Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 28th June 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 |
| Requiem for Rhodesia Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: The Website of Carlos Whitlock Porter Requiem for Rhodesia Urge neither charity nor shame to me: Uncharitably with me have you dealt, And shamefully by you my hopes are butcher'd... I have (By JoAn)... | S Africa: A boere brain-drain Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Submitted by George: 5-08-09 SA farmers are flocking to accept an invitation from the Republic of Congo government to start commercial farming. Like many other countries, the central African na (By JoAn)... |
| S.Africa: Tony Leon & I agree on the ANC's war on COPE... The DA has reached its zenith... Friday 26-Jun-2009: A friend of mine who is well connected in the DA opposition told me some interesting things. He told me he attended a breakfast talk given by Tony Leon the former leader of the DA. Tony Leon mentio (By Jan)... | USA: The Pros and Cons of Corruption Monday 22-Jun-2009: To the Readers, I am catching up on posts to the AC site which came along as I was ill. As you know, our archives here at African Crisis are of great importance to us. I want to see these good article (By JoAn)... |
| Will there be a global economic collapse? Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Submitted by Spiculum: 5-04-09 By Bruce Porteous Bruceporteous50@yahoo.co.nz 1 May, 2009 Will there be a global economic collapse, or can the world’s economy be saved from a total melt-d (By JoAn)... | South Africa: Govt won't seize white farms, says minister. Eish, I agree - an explosive ticking time bomb! Monday 22-Jun-2009: [Personally, I don’t believe a word our lying Govt says on this matter. Jan] South Africa's new Agriculture Minister, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, said on Tuesday the continent's biggest maize producer (By Gairk)... |
| South Africa: 'Fortunately, I had my own James Bond' Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: A Pretoria advocate received a great birthday present on Friday, when a charge of murdering a policeman was withdrawn against him in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court.Advocate Gerhard Philip Retief van (By Jan)... | The Extreme Strategic Importance of Naval warfare from Roman to Modern times & Warfare on the Moon Monday 22-Jun-2009: 70% of planet Earth is covered in ocean. That simple fact alone should indicate that when it comes to movement, seas are more important than land. However, I never realised just how important navie (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Recovery From Conflict? Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Washington, DC - "We applaud the commitment of the bill [in the U.S. Congress] to bring about stability and development in the region. However, we as the Acholi religious leaders whose primary concern (By Jan)... | Historical Soviet Backed Tudeh Party Backing The Iranian Protests Saturday 27-Jun-2009: [I have been hearing a lot of ridiculous chatter of the recent demonstrations in Iran being part of a wider CIA operation. But to me, when I find reports of the historically Soviet-backed Tudeh Party (By Lone Wolf)... |
| Gabon: Omar Bongo; Franco-African Secret Society Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Nicholas ShaxsonNairobi - After becoming president, Bongo set about building a one-party state. "Gabon was being tugged between different tribes and regions," he said."Having multiple parties would (By Jan)... | Ghana: Nkrumah - Model Challenge for Rulers Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Yao GrahamKwame Nkrumah brought the Convention People's Party into power within two years of its formation, creating independent Ghana, writes Yao Graham. An overwhelming electoral victory gave Nkr (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Mend's Video of Atrocity Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Emma MaduabuchiLagos - The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) and Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) momentarily shifted attention from the battle in the creeks over a video clip (By Jan)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (23-06-2009) Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Howzit I made sure that I watched Morgan Tsvangirai as he was interviewed on BBC television by Andrew Marr on Sunday morning, and then again yesterday he was briefly on Sky News. The one thing t (By The BeardedMan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Brutal Raid At Minister's Home Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Freeman RazembaHarare - SIX armed robbers raided Minister of Regional Integration and International Co-operation Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga's Mount Pleasant home on Thursday night and got away (By Jan)... | Kenya: Gun Crimes Surge in Nairobi Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By David Okwembah And Dominic WabalaNairobi - Saturday's shooting of permanent secretary Kinuthia Murugu is the latest demonstration of a resurgence of gun crimes in the country, especially in Nairobi (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Saro-Wiwa Compensation Revs Up Struggle Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Ikeddy IsiguzoTHE global business environment is becoming more unpredictable in the light of responsibilities that are now tied to a corporate organisation's conduct in any part of the world.Shell' (By Jan)... | SAIRR Today: A view to 2020 - 3rd April 2009 Monday 22-Jun-2009: Submitted by Hennie: 5-02-09 This week the Institute completed a country-wide series of briefings, commissioned by a leading business organisation, to present a forecast of how South Africa might (By JoAn)... |
| Zimbabwe: Beware - Weapons of Mass Distraction! Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Reason WafawarovaHarare - THE egregious efforts by the BBC to perpetuate the image of a pariah state in Zimbabwe, even in the aftermath of the inclusive Government, is not without precedence.The We (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Can Death Penalty Stop Kidnapping? Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Adam AdedimejiThe recent clamour for death penalty as a way to curbing kidnapping in Nigeria has continued to attract comments from human rights groups in recent time; no thanks to the menace of ho (By Jan)... |
| Central African Republic: Who's Who With Guns Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Bangui - Lasting security remains elusive in the north and northeast of Central African Republic, despite truces struck with armed groups and a national conference held in late 2008 in an effort to st (By Jan)... | Somalia: Taliban Now Coming to a Guerilla War Theatre Near You Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Paul GoldsmithNairobi - Last month, several hundred jihadis came to link up with Al Shabaab's latest offensive, and now the Taliban are reportedly flocking to Somalia en masse.Waging insurgency in (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Electricity prices 'will continue to rise' Saturday 27-Jun-2009: South Africans will continue to pay more for electricity as a result of Eskom's financial woes and the global economic recession, National Energy Regulator of SA chair Collin Matjila said on Thursday. (By Jan)... | South Africa: Readers think safety onus lies with tourists Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Ainsley DanielsThe Egyptian team and Team Brazil claim they were the victims of thieves during the Confederations Cup.This has prompted an outcry from certain quarters as to whether South Africa is (By Jan)... |
| The ANC's official biography of Jacob Zuma Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Submitted by Hennie: 5-06-09 ANC PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA WILL BE THE NOMINEE OF THE ANC FOR THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA JACOB GEDLEYIHLEKISA ZUMA: AN EXTRA-ORDINARY LIFE African N (By JoAn)... | Kenya: Fresh Strikes By Mungiki Spread Fear in Kirinyaga Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Nairobi - The death of a boda boda taxi operator, Mr Peter Ngigi, 30, on Saturday in the latest orgy of violence in Kirinyaga district brings back tension and fears of a fresh wave of violence in the (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Payback, comeback, former judge finds favour Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Angela QuintalFormer president Thabo Mbeki could probably tell you. So could President Jacob Zuma. It's an old cliche, but what goes around does come around, and if politicians can't be believed, j (By Jan)... | Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence to Disarm Domestic Violence Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Pauline DempersJUST last week, Namibians learned of a tragic incident which has become all too common in our newspapers and on our televisions.In Ovitoto, the alleged ongoing domestic abuse of Paul (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: ResolveUganda Lobby Day Keynote Address Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Phillip Carter, IIIWashington, DC - ResolveUganda Lobby Day Keynote Address by Phillip Carter, III Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of African Affairs Washington, DC June 22, 20 (By Jan)... | Morgan Tsvangirai tells Britain's Zimbabwean exiles: It is time to come home Monday 22-Jun-2009: Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's prime minister, has shown great dignity in working with Robert Mugabe, the man who spent years trying to eradicate him. Now, he tells Graham Boynton, it is time (By Jan)... |
| Namibia: Woman Sues Government Over Sterilization Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Servaas Van Den BoschWindhoek - Anna Shikongo* wanted many more children, but five-month old Johannes, perched on her lap, will forever be her lastborn. She was sterilised by doctors at a governmen (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Robbery at Minister's Home - Police Identify Suspects Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Harare - POLICE in Harare have identified two suspects from the six-man armed robbery gang which last Thursday night raided Regional Integration and International Co-operation Minister Priscilla Misih (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: Unfinished Business - Moving Forward Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Korir Sing'oeiWith Kenya still in the throes of an entrenched crisis, Korir Sing'Oei considers the broader history behind the deficiencies of the country's political system. Arguing that there are (By Jan)... | Explaining Globalism - Politics is just a game where everybody has to lie - War is a game too... Thursday 25-Jun-2009: I was in a foul mood these last few days at work, and then it is nice to look at my website and chat to my various friends, and then they get my mind off those matters and we THINK DEEPLY. I'm most (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: The guest no one really wants Sunday 28-Jun-2009: At his imbizo in Soweto last week, a woman asked President Thabo Mbeki an awkward question: why do you give Aristide a house when mine has been taken away? She was referring to former Haitian presiden (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Halliburton - Neither Here Nor There Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Omololu OgunmadeLagos - Although for different reasons, the Federal Government, civil society organizations, opposition political parties as well as patriotic individuals, have been encumbered with (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: South Sudan Bids to Fend Off LRA Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Modest Kizito OketaJuba - South Sudan has ordered more troops to its southwestern border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, following recent attacks by the Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Res (By Jan)... | South Africa: Documentary Films available at Afrikaner Broadcasting Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Available at - Afrikaner Broadcasting Corporation: (By JoAn)... |
| Stop Military Abuses in Cabinda - Report Describes Pattern of Torture And Due-Process Violations Against Rebel Suspects Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Johannesburg - The Angolan government should immediately end the unlawful detention and torture of people suspected of rebel activities in the oil-rich enclave province of Cabinda, Human Rights Watch (By Jan)... | Angola Accused of Torturing Cabinda Rebels Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Katie MatternWashington - A new report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday calls for the Angolan government to end the arrest and torture of suspected rebels in the oil-rich enclave of Cabind (By Jan)... |
| Liberia: Reform Or Reconciliation -TRC?S Reconciliation Confab Went Overboard Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Monrovia - Since the guns were officially silent in August 2003 and Liberia’s belligerent and political forces and human rights, interest, and pressure groups revolved in Accra, Ghana, to learn (By Jan)... | South Africa: Quick buck is lure for SA drug mules Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Rizwana Sheik Umar and Dasen ThathiahSouth African drug mules hired to courier drugs from foreign countries face harsh sentences and even the death penalty abroad.At least 668 South Africans are in (By Jan)... |
| Zanu PF and Zimbabwe military profiting from diamond massacre Sunday 28-Jun-2009: A claim in the diamond fields is known as churu chamai Mujuru - Mrs Mujuru's anthill click here to download HRW reportBy Sebastien Berger Southern Africa CorrespondentThe Zimbabwean military a (By Jan)... | East Africa: Al-Qaeda Threatens Peace in Region Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Nairobi - An Al-Qaeda force fighting alongside Somali extremists against the transitional government has sent ripples through regional capitals.Commanded by a Kenyan, the group, called Al-Muhajirun, h (By Jan)... |
| GM Foods Could Be a Big a Risk Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Rampholo MolefheThe agribusiness giants who have developed and patented GM crops have long argued that their mission is to feed the world, rarely missing the opportunity to mention starving African (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Fears of Further Pain Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Sam OlukoyaLagos - With no formal education, Mama Ibeji may not be tracking the global economic crisis in the newspapers. But from her little roadside restaurant in Makoko, a Lagos suburb, she can (By Jan)... |
| World: Iraq suicide blast leaves dozens dead Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Khalid al-AnsaryBaghdad- A suicide truck bomber killed 56 people as they left a mosque on Saturday, after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged Iraqis not to lose faith if a U.S. military pull-back s (By Jan)... | The “mainstream” media blacking out the fact that all the victims of suspected serial killer were white women. Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Submitted by R. VanLuven: 5-04-09 The folling link has a story I thought you would be interested in. Also, the main link at cofcc.org has new stories posted every day. I don't know if you have hea (By JoAn)... |
| Uganda: Historic Lobby Effort Aims to Make Ending One of Africa?s Deadliest Conflicts a Priority for President Obama Monday 22-Jun-2009: Washington, DC - Nearly two thousand citizens from across the country will converge on the U.S. Capitol June 23rd to urge their elected officials to pass landmark legislation focused on ending violenc (By Jan)... | World: North Korea threatens war Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Jae-Soon ChangSeoul, South Korea - North Korea vowed on Thursday to enlarge its atomic arsenal and warned of a "fire shower of nuclear retaliation" in the event of any US attack, as the regime mark (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Drugs behind child rapes and murders - Zille Monday 22-Jun-2009: Nadine Jantjie's rape and murder has left the authorities at their wit's end.They admit their efforts to safeguard children are not enough and have acknowledged that family units need to be strengthen (By Jan)... | World: Motorcycle explodes in Baghdad market Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Baghdad - Iraqi's main motorcycle market was hit by a bombing on Friday that killed nine people and wounded 25, just four days before US soldiers pull out of cities, towns and villages nationwide.Defe (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Kenya Army Ready for Attack Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Nairobi - Kenya's military is preparing to protect its borders and refugees seeking a safe haven in the country following threats by extremists in Somalia to attack Nairobi.The extremists, who have be (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Fears of Violence 'Paranoid' - Tsvangirai Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme on Monday morning. This is a transcript of the interview released by Britain's foreign office:Ed Stourton ( (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Tsvangirai again downplays severity of land attacks Thursday 25-Jun-2009: "When the truth becomes a casualty then everything starts to fall apart" By Alex BellIn comments to the international media Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has once again moved to downplay th (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Again Downplays Severity of Land Attacks Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Alex BellIn comments to the international media Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has once again moved to downplay the severity of the farm invasions, creating a ripple of anger across the commercia (By Jan)... |
| World: Ingush president wounded in bomb attack Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Shamsudin BokovNazran, Russia - A car bomb exploded as the president of the troubled Russian region of Ingushetia passed by in his convoy on Monday morning, critically wounding him and killing or w (By Jan)... | Somalia: Militant Islamists Try to Draw Kenya Into a Trap Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Daniela KroslakAs Somalia's transitional government fights for its existence and the region's governments debate how to respond, guest columnist Daniela Kroslak argues strongly against another fore (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Foils delay Thora Gang ID parade Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Shaun SmillieWith a knife at his throat, 13-year-old Daniel offered the three robbers the R1 000 he had saved for a cellphone so that they would leave and spare his family.Daniel wasn't at the Sand (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Hawks Plot Mzembi Ouster Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Brian MangwendeHarare - HAWKS in ZANU-PF are sharpening their knives against Tourism and Hospitality Minister, Walter Mzembi, who they suspect could be switching allegiance to the Movement for Demo (By Jan)... |
| World: Drugs mix with politics in Mexico Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Sophie NicholsonMexico City - Mexico's drug war is creeping into the mid-term elections amid apprehensions that the country's drug cartels will use their money and clout to influence the outcome.Th (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Militants Bomb 3 Shell Facilities in Rivers Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Emma Amaize, Hector Igbikiowubo, Samuel Oyadongha & Jimitota OnoyumeLagos - WHAT is left of Shell Petroleum Development Company's (SPDC) joint venture onshore operations in the eastern Niger Delta, (By Jan)... |
| World: Iraqis search for missing relatives in rubble Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: TAZA, Iraq, - Residents of the town hit by Iraq's bloodiest attack in 16 months searched for their loved ones on Sunday after a massive truck bombing killed 72 people and destroyed dozens of houses.Sa (By Jan)... | Zim: Exclusive: The return of blood diamonds Saturday 27-Jun-2009: "They are blood diamonds, they have blood all over them" Six years ago, the world came together to stop a trade in gems that was fuelling civil war in Africa. Now the architect of the deal has (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Drug mules in for a 'quick buck' Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Rizwana Sheik Umar and Dasen ThathiahSouth African drug mules hired to courier drugs from foreign countries face harsh sentences and even the possibility of the death penalty abroad.At least 668 So (By Jan)... | South Africa: Max attacks police boss Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Caryn DolleyMore than 50 rape cases - some involving children as young as four - were never noted or investigated by police in the Western Cape because they didn't want their crime statistics to lo (By Jan)... |
| World: Iran arrests hundreds in clashes Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Tehran - Iran arrested hundreds of people after deadly clashes on the tense streets of Tehran, state radio said on Monday, but the opposition defiantly vowed to press on with its post-election protest (By Jan)... | World: Iran cancels mourning ceremony Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Jay DeshmukhTehran - A mourning ceremony for protesters slain in Iran's post-election turmoil was called off on Thursday as the regime clamped down hard on the opposition, vowing not to back down o (By Jan)... |
| Morocco: African Refugees Targeted Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Daan BauwensRabat - More than 300 African refugees are gathered at the gates of the Moroccan United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), asking to be moved to another country because their rights are no (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Militias Decry Kivu Amnesty Law Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Jacques Kahorha, with Désiré-Israël Kazadi in DRCThe Hague - A new amnesty law for combatants in the bloody eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, has a number of serious short (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: U.S. Providing Govt With Arms, Amunition Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Marina Litvinsky and Jim LobeWashington - The U.S. State Department Thursday confirmed that Washington is providing arms and ammunition to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia in a (By Jan)... | Africa: Zimbabwe denies killings in diamond fields Friday 26-Jun-2009: Windhoek - Zimbabwe on Wednesday denied claims of killings in its diamond fields, at a meeting on preventing the sale of "blood diamonds", despite reports of abuses in the evictions of small-scale min (By Jan)... |
| World: Rival to Taliban chief Mehsud assassinated Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Peshawar, Pakistan - A tribal leader and top rival to Pakistan's feared Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was shot dead on Tuesday, police said, as the army readied for an assault on Mehsud's wild northw (By Jan)... | Nigeria - Privilege - Gangs running Monday 22-Jun-2009: Submitted by Hennie: May 2, 2009: Despite the thousands of additional police, soldiers and sailors sent to the Delta region, most of these security personnel are assigned to guarding oil facilitie (By JoAn)... |
| Zimbabwe denies killings in diamond fields Saturday 27-Jun-2009: "These people comprised of cunning, die-hard illegal diamond diggers" By Brigitte WeidlichWindhoek - Zimbabwe on Wednesday denied claims of killings in its diamond fields, at a meeting on prev (By Jan)... | East Africa: Report Investigates Male Smuggling from the Horn to South Africa Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Geneva - A new IOM report on the irregular migration of men from the Horn and East Africa to South Africa finds that increasing numbers of smuggled migrants, particularly from Ethiopia and Somalia, ar (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Militants Hurt Oil Export, Hit More Pipelines Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Chika Amanze-Nwachuku, Ejiofor Alike and Ahamefula OgbuLagos - Niger Delta militants yesterday continued their offensive against oil and gas facilities in the region, this time targeting oil instal (By Jan)... | BBC article: South African Rape Survey Shock Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Submitted by Keeping it real: Thursday, 18 June 2009 18:06 UK South Africa's government has been urged to solve the rape epidemic One in four South African men questioned in a survey said they (By JoAn)... |
| Is South Africa about to become more 'African'? Monday 22-Jun-2009: ["African" is really just a euphemism for Black Racist. It means that non-blacks will be driven out. I have no doubt we will see more and more of this. But along with this comes a Zimbabwe/Nigeria typ (By JoAn)... | Sudan: Can Celebrities Save Darfur? Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By John Aloysius FarrellWashington - Five years after American activists began to call attention to the violence in Darfur, their movement has bloomed in size and sophistication, reaching out via the (By Jan)... |
| Renamo Bill On Abuse of Power Rejected Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Maputo - The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Tuesday rejected a bill on the abuse of public power, presented by the opposition Renamo-Electoral Union coalition, on the grounds (By Jan)... | World: The Truth Behind Iran’s Election Protests Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Submitted by Spiculum: By Joel Hilliker June 17, 2009 Don’t take what you see on the evening news at face value. The media are full of breathless reports of an Iranian uprising. They love this (By JoAn)... |
| Children forced to mine Zimbabwe diamonds Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Revenue from illegal trading is being funnelled to Mugabe's senior lieutenants, as well as the Reserve Bank, which has underwritten some military operations click here to download HRW reportRo (By Jan)... | Kenya: International Court Will Act on Election Violence if Govt Fails Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Emeka-Mayaka GekaraAn interview with Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the International Criminal Court prosecutor, on the ICC's attitude towards Kenya's post-election violence early in 2008:Do you have any inte (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Prinsloo charged with attempted bank robbery Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Hanti Otto and Zelda VenterOne of South Africa's most wanted men, Dirk Prinsloo, has been formally charged with the "suspicion of committing a robbery" by the Baranovichi police in Belarus, in east (By Jan)... | World: Iranian opposition to rally despite ban Monday 22-Jun-2009: Tehran - Iran's opposition vowed to defy on Saturday an order by the supreme leader to halt street protests over last week's election as US President Barack Obama said the world was watching.An aide t (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Islamists cut off hands, feet of thieves Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Nairobi, Kenya - In a brazen show of power in Somalia's capital, Islamist rebels punished four convicted thieves by cutting off a hand and a foot each before hundreds of onlookers who gathered for the (By Jan)... | Africa: 'This is a political coup' Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Alain IloniainaAntananarivo - Madagascar's police said on Wednesday they had arrested a group of men suspected of attempted bomb attacks which the government said had connections to the opposition (By Jan)... |
| Injuries Affected Memory, Says Police Murder Trial Witness Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Werner MengesA KEETMANSHOOP resident who claims to have witnessed and experienced assaults by Police officers during an interrogation that ended in the death of a theft suspect in early 2006 displa (By Jan)... | Africa: Dead crew member identified Friday 26-Jun-2009: The Hague - A Dutch ship and its Ukrainian crew was on Tuesday freed by pirates after a $1,3-million ransom was paid, but rescuers found a dead sailor aboard the vessel taken six weeks ago off Somalia (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Mugabe Pledges Support for Unity Govt Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Harare - PRESIDENT Mugabe has reiterated Zanu-PF's total commitment to the inclusive Government despite concerted efforts by the West to divide the parties involved.Western Governments visited by Prim (By Jan)... | South Africa: R46m robbery, suspects got inside information Saturday 27-Jun-2009: It was an audacious plan - executed with the help of a high-level security guard. But all nine men involved in the R46-million robbery at a First National Bank depot in 2006 have been found guilty.A r (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Corruption Exacerbates Food Crisis Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Bill OketchLira - Graft plaguing development programmes may be contributing to food shortage and malnutrition in north."My children are malnourished because we have been doing without breakfast and (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cop to challenge gun conviction Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Isa Mohammed, whose murder conviction related to the murder of a crime intelligence officer, Captain Carrim Alli was overturned - will turn to the appeal court in Bloemfontein against his latest convi (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Militants Attack Shell's Offshore Facility Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Ofonime Umanah, Adetutu Folasade-Koyi and Harris-Okon EmmanuelJoint Task Force (JTF) Spokesman, Colonel Rabe Abubakar, has accused militants of bringing in the Ukrainean plane loaded with arms now (By Jan)... | South Africa: ANC, Cope welcome Zille's budget vote Monday 22-Jun-2009: Western Cape Premier Helen Zille's tough measures to tackle crime and to reduce substance and child abuse announced in her budget vote have been welcomed by both the ANC and Cope.However, the environm (By Jan)... |
| MDC expects SADC to discuss Zimbabwe Friday 26-Jun-2009: “Zanu PF's insincerity in implementing the agreement, a fresh crackdown on MDC members†From Zim Online (SA), 24 JuneMDC expects SADC to discuss ZimbabweHarare - Prime Minister Morgan Tsva (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cops clip Ma'leven wings Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Shaun SmillieThey were the Thora Crescent Gang, a syndicate of five robbers, who have been linked to at least 220 crimes in the Bramley policing precinct alone - and the tally is climbing.The gang (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Niger Delta - Nigeria's $120 Billion Oil, Gas Investments Suffer Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Adeola YusufLagos - Over $120 billion investments in Nigeria's oil and gas industry have started to backpedal, investigations by Daily Independent have revealed.This was a result of the qualms expr (By Jan)... | Zim: Morgan Tsvangirai interview (transcript) Thursday 25-Jun-2009: "I am sure by July you should be in a position coming openly" Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.Ed Stourton : Later today the Prime (By Jan)... |
| World: Obama criticises Iran crackdown Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Stephen CollinsonWashington - President Barack Obama staked out his toughest stance yet on Iran on Tuesday, expressing outrage over a government crackdown and a "heartbreaking" video of a woman ble (By Jan)... | Africa: 'A nightmare of lawlessness' Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Zimbabwe's armed forces, under the control of President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF, of torture and forced labour in the eastern Marange diamond fields.A new 62-page r (By Jan)... |
| Sudan: Mounting Ethnic Tensions in the South Friday 26-Jun-2009: Nasir - Leaders from northern and southern Sudan are currently meeting in Washington against the backdrop of a series of bloody clashes between rival ethnic groups in the south in recent months.On 12 (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Genocide Fugitives, Hiding in Zimbabwe Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Hellen FriztKigali - HARARE - Zimbabwe could be harboring as many as six former top soldiers in the Rwandan army wanted in connection with the 1994 Genocide which left over a million people dead.Th (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Prices Keep Food On the Shelves Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Addis Ababa - An increasing number of Africans living in urban areas are finding it harder to put enough food on the table, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has warned."The food crisis and (By Jan)... | Somalia: Violence Spirals Out of Control Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Mogadishu - At least 20 people were killed and 60 others wounded in renewed clashes that raged in parts of Mogadishu, especially in Kaaraan district where pro-government forces and Al Shabaab insurgen (By Jan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (21-06-2009) Monday 22-Jun-2009: Howzit Yesterday was a most enjoyable day. Not only was it nice to be outside and mix with like-minded people, in many instances, it was good to put faces to names of people that I have communicate (By The BeardedMan)... | Africa: United States Agency for International Development Teams Up with Western Union to Launch African Diaspora Marketplace Sunday 28-Jun-2009: New Business Initiative Seeks Entrepreneurial Ideas from U.S.-based African Diaspora to Spur Economic Opportunity in Homeland.– The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Documentary on Chegutu Land Fight Wins International Award Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Alex BellA film documentary depicting the struggle of a Chegutu farming family against the continued invasion of their land, has won a prestigious film award in the United States.'Mugabe and the Wh (By Jan)... | Peace in Cabinda, the Enclave Between the Two Congos Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Mario De QueirozLisbon - Tuesday's signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for Peace and Reconciliation in Cabinda marks the end of 45 years of violence afflicting this Angolan province, the riche (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Living Between Life and Death in the Hands of Pirates Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Juliana TaiwoAbuja - Graham Egbegi, captain of the ship, MV Yenagoa Ocean, hijacked on August 5, 2008 by Somali pirates, yesterday said he and nine others aboard the ship lived daily for 10 months (By Jan)... | Zim: Come home, Tsvangirai tells expats Monday 22-Jun-2009: "These women were brutalised by Morgan Tsvangirai's police" Prime Minister comes to London with a message for the Zimbabwean diasporaBy Daniel Howden, Africa correspondentOn the eve of a major (By Jan)... |
| Hoorah! Interest Rates Fall Friday 26-Jun-2009: In line with falling inflationary pressures, the Bank of Botswana (BoB) yesterday reduced interest rates by a further 1.5 percent, bringing the bank rate down to 11.5 percent.This is the fourth time t (By Jan)... | Africa: Exploitation triggered piracy, say Somalis Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Daniel HowdenBerbera, Somalia - "In our culture we were nomads and we believed it was our right to take sheep, to take cattle. That is how we see the ships. They are our sheep and we will take them (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Prinsloo's desperate life on the run Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Eleanor Momberg and Peter FabriciusAlleged paedophile and bank robber Dirk Prinsloo led an itinerant life in the three years he was on the run from Interpol. Prinsloo, who skipped bail in 2005 duri (By Jan)... | Liberia: Peace Keepers Departure Tied To Successful Elections Monday 22-Jun-2009: The presence of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia will remain strong until after a successful conduct of the country's second post-war democratic elections.The visiting UN Under-Secre (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Police Officer Who Killed Opposition Supporters Gets Manslaughter Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Alfred Nyongesa & Lydia MukisaHuman rights activists and opposition politicians yesterday reacted angrily to the 14-year jail sentence handed out to Special Police Constable Ramathan Magara by Just (By Jan)... | Nigeria: MEND's Threat to Terrorize the North (i) Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Mohammed HarunaAbuja - Penultimate Monday, MEND, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, served notice that it will embark on a major act of terrorism in the North within the next two (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: Mau Mau Veterans Sue Britain Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Zarina PatelNairobi - An old man with a walking stick trudges while being guided by an aide. 'Mzee, have you been blind since childhood?,' I curiously ask. "No," says M'njau Ndei. "My eyes were gou (By Jan)... | S Africa: A letter from Vienna re: Afrikan Farmers and killing of African animals Monday 22-Jun-2009: Reader writes in: Hallo, I´m from Austria and I read a lot about Africa & South Africa , but no where really good Story's about Legal & Illegal KILLING of WildLife (Lions,Leopards and many more) (By JoAn)... |
| Rwanda: Jury Still Out on Effectiveness of Traditonal Courts Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Kigali - Rwanda's traditional 'Gacaca' courts, set up in 2001 to try some of those responsible for the 1994 genocide and to decongest the prison system, wind up on 30 June, but questions remain as to (By Jan)... | Africa: Russian President Starts Four-Nation Tour Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Abimbola Akosile With Agency ReportsLagos - Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, is billed to commence a four-nation tour to Nigeria and three other African nations today; in a bid to boost Russia's (By Jan)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: Humanitarian Situation Worsens in East Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Kinshasa - Joint military efforts by the UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the country's ramshackle army (FARDC) to neutralize Rwandan Hutu-led militias have been cri (By Jan)... | South Africa: Egyptian Players Lose U.S.$2 500 in Team Hotel Theft Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Robson SharukoJohannesburg - THE 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup suffered its first major embarrassment yesterday when it was reported that five members of the Egyptian national team had lost about US (By Jan)... |
| World: Doctor blames militia for killing Neda Sunday 28-Jun-2009: London - An Iranian doctor who claims he tried to save Neda Agha-Soltan, whose killing on a Tehran street made her an icon of the opposition, has said she was apparently shot by a member of the Islami (By Jan)... | Somalia: Kenya PM Hints At Military Option for Crisis Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Peter LeftieNairobi - Prime Minister Raila Odinga Monday hinted at a military solution to the crisis in war-torn Somalia.At a joint press conference with Somalia Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali (By Jan)... |
| World: Obama urged to keep 'fingerprints' off Iran Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Washington- Democrats on Sunday defended President Barack Obama's hands-off approach to the crisis in Iran, urging him to keep US "fingerprints" off the unfolding events despite pressure from Republic (By Jan)... | World: Clashes reported in Tehran Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and NASSER KARIMIWitnesses said police beat protesters and fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands who rallied in Tehran on Saturday in open defiance of Iran's clerical gove (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: American Pastor Remanded On Porn Charges Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Nicholas NgolyoNairobi - During the day, he was a man of God, preaching the good news to his flock. But at night, he turned into somebody else, engaging in sex orgies and recording them for commerc (By Jan)... | South Africa: Men 'allegedly raped, robbed victims' Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Jade WittenTwo men - a taxi driver and his taxi guard - have been charged with 20 counts after allegedly going on a raping and armed robbery spree around Cape Town.Charges include rape, attempted r (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Minister Denies Mass Killings in Chiadzwa Diamond Fields Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Alex BellDeputy Mining Minister Murisi Zwizwai has denied there were any killings in the eastern Marange diamond fields last year, telling a meeting of the Kimberley Process in Namibia on Wednesday (By Jan)... | Opposition Boycotts State of Nation Address Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Maputo - Opposition deputies of the Renamo-Electoral Union coalition on Monday boycotted en masse the annual state of the nation address given by President Armando Guebuza to the Mozambican parliament (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Warship foils Somalia pirate attack Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Lisbon - A Portuguese frigate foiled a pirate attack on a container vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Monday and captured eight pirates after firing shots at their boat, the armed forces command in Lisbon (By Jan)... | World: Iranian rally organisers back down Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Tehran, Iran - One of the organisers of a mass rally in Tehran backed down on Saturday after authorities threatened a harsh response, but it was unclear if everybody involved would stay off the street (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Mugabe bodyguards in Hong Kong assault case face work visa probe Monday 22-Jun-2009: Hong Kong - Police in Hong Kong investigate whether two bodyguards protecting the Zimbabwean president daughter Bona Mugabe were working illegally on tourist visas. Zimbabweans Mapfumo Marks (By Jan)... | Uganda: Software Piracy - How Affected is Uganda? Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Davis WeddiKampala - THE computer software giant Microsoft plans to crack down on Ugandans who use its software programmes without a licence. Many people may be caught unawares. The approach the co (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Ways for Nkwinti to Appease Both Sides Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Stephan HofstatterJohannesburg - LAND Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti's remark last week about overhauling the "willing buyer, willing seller" model because the government can't afford to meet its r (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai struggles to raise funds on world tour Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Chinamasa changed the constitutional amendment, removing deadlines for agreeing a new constitution By Peta Thornycroft in Harare and Sebastien BergerMorgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's prime ministe (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Spending at lowest level in a decade Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Shocking statistics have shown that South African consumers are being crushed by a mountain of debt. Houses and cars are repossessed every day, civil judgments are rising and household spending has dr (By Jan)... | Namibia: Zim Diamonds High on Kimberley Process Agenda Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Nangula ShejavaliZIMBABWE'S diamond trade will no doubt feature high on the agenda of the three-day Intersessional Meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), which began yesterda (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cops bust ATM scam Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Arthi SanpathPolice in KwaZulu-Natal say they are closing in on card-skimming syndicates which are fleecing bank customers and costing the country's economy millions of rands.Provincial investigato (By Jan)... | Kenya: World Court to Probe Polls Violence Suspects Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Emeka-Mayaka GekaraNairobi - A week before he hosts a Kenyan team at the Hague, the man who would open the secret Waki envelope delivered a strong message in an exclusive interview with the Saturda (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Tsvangirai's ambiguous trip Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Somewhere in a presidential residence in Harare, a man may have smiled CommentIn our series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, columnist and filmmaker Farai Sevenzo considers Zimba (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Kidnapping - Another Big Industry Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By By Ugochukwu EjinkeonyeLagos - It started innocently enough, as some potent tool by youthful agitators to draw serious national and global attention to legitimate demands for better treatment of th (By Jan)... |
| Zim: We facilitated unity govt: China envoy Friday 26-Jun-2009: "A Look East Policy does not exclude relationships with other countries" By Andrew MoyoHarare - Last year's decision by China and Russia to block United Nations (UN) sanctions against Zimbabwe (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Militants Attack JTF in Nembe Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Samuel OyadonghaYenagoa - The Joint Task Force has confirmed the attack on its location at Obioku in the Nembe Creek by militants.Though sources from the area told Vanguard that two soldiers were f (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Militant Freed As Yar'Adua Signs Amnesty Deal Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Emma Ujah, Luka Binniyat, Chris Ochayi, Chinyere Amalu and Daniel IdonorPRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua, yesterday, proclaimed an unconditional amnesty to all Niger Delta militants in the creeks as well a (By Jan)... | West Africa: Feingold Statement on Confronting Drug Trafficking Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Russ FeingoldWashington, DC - Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (Democrat - Wisconsin) at the hearing on “Confronting Drug Trafficking in West Africa” before the Senate Foreign Re (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Ssemujju Nganda - Why the Army Covers Up Somalia Deaths Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Ssemujju Ibrahim NgandaBecause of controversial views that I have expressed about Uganda's involvement in the Somalia conflict, colleagues at The Observer have legitimately restrained me from writi (By Jan)... | World: Iran reformists call for mourning Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Zahra Hosseinian and Hossein JasebTehran - A security crackdown appears to have quelled street rallies against Iran's disputed poll, but the leadership faced a new challenge on Wednesday from calls (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Joburg doctors call off strike - for now Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Bonile ONILE Ngqiyaza, Beauregard Tromp, Karyn Maughan and Kerry CullinanThe doctors' strike has been postponed, as medical personnel await the outcome of a meeting with provincial authorities on W (By Jan)... | Chad: They Can't Go Home Again Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Nearly two hundred thousand local people fled their homes when armed militias began to devastate eastern Chad in late 2005. Now, as conditions improve, some are trying to return home. Many find their (By Jan)... |
| Orgone Warriors Out of Pocket Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Paul FauvetMaputo - The four members of the New Age cult "Orgonise Africa", released a week ago from a prison in the western Mozambican province of Tete, are faced with a bill of 8,400 US dollars f (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Two Murdered in Glen Norah Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Daniel NemukuyuHarare - FEAR has gripped Glen Norah residents following the murder of two people, believed to be vendors who sold their wares at the nearby Boka Tobacco Auction Floors, on Thursday (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Two in jail for setting cop alight Saturday 27-Jun-2009: The merciless killers of top crime intelligence unit officer Captain Carrim Alli are in jail today, waiting to be sentenced.The Pretoria High Court on Wednesday revoked their bail after convicting sus (By Jan)... | Africa: Geneva Conventions And 21st-Century Combatants Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Dakar - To mark the 150th anniversary of the International Red Cross Movement IRIN spoke with humanitarian and legal experts about how conflict has changed in the 21st century and to what degree the G (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Tsvangirai in Paris on final leg of fundraising tour Friday 26-Jun-2009: "As a society, we were near death, and we have come back to life" Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday he had formed a working relationship with Robert Mugabe and saw scop (By Jan)... | Kenya: Kenya's Most Dangerous Al-Qaeda Terrorist Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Nation TeamNairobi - Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan is Kenya's most dangerous terrorist.The commander of a legion of foreign fighters in the war on the transitional government in Somalia, he is an old Al-Q (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Tsvangirai defends power-sharing decision Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: London - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday defended his decision to enter a power-sharing government with President Robert Mugabe, a day after being heckled offstage by protesters (By Jan)... | South Africa: Power price hike a bitter pill for most Sunday 28-Jun-2009: The National Energy Regulator of SA's granting Eskom a 31,3 percent tariff hike proved a bitter pill for most to swallow with complaints over its effect on inflation and the poor. The parastatal's i (By Jan)... |
| Editorial: Nigerian Militant's Threat to Attack the North Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Abuja - Last week, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) gave what it said was notice warning that within two months, it would escalate its terrorist activities to the North by l (By Jan)... | Namibia: Mixed Messages During Aids Champions Visit Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Thorsten SchierPROMINENT former African leaders who formed the Champions for an HIV-Free Generation coalition a few years ago this week concluded a fact-finding mission to Namibia.Their goal was to (By Jan)... |
| Summit was not about Zimbabwe – Zuma Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: "Nothing official had been brought to SADC's attention about such things" Swazi king says Harare 'is on trackPeter Fabricius and SapaSwaziland's King Mswati III says "things are going well so (By Jan)... | Do Barack Obama's Roots Inhibit His Africa Policy? Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Prof. Ali A. MazruiThe 44th President of the United States has a triple ancestral heritage. Obama is descended from Africans, from Muslims and from mainstream Americans. In the bid to be elected Pr (By Jan)... |
| World: Tougher North Korea sanctions Monday 22-Jun-2009: United Nations - The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to slap tougher sanctions on North Korea to cripple its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.Washington hailed Friday's m (By Jan)... | Africa: Hong Kong cops investigate Mugabe's minders Monday 22-Jun-2009: Hong Kong - Police are investigating whether two bodyguards protecting Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's daughter in the territory had the proper permits to be doing security workThe police investi (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Museveni Takes On America Over Nuclear Weapons Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Tabu ButagiraKampala - President Yoweri Museveni has thrust himself in the combative global debate on nuclear weapons by challenging western superpowers to dismantle their own stockpiles before pre (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Exclusion From Oil States - We'll Lose N1 Billion Monthly - Gov Imoke Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Judith UffordQUITE unexpectedly, Cross Rivers State has suddenly found itself out of the club of oil producing states in the country. Obviously this will have telling effects on the state revenue a (By Jan)... |
| Africa: 25 killed in Somali suicide attack Monday 22-Jun-2009: Nairobi, Kenya - Somalia's National Security Minister and at least 24 other people have been killed in a suicide attack in western Somalia, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaed (By Jan)... | A Shell-Shocked Youth Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Johannesburg - The future of reconciliation in Madagascar may hinge on its youth, but their involvement in months of political violence and continued exposure to turmoil has left them embittered and p (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: More Border Security Over Somalia Threat Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Dave OpiyoNairobi - For the umpteenth time - the government has moved to reassure its citizens of heightened security along its borders following threats of invasion by Somali Islamist militants.In (By Jan)... | South Africa: Special Permit for Zimbabweans on Hold Friday 26-Jun-2009: Johannesburg - The special permit for Zimbabwean migrants, announced by the South African government, is being put on hold pending a review of the decision by cabinet.The outgoing home affairs ministe (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Oil Below $80, Threat to Investments, Say Nigeria, Others Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Adeola YusufLagos - Nigeria on Wednesday declared that an oil price below $80 is a threat to investments in its oil and gas industry.Daily Independent had exclusively reported a serious drop in the (By Jan)... | Africa: 'I am left with no other option' Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Khalid Abdel AzizKhartoum - Four Sudanese men were on Wednesday condemned to hang for killing a US aid official and his driver in Khartoum, and a fifth man was jailed.John Granville, from the US Ag (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Gardener in dock for couple's murder Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Sherlissa PetersThe gardener of the couple whose bodies were found burnt beyond recognition last week is to appear in the Howick Magistrate's Court on Monday, charged with murder and robbery with a (By Jan)... | Explaining Globalism: President Obama’s secret letter to Iran Sunday 28-Jun-2009: [You will recall that recently I said I suspected that the uprisings in Iran are somehow linked to US and Western – Globalist – support for the opposition. Here we see the proof of that. Now, the real (By Gairk)... |
| World: We're fully prepared for missiles launch - US Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Washington - President Barack Obama has assured Americans in a televised interview on Monday that the United States was "fully prepared" for a potential North Korean missile launch toward US territory (By Jan)... | Southern Africa: SADC Appoints Chissano As Mediator in Madagascar Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Kizito SikukaThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) has appointed former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano to mediate in peace talks between ousted Madagascan leader Marc Ravalomanan (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Nigerian rebels attack Shell oil pipelines Monday 22-Jun-2009: Lagos - Nigerian militant group MEND said it had attacked two oil pipelines belonging to Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell in the southern Rivers state on Sunday.Rebel attacks have already cut Nigeria's (By Jan)... | South Africa: Manuel replaceable - Cosatu president Monday 22-Jun-2009: Cosatu has warned Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel that he is not indispensable, while the federation wants its ANC ally to clarify the macroeconomic and monetary policies.Cosatu president S'd (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Somalia seeks military aid Monday 22-Jun-2009: Mogadishu - Somalia's parliament speaker on Saturday asked neighbouring countries to urgently deploy troops to prop up the wobbly government as thousands fled the capital amid a mounting rebel onslaug (By Jan)... | Misconstruing of PPP to Privatisation a Source of Media 'Wrangle' Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Iyaloo Ya Nangolo1.1 EpistemeVictor Hugo once remarked that 'you can resist an invading army; but you cannot resist an idea whose time has come' with such few a words.I submit that after almost 20 (By Jan)... |
| World: Britain withdraws families from Iran embassy Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: London - Britain warned its nationals on Monday against non-essential travel to Iran and pulled out families of embassy staff, as tensions between London and Tehran grew after disputed elections.Irani (By Jan)... | Southern Africa: Chissano to Mediate in Madagascar Crisis Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Harare - Southern African leaders, including President Mugabe, yesterday resolved to address the crisis in Madagascar through dialogue and appointed former Mozambican leader Mr Joachim Chissano to med (By Jan)... |
| Peacock Democracy - Where No One Says 'No' Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Rampholo MolefheBotswana has long mastered - like the peacock - the art of fanning out its tail-end feathers to bedazzle the onlooker with a kaleidoscope of colours, blinding him/her to the fact th (By Jan)... | Uganda: Farmers Battle Drought - Many Returnees in North Struggle to Rebuild Their Farms Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Gloria Aciro LakerAmuru - Despite returning to villages after almost a decade in camps for the displaced, many northern Ugandans are struggling to revive their farms and small-holdings.A persistent (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Attacks of innocent people are cowardly ' Thursday 25-Jun-2009: The ANC on Tuesday described as inhumane and barbaric the murder of three family members in Ematimatolo in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands."The African National Congress is shocked and saddened at the brut (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Army Begins Disarmament Talks With Militants Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Lagos - The Nigerian Army yesterday said it had begun direct disarmament talks with militant groups in the Niger Delta, in what is seen as the first public acknowledgement of military-militants talks (By Jan)... |
| Sudan: Who Says a President Can't Face Justice? Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Joseph A. ManobaSystematic acts of rape, murder and pillage are some of the crimes [being committed against] the Darfuri people of neighbouring Sudan 24 hours, seven days! Who is a Darfuri man, wom (By Jan)... | World: 'Police brutality widespread in Indonesia' Friday 26-Jun-2009: Jakarta, Indonesia - Amnesty International accused Indonesia's police of routine beatings and demanding bribes or sex from suspects, part of what the human rights group called a culture of impunity in (By Jan)... |
| Sudan: Limited Progress Made to Rescue Peace Accord Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Marina Litvinsky and Jim LobeWashington - The United States Tuesday urged the government of Sudan and former rebels in the south to re-invigorate their 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), as (By Jan)... | World: Nuke tests, Kim succession 'dangerous mix' Monday 22-Jun-2009: Washington - North Korea's nuclear test and threats to test intercontinental ballistic missiles amid concerns over a leadership succession makes for "a potentially dangerous mixture," the top US intel (By Jan)... |
| Ghana: Country's Economy is Strong Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Amos SafoThe World Bank has confirmed that Ghana's economic growth accelerated to an average of 6 percent in the last five years; while the proportion of people living with less than US$1.25 a day (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Good Governance the Key to Donor Funding Monday 22-Jun-2009: Harare - A strategy is being devised to allow donors to sidestep Zimbabwe's central bank and channel funds directly to a ministry controlled by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democrat (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Shock waves follow huge Eskom hike Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Carien du Plessis and Xolani MbanjwaOpposition parties, unions and civil society groupings have condemned the energy regulator's green light for Eskom to hike electricity tariffs by 31,3 percent - (By Jan)... | South Africa: Murder suspect on bail at time of shooting Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Irene KuppanOne of the men accused of the murder of Inkosi Mbongeleni Zondi already had two other murder cases pending against him and was out on bail when he allegedly killed Zondi.This emerged in (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Seeking Diversity, Resilience and Farmer Control Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Raffaella Delle DonneCape Town - The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) claims that its "stress breeding", high-yield seed program and its emphasis on grassroots farmer input will boo (By Jan)... | Rwanda: DRC Soldiers Latest Rebel Victims Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By James KaruhangaKigali - The threat by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels, in eastern DRC, persistently continues with the rebels latest ambush and killing of Congolese (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Father killed by stray bullet Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Doreen PremdevA man was killed after being struck by a stray bullet when party revellers fired a 21-gun salute to celebrate a friend's coming-of-age in Crossmoor, Chatsworth.Neighbours said the cel (By Jan)... | Africa: Madagascar crisis drags on Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Antananarivo - Three months after Madagascar's president was ousted in an army-backed coup, the new regime is struggling to rally international support and talks on the island have been fruitless.The (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Pirates destroy Seychelles ship Friday 26-Jun-2009: Pirates torched a Seychelles vessel off the coast of Somalia after releasing its seven crew members for a ransom, two members of the pirate group said on Wednesday.The Indian Ocean Explorer, a maritim (By Jan)... | UN Wants Answers On Mass Graves Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Christof MaletskyYESTERDAY was the deadline given to Namibia by the United Nations to shed more light on the alleged disappearance of people following the 2008 discovery of mass graves by the count (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Anger and sadness over murdered doctor Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Scores of bouquets, heartfelt messages and yellow police-issue crime scene cordons deck the metal gates to Prairie Centre in Rosettenville, the medical practice where doctor Michael Sprenger was murde (By Jan)... | Zim: Mugabe dispatches team to counter Tsvangirai trip Sunday 28-Jun-2009: "That is the weapon we now have. They have gone West, now we go East" By Constantine ChimakureZanu PF has dispatched a team led by defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa to the East to seek finan (By Jan)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Militia Linked With FDLR Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By James KaruhangaKigali - Alliance des Patriotes pour un Congo Libre et Souverain (APCLS), a militia faction formerly aligned to the Mai-Mai fighters of the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (By Jan)... | Zim economy beginning to recover, says minister Friday 26-Jun-2009: While some have ventured back, others are waiting for the legal framework to be strengthened Luke BakerLondon - Zimbabwe's economy has turned around in the past four months, with employment an (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: This Land is a Gold Mine in Waiting Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Ng'ang'a MbuguaNairobi - Kenyan farmers might care to learn a lesson or two from their counterparts in Sirisia constituency in Bungoma whose fortunes are being transformed by an innovative idea fir (By Jan)... | South Africa: Top cop accused of sex attacks Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Lavern de VriesA Northern suburbs station commissioner accused of raping and indecently assaulting a police captain is being investigated by the Independent Complaints Directorate.The officer, who (By Jan)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: Fear for Safety of Mr. Norbert Luyeye Binzunga Detained at the Kinshasa Penitentiary and Re-Education Centre Monday 22-Jun-2009: Case COD 150609_EN Arbitrary detention/ Torture and ill-treatment/ Fear for physical and psychological integrityThe International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests (By Jan)... | South Africa: Family want their loss to raise awareness Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Graeme Hosken and Hanti Otto'I don't want my son to have died in vain. I don't want this to be for nothing." This was the passionate plea by Alan Castleman whose son Matthew, 20, died after he was (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: I Won't Surrender - Boyloaf Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Emma Amaize, Samuel Oyadongha, Emma Arubi, Jimitota Onoyume & Daniel IdonorYenagoa - AHEAD of today's announcement of the amnesty package by President Umaru Yar'Adua, main militant leader, Boyloaf, (By Jan)... | Africa: US warns of threats against Sudan Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Andrew HeavensKhartoum - Islamic militants have threatened violence against Sudan's government and could target Western interests following the death of a suspected militant, the US embassy in Khar (By Jan)... |
| Africa: As Attention Turns to Somalia Once Again Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Paul OhiaLagos - Focus has been on Iran, North Korea and even Gabon, Somalia's predicament has been overlooked in recent weeks. As the situation in the embattled African nation has worsened dramati (By Jan)... | South Africa: Striking doctors in breach of ethics - HPCSA Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Doctors who go on strike are behaving unethically, the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) said on Monday."Striking doctors are reminded that they provide an essential service, and as doctors nee (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: When Fashola's Funky Taxi Cabs Roll Into Town Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur OlowopejoTHE ceremony was elaborate and colourful and venue was the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. The gathering was there for one purpose: To witness the launching by the L (By Jan)... | South Africa: Govt Prosecutes Few For Xenophobic Violence Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Franny RabkinJohannesburg - THE Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in SA (Cormsa) has questioned the government's commitment to prosecute those responsible for the xenophobic violence in May last (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'My child's rapist is next door' Friday 26-Jun-2009: Eight year old Nthoko* is fearful, broken and distressed. She lashes out with confused, hateful words at her mother, the person who loves her most. She no longer enjoys the carefree days of childhood (By Jan)... | South Africa: Lotto winner admits helping dispose of body Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Karen BreytenbachFormer Lotto winner Jason "Pang" Canterbury denies conspiring to have a man who allegedly sold drugs for him murdered on his property, but admits to helping dispose of the body. Ca (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Task Force Vows to Sustain Campaign Against Militants Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Omon-Julius OnabuWarri - As news that military authorities in Nigeria had broken the deadlock in direct talks with militant leaders in the Niger-Delta, the security Joint Task Force (JTF) in the re (By Jan)... | South Africa: Can SA combat migration? Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Restricting migration is no solution to South Africa's problems, and could even hamper the country's development, according to a newly-released report.The report was compiled by the Johannesburg-based (By Jan)... |
| Ghana: Citizen Busted in Predawn Drug Raids Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Accra - A Ghanaian, Joseph Abbey has been charged with felony and drug conspiracy, and was identified as a key player in the alleged drug ring. Police said Abbey was born in Ghana but is a lawful perm (By Jan)... | South Africa: Somalis traders fear for their lives Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Caryn DolleySomali traders in the Western Cape are "terrified" local traders will turn against them after hundreds of residents gathered in Franschhoek earlier this week and stoned foreign-owned bu (By Jan)... |
| Rwanda: What's Wrong With Ethnic Profiling? Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By James A. GoldstonBrussels - Several years ago, as terrorism, immigration, and unrest in suburban Paris were at the top of the news in France, a French police officer confided to a researcher: "If y (By Jan)... | Somalia: Meles Downplays Militants' Threat to Govt Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Argaw AshineAddis Ababa - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi downplayed the threat posed by insurgents against Somalia government, saying that he believed President Sheikh Sharif's government wo (By Jan)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: 20 Women Raped in Prison Riot Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Josh KronGoma - Rioting former soldiers trying to escape prison in eastern Congo raped 20 female inmates before being dispersed by the national army, the United Nations has said.Former combatants o (By Jan)... | Africa: Medvedev visiting Nigeria Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Anna SmolchenkoAbuja - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Nigeria on Wednesday to sign gas and nuclear energy pacts, becoming the first Kremlin leader to visit Africa's most populous and (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Chiredzi CIO Head Shot Dead Friday 26-Jun-2009: Harare - The head of the Central Intelligence Organisation in Chiredzi was last week shot dead while his workmate was injured after two unidentified gunmen attacked them in the town.Regis Dongonda (38 (By Jan)... | Zim: Minister denied UK visa Thursday 25-Jun-2009: "The British embassy has trashed the ongoing engagement between Zimbabwe and the European bloc by denying Obert Mpofu a visa" Deputy News Editor Hebert ZharareThe British embassy in Harare has (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: Will Foreign Land Deals Benefit Africa? Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By John HarbesonNairobi - A new report really caught my eye recently. Issued by the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the In (By Jan)... | Uganda: 80 Warriors Killed As Army Recovers 600 Guns Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Olandason WanyamaKampala - THE UPDF has killed 80 warriors and recovered 622 guns with 4,295 bullets in the last six months in Karamoja.The 3rd Division spokesperson, Capt. Henry Obbo, on Thursday (By Jan)... |
| World: Ten killed, 100 wounded in Tehran riots Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Tehran, Iran - Ten people were killed and more than 100 wounded in riots and clashes which erupted in Tehran on Saturday, state television reported on Sunday.The television said there was a "tangible" (By Jan)... | Communique of an Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Communit Monday 22-Jun-2009: Sandton, South Africa - 1. The Extraordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government met in Sandton, Republic of South Africa, on 20 June 2009 to consider the political and security situation in (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Gun dealer granted urgent interdict Saturday 27-Jun-2009: A Randburg firearms dealer has obtained an urgent interdict to force Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa to come up with a plan on how he should deal with firearms entrusted to him by members of the public (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Minister's Hubby Flees Robbed Home Friday 26-Jun-2009: Harare - REGIONAL Integration and International Co-operation Minister Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga's husband and a family friend who was staying at the minister's Mount Pleasant residence have dese (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Militant Leaders Opt for Amnesty By Proxy Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Jide Ajani and Jimitota OnoyumeTOP militant leaders, yesterday, opted to accept the Federal Government's offer of amnesty, but by proxy, for fear of arrest.However, some militants have promised to (By Jan)... | South Africa: Grenades, rifle bullets found in Joburg house Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Poloko TauA stash of ammunition, including assault rifle bullets and grenades, has been found under the wooden floor of a Joburg house.This follows a tip-off by the police's Trio Task Team on Tuesd (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Minister Denied UK Visa Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Hebert ZharareHarare - THE British embassy in Harare has trashed the ongoing engagement between Zimbabwe and the European bloc by denying Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu a visa to (By Jan)... | South Africa: Jewellery shop owner killed Thursday 25-Jun-2009: A 58-year-old Vereeniging jewellery shop owner was shot dead during an attempted robbery at his business on Tuesday, police said.Captain Shado Mashobane said Peter Rodney Collen was killed, and his so (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Robbers, victim killed Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Two robbers and one of their intended victims were shot dead at a house in Kleinmond on Tuesday morning, Western Cape police said.Captain Bernadine Steyn said a 34-year-old man returned to his Delport (By Jan)... | World: Washington subway crash kills 6, injures 70 Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Andy SullivanWashington - Two Washington DC, subway trains collided during the Monday afternoon rush hour, killing six people and injuring 70 in a mass of tangled metal.Mayor Adrian Fenty called th (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Ahmed seeks support against insurgents Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Mustafa Haji AbdinurMogadishu - Somalia's embattled president, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, scrambled to salvage his six-month-old administration on Monday and fend off an unrelenting insurgent offensive.S (By Jan)... | South Africa: Money, sex blamed for Lotter claim Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Christelle Lotter, whose brother and sister are accused of murdering their parents, says they were motivated by "money, sex and anger", and are not entitled to one cent of their inheritance.And so inc (By Jan)... |
| Global: Interesting figures relating to successful marriage, religious beliefs, world wide Monday 22-Jun-2009: Submitted by Hennie: s5-02-09 Since the post on anti-miscegenation laws got a lot of attention, I was curious about analogs in the World Values Survey. There are two such questions of interest: (By JoAn)... | Africa: SADC rejects military option for Madagascar Monday 22-Jun-2009: A summit of leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Sandton has rejected military force to reinstate ousted Malagasy President Marc Ravalomanana.Instead they decided that the S (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Four arrested over Dawn Park robbery Monday 22-Jun-2009: Three men and a woman have been arrested in connection with the Dawn Park meat market armed robbery in the East Rand on June 2.Ekurhuleni Metro Police Inspector Jimmy Maboko said on Saturday police fo (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Shocks McGee Monday 22-Jun-2009: Harare - OUTGOING United States of America ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr James McGee yesterday said he thought MDC- T leader, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, would never call for the lifting of sanction (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: U.S. Apology for Slavery, Victory for Anti-Racism - What's the real game? Sunday 28-Jun-2009: [Isn't this just a victory for the NEW RACISTS? Anyway, wasn't the actual removal of slavery something good? Why do people have to apologise for something they corrected a long time back? Of cours (By Jan)... | Africa: Africa Gets New International Organization in the Field of Litigation Saturday 27-Jun-2009: A new international organization established to level the field in litigation of debt claims by vulture funds against African countries and in the negotiation of complex commercial transactions, espec (By Jan)... |
| Police Arrest Renamo 'Guards' Friday 26-Jun-2009: Maputo - The Mozambican police announced on Tuesday that they have arrested members of the illegal security force established by the former rebel movement Renamo.The spokesperson for the general comma (By Jan)... | South Africa: Trafficking claims under scrutiny Thursday 25-Jun-2009: A small but growing number of researchers are questioning the "alarmism" and dubious statistics surrounding human trafficking in South Africa, according to a newly-released report.The report, by Johan (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Rioting prisoners rape 20 women Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Kinshasa - Rioting inmates raped around 20 female prisoners during a failed prison break in Democratic Republic of Congo's violence-ravaged east, the country's UN peacekeeping mission said.Two people (By Jan)... | S.Africa: Thanks to the ANC Black people struggle to get Bank A/cs Monday 22-Jun-2009: I have been saying for years that the ANC is stuffing up South Africa's banking system and that it will backfire on all people, most especially black people. I stand by that. A black maid who helps (By Jan)... |
| World: Father of abandoned girl guilty of murder Monday 22-Jun-2009: Wellington - A New Zealand man at the centre of an international manhunt after abandoning his three-year-old daughter at an Australian railway station was found guilty on Saturday of murdering his wif (By Jan)... | Africa: AfDB Commits to Bolster Namibia's Economic Development Monday 22-Jun-2009: The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will provide technical and financial support to bolster Namibia's efforts to grow its economy and weather the global economic crisis. Speaking on Wednesday, 1 (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Govt, Russia Sign Six Bilateral Agreements Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Abuja - Nigeria and Russia have signed six bilateral agreements aimed at boosting both nations' strategic partnership.The agreements were signed after talks between President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and h (By Jan)... | South Africa: Night club murder suspect in court Saturday 27-Jun-2009: A man would appear before the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on a charge of murder after being arrested in Durban earlier, Gauteng police said on Thursday.Captain Bhekizizwe Mavundla said the 27-year (By Jan)... |
| The only Legally Black Racist country in the world: Liberia Debates Race-Based Citizenship Monday 22-Jun-2009: [And this is the same Liberia created by former American slaves and using the American Constitution. It was a big fat flop. The former Black Americans went to Africa, using the American constitution a (By JoAn)... | Science: Obama woos hesitant lawmakers Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Washington - US President Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Thursday to pass a historic global warming bill, amid down-to-the-wire campaigning on the eve of a tense vote in the House of Representatives. (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: We Want Fiscal Federalism, Not Amnesty - Mend Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Samneul Oyadongha, Emmanuel Aziken, Jimitota Onoyume And Dapo AkinrefonMEND spokesman,Jomo Gbomo while responding to Vanguard inquiry said it is either the President amnesty will offer hope or dism (By Jan)... | South Africa: SA in no hurry to 'ship' Aristide to Haiti Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says South Africa is not in a hurry to "ship" former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide back home, but nor is he going to live here for ever.Dlamini-Zuma (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Al-Qaeda 'killed American' Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Ahmed MohamedNouakchott, Mauritania - Al-Jazeera TV said Al-Qaeda's North Africa branch claimed responsibility on Thursday for the killing of an American aid worker who was shot dead this week in (By Jan)... | Liberia: Baccus Lives Again Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Monrovia - Liberia’s path from autocracy to multiparty democracy was tortuous, violent, and uncertain. It spanned more than 150 years of the spilling of the blood of reformists and their support (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Court red-cards hotel burglars Saturday 27-Jun-2009: The Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday made an example of the two groundsmen, employed by the Mpumalanga Department of Water Affairs, who broke into the hotel room of two Brazilian police officers.Ma (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'Killers' found inside the house, shot dead Friday 26-Jun-2009: A Kleinmond man has shot dead two men who killed his wife and injured him during an attack at their home on Tuesday.Marne Badenhorst was shot dead while her husband was out taking the couple's two you (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Algerian insurgents kill five police - report Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Algiers - Insurgents killed five Algerian paramilitary police and kidnapped two others in an ambush, several local newspapers reported on Tuesday.Algeria, which has been fighting Islamist militants fo (By Jan)... | World: Iran refuses poll annulment Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Ali Akbar Dareiniand Nasser KarimiTehran, Iran - Iran's top electoral body, the Guardian Council, found "no major fraud" in the disputed June 12 election and ruled out annulling the results, Iran's (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Hijack survivor tells of hell boot ride Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By VIVIAN ATTWOOD and JUGGIE NARANA traumatised hijack victim described on Saturday how he tried to resuscitate his younger brother as life ebbed from him in a car boot where they had been incarcerate (By Jan)... | Southern Africa: Regional Leaders Meet on Madagascar Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Itai MusengeyiJohannesburg - President Mugabe arrived here yesterday to join other Sadc leaders at an extraordinary summit the regional bloc has convened to tackle the crisis in Madagascar.Vice Pre (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Toxic threat to beaches Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Craig McKune, Melanie Gosling, Matthew Richmond and Anel LewisThe public has been warned to keep well away from tanks of a highly toxic chemical washing on to peninsula beaches.Contact with the che (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Higher Production But Food Insecurity Persists Saturday 27-Jun-2009: High food insecurity persists in Zimbabwe in spite of improvements in agricultural production and a more liberal import policy this year, according to a report issued today by the United Nations Food (By Jan)... |
| World: 'Blood for blood' Friday 26-Jun-2009: Srinagar - Thousands of people in Indian-ruled Kashmir defied a ban on protest marches on Wednesday with a fresh demonstration over the alleged rape and murder of two young Muslim women by Indian troo (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'It was my duty' Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Esther LewisA man who who saved a 13-year-old girl from being raped said he was not a hero because "it's what any ordinary person would do".Bernard Erasmus, 30, of Somerset West, said he had not st (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Patients bear brunt of strike Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Gugu Mbonambi, LaToya Newman & Sharika RegchandDulcie Gcaba, 71, left her home in Lindelani, north of Durban, early yesterday to keep an appointment with a doctor at King Edward VIII Hospital.Howev (By Jan)... | South Africa: DA blames state for doctors' strike Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: The Democratic Alliance blamed the government for the doctors' pickets in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape on Monday."The strike by doctors in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape today is the al (By Jan)... |
| Councils Are Corrupt, Inflation Goes Down Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: The Botswana Daily News of Thursday June 18 ran a screaming headline that "the Gaborone City Council is corrupt". To most people, that was no revelation.We all know that councils around the country ar (By Jan)... | Uganda: Ashraya Centre Gives Positive Children Hope to Brave the World Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Jovita AjunaNew Delhi - When Akshay Kumar left his wife, Radhika, in Mumbai to take up a truck driver's job in Haryana, she hoped for a better life because it was a fairly well paying job. Travelli (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Marais's murder: mail promises to reveal all Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Ella SmookA Department of Labour official has been warned to desist from flogging "inside information" on behalf of the man accused of stabbing and killing Stilbaai businessman Basie Marais. An ema (By Jan)... | Zim: Higher production but food insecurity persists Saturday 27-Jun-2009: "This year's improved harvest comes after two consecutive years of poor production" High food insecurity persists in Zimbabwe in spite of improvements in agricultural production and a more lib (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Rwanda should host genocide trials - Kagame Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Hereward HollandKigali - Rwanda said on Wednesday all outstanding trials for genocide suspects should be transferred to Rwandan courts when the Tanzania-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rw (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cops probing rape stats claim Friday 26-Jun-2009: Western Cape police are probing allegations that a sex crimes unit has mainpulated its statistics, provincial commissioner Mzwandile Petros said on Wednesday.He was reacting to a claim by provincial s (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Activists Question Kimberley Process Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Johannesburg - The credibility of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) - an initiative to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the multibillion dollar market - is being questioned by N (By Jan)... | Madagascar: SADC Appoints Chissano to Lead Madagascar Dialogue Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Chris BathembuJohannesburg - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has appointed former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, to lead an inclusive dialogue between the warring poli (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Crude Supplies to Refineries Will Dry up in 15 Days --NNPC Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Hector Igbikiowubo, Luka Binniyat and Tordue SalemLagos - THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has warned that crude oil supply to refineries will dry up in 15 days if the vandalism o (By Jan)... | Uganda: Seize Idle Land, Says Tinyefuza Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Joyce NamutebiKampala - The coordinator of the security services, Gen. David Tinyefuza, stunned Parliament yesterday when he called for radical land reforms and criticised the country's laxity on i (By Jan)... |
| Sierra Leone: 'Bintumani Hotel, Haven for 419ers' Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Rachel HornerFreetown - Some foreign guests at the Bintumani hotel have branded the hotel as a haven for fraudsters also known as 419ers after an American national was allegedly duped the whooping (By Jan)... | World: Fifty-five killed in Baghdad market blast Friday 26-Jun-2009: Baghdad - Fifty-five people were killed and 116 injured by a bomb in a crowded market in Baghdad's predominantly Shi'a neighbourhood of Sadr City, an interior ministry official said on Wednesday.Accor (By Jan)... |
| Madagascar: Chissano Given 30 Days to Solve Crisis Friday 26-Jun-2009: Maputo - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has given former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano 30 days to solve the crisis in Madagascar.At an emergency SADC summit last weekend, Ch (By Jan)... | GIPF Unimpressed With Striking Workers' Claims Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Nangula ShejavaliTHE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) is unhappy with the way in which its striking workers have gone to the media with what it describes as statements that are "inflamma (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Why don't nurses care any more? Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Mogomotsi MagomeMore than 350 nurses have been found guilty of professional misconduct since 2003, with offences ranging from physical assault, sexual abuse, maternity and medication-related cases, (By Jan)... | Editorial: Africa Must Act on Rwanda's Genocide Fugitives Friday 26-Jun-2009: Kigali - That some African countries still harbour Genocide fugitives makes sad reading. If ever there was political will among these African countries, concerning the fate of Genocide fugitives, they (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Man jailed for killing dad, stepmom Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Sherlissa PetersA 30-year-old man was sentenced on Tuesday in the Pietermaritzburg High Court to two life terms for the murders of his father and stepmother.Judge Vivienne Niles-Duner sentenced Nto (By Jan)... | Sudan: Showdown Looms As Kiir Orders Arms Surrender Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Godffrey OlaliNairobi - A major showdown looms in parts of Southern Sudan between government forces and civilians following President Salva Kiir's order for disarmament of people who resist to hand (By Jan)... |
| Namibia/South Africa: Gladiators Fall to Banyana Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Corry IhuhuaTHE Brave Gladiators struggled to fight off a second half surge by South Africa's Banyana Banyana when they lost 3-1 in an international warm-up friendly match at the Sam Nujoma Stadium (By Jan)... | World: 'They threatened to kill me' Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Rahim Faiez and Heidi VogtKabul - An Afghan journalist held by Taliban militants with a New York Times reporter said on Monday he was beaten and repeatedly threatened by captors whose demands kept (By Jan)... |
| World: 'The deadliest accident' Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Lucile Malandain and Michael MathesWashington - Rescue workers searched through a mangled mess into the night after a Washington metro train rammed into another one during Monday evening's rush hou (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'Bogus' attorney leaves accountant in debt Thursday 25-Jun-2009: A woman accountant has landed in worse debt after taking her financial woes to an alleged bogus attorney.Linda Adams, of Fish Hoek, Cape Town, testified on Monday in the trial of Hugh Pollard, who has (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: President Declares State of Emergency Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Mogadishu - Somalia's interim president declared a state of emergency as at least 12 people were killed in armed clashes in the Somali capital Mogadishu between pro-government forces and insurgents fi (By Jan)... | Africa: Aids Relief - 'We Might Have to Be More Selective' Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Servaas van den BoschWindhoek - What started as a multi-billion dollar tsunami against HIV/AIDS during the presidency of George W. Bush has trickled down to a carefully channelled stream of funding (By Jan)... |
| Chinese Reaction Ups Risk of Global Trade War Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: June 17, 2009 Economic depression, and now possible trade war. What’s next? China’s new economic stimulus program has ratcheted up trade tensions. Following on the heels of President Barack Obama (By JoAn)... | 'Is It Better to Be Loved Than Feared, Or Vice Versa?' Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Sheridan GriswoldBrian H. Jones (2008) a.k.a Brian Harlech-Jones"The President"The President by Brian H. Jones is a satire on President George W Bush using the framework of Niccol- Machiavelli's tr (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Yes, We Can Still Feed 9 Billion People Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Jacques DioufNairobi - The World Grain Forum that took place in St Petersburg from June 6-7 is one in a series of high-level meetings devoted to food and agriculture this year.Such meetings -- incl (By Jan)... | South Africa: KZN to call army medics if doctors strike Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Gugu MbonambiThe KwaZulu-Natal Health Department may call in the SA National Defence Force for assistance should state doctors, paramedics, pharmacists and dentists in the province go on strike tod (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Police Foil Militants' Plan to Seize Gunboat Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Okon BasseyUyo - Militants and security operatives yesterday clashed in Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State in an attempt by the former to seize bullet-proof gunboat belonging to the mari (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe authorities free 11 women arrested in Harare & Bulawayo protests Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Patience Rusere & Sandra NyairaWashington - Authorities in Harare and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Friday released 11 members of the activist group Women of Zimbabwe Arise arrested in demonstrat (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Amnesty Offer Does Not Mean Military Will Back Down Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Kingsley OmonobiThe Defence headquarters warned today (Friday) that the offer of amnesty to militants by the federal government to lay down their arms and embrace peace and dialogue in resolving th (By Jan)... | Science: Obama signs historic tobacco law Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Washington - US President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law a bill giving the government historic powers to curb cigarette makers, declaring the move emblematic of the change he is bringing to Wa (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Intergration of CNDP weakens FARDC - report Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Kinshasa - Pay delays, indiscipline and logistical problems threaten the army's capacity to defeat Rwandan and Ugandan rebels and re-establish peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, analysts say." (By Jan)... | Nigeria: FG Reaffirms Commitment to Land Reform Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Yinka KolawoleThe Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the effective implementation of a land reform scheme as proposed by the Yar-Adua administration within a reasonable time frame. (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Accountant 'worse off after bogus attorney' Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: A woman accountant landed in worse debt after taking her financial woes to an alleged bogus attorney, the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court heard on Monday.Accountant Linda Adams, of Fish H (By Jan)... | Africa: Madagascar regime cool to call for talks Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Antananarivo, Madagascar - Madagascar's military-backed regime has reacted coolly to a call from its neighbours to negotiate a solution to the Indian Ocean island's political crisis.At a weekend summi (By Jan)... |
| World: Toddler badly injured after China blast Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Beijing - Doctors in eastern China were trying on Monday to save the life of a 2-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a weekend factory explosion that killed 16 people, state media reported.The b (By Jan)... | Gabon: France Should Return Stolen Wealth Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Last month a French corruption inquiry accused the then Gabonese President, Omar Bongo Ondimba, of two grievous crimes: salting away a sinful proportion of Gabon's wealth in an estimated 71 foreign ba (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Zuma calls for end to Madagascar impasse Monday 22-Jun-2009: South African President Jacob Zuma on Saturday called for a political solution to the current impasse in Madagascar. "It is crucial that there be an inclusive political dialogue, where all relevant pa (By Jan)... | World: World's hungry 'reach historic high' Monday 22-Jun-2009: Rome - The number of hungry in the world has reached a "historic high" of more than one billion people, the UN food agency said on Friday, blaming the global financial crisis for the surge.The Food an (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Militants blow up oil facility Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Nairobi/Abuja - Nigerian militants on Friday said they had attacked an offshore oil facility just hours after President Umaru Yar'Adua unveiled details of an amnesty aimed at ending unrest in the oil- (By Jan)... | Niger: On Alert for a Constitutional Coup? Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Niamey - Niger's national bar association has warned that the ruling party's proposed constitutional referendum to allow President Mamadou Tandja to stay on beyond the 10-year limit - deemed unlawful (By Jan)... |
| West Africa: Ecowas Targets 2020 for Single Currency Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Juliana Taiwo and Dele OgbodoAbuja - The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) yesterday said December 2009 was no longer feasible for the take-off of (By Jan)... | South Africa: Home Affairs was warned of visa requirements Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: The United Kingdom did not want to impose visa requirements on South African passport holders, a British High Commission official has said."We wanted to continue the visa-free arrangement, but we felt (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Our boot hell ride Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Vivian Attwood and Juggie NaranA traumatised hijack victim has described how he tried to resuscitate his younger brother as life ebbed from him in a car boot where they had been incarcerated with t (By Jan)... | Armed Forces Chief Warns About Illegal Immigration Risks Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Luanda - The head of staff of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), General Francisco Pereira Furtado, has called on attention for the consequences of illegal immigration phenomena provokes for the country' (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cosatu, ANC clear air on Zuma Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Cosatu and the ANC have mended fences after a public spat over comments about how many terms President Jacob Zuma should serve as ANC president - while Zuma himself has pronounced that his fate lies i (By Jan)... | Somalia: Back Political Reforms, Not War Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Francis MaranguNairobi - PRIME MINISTER ODINGA'S call for intervention by Kenya's military in Somalia has come at the wrong time.Listening to him make the statement from his office early this week (By Jan)... |
| Africa: US helps Somali thwarts rebels Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Washington - The United States has sent weapons to the government of Somalia to thwart a takeover of the Horn of Africa nation by Islamist rebels with suspected ties to al-Qaeda, the Washington Post r (By Jan)... | South Africa: ANC threatens Cape Town Friday 26-Jun-2009: The ANC has threatened to refer the City of Cape Town to the Public Protector after it pulled its funding of Cape Town Routes Unlimited.The ANC's spokesperson on economic development and tourism, Gart (By Jan)... |
| Kenya: Cure in Sight for HIV Infection Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Gatonye GathuraNairobi - Scientists have found a way of eradicating HIV infection from the human body by "smoking" out the virus from its hideout cells. The new approach is to kill the hideout cell (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Gunshots Rock Port Harcourt Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Muhammad BelloPort Harcourt - Several months of relative peace enjoyed by residents of the oil city of Port Harcourt abruptly ended yesterday when a barrage of intense gunfire rocked the city in th (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Amend Land Use Act, Insists Ogunbodede Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Dada JacksonTaiwo Ogunbodede is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO), Cross & Churchill Group, a real estate conglomerate based in Lekki.In this interview with SENIOR CORRESPONDEN (By Jan)... | South Africa: We must bury factionalism - ANC Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Two months after losing the Western Cape to the DA, the ANC is plotting its way back into power and drafting a political strategy to win back some of the municipalities it lost to the ruling DA in the (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Second municipal employee's home attacked Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Sibusiso MbotoTwo cars were destroyed in a fire resulting from a petrol bomb attack on the Pietermaritzburg home of an Msunduzi Municipality employee on Saturday night - the second such attack on a (By Jan)... | South Africa: Initiation schools aiding spread of rape, HIV Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Sonya BellA distorted teaching in some initiation schools is leading to increased incidents of rape and the spread of HIV, say activist groups working with traditional leaders to stop what they fea (By Jan)... |
| Uganda: Police Find LRA Grenades in Lira Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Patrick OkinoKampala - THE Police in Omoro sub-county, Lira district have recovered weapons suspected to have been abandoned by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels during the insurgency.The wea (By Jan)... | World: UN to begin Bhutto slaying probe Monday 22-Jun-2009: United Nations - The three-member UN panel that will probe the 2007 slaying of former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto will begin its work on July 1 and will be led by Chile's UN Ambassador Heraldo M (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Woman wanted for alleged murder nabbed Friday 26-Jun-2009: A woman wanted in connection with murder was arrested at the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court west of Johannesburg on Wednesday, Gauteng police said.Inspector Kay Makhubele said the 31-year-old woman was (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Kalimanzira Gets 30 Years in Jail Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Gashegu Muramira in ArushaKigali - The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has sentenced former Cabinet Director in the Rwandan Interior Ministry, Callixte Kalimanzira to 30 years imp (By Jan)... |
| Africa: 'He was shot dead' Thursday 25-Jun-2009: The Hague - Somali pirates released on Tuesday a Dutch ship they had hijacked in May in the Gulf of Aden and one crew member was found dead aboard the boat, the Dutch defence ministry told AFP."The pi (By Jan)... | South Africa: Firearm licence: Deadline looms Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Firearm owners who have not renewed their permits by June 30 will be breaking the law, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Tuesday.As of July 1, 2009, all licences, permits and authorisations to possess a fi (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Egypt team's loss 'is unfortunate' - Mbalula Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Lebogang Seale and Poloko Tau'If you bring people into the hotel as friends, you must take responsibility for them. So if they turn out to be security-unfriendly, then it is unfortunate - we can't (By Jan)... | Recession Not 'Full-Blown' - Tweya Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyGOVERNMENT says it will keep the economy afloat despite warnings from the Bank of Namibia (BoN), Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) and a string of independent experts that growth will (By Jan)... |
| Ghana: Gov't to Consider Hedging Oil Prices Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Daniel NonorAt the heels of the current upsurge in oil prices on the international market, the government is exploring the possibility of hedging crude oil prices, as part of measures to reduce the (By Jan)... | Africa: Somalia robbers sentenced to amputation Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Mogadishu - Four Somalis accused of theft were sentenced on Monday by the Shebab insurgent group in Mogadishu to have their right hand and left leg amputated, the ad-hoc court's judge said."The four m (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: SIU to probe R4,3m spent on Zuma rave Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Social Development Minister Edna Molewa has asked the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) to probe the release of R4,3-million to a KwaZulu-Natal businessman who gave a lavish pre-election party for Pres (By Jan)... | Africa: Faiths to Work With States to End Arms Menace Monday 22-Jun-2009: The African Council of Religious Leaders (ACRL) has called for partnerships between governments and faith-based organizations to eradicate small arms and mines in the Horn of Africa.During this year's (By Jan)... |
| Science: Uganda forest faces bulldozers Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Tim CocksMabira Forest - Carpenter Jon Katangole fears he will lose his livelihood when bulldozers come to destroy one of Uganda's last patches of rainforest."My timber comes from that forest," he (By Jan)... | Mugabe says Zimbabwe may revive use of own currency Sunday 28-Jun-2009: "We are reviewing this so that we can go back to the use of our own national currency" Cris ChinakaHarare - President Robert Mugabe said Zimbabwe may revive the use of its own currency because (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Court to decide fate of Carrim's killers Saturday 27-Jun-2009: The two men sentenced to a life term behind bars each for the murder of Crime Intelligence Unit officer Captain Carrim Alli nearly five years ago, will on Thursday know their final fate when the Preto (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Govt, Militants Meet Over Amnesty Deal Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Ahamefula Ogbu and Davidson IriekpenA Federal Government delegation led by the Minister of Interior, Brig-Gen. Godwin Abbe (rtd), and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, yesterday met (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Community attacks man for crashing into girls Friday 26-Jun-2009: Katlehong community members attacked a man after he allegedly crashed into four schoolgirls while spinning his car near a school on Wednesday, police said.The 30-year-old man was allegedly spinning hi (By Jan)... | Africa: Kenyan veterans sue Britain Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Guy JacksonLondon - Five elderly Kenyans launched a bid on Tuesday to win compensation from Britain over claims they were tortured and unlawfully imprisoned during colonial rule half a century ago. (By Jan)... |
| Africa: American killed in Mauritania Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Nouakchott - A group of youths shot dead an American man on Tuesday in the centre of the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, a police source said.The man, whom investigators said ran a private language an (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Tribunal Jails Ex-Minister For Genocide Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: The United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the mass killings that engulfed Rwanda in 1994 has found a former Government minister guilty of genocide and sentenced him to 30 years in prison.April 1 (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Father bludgeons kids to death Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Lesego Masemola A traumatised Soshanguve mother is trying to piece together what could have driven her husband to murder their three children before taking his own life. Speaking from her home in B (By Jan)... | NGOs reject Zuma's stance on Zim report Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Zuma's office had insisted the generals never reported back to Mbeki in writing Cape Town - NGOs have taken further steps to force the Presidency to publish a report by retired army generals i (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: UCT law faculty's 'group of gangsters' Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: QUINTON MTYALAUCT's law faculty is beset by a racist "group of gangsters" on its staff bent on entrenching white domination of the bench, says its deputy registrar of legal services Paul Ngobeni.This (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'Eskom raping consumers' Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Consumers suffered a triple whammy this week, with stiff increases in electricity tariffs, the petrol price and no interest rate cut, the National Consumer Forum said on Friday."By far the worst of th (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe must respect human rights, France tells Tsvangirai Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Areas of security, media freedom and respect for private property French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Thursday reminded Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of the need to respe (By Jan)... | South Africa: Petros faces press on stats allegations Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Lavern de VriesWestern Cape police commissioner Mzwandile Petros, under fire from Community Safety MEC Lennit Max over crime statistics manipulation at station level, has previously been alerted to (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: DA 'shatters COPE's hope' Saturday 27-Jun-2009: The Democratic Alliance has won two by-elections in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape, a spokesperson said on Thursday.DA provincial spokesperson Bobby Stevenson said th (By Jan)... | South Africa: KZN, Free State hospitals shut down Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Some KwaZulu-Natal and Free State hospitals were shut down on Tuesday as doctors took to the streets in protest over delays in implementing a new salary scale, the SA Registrars Association (Sara) sai (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Lekota to the rescue Thursday 25-Jun-2009: COPE President Mosiuoa Lekota has embarked on a campaign to build branches for his party countrywide in preparation for the 2011 local government elections.Speaking to journalists during a Congress of (By Jan)... | South Africa: SA water 'under threat' Thursday 25-Jun-2009: South Africa's scarce water resources are under threat from "hostile" farmers, who illegally syphon off billions of litres to use on their lands, Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica warned on Tuesd (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Global Fund channelling Aids funding through UN Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Reaction to the diversion of the fund's US$7,3 million grant by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe last year By Cuthbert NzouHarare – The Global Fund has stopped financing HIV and Aids programmes (By Jan)... | Uganda: Election Laws Won't Change - Museveni Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Anthony BugembeKampala - PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has ruled out the reform of the electoral laws ahead of the 2011 elections, the key demand of the opposition.In a five-paragraph letter to former (By Jan)... |
| World: 11 bodies from Air France disaster identified Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Sao Paulo - Eleven of the 50 bodies recovered from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic three weeks ago have been identified by fingerprints and dental records, Brazilian officials said Su (By Jan)... | Nigeria: DMI Takes Over Probe of Impounded Plane Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Augustine Madu-West, Rotimi Akinwumi in AbujaKano - Investigation of the foreign aircraft impounded in Kano has been taken over by the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) to find out why and (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Decision to make sex work legal on hold Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Clayton BarnesThe Department of Justice and Constitutional Development says it will consider a proposal to decriminalise prostitution - but that a decision will be made only after the World Cup.Spe (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe appeals to UN for aid without conditions Saturday 27-Jun-2009: "The UN should be the first to take a stand against conditional aid†Zimbabwe appealed for a “financial stimulus package†yesterday for its devastated economy, saying lack of foreign sup (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Knowledge Gap About Risk of Multiple Sexual Relationships - Living With Aids # 395 Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Khopotso BodibeWhile South Africans are aware that using condoms can prevent HIV infection, the majority do not understand that having more than one sexual partner increases the risk of infection.T (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Police Nab Car Theft Suspect Friday 26-Jun-2009: Harare - THE suspected car thief who went to a Harare car showroom two weeks ago -- pretending to be a prospective buyer before driving off in a Toyota saloon after outsmarting a worker from the showr (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Zille embraces Nadine's mother Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Ziyanda SidumoWestern Cape dignitaries, family, friends and the community of Wesbank packed the local primary school hall for an emotional memorial service for little Nadine Jantjies, the seven-yea (By Jan)... | South Africa: Police open fire on angry Lindelani residents Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Ntokozo Mfusi and Kamini PadayacheePolice on Tuesday fired rubber bullets and used water cannons to disperse a crowd that had gathered at Lindelani, near KwaMashu, to protest against their ward cou (By Jan)... |
| Shaduka Trial Date Set for 2010 Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Werner MenesBUSINESSMAN Lazarus Shaduka, who is accused of murdering his wife in their home in Windhoek almost a year ago, will not receive a speedy trial, it became clear when he made a first pre- (By Jan)... | South Africa: Family survive hijack hell Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Sharika RegchandA Pietermaritzburg family is lucky to be alive and unharmed after a weekend visit turned into a hellish ordeal when they were hijacked, kidnapped, and subjected to a high-speed chas (By Jan)... |
| Chissano Appointed As SADC Mediator On Madagascar Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Maputo - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Saturday appointed former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano as the organisation's mediator in its attempt to restore Madagascar to con (By Jan)... | UK announces £5m aid for Zimbabwe Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: The aid would go through aid agencies, not the government British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced an extra £5m of transitional aid to Zimbabwe. He was speaking after meeting Zimbabw (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Hundreds participate in doctors strike Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Hundreds of angry public sector doctors demanded better wages on Monday at a picket outside Durban's King Edward VIII hospital.The group, carrying placards and singing, said they wanted their concerns (By Jan)... | South Africa: Egyptian players' version of theft a ruse? Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Police are due to question the Egyptian soccer team on Monday, after it emerged that some players were not robbed but might have been taken for a ride by women they had invited to their hotel for an i (By Jan)... |
| The Global Economic Meltdown's shocking effects on South Africa Monday 22-Jun-2009: The following statistics come from a recent investigative journalism program, probably the only good one left at all on the worthless SABC TV channels. It is an Afrikaans program called: FOKUS. o 6 (By Jan)... | South Africa: First Promising TB Drug in Decades, Say Researchers Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Sharon DavisCape Town - The first new tuberculosis drug in 40 years has successfully treated multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients in a clinical trial in South Africa.Diarylquinoline T (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Mugabe Succession Struggle Grows Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Constantine ChimakureA ZANU PF faction headed by retired army general Solomon Mujuru is reportedly seeking a meeting with President Robert Mugabe to broker a deal that will avert a major shake-up o (By Jan)... | Somalia: Ethiopia Plays Down Crisis in Mogadishu Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Argaw AshineAddis Ababa - Ethiopia has said it will not send troops to Somalia because the Mogadishu administration was not in danger of being deposed by Islamic militants.Prime Minister Meles Zena (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Zim must respect human rights - France Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Paris - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Thursday reminded Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of the need to respect human rights and to have a free media in the shattered African (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'Consumers are losing hope' Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Complaints about Eskom's approved electricity price hike continued to build on Thursday with the Democratic Alliance calling for significant energy sector reform.DA shadow minister of energy Sejamotho (By Jan)... |
| Zim: Zanu PF & MDC headed for clash on new constitution Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Mugabe: the new constitution will be in line with the widely criticized Kariba Draft By Lance GumaThe MDC and Zanu PF parties, who entered into a coalition government four months ago, are head (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Metallon Gold Reopens Two Mines Friday 26-Jun-2009: Harare - ZIMBABWE'S largest gold miner, Metallon Gold has re-opened two of its five mines -- How and Shamva -- after agreeing a US$15 million loan with foreign and local financiers, the company's chie (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Lotto winner charged with murder Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Fouzia van der FortA man who won R6,7-million in the Lotto three years ago allegedly had four hitmen kill an associate, Henry Stevens, whose body has still not been found.Jason Canterbury, 23, of K (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'We can't say that electricity is cheap' Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Government will oppose a rapid rise in electricity tariffs, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said on Tuesday.Speaking in the National Assembly during debate on her budget vote, she said the National Energ (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Senate to Probe Impact of Military Operations Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Sufuyan Ojeifo and Juliana TaiwoAbuja - Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroelum (Upstream), Senator Lee Ledogo Maeba, hinted yesterday of the prospects of a Senate investigation into the ongo (By Jan)... | South Africa: Who's the killer? Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: The doctors who switched off a man's life support machine - not the four men who allegedly beat him into a coma - should be charged with his murder.This is the extraordinary argument of a lawyer who i (By Jan)... |
| Science: Oil slicks poisoning Bohai Sea: official Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Oil spills from pipelines and ships and illegal dumping of waste from the production of crude are polluting China's northeastern Bohai Sea, a senior marine official said on Monday.Liu Xincheng, deputy (By Jan)... | South Africa: Royal Hotel fire mystery Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Arthi Sanpath, Mpume Madlala and Rizwana UmarFirefighters on Monday morning were still trying to determine the cause of a fire which forced an emergency evacuation of Durban's landmark Royal Hotel. (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Woman sues after being called 'muslim witch' Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Annie DorasamyAn incensed Scottburgh woman who was described as a "Muslim witch" has taken her neighbour to court, suing her for damages of R100 000.Zarina Sheik Ibrahim has charged Cilla Webster (By Jan)... | Madagascar: Region Appoints Chissano as Mediator Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Cape Town - Southern African leaders have responded to the deadlock in talks over Madagascar's future by appointing former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano as a mediator to lead an all-party dial (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Carousing Egyptians caught with pants down Monday 22-Jun-2009: The Egyptian soccer players who claimed that they had been robbed at their hotel may have been having a party in one of their rooms before female partygoers made off with their money, according to a t (By Jan)... | World: Hits paid R480 000 in two years Monday 22-Jun-2009: Hours after police plucked him out of a suburban alley, Vincent Smothers dropped a bombshell confession: "I don't have a profession," he told an investigator. "I kill people for money."Then, police sa (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Millions of S Africans under census radar Monday 22-Jun-2009: About six million South Africans - a conservative estimate - might not be counted in the next census because some citizens prefer not to use their physical addresses or do not have a formal place of r (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'Obama assassination no joke' Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Reporting the assassination of Barack Obama is not permissible as an April Fool's prank, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCC) ruled on Friday.In the ruling, it reprimanded University of Johann (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Hijacking boot death: two held Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Two people have been arrested after a 16-hour hijacking ordeal which left a 21-year-old man dead due to suffocation in the boot of a car, Gauteng police said.Director Govindsamy Mariemuthoo said a man (By Jan)... | South Africa: ANC threat 'a political game' Saturday 27-Jun-2009: The City of Cape Town has dismissed a threat by the ANC to refer it to the Public Protector for pulling funding from Cape Town Routes Unlimited, calling it a political game by the party.On Wednesday t (By Jan)... |
| BCP Councillor Demands Millions in Damages Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Oarabile MosikareFrancistown - Botswana Congress Party (BCP) Ipopeng Ward councillor, Interest David Tawele's, appeared before Justice Mpaphi Phumaphi yesterday seeking redress for unlawful arrest, (By Jan)... | South Africa: Parties face off in Cape by-elections Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Lindsay DentlingerThe DA and the ANC are set to go head-to-head in five of seven by-elections to be held across the province on Wednesday, their first contest at the ballot box since the April 22 e (By Jan)... |
| Africa: New Challenges But Strong Commitment on U.S. Africa Policy, Says Carson Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Charles Cobb Jr.Washington, DC - The United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, promised Tuesday that he will "remember to listen and not forget to learn."Brief (By Jan)... | Zambia: Hard Times On the Copperbelt Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Kelvin KachingweLuanshya - Nowhere in Zambia is the impact of the global financial crisis being felt harder than in the copper and cobalt-rich province of the Copperbelt.The province has for a long (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Namibians Win Gold in South Africa Thursday 25-Jun-2009: A GROUP of 47 students from Goju Ryu Karate Namibia represented Namibia at the IOGKF Africa Karate Championships in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on May 23.The competition was extremely tough as South A (By Jan)... | Libya: How Gaddafi Went to Italy, Lectured Them, And Got Them to Pay Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Gitau WarigiNairobi - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is famously idiosyncratic, but during his groundbreaking visit to Italy this month he secured something no African country has managed from a for (By Jan)... |
| SADC Urges Rival Parties to Dialogue Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) extraordinary Summit closed yesterday night with leaders urging rival parties in Madagascar to commit themselves to the regional body's coordinated all (By Jan)... | Somalia: Hunger Stalks Mogadishu Hospitals Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Nairobi - Hundreds of civilians injured in clashes between Somali government forces and insurgents are facing hunger in Mogadishu hospitals, medical sources told IRIN on 22 June.Hospitals in Mogadishu (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Egypt, South Africa Hold Their Own in Confeds Cup Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Johannesburg - Africa's two contenders in the Confederations Cup - the curtain-raiser to next year's World Cup - are riding high after doing relatively well in the first part of the tournament.Egypt a (By Jan)... | South Africa: Blow against 'arrogant' DA Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: The ANC is working hard to win control of the Eden district municipality from the DA following the Western Cape High Court's decision to annul the election of that municipality's mayor last week.The c (By Jan)... |
| UK Zimbabweans jeer Tsvangirai as he urges them to return home Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: To see a video of the Southwark Cathedral meeting, please click hereCrowd shouts PM out of cathedral pulpit, chanting 'Mugabe must go'By Emily DuganZimbabwe's premier, Morgan Tsvangirai, was (By Jan)... | Nigeria/Tunisia: Nation Asks Eagles for Miracle Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Ikeddy IsiguzoTHE Super Eagles are being asked to work a miracle in Rades today. It is been awhile since they performed a wonder, any notable wonder. Over the years with the Eagles unpredictable fl (By Jan)... |
| Ghana: Macroeconomic Stability is Key to Managing Oil Wealth - Dufuor Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Daniel Nonor & Masahudu Ankiilu KunatehThe Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, has disclosed that for the government to manage the upcoming oil wealth in 2010 judiciousl (By Jan)... | South Africa: Confed team, fans robbed Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Kashiefa Ajam and Sameer NaikOn the cusp of an unforgettable international sporting weekend, South Africa appears unable to shake the global perception that it is a haven for criminals.On Thursday (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: MEC issues ultimatum to striking doctors Sunday 28-Jun-2009: KwaZulu-Natal health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo has issued an ultimatum to striking doctors, calling on them to return to work on Friday or face the music.Addressing the media in Durban on Friday, Dhlo (By Jan)... | Turkey Aligns Itself With Communist China Sunday 28-Jun-2009: [Isn't this quite bad as it seems Turkey is aligning itself with Communist China. Quite ironic with the Turks on how they endorse China's one-China policy with Tibet and Taiwan, but don't hold the sa (By Lone Wolf)... |
| Zimbabwe: The Bad News of a Relatively Good Maize Harvest Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Johannesburg - A more than two fold increase in Zimbabwe's production of its staple, maize, in 2009 will not be enough to rid the country of food insecurity.A crop report by the UN's Food and Agricult (By Jan)... | South Africa: Aristide is 'still welcome in SA' Sunday 28-Jun-2009: Former Haitian president Jean-Bertrande Aristide is welcome to continue his exile in South Africa as long as necessary, according to Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.In a written reply to a par (By Jan)... |
| Police Deport South African 'Medics' Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Patricia MaganuMaun - Maun Police Station commander, Superintendent Rabson Maleka has confirmed that his officers recently arrested about 30 South Africans in Khwai Settlement after reports that th (By Jan)... | South Africa: Yengeni's arrest saga contunues Saturday 27-Jun-2009: A loud TV news broadcast drowned out a secret cellphone recording of former police commander Siphiwo Hewana's alleged unlawful request for a false docket to be opened to protect Toni Yengeni, the Paro (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Gambian journalist nabbed for taking photos Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Banjul - A Gambian journalist has been arrested for taking photographs of people attending a large media trial in the west African country, police and his wife said on Wednesday.Augustine Kanjia, who (By Jan)... | Africa: 'Grim example of sexual violence' Friday 26-Jun-2009: UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday said he was "deeply distressed" by the rape and assault of about 20 female inmates during a breakout attempt from Goma's central prison in Democratic Republic of Congo (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Militants Will Come for Amnesty By Proxy, Say Boyloaf, Others Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Jimitota OnoyumeFOR fear of arrest most militants in the Niger Delta region have resolved to offer themselves for the proposed amnesty by the federal government by proxy.The trio of Boy loaf, Sobom (By Jan)... | South Africa: SACC don't own Jesus, says Friends of Zuma Thursday 25-Jun-2009: The SA Council of Churches (SACC) is trying to "privatise" Jesus and turn the Christian religion into a cult, the Friends of Jacob Zuma Trust claimed on Wednesday."As the friends of Jacob Zuma Trust i (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Man sought after jumping out of moving car Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Mpumalanga police are searching for an alleged armed robber who escaped by jumping out of a moving vehicle ahead of judgment in his case.Captain Leonard Hlathi said on Tuesday that Thami Jacob Ndengez (By Jan)... | Weak Human Resource is Country's Undoing - World Bank Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Thato MosekiThe African Competitiveness Report (ACR) 2009 released last has identified a weak human resource base as the primary factor hindering Botswana's strength against regional and internatio (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Court wrangle over property rates double bill Thursday 25-Jun-2009: A Wierda Park resident turned to the Pretoria High Court after the Tshwane Metro Council apparently seized R200 he had paid for electricity towards his outstanding double billed property rates account (By Jan)... | South Africa: Jailed lawyer wants to be re-admitted to Bar Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: The Cape Bar Council has stepped in to prevent a former Somerset West attorney from being admitted as an advocate, after he was jailed for defrauding his clients out of Road Accident Fund (RAF) money. (By Jan)... |
| Rwanda: Nationwide Land Demarcation Starts Today Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Eugene MutaraKigali - A nationwide land adjudication and demarcation exercise is set to begin, starting with Bugesera District, Eastern Province today, Dr Emanuel Nkurunziza, Director General of Na (By Jan)... | Africa: Drug smugglers and troops clash Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Cairo - Egyptian security forces clashes with suspected drug smugglers in the Sinai on Sunday, security sources told the German Press Agency dpa.The security force, which had been monitoring a group o (By Jan)... |
| Important: Nigeria: Govt to Sign Nuclear Deal With Russia Monday 22-Jun-2009: [This is exactly what Russia was doing in Iran, and this is how the Iran nuclear crisis began. The Russians are working hard at spreading nuclear technology around the world. The Russians are delibera (By Jan)... | World: Toll in Iraq truck bombing rises to 20 Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Mustafa MahmoudKirkuk, Iraq - The death toll from a suicide truck bombing on Saturday near a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in northern Iraq has risen to 20.Police said 80 people had also been injured by th (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe concedes activist was abducted Sunday 28-Jun-2009: The state did not dispute Mukoko's evidence Macdonald DzirutweHarare - Zimbabwe state prosecutors on Thursday conceded security agents had abducted and illegally detained a leading rights acti (By Jan)... | South Africa: Yengeni case: 'Blood sample diluted' Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Michelle JonesThree senior police officers who heard confessions implicating the station commissioner in interfering with the drunken driving case of former ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni, have echoed (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cops threaten strike if Jaca stays Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Barry BatemanTshwane Metro Police officers have threatened to strike if police chief Mpho Mmutle does not suspend deputy chief Ndumiso Jaca for alleged maladministration, corruption and nepotism. I (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Many Zimbabweans Still Hungry in Spite of Higher Food Production, Says UN Report Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Although agricultural production has increased this year, with the maize crop to have more than doubled, high food insecurity persists in Zimbabwe, according to a new report released jointly by the Un (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: NCAA to Ground Airlines Aiding Drug Traffickers Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Chinedu EzeLagos - As a measure to curb the increasing spate of drug smuggling through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Director- General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority ( (By Jan)... | South Africa: Woman murdered at work Friday 26-Jun-2009: Police are investigating a case of murder after a 28-year-old woman was found dead at her workplace in Muizenberg. According to police, Bianca MacGoun was found by her employer on Tuesday morning, sea (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Doctors' strike blamed for babies death Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Arthi SanpathThe provincial Health Department maintained on Wednesday that the deaths of two babies at the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital this week were not related to the doctors' strike.Chris Maxon, spo (By Jan)... | South Africa: Traders agree to 'price-fixing' Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Francis HwesheThe tension could be cut with a knife as Gugulethu traders and their Somali counterparts met to thrash out their differences, finally agreeing to effectively fix prices on basic goods (By Jan)... |
| Sudan: African Union Panel Probes Roots of Violence Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Public hearings got underway across Darfur over the weekend to examine the root causes of the conflict in the war-torn western region of Sudan, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping oper (By Jan)... | Somalia: Raila Hints At Military Action Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Peter LeftieNairobi - Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Monday hinted at a military solution to the crisis in war-torn Somalia.At a joint press conference with Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Al (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Begging 'a ruse for drug mules' Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Vivian AttwoodPublic concern at the rising number of beggars on Durban's streets will grow if a report that some are acting as drug mules under the guise of begging from passing motorists is substa (By Jan)... | Kenya: A Cautionary Tale From the Crypt Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Frederico LinksONE of the weapons effectively used against Kenyan corruption buster John Githongo and which eventually drove him to isolated paranoia and into exile, was constant electronic surveil (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Govt Plans Amnesty Package Worth Billions Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Jide AjaniTOTAL N50 billion (fifty billion naira) has been proposed by the Presidential Panel on Amnesty and Disarmament of Militants in the Niger Delta to make peace in the Niger delta region, Van (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'Zuma man' leaves top varsity Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Quinton Mtyala and Michelle JonesUCT has parted ways with Paul Ngobeni, a leading member of a brains trust which claimed to have freed President Jacob Zuma of fraud and corruption charges.The unive (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Safety measures in short supply on Metrorail Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Edward Melnick and Meghan McCartyLeave the wallet. Hide your ID. Take the sunglasses off. Get a few notes ready in your front pocket in case of mugging.The advice given to out-of-towners as we prep (By Jan)... | World: Unhappy anniversary Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Katherine HaddonLondon - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown marks two years in office on Saturday - but could struggle to notch up another as he reels from an MPs expenses scandal which has shaken (By Jan)... |
| World: Albanians set to vote Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Briseida MemaTirana - Albanians vote on Sunday in a tightly contested general election after a violence-marred campaign in the country whose EU membership hopes hinge on its democratic credentials. (By Jan)... | South Africa: Cosatu to form shadow cabinet Sunday 28-Jun-2009: The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) plans to form a shadow cabinet to monitor President Jacob Zuma's new administration, the Mail & Guardian reported on Friday.The trade union federation would es (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cops fire rubber bullets at protesters Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Quinton MtyalaProtests continued for a second night in Masiphumelele near Kommetjie after angry residents, unhappy with replies to their questions from the Housing MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela.Police (By Jan)... | Zambia: Copperbelt Accounts Officers Plead Not Guilty Saturday 27-Jun-2009: FOUR former Copperbelt administration accounts officers yesterday pleaded not guilty in a Ndola magistrate's court to 21 charges of theft by public servant and three counts of money laundering.The fou (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Metro cops lay down the law for taxi drivers Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Bonile NgqiyazaCars will no longer be impounded during an arrest in terms of Operation Nomakanjani, the crime-fighting operation that has become the bane of Joburg taxi drivers.However, that was ab (By Jan)... | World: Drug traffickers get death penalty Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Beijing - Two men convicted of trafficking heroin from Myanmar/Burma were executed in northeastern China this week, state media reported on Thursday.The two, Liu Fuying and Sun Yulong, were given the (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Two held after car boot hijack ordeal Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Two people have been arrested after a 16-hour hijacking ordeal which left a 21-year-old man dead from suffocation in the boot of a car, Gauteng police said.Director Govindsamy Mariemuthoo said a man a (By Jan)... | Kenya: Gulf Energy Wins Oil Import Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Kennedy SenelwaNairobi - The Ministry of Energy has awarded oil dealer Gulf Energy the tender to import 160,000 tonnes of crude oil. The firm submitted the lowest bid under the open tender system s (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Confed crime blown out of proportion, readers Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Ainsley DanielsMuch has been written and said about the claims by the Egyptian and Brazilian national soccer teams' claims that they were victims of robberies.It later emerged that some players of (By Jan)... | Nigeria: As Medvedev Arrives Friday 26-Jun-2009: Abuja - The President of Russia, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, is due in Abuja for a one-day official visit today as part of his four-nation African tour that has already taken him to Egypt. While in (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Naked bodies 'were lovers' Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Mpume MadlalaPolice believe it is possible that the two naked bodies found squashed in a red shopping trolley in Greyville, on Tuesday could have been lovers, and forced to remove their clothes bef (By Jan)... | Africa: Suicide bomber was 17-year-old Somali Friday 26-Jun-2009: Nairobi - The suicide bomber who blew himself up and killed 19 other people in western Somalia last week was a 17-year-old Somali, the hardline Islamist Shebab group that claimed the attack said on Tu (By Jan)... |
| Confed Cup: Egypt blame Confed Cup exit on media 'lies' Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Mike CollettEgypt have blamed their Confederations Cup exit on media "lies" about their players consorting with prostitutes after beating world champions Italy.Head of mission Mahmoud Taher said on (By Jan)... | Africa: Zim mines minister denied UK visa Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Harare - Britain has denied Zimbabwe's mines minister a visa for an investment conference, fuelling anger in President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party about continued Western sanctions on its officials. (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: I'm sick of media's witch-hunt - Manto Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Christelle TerreblanchePolitical BureauFormer health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has refused to comment on reports that the alleged thief of her medical records is to be extradited from New Zeal (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe: Confessions From the Heart Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Harare - MAYBE I was too harsh last week. Maybe I should have tried to understand why they do it, why some people stigmatise and discriminate People Living with HIV.Maybe it is all due to ignorance an (By Jan)... |
| Science: MDR TB patients 'could face hearing loss' Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Patients on treatment for multi-drug-resistant (MDR) TB may risk permanent hearing loss caused by the drugs they are taking, according to medical experts.The six experts, from health faculties at the (By Jan)... | Africa: Guebuza blasts mob justice Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Maputo - Mozambican president Armando Guebuza condemned on Monday the high number of mob justice incidents in the southern African country.In his state of the nation address, Guebuza appealed to citiz (By Jan)... |
| How I Will Vote Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Rampholo MolefheMy vote will be against the Media Practitioners Act, deprivation of artists and governance by fear and state violenceThe deserving political party or candidate under the current eco (By Jan)... | Botswana: Downturn Won't Stop Rand Diamonds' Plans - Tiffany's Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Wanetsha MosinyiLocal sightholder Rand Diamonds, a subsidiary of US jewellery retailer Tiffany & Co., says despite the dire impact of the global economic downturn, it will go ahead with its plans o (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Cross River And the 76 Oil Wells Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Patrick UgbeLagos - The media has been awash of late with the news of the delisting of Cross River State from the Oil-producing States league and the ceding of 76 of its Oil Wells to Akwa Ibom Stat (By Jan)... | Science: Oil spill 'killing' marine life - report Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Seoul - South Korea's worst oil spill has devastated marine life, halving the number of sea plants and mollusks found off the western coast, a government report said on Thursday.The oil leak also thre (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cops score major drug bust on Cape Flats Monday 22-Jun-2009: Mandrax worth R6 million was seized at a garage in Bishop Lavis, Cape Town police said on Sunday.Captain Bernadine Steyn said the drugs were seized around 7.10pm on Saturday as a result of an ongoin (By Jan)... | Explaining Globalism: Mugabe's Communism reaches Kenya - Radical Land Reform Sunday 28-Jun-2009: [This, my friends, is how you go about DESTROYING A COUNTRY. Just look at this. In my book, Government by Deception, I wrote about how the ANC in South Africa and Mugabe would try to spread their evil (By Jan)... |
| World: 120 die in unrelenting heatwave across India Sunday 28-Jun-2009: New Delhi - A searing heatwave across India has claimed at least 120 lives as officials warned that deficient rainfall may result in lower agricultural output and higher food prices, officials and new (By Jan)... | Kenya: Somali National Charged for Illegal Stay Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Jillo KadidaNairobi - A man who Kenyan authorities allege has links to terrorists was Thursday found guilty of being in the country illegally.Abdul Fatah Abubakar Abdi, a Somali national holding a (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Yengeni case: 'Constable was scared' Sunday 28-Jun-2009: A police constable was nervous when questioned about his arrest of former ANC chief whip Toni Yengeni for alleged drunken driving, the Parow Regional Court heard on Thursday.This was the evidence of P (By Jan)... | South Africa: Ministers Plan to Shake Up Energy, Minerals Institutions Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Siseko Njobeni and Charlotte MathewsJohannesburg - Energy Minister Dipuo Peters says her department will separate the system operator from Eskom and establish an independent entityTHE newly separat (By Jan)... |
| World: Master swindler to be sentenced Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Paola MessanaNew York - Thousands of people who lost their life savings in a multi-billion dollar scam will discover on Monday the fate of Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff, who at 71 could face (By Jan)... | Uganda: Remarks of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold at 'How It Ends' Advocacy Days for Peace in Northern Uganda Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Russ FeingoldRemarks of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (Democrat - Wisconsin) at “How It Ends” Advocacy Days for Peace in Northern Uganda June 23, 2009:Thank you, Michael, for that kind int (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Elderly couple attacked on diary farm Thursday 25-Jun-2009: An elderly couple were attacked and robbed at their daughter's dairy farm in Chissismeer on Tuesday, Mpumalanga police said.Captain Leonard Hlathi said three men entered the farm belonging to Tracy Pe (By Jan)... | USA: State Department Nominee Is An Anti-gun Radical Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Vote Coming to Confirm Anti-gun Radical "Guns Kill Civil Society," says State Department Nominee This is a Gun Owners of America e-mail alert. Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Senate Majority Leader Har (By JoAn)... |
| Mood of Lenders 'Is Improving' Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Ethel HazelhurstTHE mood in financial markets is "changing for the better" as both banks and borrowers in South Africa regain confidence, according to FNB chief executive Michael Jordaan."The 4,5 p (By Jan)... | South Africa: Man jailed for killing his own father Thursday 25-Jun-2009: A KwaZulu-Natal man was given two life sentences on Tuesday for killing his father and the man's lover in front of small children.Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Vivienne Niles-Duner jailed Ntokozo (By Jan)... |
| Trans-Frontier Arrives to Market Brand Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Onalenna ModikwaSelebi-Phikwe - The Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (TFCA) delegation arrived in Botswana at the weekend through the Pont's Drift border post in Bobirwa on a brand marketing expedi (By Jan)... | South Africa: Doctors' strike paralyses system Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Staff Reporters and SapaIf the government does not make public health professionals a "credible" wage offer on Wednesday, South Africa will experience "a revolution never seen in its history", the (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Naked bodies found in Durban Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Two naked bodies with multiple stab wounds were discovered in Durban on Tuesday, police said.Captain Khephu Ndlovu said the bodies were found in a supermarket trolley on Escort Road outside the Durban (By Jan)... | Algeria: Country to Host 2nd Pan-African Cultural Festival Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: One of the best kept secrets on the African continent this year is the 2nd Pan-African Cultural Festival of Algiers, taking place in the north African country 40 years after it hosted the first one.Th (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Passer-by assist in arrest of alleged robbers Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: A passer-by assisted in the arrest of three men who allegedly robbed a cellphone store in Roodeport on Monday, Johannesburg police said.Inspector Karen Jacobs said that the men, one who was armed, ent (By Jan)... | Analysts Predict Unparalleled Mining Boom Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Thato MosekiMining researchers believe Botswana and other mining economies will benefit from a mining boom that will eclipse the glory days seen in the six years preceding the the global recession. (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Reforms 'Irreversible' Tsvangirai Tells British PM Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe told his British counterpart in London on Monday that his country was engaged in "an irreversible process" of consolidating democratic values.Speaking to j (By Jan)... | South Africa: Murder of Nadine inspires protest Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Michelle JonesHer body racked with sobs, the mother of a murdered child was too distraught to drive a nail into a cross erected in her daughter's memory.Her husband took the hammer and fastened the (By Jan)... |
| Breaking News: Worker shocks putting off power to the blind Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Anna CoxA City Power employee was badly shocked while he was disconnecting power to the Joburg Society for the Blind.The 80-year old association, owes the city about R1.1million - but states it simply (By Jan)... | Europe: Establishment Parties Have Turned Britain into a Multicultural Bankrupt Slum Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: The establishment parties have no right to criticise the British National Party for anything when this party has nothing to be ashamed of or to hide compared to those parties who have turned Britain i (By Gairk)... |
| Zim: Raid on minister's home politically motivated: family Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: "You are from the MDC we are Zanu PF and we have been sent to beat you up" By John MokwetsiThe raid on the home of the Minister of Integration and International Co-operation Priscilla Misihair (By Jan)... | Gambia: Journalist Denied Bail Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Fabakary B. CeesayThe seven (7) Gambian Journalists, namely Sam Sarr, Pap Saine, Emil Touray, Ebrima Sawaneh, Pa Modou Faal, Sarata Jabbi-Dibba and Abubacarr Saidykhan, were on Thursday, 18 June, a (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Body was dumped and burnt' Sunday 28-Jun-2009: A Pietermaritzburg couple charged with the murder of a man who fathered the wife's child, are to stand trial in the Pietermaritzburg High Court from October 12.The pair, Amith Sewkarran, 26, and Khali (By Jan)... | Nigeria: The Government and Russia Sign Six Bilateral Agreements Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Juliana TaiwoAbuja - The Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Russian Federation yesterday signed six agreements bothering on nuclear energy, transfer of prisoners, investment promotion, cooperation (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: KZN doctors vow to intensify strike Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Striking doctors in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday embarked on a campaign to cajole their counterparts in other parts of the country to join them.The strike over pay and working conditions started in KwaZu (By Jan)... | Congo-Kinshasa: Sexual Violence Plagues Country - UN Chief Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his deep distress at the rape of some 20 female inmates during an attempted escape from a prison in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and calle (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Envoy killers sentenced to death Friday 26-Jun-2009: Khartoum - A Khartoum court on Wednesday condemned four Islamists to death for the 2008 killing of a US diplomat and his Sudanese driver.Judge Said Ahmed al-Badri sentenced the four to be hanged for t (By Jan)... | South Africa: Two held for alleged rape of minors Friday 26-Jun-2009: Two men were arrested for allegedly raping young girls in Katlehong, south of Johannesburg on Wednesday, police said.The first man was arrested for allegedly raping his four-year-old niece after offer (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Minister Mushonga's Vehicle Recovered Friday 26-Jun-2009: Harare - Regional Integration and International Co-operation Minister Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga's official Toyota Prado, which was stolen last Thursday night after six armed robbers raided her M (By Jan)... | Kenya/Mozambique: Stars Strike Mambas in Thrilling Clash Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Charles NyendeNairobi - Kenya revived their very slim hopes of qualifying for the World Cup after recording a determined 2-1 win over Mozambique at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Seized Plane - Ukraine Explores Diplomatic Solution Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Kingsley Omonobi, Kenneth EhigiatorUKRAINE is exploring a diplomatic solution to the Wednesday seizure of its plane in Kano. The AN-12 aircraft on its way to Equitorial Guinea was impounded at the (By Jan)... | Rwanda: Rwandex Sale Hits Dead End Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Moses GahigiKigali - The sale of the defunct coffee export company, Rwandex, has for the third time hit a dead end. This comes after potential buyers present at the auction yesterday failed to air (By Jan)... |
| Botswana: Only Aids Beats Trauma Related Deaths - Medic Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Patricia MaganuFrancistown - Trauma has been identified as second only to AIDS with regard to morbidity and mortality in Botswana.This was said by the deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of (By Jan)... | South Africa: Dirk's 'new look' helped him evade the police Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: Dirk Prinsloo changed his look while he hid away from Interpol and local police in Belarus, where he was arrested a week ago, and is now a far cry from the blonde well-dressed Pretoria advocate.In a r (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Probe funding abuse, says DA Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Mercury reporterThe DA will write to the Public Protector today asking for an immediate investigation into allegations that Durban businessman Mabheleni Ntuli threw a party for the Jacob Zuma Educa (By Jan)... | South Africa: No crisis despite doctors' strike: MEC Tuesday 23-Jun-2009: By Rivonia NaiduKwaZulu-Natal's MEC for Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, maintained on Monday morning that his department did not face a health crisis despite doctors' plans to embark on a wildcat strik (By Jan)... |
| S Africa: Lions Fans Robbed Ahead Of Africa Clash Monday 22-Jun-2009: Submitted by Wayne M: Four British rugby fans have been robbed at gunpoint as they arrived in South Africa - but have pledged to remain for today's match against the Springboks. Lions full back (By JoAn)... | Zimbabwe: Cost of Living Continues to Fall Monday 22-Jun-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's cost of living has now dropped more than 10 percent since the beginning of the year as the country experienced negative monthly inflation for the fifth straight month in May.Food, (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Fresh Fighting Restarts in Mogadishu Monday 22-Jun-2009: Mogadishu - Heavy fighting between the transitional government soldiers and Islamist forces has restarted in Karan and Yaqshid districts in the north of the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Sh (By Jan)... | South Africa: Deal puts train safety on track Monday 22-Jun-2009: By Zara NicholsonA landmark deal signed by Metrorail, Cosatu and the Rail Commuters Action Group this week includes an operational safety plan and provides an open door for victims of violence to clai (By Jan)... |
| Resurgent Shining Path Terrorist Group Takes Advantage Of Good Peruvian Coca Crop; Being Helped By Bolivia And FARC Monday 22-Jun-2009: [Isn't this just coincidental? While the heydays of the Shining Path were originally back in the 80's and early 90's. It seems the armed wing of the secretive Peruvian Communist Party is trying to m (By Lone Wolf)... | Gam Farmers 'Doomed to Starve' Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Brigitte WeidlichGOVERNMENT plans to either sell off or slaughter the livestock of Gam farmers who invaded the Nyae-Nyae conservancy would lead to the farmers and their families starving, the DTA h (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Owners 'selling expired food' Sunday 28-Jun-2009: The Ekurhuleni municipality is investigating reports that tuck shop owners are buying expired food at huge discounts from a dumping site in Brakpan, east of Johannesburg."We are following up certain l (By Jan)... | Diamonds Not the Country's Best Friend Anymore Sunday 28-Jun-2009: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyNAMIBIA is likely to reach only about 37 per cent of its entire 2008 diamond production this year as the global market continues to lose its shine.Production spiked to above two millio (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: 'Men are raping our children' Saturday 27-Jun-2009: By Esther LewisThe growing trend of under-age girls falling pregnant is of major concern to child protection groups, some of which fear the phenomenon could be fuelling the dumping, abandonment and de (By Jan)... | South Africa: ANC correct to make policy, says Zuma Saturday 27-Jun-2009: There is nothing wrong in the ANC making government policy, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.Replying in the National Assembly to debate on his budget vote, Zuma said an overwhelming majority of (By Jan)... |
| Science: US climate bill fights heat up Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Washington - Supporters of sweeping US legislation to fight climate change ramped up their push for a "green energy revolution" on Wednesday with a vote on the massive bill expected at week's end."We (By Jan)... | South Africa: Circumcision toll rises to 12 Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Septicaemia claimed the life of a boy from Bisho after he underwent an illegal circumcision, the Eastern Cape health department said on Thursday.Spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said the boy died on the way (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: SAPS to meet R Kelly's lawyers Saturday 27-Jun-2009: Lawyers of the US R&B singer Robert Kelly, popularly known as R Kelly, will meet members of the SA Police Service on Thursday afternoon, police said."Our two investigators will have a meeting with Kel (By Jan)... | South Africa: Drugs campaign has failed: DA Saturday 27-Jun-2009: The government's anti-drugs campaign has failed, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday. "The Ke Moja [No thanks I'm Fine] campaign, which is supposed to drive the government's anti-drugs campaig (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Sasol Challenged to Give Farmers R250 Million Worth of Fertiliser Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Siphiwe NyathiPolokwane - Petro-chemical giant Sasol has been challenged to make up to farmers for colluding on fertiliser prices.The Competition Tribunal has sanctioned a R250.68-million fine agai (By Jan)... | Cabinet to Review EPA Deal Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Jo-Mare DuddyPRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba and Cabinet yesterday asked for a comprehensive report on the derailed trade negotiations between Namibia and the European Union (EU), veiled in growing d (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: HIV and Aids group to close shop Friday 26-Jun-2009: By Jacques BreytenbachThe Sunnyside support group for people living with HIV and Aids will close at the end of next month. This comes after Child Welfare Tshwane decided to stop funding the support gr (By Jan)... | Nasha Explains Scarce Skills Budget Friday 26-Jun-2009: Only the Ministry of Health, the Attorney General's Chambers and Ombudsman have budgeted for the scarce skills allowance in the 2009-2010 financial year, the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Publi (By Jan)... |
| Somalia: Region Must Act On Conflict Thursday 25-Jun-2009: Nairobi - THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION in Somalia, which last week culminated in the murder of the country's defence minister, Omar Hashi Aden, is a matter of grave concern across East Africa. (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Report Indicts Oil Firms Over Energy Crisis Thursday 25-Jun-2009: By Michael SimireNigeria appears to be the focus of an explicit report on the relationship between oil and gas multinationals and their host nations.Published by the UK-based International Institute f (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: Militants Blow Up Shell Facilities in Rivers Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Jimitota OnoyumeMILITANTS under the aegis of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta say they have blown up two oil facilities belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Rivers (By Jan)... | Kenya: Residents Attempt to Siphon Fuel As Tanker Overturns Wednesday 24-Jun-2009: By Dan ObieroNairobi - Residents of Rabuor in Kisumu East district at the weekend attempted to siphon fuel from a diesel tanker that was involved in an accident along the Kisumu-Kericho road.Police fr (By Jan)... |
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