominent tycoons in Tanzania call each other names in the wake of the current unpredictable war against corruption in the country.The tycoons call each other "sharks" (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cape ANC members turn on Mantashe Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Carien du PlessisAfrican National Congress leaders in the Western Cape have unleashed a scathing attack on the party's secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe, and accused its national leadership of fact (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Army Frees Niger Delta Hostages Monday 18-May-2009: The Nigeria Army said yesterday that it had freed four more foreign hostages from the western Niger Delta during an operation to flush out militants which rights groups say has displaced thousands of (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Beyond Removal of Subsidies Monday 18-May-2009: By Ijeoma NwogwugwuLagos - Rilwanu Lukman, the serially absent petroleum minister, believes Nigeria needs to move away from the import-reliant regime on petroleum products - a regime that has persiste (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: U.S. Bill Targets Rebel LRA Sunday 24-May-2009: By Barbara AmongKampala - A new bill presented in the US senate this week could see Uganda launch a second military offensive against the rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)."This bill rightly (By Jan)... | South Africa: Bullets fly in city suburb Sunday 24-May-2009: By Leila SamodienWild shooting broke out after a driveway hijacking in Rondebosch on Friday night, but three men were arrested thanks to an alert teenage neighbour and a brave security guard. One of t (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Land Demand Sparks Cape Town Violence Sunday 24-May-2009: By Michelle PietersenCape Town - A demand for land was behind protests which erupted in an informal settlement neighbouring Du Noon yesterday morning when people went on the rampage, stoning cars and (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zille's land conspiracy 'misleading' Sunday 24-May-2009: Western Cape premier Helen Zille's land conspiracy is misleading and just more hot air, the ANC said on Saturday."Premier Zille is being deliberately misleading again," said former premier Lynne Brown (By Jan)... |
| GAM Farmers Face Civil Suit Saturday 23-May-2009: By Nangula ShejavaliTHE Legal Assistance Centre is assisting the Nyae-Nyae Conservancy and its community in suing farmers from the Gam area for up to N$537 700 in damages.The farmers invaded the prote (By Jan)... | South Africa: Union Allies Warn Govt of 'Uncontrollable' Strikes Saturday 23-May-2009: By Sibongakonke ShobaJohannesburg - JUST a month after helping the African National Congress (ANC) government return to power, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has turned on its all (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: DA cries foul Saturday 23-May-2009: While the DA is crying foul over the ANC's decision to overlook it to chair Parliament's powerful watchdog committee on state spending, the man who has been re-appointed to the position says he is hum (By Jan)... | Hispanic Los Angeles Gang Charged With Murdering Residential African-American Neighbors Friday 22-May-2009: [Now certainly here, it seems that Hispanic hate crimes against blacks in the USA are on the rise. The Open Border Lobby which is often pushed by the far left obviously doesn't seem to really care ab (By Lone Wolf)... |
| South Africa: All South Africans Share in Sasol's Pain Friday 22-May-2009: By Ben TemkinJohannesburg - THE news that the fine on Sasol - an important earning generator for the Private Investor portfolio -- by the Competition Commission had been increased to R250,68m from R18 (By Jan)... | Zim: MDC MP detained for 'raping girl' Friday 22-May-2009: "We've had problems with cases being concocted against members of the MDC" A senior member of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe is in custody over allegations he raped a 13- (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Poachers winning war Thursday 21-May-2009: By Melani Gosling and Craig McKuneLaw enforcement officials are losing the war against better equipped perlemoen poachers who have high-speed boats that can quickly get from Hawston to Cape Point and (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe central bank operating illegally, says Biti Thursday 21-May-2009: "Our challenge is to make the RBZ a credible institution" By Kitsepile NyathiHarare - Zimbabwe's central bank has been operating outside the law, a situation that has undermined and weakened t (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: ANC bosses call for onslaught against the DA Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Carien du PlessisProvincial ANC leaders have called for a sustained campaign against the DA to put the party "under pressure at provincial and local government levels to deliver services to the poo (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: No Going Back On Land - Tsvangirai Monday 18-May-2009: Harare - The inclusive Government will not reverse the Land Reform Programme, but wishes to ensure that farmers produce enough food for the country, Prime Minster Morgan Tsvangirai has said.PM Tsvangi (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Meltdown - AfDB Increases Capital By 200 Percent Monday 18-May-2009: By Kunle AderinokunDakar - The 2009 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group closed yesterday with the resolution of the Board of Governors to increase the capital of the developmen (By Jan)... | Sudan: UN Calls for Greater Collaboration to Deliver Aid to Darfur Monday 18-May-2009: The United Nations emergency relief chief has urged increased cooperation in responding to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, as he wrapped up a five-day visit to the vast African country.As part of hi (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Doctors' Pay Struggle Continues Sunday 24-May-2009: By Khopotso BodibePublic sector doctors are preparing to stage a national march to communicate their frustration at the revised pay package government is offering. A national strike is also possible i (By Jan)... | South Africa: 8 000 displaced in one day by Somali fighting Sunday 24-May-2009: Mogadishu - Fierce battles between government forces and Islamist rebels in Mogadishu forced some 8 000 people to flee the Somali capital in one day, the United Nations said Sunday."Unfortunately, due (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Three trapped in Gaza tunnel cave-in Sunday 24-May-2009: El-arish, Egypt- Emergency services were on Saturday working to free three men trapped in a smuggling tunnel under Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip after it collapsed overnight, a security official (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Attacks Against Civilians And Aid Workers Increase in the East Saturday 23-May-2009: Kinshasa - Humanitarian organisations are increasingly coming under attack in North and South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the civilian population also being affected by at (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Conmen add to recession woes Friday 22-May-2009: By Peter RasmussenAs jobs are lost and bank balances shrink globally, fraud filings are on the rise, says Patrick Cunningham, executive director of the non-profit-making SA Fraud Prevention Services.H (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe Law Society holds first protest free of police violence Thursday 21-May-2009: "At one level things have changed. At another, everything is the same" Jan Raath in HarareA small piece of history was made in Harare yesterday when the Zimbabwe Law Society was able to stage (By Jan)... |
| Bayford And Boko Take Execution Victim Case Thursday 21-May-2009: By Lekopanye MooketsiProminent human rights lawyers Dick Bayford of Bayford and Associates and Duma Boko of Duma Boko & Co have taken up the case of the recent execution of a man by military officers. (By Jan)... | Southern Africa: SADC Governments Are Trying to Own the Word Monday 18-May-2009: By Keineetse KeineetseThroughout southern Africa, there are tiffs and standoffs between media practitioners and various national governments.Most governments of this region, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swazil (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: COPE condemns Pityana attacks Sunday 24-May-2009: The Congress of the People plans to raise recent attacks on Unisa vice-chancellor Barney Pityana with Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande, the party said on Sunday.COPE spokesperson Phillip Dexte (By Jan)... | South Africa: White Farmer kills attacker Sunday 24-May-2009: [Excellent! Of course, in this country, the white farmer will probably end up in jail for life for doing this. Jan] A man was shot dead when he allegedly attacked a farmer's wife near Pietermaritzb (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Two nabbed armed robbery Friday 22-May-2009: Two men were arrested for armed robbery in Tsakane near Springs on Thursday, Gauteng police said.Inspector Yakub Rasool said three people robbed a man of his cellphone at gun point around 9.50am on Th (By Jan)... | South Africa: Hospital food debt crisis Thursday 21-May-2009: Hospitals in Gauteng owe millions of rands to food supply and distribution companies - with some city institutions being the worst culprits.One of the worst Pretoria hospital debt offenders is George (By Jan)... |
| Congo-Brazzaville: UN Reports Surge in Sexual Violence Thursday 21-May-2009: The United Nations humanitarian wing is urging greater protection for civilians in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has witnessed a surge in sexual violence (By Jan)... | Africa: Mugabe says no to SADC arbitration Wednesday 20-May-2009: Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party yesterday rejected Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's call for a range of serious disputes between their respective parties to be judged by (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Gas Pipelines Blown up as JTF, Mend Clash Again Monday 18-May-2009: By Muhammad BelloTwo soldiers of the Joint Miltary Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta were wounded while scores of militants were killed over the weekend as the military clashed with MEND militants r (By Jan)... | Ghana: Counterfeit Drugs Kill Over 700,000 People Every Year Sunday 24-May-2009: A new report from the International Policy Network and sponsored by IMANI Center for Policy & Education details the shocking burden of fake drugs in less developed countries. Fake tuberculosis and mal (By Jan)... |
| Africa: 9th OECD/AfDB International Economic Forum on Africa Sunday 24-May-2009: Location: French Ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment 139, rue de Bercy - 75012 ParisOrganiser: The OECD Development Centre, the African Development Bank and the Economic Commission for Africa (By Jan)... | World: Nato soldier killed in Afghanistan - report Saturday 23-May-2009: Kabul - A soldier in a Nato-led force deployed to help Afghanistan fight a Taliban insurgency was killed in an attack in the volatile south, the alliance said Saturday."An International Security Assis (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Somaliland Police Detain Three 'Terror Suspects' Saturday 23-May-2009: Authorities in Somalia's breakaway republic of Somaliland have detained three men suspected of being linked to terror groups, Radio Garowe reports.The three men driving two trucks were arrested Wednes (By Jan)... | South Africa: Top cop in court on fraud charges Friday 22-May-2009: A newly appointed Pretoria police station commissioner has appeared in court on charges of fraud. The alleged fraud committed by the newly appointed Lyttelton police station commissioner, Director Vuy (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Gives Details of Talks Progress Friday 22-May-2009: By Tichaona SibandaPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai held a press conference Thursday, where he said the Principals to the unity government had reached an understanding on a number of issues, but not a (By Jan)... | Zim: Tsvangirai Statement Friday 22-May-2009: "There are two key issues on which the Principals failed to reach agreement" Harare - Statement by the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, The Right Honourable Morgan Tsvangirai, on the Implementatio (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Clinton: Mugabe needs to go Thursday 21-May-2009: "I think it's up to the people and the government, and, frankly, the neighbours" Washington - The departure of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe would be in "the best interests of everyone," (By Jan)... | South Africa: Buildings may be violating fire regulations Thursday 21-May-2009: By Caryn DolleyA number of buildings in the city centre may be contravening fire regulations and the landlords of some dilapidated lodgings are aggravating the situation by cramming rooms with as many (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Grandma allegedly beats grandchild to death Thursday 21-May-2009: The grandmother of an eight-year-old Free State girl has been arrested for allegedly beating her to death, police said on Wednesday.Sergeant Malebo Khosana said the grandmother was arrested on Tuesday (By Jan)... | South Africa: Witness retraction throws trial into turmoil Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Sherlissa PetersA murder trial that has gripped the Midlands for three years was adjourned in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday amid controversy over the retraction of testimony by a state (By Jan)... |
| Rwanda: Mutsindashyaka, Nyinawagaga Give an Old Man Grief Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Shyaka KanumaIn August last year a bulldozer demolished the house which stood on old man Kamiri Batsinda's plot in Remera. Batsinda had fought a long battle to save his house and his plot; but it w (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Small Scale Miners Meet to Confront Challenges Tuesday 19-May-2009: Harare - THE Zimbabwe Miners' Federation (ZMF), a grouping of small to medium scale miners, will hold a mining conference at which it seeks to raise issues affecting its members with key government mi (By Jan)... |
| Southern Africa: Last Ditch SADC Attempt to Find Common Ground On Trade Deal Sunday 24-May-2009: By Jo-Mare DuddyA watershed meeting between Namibian Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob and his peers from six other countries from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will take pl (By Jan)... | Africa: Somali pirates arrested Saturday 23-May-2009: Rome - Italian navymen on Friday arrested nine Somali pirates who were trying to seize a Liberian-owned merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden, a naval press spokesperson said."On Friday, around 06.00GMT, (By Jan)... |
| Africa: AfDB Will Strive to Meet Africa's Expectations - President Kaberuka Saturday 23-May-2009: Two days of brainstorming on major economic issues facing Africa have ended, in Dakar, Senegal, where the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved the institution's Ann (By Jan)... | South Africa: Fraud trial of ANC MP 'to be delayed' Saturday 23-May-2009: The fraud trial of former ANC chief whip in Parliament, Mnyamezeli Booi, will be delayed yet again, a prosecutor said on Friday.Booi, the only MP left standing in the parliamentary travel voucher frau (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Backyard dwellers remain defiant Saturday 23-May-2009: By Francis HwesheThe defiant backyard dwellers who are continuing to illegally occupy a piece of land in Macassar should retreat, Mayor Dan Plato said.Tension has grown over the past three days, with (By Jan)... | South Africa: ANC 'punishes' DA Friday 22-May-2009: The ANC said on Thursday it has denied the Democratic Alliance the chairmanship of any of the parliamentary committees as punishment for party leader Helen Zille insulting President Jacob Zuma."It is (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: JTF Overruns Iroko Militants' Camp Thursday 21-May-2009: By Muhammad BelloThe Iroko militants camp located close to the former Camp 5 in Oporoza Community, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State was destroyed by the Joint Task Force, Operatio (By Jan)... | South Africa: Crying killer was a favoured employee Thursday 21-May-2009: One of the men who murdered Muldersdrift restaurateur Clive Rautenbach was his favoured employee, and when Jacob Mareko heard this, he cried.Testimony in aggravation of sentence against Mareko, 38, an (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Age does count for car thieves Wednesday 20-May-2009: Beware: If you have a car between seven and 21 years old, your vehicle is at greater risk of being stolen than a newer model.But you're not off the hook if you have a newer car of between one and four (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Ugbane, Elumelu Remanded in Prison Custody Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Funso MurainaAbuja - An Abuja High Court sitting in Gudu yesterday reserved ruling in the bail application of the Chairmen of the Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Power, Senator Nic (By Jan)... |
| Two Great Black African Presidents - The Black country that once fed itself under Black rule - now trashed Wednesday 20-May-2009: [President Banda, the first black ruler of Malawi since independence gets short shrift in modern history. But in my view, Banda was THE BEST BLACK AFRICAN PRESIDENT EVER. When I grew up, Banda was ver (By Jan)... | South Africa: Mthethwa to name DIPC head Tuesday 19-May-2009: Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa will name on Thursday the head of the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation (DIPC) which will replace the Scorpions, his office said.The new elite investigations u (By Jan)... |
| Science: Authorities scramble to contain disease Monday 18-May-2009: By Craig MckuneThe next two-and-a-half months will be critical to the honeybee and the deciduous fruit and seed industries as authorities scramble to contain the contagious bee disease American Foul B (By Jan)... | South Africa: Man hunted down and beaten Monday 18-May-2009: The man suspected of having raped and murdered nine-year-old Thandeka Mashilo has been beaten to death by people in his community. The 31-year-old was hunted down by the people of Zithobeni informal s (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cops facing dismissal Monday 18-May-2009: By Kamini PadayacheeThree Durban police officers face dismissal from their jobs after they pleaded guilty in the Durban Regional Court on Friday to being found with firearms stolen from a Durban polic (By Jan)... | Fenata Seeks Variations to Labour Act Sunday 24-May-2009: By Jacqueline AsheekeThe Labour Act of 2007 contains certain provisions which have the potential to severely damage the tourism industry in Namibia.To address this serious situation, the professional (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Gang kill two Sunday 24-May-2009: Two men were stabbed and killed in two separate incidents but apparently by the same gang in Kwanokuthula on Sunday, Western Cape police said.Captain Malcolm Pojie said Justice Lizo Kwenxe, 41, was wa (By Jan)... | S.Africa: How the ANC get away with the murder of Black people in other Political Parties Sunday 24-May-2009: [The ANC claims it is "shocked" by this murder of someone in COPE! Oh Please! What's the bet that the COPE member who was murdered was killed by an ANC member? It appears to me that people still don't (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe police arrest lawyer, Kwekwe mayor charging obstruction of justice Sunday 24-May-2009: The magistrate refused to hear arguments for bail By Patience Rusere and Sandra NyairaWashington - Zimbabwean authorities on Friday arrested the lawyer for a parliamentarian of the Movement fo (By Jan)... | Central Bank, Police to Fight Money Laundering Saturday 23-May-2009: Windhoek - The Bank of Namibia and the Namibian Police have signed a memorandum of understanding to regulate and control money laundering in the country.Central bank governor Tom Alweendo and Inspecto (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: No vodka for Comrades Saturday 23-May-2009: By Iqbal Khan, Nondumiso Mbuyazi and Arthi SanpathPolice are using Sunday's Comrades Marathon as a dress rehearsal for law enforcement challenges they will face in next year's World Cup tournament.But (By Jan)... | South Africa: Confession: 'Amith strangled him ... ' Saturday 23-May-2009: By Sherlissa PetersThis is an edited version of a confession made to a magistrate by murder accused Kalisha Rajcomar on February 17.Sandesh Pooran was my boyfriend for the past seven years. We met whe (By Jan)... |
| Australian gold mine owner in Zimbabwe forcibly deported Saturday 23-May-2009: Johns was thrown into detention for seven days before being conducted through a hurried court process By Lance GumaLee Johns an Australian businessman who used to own the Globe Phoenix Mine in (By Jan)... | World: Four killed in Pakistan suicide attack Friday 22-May-2009: Peshawar, Pakistan - A suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives near a military fort in a northwestern Pakistani town late on Thursday, killing four civilians and wounding 40 others, offici (By Jan)... |
| Messenger of God Plans to Run for President Friday 22-May-2009: Maputo - A man who claims to be on a mission from God, has set up a political party to run in the forthcoming general and provincial elections on a platform of abolishing the current secular constitut (By Jan)... | South Africa: Chaaban gives ANC ultimatum over mayorship Friday 22-May-2009: Controversial leader of the National People's Party, Badih Chaaban, is holding the ANC to ransom - threatening to pull out of agreements with the ruling party unless he is made mayor of one of the mun (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Mugabe Refuses to Budge On Gono And Tomana Friday 22-May-2009: By Tichaona SibandaRobert Mugabe has apparently refused to budge on his re-appointment of Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana amid reports the 3 principals have deci (By Jan)... | World: 'I just submitted myself to God' Thursday 21-May-2009: By Agus BasukiMagetan, Indonesia - An Indonesian military plane carrying troops and their families caught fire and nose-dived into a residential neighborhood on Wednesday, killing 98 people and puttin (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Family finally finds body in wrong grave Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Thandi SkadeOn the day Themba Mbuli's family discovered that his body had disappeared from the Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital mortuary, his corpse was being buried by strangers at the Avalon cemet (By Jan)... | World Bank to give 22 million dollars to Zimbabwe Tuesday 19-May-2009: Prepared to discuss a more substantial amount if progress made toward clearing arrears The World Bank said on Monday it would give 22 million US dollars to Zimbabwe but said the country must c (By Jan)... |
| Benga Coal Mining Contract Signed Monday 18-May-2009: Tete - The Mozambican government and the Australian company Riversdale Mining on Friday signed the mining contract under which Riversdale will develop an open cast coal mine at Benga, in Moatize distr (By Jan)... | South Africa: Two held in connection with taxi murders Monday 18-May-2009: Two men have been arrested after tortured bodies and a badly assaulted man were found near Chattam taxi rank in Mthatha on Sunday afternoon, police said.Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said police were (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Woman tells of new cellphone scam Saturday 23-May-2009: The police and their crime intelligence arm are investigating a new scam where criminals convince cellphone shop assistants to do illegal sim swops so that they can steal an unsuspecting customer's pe (By Jan)... | Somalia: Govt Offensive Aims to Retake Mogadishu Saturday 23-May-2009: Somali government forces and allied militias attacked rebel positions in the capital Mogadishu Friday morning in a bid to retake control of the capital, Radio Garowe reports.At least four people, incl (By Jan)... |
| Guebuza Warns Against Theft of Electrical Equipment Thursday 21-May-2009: Chiure - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza urged on Tuesday the residents of the district of Chiure, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, to be vigilant against thefts of cables and other elec (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Australian Gold Mine Owner Forcibly Deported Thursday 21-May-2009: By Lance GumaLee Johns an Australian businessman who used to own the Globe Phoenix Mine in Kwekwe was forcibly deported from the country on Tuesday. This follows reports he was locked in a fierce disp (By Jan)... |
| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks on Robert Mugabe - My comments Thursday 21-May-2009: Tonight on TV I saw Hillary Clinton make remarks about Mugabe. Now I'm not a fan of Bill or Hillary Clinton, in fact, I regard them as white trash who are closet Marxists. Let us not forget that as a (By Jan)... | Africa: Pirate indicted in court Thursday 21-May-2009: New York - A Somali teenager accused of holding hostage a U.S. ship captain in the Indian Ocean after an attempted hijacking was indicted on Tuesday on ten counts, including piracy and kidnapping, pro (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Security guard allegedly kills supervisor Wednesday 20-May-2009: A 30-year-old security guard has been arrested after allegedly killing his supervisor at Emperor's Palace on the East Rand, Gauteng police said on Wednesday."It is alleged that the supervisor has just (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Crackdown on Imported Goods Continues Wednesday 20-May-2009: Harare - THE continued crackdown on traders circumventing duty payment on imported goods by the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority in Mbare has led to the confiscation of 87 (By Jan)... |
| World: TV shows body of Tamil Tiger leader Tuesday 19-May-2009: Colombo - Sri Lankan state television broadcast video footage on Tuesday of what it said was the body of Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, hours after the rebels claimed he was still alive.Th (By Jan)... | South Africa: FState farmers' alleged killer in court Tuesday 19-May-2009: The case against a Lesotho man accused of killing two Free State farmers was on Monday postponed in the Viljoenskroon Magistrate's Court until the end of the week.Free State police spokesperson Masele (By Jan)... |
| Zim ups image-building tempo Monday 18-May-2009: Information attachés would be dispatched to South Africa, Malaysia, China, Britain and the US Sunday Mail ReporterThe Government is planning to open information centres in five strategic coun (By Jan)... | South Africa: Tough-talking Gordhan gets going Sunday 24-May-2009: By Gaye DavidsPublic servants must "get their act together", make sure taxpayers' rands are spent properly, clamp down on abuse of tender procedures and expose corruption, says new Finance Minister Pr (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Najwa accuses her trial judge of bias Sunday 24-May-2009: Najwa Petersen, who is serving 28 years behind bars for orchestrating the murder of her music icon husband, Taliep Petersen, says she did not receive a fair trial. She claims Cape High Court Judge Sir (By Jan)... | World: Pakistan cinema blast kills seven - report Saturday 23-May-2009: Peshawar, Pakistan - The death toll in a car bombing near a Pakistani movie theater climbed overnight to seven, police said Saturday, as the military surrounded Taliban strongholds elsewhere in the no (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Niger Delta Crisis - N17 Billion Lost Daily Friday 22-May-2009: By Abdulfattah Olajide & Idris AhmedThe ongoing skirmishes between the military and Niger Delta militants has brought the nation's oil production to an all time low, Minister of State for Petroleum Mr (By Jan)... | South Africa: Do not resort to murder - judge Thursday 21-May-2009: By Sherlissa PetersA Pietermaritzburg woman who pleaded guilty to hiring a hitman to kill her husband was sentenced in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday to life imprisonment.Sibongile Mavis K (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Teachers face charges of misconduct Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Sinegugu Ndlovu & Sibusiso MbotoFive Durban teachers who were suspended for allegedly having sex with pupils are to be formally charged with misconduct by the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department, wi (By Jan)... | Sudan: African Union-UN Envoy And Sudanese Official Discuss Recent Fighting in Darfur Wednesday 20-May-2009: The joint African Union-United Nations envoy to Darfur met with a senior Sudanese official today to discuss recent fighting in the strife-torn region and rising tensions between Sudan and Chad, a spok (By Jan)... |
| 'One Or Two Shootings Not Bad' - Merafhe Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Bame Piet and Oliver ModiseVice President Lieutenant General Mompati Merafhe yesterday justified shootings carried out by security agents saying they are targeted only at criminals.He said that whe (By Jan)... | As predicted by a visionary in 1988: America now abandons Israel - The End of Israel... Wednesday 20-May-2009: [One of our regular readers now in Israel, is Yoel Lerner, a Jewish intellectual who back in 1988 wrote a fabulous article about Apartheid and about the Afrikaners and Jews of Israel working together. (By Jan)... |
| Africa: New Agriculture Funds Must Target Poor Farmers Tuesday 19-May-2009: Dakar - African Development Bank president Donald Kaberuka says medium-sized farms are the engine for agricultural growth in Africa and given their position and potential they merit considerable inves (By Jan)... | Nigeria: 'Hostage Killed' in Niger Delta Monday 18-May-2009: By Muhammad BelloPort Harcourt - A hostage being held by the Niger Delta militants has been killed during a military attack, they have claimed. The hostage was a Filipino sailor seized from the boat t (By Jan)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: Debate Over Truth Commission Sunday 24-May-2009: By Emmanuel ChacoKinshasa - The search continues for the best way to expose the truth surrounding crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), not least in Ituri, in the north-east of t (By Jan)... | South Africa: Wedding beating probed Sunday 24-May-2009: Wedding guests took a petty criminal to a dark corner "to search him". Then somebody had to wash the blood off his shoe, and the bride begged her guests to leave the man alone.These are some of the cl (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Says He Never Received Gono Letter Sunday 24-May-2009: By Lance GumaPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai did not receive a letter said to have been written to him by Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono, in which he complains about alleged victimization by Finan (By Jan)... | South Africa: Bakkie driver guns down officer Sunday 24-May-2009: By Leila SamodienA Stellenbosch traffic cop was gunned down in Brackenfell on Friday, allegedly by a motorist he had pulled over.Dewald Petzer, 35, was shot in the head on Bottelary Road and was kille (By Jan)... |
| Zim: No movement on media reform despite government pledges Saturday 23-May-2009: No invitation extended CommentBy Alex BellRepeated promises by the unity government to reform the repressive media environment in Zimbabwe are proving hollow, with no evidence of any action be (By Jan)... | South Africa: Zuma outlines crime plan Saturday 23-May-2009: Improved policing will play a critical role in President Jacob Zuma's administration's strategy to fight crime, he said on Friday.Speaking at the University of Zululand during a graduation ceremony, Z (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Shaik's condition 'not improving' Friday 22-May-2009: Since his release from prison more than two months ago, convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik has spent most of his days inside his Durban home heavily medicated, his family said on Thursday."He hangs aro (By Jan)... | Africa: SA has a big role to play in this - Clinton Thursday 21-May-2009: Washington - The departure of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe would be in "the best interests of everyone," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview distributed here on Wednesday. (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Cops kill two students over exam protest Thursday 21-May-2009: Bauchi, Nigeria - Nigerian police shot and killed two pupils on Wednesday at a high school in northeastern Bauchi state after they were called to quell a violent protest over examinations, witnesses a (By Jan)... | South Africa: Security guard arrested for robbery Thursday 21-May-2009: A 35-year-old security guard was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly being involved in a robbery at his place of work, Johannesburg police said."The guard was employed at the MAN truck depot in Clevel (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Drug Suspect Excretes 82 Wraps of Cocaine Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Chinedu EzeLagos - National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday arrested a 27-year old man, Nweke Chibuzo, suspected to have ingested cocaine worth N13 millionChibuzo who was arrested at (By Jan)... | South Africa: Moving on... a year after xenophobic attacks Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Laura AshbaughErnesto Nhamuave, who was infamously burned to death in Ramaphosa in the East Rand last May during the height of the xenophobic violence, left behind a family in rural Mozambique. The (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Harare undertakes to pay IMF US$100 000 quarterly Monday 18-May-2009: Zimbabwe has been in continuous arrears to the IMF since February 2001 By Nokuthula SibandaHarare - Zimbabwe has made an undertaking to pay the International Monetary Fund (IMF) US$100 000 qua (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Falana Petitions Army Chief Over Convicted Soldiers Monday 18-May-2009: Lagos - Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has asked the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Mohammed Dambazzau, to set aside the April 27, 2009 unjust conviction of 27 military officers by the military co (By Jan)... |
| Science: 'Acute need for public stem cell bank in SA' Sunday 24-May-2009: Some of the country's top scientists are meeting this week to discuss the possibility of starting the country's first multi-million rand public stem cell bank. The project is being spear-headed by Dr (By Jan)... | World: Moo-Hyun 'commits suicide' Sunday 24-May-2009: Seoul - Former South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun, who was at the centre of a multi-million dollar corruption probe, plunged to his death off a mountainside on Saturday in an apparent suicide.Police (By Jan)... |
| Ghana: Communities Stand Up Against Surface Mining Saturday 23-May-2009: Inhabitants of Adansi and Amansie, both mining communities within the Obuasi Mine of AngloGold Ashanti in the Ashanti Region have expressed worry over the negative effects of surface mining on their l (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cash-in-transit heist foiled Saturday 23-May-2009: A cash-in-transit heist in Meadowlands, Soweto was foiled on Friday morning while it was in progress, Gauteng police said."[Police] got information that there was a robbery that was going to take plac (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'I thought you were a k*****' Friday 22-May-2009: By Thabo ModishaA Delmas farmer and his brother are being investigated by the police after a man claimed they set dogs on him because they thought he was "k*****".Jose Ferreira and his wife Carmo, fro (By Jan)... | South Africa: Drug case highlights NPA backlog Friday 22-May-2009: An alleged American- Israeli drug dealer and money-laundering kingpin is fighting the State's bid to send him back to the US - because, he says, they have the wrong man. Now multi-millionaire Meir Elr (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: East African Govts Condemn Eritrea Harshly Thursday 21-May-2009: A group of East African states has called for air and sea blockades of Somalia to prevent outside forces – including the Eritrean government – from sending weapons and fighters to support (By Jan)... | South Africa: Coal Presses on With Vele Mine Plans Thursday 21-May-2009: By Charlotte MathewsJohannesburg - DEVELOPING miner Coal of Africa (CoAL) has submitted environmental reports on its Vele coking coal project near Musina to the Department of Minerals and Energy, and (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Eritrean President Condemns AU Troops in Mogadishu Thursday 21-May-2009: By Ahmednor Mohamed FarahMogadishu - Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki who gave an exclusive interview with Shabelle television and radio condemned the African Union troops in Mogadishu and said they (By Jan)... | World: Sex abuse was 'endemic' in Irish boys' homes Thursday 21-May-2009: By Andrew BusheDublin - Sexual abuse of children was "endemic" in boys' institutions in Ireland and church leaders turned a blind eye to it, a report on mistreatment in church-run bodies dating back t (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe central bank chief appeals to PM for protection Thursday 21-May-2009: "I continue to suffer abuse and ridicule" Zimbabwe's embattled central bank chief Gideon Gono, who reigned over world-record hyperinflation, has urged Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to defen (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'Zuma told me to keep Merc' Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Siyabonga Mkhwanazi and Gaye DavisTransport Minister S'bu Ndebele will be returning the luxury S500 Mercedes-Benz given to him by emerging roadworks contractors - because it would cause "less hassl (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: IMF Starts Rebuilding Ties With Unity Gov Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Alex BellA delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived in Zimbabwe over the weekend, as the financial lending institution starts rebuilding a working relationship with the unity g (By Jan)... | Ethiopia: Humanitarian Bulletin - 18 May 2009 Wednesday 20-May-2009: HUMANITARIAN UPDATEFood Security and NutritionAccording to WFP reports, a rapid deterioration in the food security situation and increase in malnutrition cases have been reported in some woredas of SN (By Jan)... |
| Science: New method is successful in mice and monkeys Monday 18-May-2009: Washington - Like a general whose direct attacks are not working, scientists are now trying to outflank the HIV and AIDS virus.Unsuccessful at developing vaccines that cause the body's natural immune (By Jan)... | South Africa: Nightmare for vehicle owners Monday 18-May-2009: By Shaun SmillieIt should have been a simple procedure, a quick visit to the Langlaagte vehicle licensing department to collect a new licence disc.But for the owners of a white Isuzu bakkie, what was (By Jan)... |
| World: Elections in Mongolia Sunday 24-May-2009: Ulan Bator - Voters in Mongolia went to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president less than a year after allegations of vote-rigging in parliamentary elections triggered deadly riots.The violence (By Jan)... | South Africa: Readers split on Dramat Sunday 24-May-2009: By Ainsley Daniels Anwa Dramat was appointed as the head of the new elite crime fighting unit.Dramat has experience in crime fighting, having served within the command structures of the SAPS since 199 (By Jan)... |
| World: Iraq car bombing injures 34 Sunday 24-May-2009: Mosul, Iraq - A suicide car bombing which targeted a US military patrol in a busy shopping street of Iraq's troubled northern city of Mosul on Sunday wounded 34 people, some of them critically, offici (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Zesa Eyes Coal Mining to Reduce Load-Shedding Saturday 23-May-2009: By Nqobile BhebheZIMBABWE Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) said it was entering into coal mining in Sinamatela to complement Hwange Colliery Company's production to reduce the rate of load shedding (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: DA wants Shaik's medical parole reviewed Friday 22-May-2009: Since his release from prison more than two months ago, convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik has spent most of his days in his home heavily medicated, his family has said. "He hangs around the house ever (By Jan)... | Nigeria: $450 Million Abacha Loot Still Missing Friday 22-May-2009: By Boco EdetFour hundred and fifty million US dollars out of the $3 billion looted from this country by the late military ruler General Sani Abacha is yet to be accounted for ten years after his death (By Jan)... |
| Lesotho: Cultural Beliefs Threaten Prevention of Mother-Child HIV Transmission Friday 22-May-2009: By Thabo MohaleMaseru - A health centre in one of Lesotho's poorest districts has scored significant success in implementing a prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programme, but hea (By Jan)... | TV Journalist Receives Death Threats Friday 22-May-2009: Maputo - A well-known Mozambican television journalist, Ercilio Zacarias, has been forced to move his family, after receiving anonymous death threats against them, reports Thursday's issue of the inde (By Jan)... |
| Sierra Leone: President's Men Target Two Journalists for Attack Friday 22-May-2009: Reporters Without Borders today voiced its concern for journalist Sylvia Blyden, forced into hiding after receiving death threats, and for Umaru Sitta Turay, who suffered a vicious knife attack.Both j (By Jan)... | South Africa: Four die after allegedly drinking muti Friday 22-May-2009: KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of four members of the same family after allegedly drinking traditional medicine.Superintendent Henry Budhram said on Thu (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'She asked if I would kill a certain woman' Thursday 21-May-2009: By Sherlissa PetersPolice are hot on the trail of a Hibberdene woman who is said to have hired two hitmen to kill her husband's mistress.The men she hired pleaded guilty to murder in the Pietermaritzb (By Jan)... | South Africa: Man gunned down outside home Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Dasen ThathiahCriminals went on the rampage in the north Durban suburb of Effingham Heights on Monday night, leaving a resident and a suspect dead in separate incidents.Kaizer Rashee, 52, was gunne (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Clinical Trials in Country Help Fight HIV/Aids Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Luphert ChilwaneJohannesburg - CLINICAL trials on new HIV/AIDS treatment and management held in Soweto and Cape Town have given hope to researchers, who are impressed by participation levels.Chris (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cosatu considering total Vodacom boycott Tuesday 19-May-2009: Cosatu's central executive committee is to consider whether to boycott cellphone company Vodacom, the union federation said on Monday."We welcome the support for such a campaign by the SA Communist Pa (By Jan)... |
| Zambia: Millers Welcome Maize Floor Price Monday 18-May-2009: THE Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) has welcomed the K65,000 maize floor price announced by the Government and predicted a reduction in the price of mealie meal by next month.But the Zambia Nation (By Jan)... | Somalia: Islamic Courts Governor 'Survives Blast' Monday 18-May-2009: A governor in Somalia's central region of Hiran survived an explosion blast on Saturday blamed on suspected insurgents, Radio Garowe reports.Sheikh Abdirahman Ibrahim Ma'ow, the Islamic Courts Union ( (By Jan)... |
| Liberia: 3 Officers Held for Facilitating Jailbreak Sunday 24-May-2009: Authorities of the Liberia National Police (LNP) have disclosed that of the 37 Correction Officers recently arrested in connection with the Monrovia Central Prison jail break, three of the suspects ha (By Jan)... | South Africa: DA 'keep jobs for white boys club' Sunday 24-May-2009: By Bronwyn GerretsenComing hot on the heels of heavy criticism of the Democratic Alliance's all-male, majority-white Western Cape cabinet, an Umhlanga woman has now accused the party's eThekwini branc (By Jan)... |
| World: Passengers fight off pirates with deck chairs Saturday 23-May-2009: London - Feisty pensioners from Britain used deck chairs to fight off Somali pirates who tried to hijack their cruise ship on the Indian Ocean, passengers and the vessel's owners said Friday.They spra (By Jan)... | Ghana: Danquah Institute Condemns Gov't Over Cocaine Saturday 23-May-2009: By Bismark BebliTHE DANQUAH Institute, a media, Research and policy organization spearheaded by Mr. Gabby Asare Octhere-Darko, has taken President John Evans Atta Mills' administration to task over cl (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Journalist Killed in Mogadishu Fighting Saturday 23-May-2009: Mogadishu - Abdisak Mohamed Warsame known as (Gada'o), one of the journalists of radio Shabelle and TV has died in the Somali capital Mogadishu after heavy fighting between the Somali government soldi (By Jan)... | Africa: Aziz launches presidential campaign Saturday 23-May-2009: Nouakchott - Mauritania's former military junta leader, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, launched his election campaign on Friday for the presidency by accusing the main opposition of "blocking democracy".The (By Jan)... |
| Liberia: U.S.$23 Million Investment For Forestry Sector Underway Friday 22-May-2009: An International Consultants Capital (ICC) in collaboration with a Liberian-European and American investment company, the Liberia Wood Industry (LWI), is set to invest US$23 million in the forest indu (By Jan)... | Nigeria: U.S. $450 Million Abacha Loot 'Can't Be Traced' Thursday 21-May-2009: By Ali M. AliAbuja - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) declared in Abuja yesterday that about $450 million out of the over $3 billion alleged to have been stolen by the late Head of (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Two die in Westonaria mine rockfall Thursday 21-May-2009: A second miner has died in a rock fall at Kloof Mine, on the West Rand, Gold Fields said on Wednesday.The fall was "seismically induced" and occurred at 2.21am in the 7 Shaft of the mine, near Westona (By Jan)... | South Africa: Murder not answer, judge tells widow Wednesday 20-May-2009: Imposing a life sentence on a 44-year-old woman who agreed to pay R15 000 to have her allegedly abusive husband killed, a judge said women should seek avenues other than murder to escape marital abuse (By Jan)... |
| Amid Political Tumult, Journalist's Jailing Draws Protest Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Mohamed Hassim KeitaIn Madagascar, dozens of journalists took to the streets of the capital, Antananarivo, to protest the imprisonment of radio presenter Evariste Ramanatsoavina, held since May 4. (By Jan)... | South Africa: Trucker gets R55 000 for wrongful arrest Tuesday 19-May-2009: A Pretoria tow truck operator who was unlawfully arrested in front of his hysterical seven-year-old son and kept in custody for a few hours, apparently on a charge of car theft after he towed a man's (By Jan)... |
| World: Russia walks out of security talks Tuesday 19-May-2009: Geneva - Russian officials walked out of talks on Monday with their Georgian counterparts aimed at easing tensions since their war last year, a diplomatic source told AFP.The Russians left the meeting (By Jan)... | World: Three headless bodies found in taxi in Mexico Tuesday 19-May-2009: Mexico City - Police on Monday found three decapitated bodies in an abandoned taxi in southern Mexico, and their heads in an ice cooler on a road nearby.Mexico's relentless drug violence has left more (By Jan)... |
| World: Hezbollah dismiss link to Hariri's death Sunday 24-May-2009: Beirut - Lebanon's Hezbollah on Sunday rejected claims in a German magazine that it was behind the 2005 killing of statesman Rafik al-Hariri and said the "fabrications" were made to try to influence n (By Jan)... | South Africa: Gunmen shoot at taxi, driver killed Friday 22-May-2009: By Mpume MadlalaA taxi driver was killed on Wednesday after two men opened fire on the vehicle he was driving.The incident happened near the Umbumbulu and Mid-Illovo main roads, outside Pietermaritzbu (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Accused contradicting himself Friday 22-May-2009: One of the alleged killers of Heia Safari Ranch owner Franz Richter made two contradictory confessions to the police. He made his initial confession to Superintendent Richard Ramukosi after his arrest (By Jan)... | Nigeria: N200 Billion Agric Loan Thursday 21-May-2009: The federal government recently approved the floating of N200b credit facility for commercial agriculture in a bid to boost agricultural production. This scheme is targeted at large scale integrated c (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: 300 Cattle Smuggled Into Mozambique Thursday 21-May-2009: Masvingo - NEWLY-resettled A2 ranchers in the cattle-rich Mateke Hills area near Gezani Communal lands in Chikombedzi have warned of massive depletion of the national beef herd through incessant cross (By Jan)... | Somalia: Islamists Attack AU Troop Bases in Mogadishu Thursday 21-May-2009: Mogadishu - At least one civilian has been killed and five others have been injured in fighting between Islamists and AU troops in Mogadishu, overnight, witnesses told Shabelle Media.The Islamist rebe (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Two nabbed for murder Thursday 21-May-2009: Two men were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly murdering a well-known Vanderbijlpark business woman, Gauteng police said.Inspector Kinnie Steyn said Dianna Angelbauer, 64, was murdered on Tuesday at (By Jan)... | South Africa: DA writes to Nqakula about Shaik Thursday 21-May-2009: The DA on Wednesday said it has asked Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to request the Parole Board to review the granting of medical parole to convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik.T (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Tales From Korruptistan! Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Muhammad Al-GhazaliRemember it was not too long ago that I harassed you on these pages with my famous dreams from the belly of that stupendously wealthy and egalitarian nation called Korruptistan. (By Jan)... | South Africa: Fifa's plan B for 2010 fans Wednesday 20-May-2009: By Clayton Barnes and Ella SmookWORLD football body Fifa says it will transport foreign spectators itself during next year's World Cup if the government does not resolve issues affecting the Bus Rapid (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zuma needs to watch allies: analysts Tuesday 19-May-2009: President Jacob Zuma will need to keep a closer eye on the ANC's union and communist allies to avoid scaring investors after labour giant Cosatu nearly sank the listing of cellular network operator Vo (By Jan)... | Zim: MDC -T resolution premature Tuesday 19-May-2009: "Do we need SADC or the AU to arbitrate over 5 percent of the remaining issues?" Herald ReporterZanu PF and MDC have described as premature an MDC-T national executive resolution on Sunday to (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Standard Chartered Enters Partnership to Support Agriculture Tuesday 19-May-2009: By Peter EgwuatuAs part of its contribu tion to the agricultural sector, German development finance institution, Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, (DEG) is partnering with Standa (By Jan)... | South Africa: Rape suspect arrested Monday 18-May-2009: A 23-year-old man from Refilwe was arrested for raping a 13-year-old girl, Cullinan police said on Monday. Spokesman Johannes Jaftha said the man was arrested at his house on Saturday, hours after t (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Military Raids - Corps Members Recount Ordeal Monday 18-May-2009: By Omon-Julius OnabuWarri - As the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) continued its raid on coastal Ijaw communities believed to be harbouring militants in Warri South-west Local Government Area of Delta (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Spain Arrests Suspects on Sex Trade Charges Sunday 24-May-2009: By Yemi Adebowale with agency reportsLagos - The Spanish police have arrested 23 people suspected of trafficking Nigerian women into the country and forcing them into prostitution by using voodoo curs (By Jan)... |
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