Southern Africa in Crisis
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Sunday, 13th September 2009From 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[Jokes] [Humor] S.Africa: Solving your Mid-life crisis...
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: [A regular reader sent me this excellent joke. Jan] After being married for 44 years, I took a careful look at my wife one day and said, 44 years ago we had a cheap apartment, a cheap car, slept on (By Jan)...South Africa: Mrs Huntley wants to visit SA
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Karyn Maughan and Craig McKuneMelanie Crete-Huntley wants a divorce from her "racist" crime refugee husband - and then she wants to visit South Africa.Speaking to Independent Newspapers yesterday, (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: The Goal in 2010 is Food Security
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Harare - The government, NGOs and donor countries in Zimbabwe are rushing to distribute agricultural inputs ahead of the summer rains, but ending donor dependency and returning to food security in 201 (By Jan)...South Africa: Teen shot dead by cops
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Alex Eliseev and Shaun SmillieA 15-year-old boy is dead and three of his friends are in hospital after they were allegedly shot by Ekurhuleni metro police department (EMPD) officers dispersing a ne (By Jan)...Random Thoughts on Countering an Insurgency - Eeben Barlow
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Insurgencies are nothing new. History is littered with examples of insurgencies and counter insurgency operations - some successful, some not. But have we learnt anything from this history? A count (By JanOlifant)...Liberia: When the Mob Prevails
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Rebecca MurrayMonrovia - It was past midnight when Carroll Johnson was woken by angry shouting in his suburban neighbourhood of Fiamah. Around the corner a frenzied crowd with sticks had gathered i (By Jan)...EU not ready to lift Zimbabwe sanctions
Friday 11-Sep-2009: "I want to be clear: the EU is not prepared to lift the restrictions" Tabelo TimseJohannesburg – The European Union is not ready to end its sanctions against Zimbabwe, Sweden's Prime Ministe (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Confessions of a Witching Syndicate . . .
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Felex ShareHarare - A Chiweshe woman has confessed to dabbling in witchcraft and named 11 other members of her bewitching syndicate six men and five women after being caught leaving the bedroom nak (By Jan)...South Africa: Communique of the 29th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Kinshasa - The 29th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government was held in Kinshasa on the 8th of September, 2009. Below is a list of attendees and the accomplishments of the summit.1. The S (By Jan)...WWIII: Mass murder at 30,000 feet: Islamic extremists guilty of airline bomb plot
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: Three British Muslims were found guilty today of conspiracy to murder thousands of passengers and crew in an unprecedented airline bomb plot that could have proved as deadly as the 9/11 attacks. Af (By Gairk)...Southern Africa: Communique of the 29th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Govt-Kinshasa
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Gaborone - 1.The Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, from September 07 to 08, 2009.2.The Su (By Jan)...CNE Replies to MDM Claims
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Maputo - The National Elections Commission (CNE) excluded the opposition Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) from nine of the 13 constituencies in the forthcoming parliamentary elections because its (By Jan)...Africa: Somalia detains hostages freed by pirates
Monday 07-Sep-2009: A deal to swap three hostages held by Somali pirates with 23 prisoners accused of piracy was halted by Somali authorities who say they were not informed of the plan, officials said Monday.It appeared (By Jan)...Uganda: Why Tenants Are Beating Up Landlords
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Kalundi SerumagaNairobi - The current value of land in central Uganda is at best, unknown and at worst, plummeting.This has only a little to do with the global credit crunch, and everything to do w (By Jan)...Southern Africa: Anti-Zim Lobby Flops
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Mabasa SasaKinshasa - THE Sadc Council of Ministers shot down attempts by some lobbyists to have Zimbabwe on the agenda of the Heads of State and Government Summit that opened here yesterday with m (By Jan)...Southern Africa: SADC Snubs MDC-T
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Mabasa SasaKinshasa - AN MDC-T delegation that was lobbying Sadc to take "stern measures" against President Mugabe and Zanu-PF left Kinshasa disappointed yesterday after regional leaders made it cl (By Jan)...World: Scores dead in Afghan violence
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: Kabul - Up to 32 civilians including children, 19 security personnel, and dozens of Taliban rebels have been killed in a wave of attacks across war-torn Afghanistan, officials and police said Saturday (By Jan)...Global: Gold hits $1,000 – and it may rise a LOT more
Friday 11-Sep-2009: [I just read that the Chinese communist Govt wants to move out of US Dollars, and they said they will move into gold QUIETLY so as not to drive the gold market up. But rest assured, with such large mo (By Gairk)...Jokes][Humor] Why Older men make better soldiers…
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: I bet the liberals will go nuts! Enjoy! :-) Drafting Guys over 60----this is funny & obviously written by a Former Soldier New Direction for any war: Send Service Vets over 60! (By JanOlifant)...South Africa: Mom wants answers after son kills himself
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Niyanta SinghRacked with guilt, Pietermaritzburg mother Nolwazi Dlamini cannot believe a week has gone by since her 13-year-old son, Nduduzo, hanged himself in their outbuilding - apparently becaus (By Jan)...Various Reasons Behind Swanu's Shortcomings
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By Theo-Ben GurirabThe past week was eventful and stressful by nature of human imponderables, particularly for those of the political universe. We have had to contend with Monday morning quarterbackin (By Jan)...Nigeria: Yar'Adua's Position On Niger Delta Dubious - Uranta
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Daniel Kanu and Austin ObohAfter his education in the United States, TONY URANTA returned to Nigeria and became a pioneer magazine editor. He was Secretary to Second Republic Minister, Umaru Dikko, (By Jan)...Tough Zimbabwe farm family survives another blow
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Mike Campbell has endured layer upon layer of loss, leaving him raw, diminished The homes of Mike Campbell and his daughter are burned in the latest loss to beset the farmers who were beaten b (By Jan)...South Africa: Cops face murder probe after teen shot dead
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Alex Eliseev and Shaun SmillieMetro police officers accused of killing a 15-year-old boy and wounding three other teenagers are suspects in a murder and attempted murder investigation, police have (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Civil Society Presses Govt on Land Ruling
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Stanley KwendaKinshasa - Condemning Zimbabwe's withdrawal from a regional tribunal which ruled its state-orchestrated land seizures illegal, civil society groups have said the country should abide (By Jan)...South Africa: SA May Miss Out On Boom As Gold Price Scales 1000
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Edward West And Bheki MpofuJohannesburg - GOLD surged through 1000 an ounce yesterday for only the third time in history, but SA's mining companies seem likely to miss out on the rally due to a dec (By Jan)...Southern Africa: Zimbabweans Rubbish SADC's Sanctions Call
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Ignatius BandaBulawayo - Southern African leaders have once again failed the people of Zimbabwe by making a show of support for the country's long-serving dictator.The unresolved issues plaguing Zi (By Jan)...Nigeria: Looted Funds Traced to Stock Market, Says Anti-Crimes Body
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Yemi AkinsuyiAbuja - Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, has accused Nigerian stock brokers of aiding and abetting money laundering.And just as Nigeria (By Jan)...Zim: We have not invited these bloody whites
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: "They want to poke their nose into our own affairs. We say down with you" Harare - President Robert Mugabe on Friday lashed out at Western sanctions against him, condemning "bloody whites" for (By Jan)...World: 9/11: Obama to attend Pentagon memorial
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Nancy BenacBarack Obama is observing his first September 11 anniversary as president saddled with two wars that followed the 2001 terror attacks and confronted at every turn by difficult leftovers (By Jan)...Parliamentary Candidates - Renamo
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's largest opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has opted for a great deal of continuity in the lists of its parliamentary candidates for the 28 October general elect (By Jan)...South Africa: Zuma lambasts protesting soldiers
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: President Jacob Zuma has berated soldiers who took part in an alleged violent protest last month, saying they displayed "a lack of social responsibility when exercising one's right to strike and prote (By Jan)...Uganda: Three Killed in Kampala Violence
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Kampala - THREE people were reported dead as violent riots linked to the Kabaka's planned tour of Kayunga district spread to the city and across Buganda.By press time, 39 people had been injured in th (By Jan)...Zim: NGOs name commanders behind political violence
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Some of the more prominent officers are: Air Vice Marshal Henry Muchena, Air Commodore Mike Karakadzai, Air Vice Marshal Abu Basutu, Major General Engelbert Rugeje, Retired Major General Gibson Mashin (By Jan)...Uganda: Car Thefts Take Kampala By Storm
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Chris KiwawuloKampala - Besides using arms, thieves also connive with drivers and relatives of car owners to accomplish their dealsA NEW wave of car thefts has begun in Kampala and its suburbs, wit (By Jan)...South Africa: Gang's reign of terror comes to an end
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: For years the residents of upmarket Constantia lived in fear of the Rinquest gang but the gang's reign of terror came to a grinding halt this week in a shootout with police and security guards during (By Jan)...South Africa: CCTV helps cops nab robbers
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Natasha PrinceStaff ReporterQuick-thinking security guards and CCTV footage led to the arrest today of four men from Grassy Park who allegedly shot at security guards and rammed an ADT Security veh (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Crooked cops cannot stop crime'
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Carien Du PlessisIt is unacceptable that police officers should commit any crimes, but there is only so much the SAPS is allowed to do about it, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has said.After revela (By Jan)...Southern Africa: Climate Change - SADC Must Strategise
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Harare - Over the years, America and Europe have been using food as a tool for regime change, fanning unrest and causing instability in smaller nations.African leaders, viewed as errant, have found th (By Jan)...Zim: MDC marks decade of struggle against Mugabe
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: A difficult compromise for both after years of political violence and economic collapse Godfrey MarawanyikaHarare - Ten years ago on Friday, Zimbabwe's trade unions, rights groups and churches (By Jan)...South Africa: Malema in racist rhetoric race
Friday 11-Sep-2009: This article was originally published on www.hayibo.com, a satirical news websiteJohannesburg - Julius Malema has staged a stunning comeback after being initially outpaced by the Young Communists Leag (By Jan)...World: Iraq violence leaves nine dead
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: Baquba - Nine people were killed and 38 hurt in attacks across Iraq on Saturday, including four members of a government-backed Sunni militiaman's family in Baquba, security and health officials said.T (By Jan)...Kenya: Energy Sector Reforms Must Continue
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By George WachiraAs oil prices edged above $70 and eventually exceeded $100 per barrel in 2008, energy authorities all over the world compiled lists of actions to address the impact of high oil prices (By Jan)...The EU's Zimbabwe dilemma
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: Lifting targeted sanctions would reduce leverage CommentSanctions let Mugabe blame the west for the country's ills. But lifting them would leave him free to flout the power-sharing dealBlessin (By Jan)...Sudan: ICC Must Consider the Security of War Victims
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Chidi Anselm OdinkaluNairobi - At the conclusion of its Summit in Sirte, Libya, on July 1, 2009, the assembly of heads of state and government of the African Union (AU) decided that "AU member stat (By Jan)...South Africa: Three held after guards, cops foil cash heist
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: Police and cash-in-transit guards, alerted to a planned heist in Pretoria's city centre on Friday, nabbed three gunmen moments before they launched their assault.As the gunmen prepared to attack the g (By Jan)...South Africa: Horror of C-Max hostage killings relived
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Zelda Venter High Court ReporterThere were only two bullets left in the gun chamber, but three inmates wanted to commit suicide during the daring foiled C-Max escape five years ago. Two stood with (By Jan)...South Africa: SA's bad cop capital
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Carien du PlessisPolitical BureauMore police officers in the Western Cape have been found guilty of crimes than in any of the other provinces, with 182 officers convicted for a range of crimes in t (By Jan)...Uganda: Ten Feared Dead in City Riots
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Monitor ReportersPresident Museveni and Kabaka Ronald Mutebi spoke for the first time in two years on Wednesday night but failed to resolve the differences that led to yesterday's bloody riots.Pres (By Jan)...Zim: The goal in 2010 is food security
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: "Corruption is so endemic in Zimbabwe, and there are no reasons to assume that it will go away this time. Those with influence will benefit at the expense of needy farmers" Harare - The govern (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: The Goal in 2010 is Food Security
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Harare - The government, NGOs and donor countries in Zimbabwe are rushing to distribute agricultural inputs ahead of the summer rains, but ending donor dependency and returning to food security in 201 (By Jan)...Nigeria: Retrenchment Fever Grips Banks, Oil Companies
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Yemi Adebowale And Shaka MomoduLagos - Bank employees and their colleagues in the oil and gas sector are facing a gale of massive retrenchment following the recent shake up in the banking sector by (By Jan)...Cardoso Murder - Assassin Changes His Story
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's most notorious assassin, Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"), is continually changing his account of how he escaped from prison, for the third time, last December, reports W (By Jan)...South Africa: Prisoners 'wanted to be killed'
Friday 11-Sep-2009: There was no need for a prison official to be reminded of the trauma of a deadly escape bid at the high security C-Max prison five years ago, a judge at the High Court in Pretoria said on Friday."It's (By Jan)...Uganda: The Disturbing Mystery of Missing HIV/Aids Drugs
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Angelo IzamaThe news from around the country is not good; in some places we are hearing of people with access to anti-retroviral treatment succumbing to the Aids condition because they do not have (By Jan)...EU team to meet with Mugabe in attempt to end Zimbabwe's isolation
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: "The weight of responsibility falls squarely on the country's leaders to deliver..." Swedish-led mission is most senior to visit Harare since sanctions were imposed on regime seven years agoIa (By Jan)...South Africa: Businessman 'was assassinated'
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Logan GovenderA judge presiding in a high profile murder case, in which the brother of the victim is an accused, remarked that the June 20, 2006, murder of a KwaDukuza businessman was an assassinat (By Jan)...World: US missile attack in Pakistan area kills four
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Miranshah, Pakistan - A US missile on Monday targeting militants in Pakistan's tribal belt on the Afghan border killed at least four people and wounded six others, mostly Taliban, security officials s (By Jan)...Mozambique: Start of Election Campaign Marred By Violence
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: Maputo - The start of the election campaign ahead of Mozambique's general and provincial elections, scheduled for 28 October, was marred by serious acts of violence on Sunday morning when a gang of yo (By Jan)...Africa: 'This is not a magic bullet'
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By John HeilprinAn informal band of nations and organisations fighting piracy off the coast of Somalia have agreed to set up two new international funds to help pay the cost of prosecutions and beefed (By Jan)...Nigeria: Police Set to Sack Shiites
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Ibraheem Musa, Kaduna And Isa LimanZaria - A tense atmosphere reigned in Zaria City's old Gyallesu Quarters in Kaduna State yesterday when rumours swept the area that the Federal Government was abo (By Jan)...Farmers outraged as SADC remains silent on Zim snub of Tribunal
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Total silence from SADC By Alex BellZimbabwe's beleaguered farming community have been left outraged this week by the total silence from leaders of the Southern African Development Community ( (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Farmers Outraged As SADC Remains Silent On Snub of Tribunal
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Alex BellZimbabwe's beleaguered farming community have been left outraged this week by the total silence from leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), over the government's snu (By Jan)...Africa: Mugabe boosted by call to drop sanctions
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Harare - A call by southern African leaders to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe is a victory for President Robert Mugabe and will likely strengthen his hand in the fragile unity government, analysts sa (By Jan)...Nigeria: Leader's Mission to Change the Course of Rivers State
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Dianna GamesJohannesburg - CHIBUIKE Rotimi Amaechi is a man in a hurry. The governor of one of Africa's richest natural resource areas, Rivers State in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, Amaechi aims (By Jan)...Africa: 'China will come on our terms'
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Kirby Chien and Deborah KanAfrica was "sick and tired" of having its natural resources exploited by China and getting little development in return, Zimbabwe's deputy prime minister said on Friday." (By Jan)...World: Israeli study: Civilians majority of war dead
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Karin LaubWell over half of nearly 1 400 Palestinians killed in Israel's Gaza war were civilians, including 252 children younger than 16, a leading Israeli human rights groups said on Wednesday, ch (By Jan)...Zim: ‘I will not quit' says defiant Tomana
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: "I won't feel bad. I am not a politician" By Caiphas ChimheteAttorney-General Johannes Tomana says he will not resign from his post even if it means the collapse of the inclusive government. H (By Jan)...South Africa: Plan to oust ANC leaders - Cosatu report
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Moshoeshoe MonareThe African National Congress has been rocked by claims that some of its members are plotting a major political coup within the ruling party.A report says that a group within the A (By Jan)...Zim: China will come on our terms
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Africa "sick and tired" of having its natural resources exploited by China By Kirby Chien and Deborah KanAfrica was "sick and tired" of having its natural resources exploited by China and gett (By Jan)...Zimbabwe comes in from cold after call to lift sanctions
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: In an attempt to appease Tsvangirai, Motlanthe said a special summit was still possible Support for Mugabe from neighbouring states is setback for TsvangiraiBy Daniel Howden, Africa Correspond (By Jan)...Africa: Kenyan police chief dismissed
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Tom OdulaNairobi - President Mwai Kibaki fired Kenya's police commissioner on Tuesday, sending the chief of a force accused of having committed executions and rapes to head the postal service. Huma (By Jan)...Southern Africa: Mozambique Elected to Chair SADC Defense and Security Body
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Kinshasa - Mozambique was elected on Monday to chair the organ for Politics, Defense and Security of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).The election took place during the opening sessio (By Jan)...Ghana: Land Grabs Force Hundreds Off Farms, Growers Say
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Accra - Dozens of farmers in northern Ghana claim they have been forced off their land with no alternative source of income after a multinational firm bought their farms to cultivate jetropha, a non-f (By Jan)...World: Bomber used police uniform as disguise
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Baghdad - Two separate bomb attacks killed eight people in Iraq on Monday evening, police said.In one attack, a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform killed four people and wounded 20 others when he (By Jan)...South Africa: '14 000 die on SA roads'
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Road accidents could become the second-biggest killer in South Africa by 2020 if the country did not elevate the awareness of fatal crashes to the same status as pandemics such as Aids and TB.This war (By Jan)...Uganda: Petrol, Diesel Prices Shoot Up
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Jude KafuumaKampala - FUEL prices across the country have gone up due to what has been described as the international oil price effect on the local market.By Wednesday, several fuel stations had in (By Jan)...Police Seize Stolen Uranium
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Adam HartmanTHE Erongo Police on Friday arrested three suspects for being in possession of, and allegedly wanting to deal in, 170 kg (375 pounds) of uranium oxide (U3O8).At the current market price (By Jan)...Zim: Quiet diplomacy's latest deafening defeat
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: In Kinshasa yet another apparent defeat for quiet diplomacy CommentPeter FabriciusWhenever he was taken to task about his boss, former President Thabo Mbeki's, "quiet diplomacy" on Zimbabwe, f (By Jan)...Sudan: Ugandan Rebels Threaten South
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: The people of southern Sudan face serious threats to their security from a brutal Ugandan rebel militia operating in the area as well as a recent flare-up of violent ethnic clashes, a senior United Na (By Jan)...Africa: EU stands firm on Zimbabwe decision
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Cape Town - The European Union dug in its heels on lifting sanctions against Zimbabwe on Thursday as South Africa insisted that penalties needed to be dropped."I want to be clear: the EU is not prepar (By Jan)...Science: More needle attacks in China: media
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: There has been a fresh wave of needle attacks in recent days despite heavy security in China's tense Urumqi city, state media reported on Wednesday, adding that the number of arrests had grown to 45.P (By Jan)...Nigeria: Trafficking From Country Rises Sharply
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Sabina ZaccaroRome - An alarming rise has been recorded in the number of Nigerian girls trafficked to Italy.Last year 1,782 young girls from Nigeria arrived in Lampedusa, compared to 166 in 2007, h (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Mudede Kicks Out Farm Workers
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Sandra MandizvidzaHE cannot even remember his age. All he knows is that he came to work at Ballineety farm in 1972.For the past 37 years Ballineety Farm in Mashonaland West has been Sekuru Thaddeus (By Jan)...Africa: Countries Take Up Laws to Fight Spread of Small Arms
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Mathias RingaNairobi - Countries from the Great Lakes region and Horn of Africa are to harmonise their laws to fight the proliferation of small arms and light weapons."In order to address the probl (By Jan)...Zim: Zanu PF to stand by Kariba Draft yardstick for constitution
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: "Every page was signed by the parties" From Brian Chitemba in HararePresident Mugabe yesterday reiterated that Zanu PF will stand by the Kariba Draft as the yardstick of the drafting of the ne (By Jan)...South Africa: Durban to bust bad guys in one second
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By Fiona GoundenDurban's most wanted traffic offenders and hijackers driving stolen vehicles are in for a "nasty Christmas present" with the introduction of a new, automated, CCTV number-plate recogni (By Jan)...Nigeria: So Much for an Ailing Industry
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Chinyere OkoyeLagos - The Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria early September declared a "No Music day" to embark on a hunger strike to flag off their protest over the nonchalance attitude (By Jan)...Crime is Out of Control
Friday 11-Sep-2009: WE have full understanding for the fact that the country as a whole is presently preoccupied with politics given that this is an election year and that the polling dates for Presidential and Parliamen (By Jan)...Sudan: WHO Warns of Epidemics in Conflict Areas of South
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Nairobi - Conflict-affected areas of Southern Sudan, such as Ezo County in Western Equatoria State where Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have been active, are facing a high risk of epidemics, the (By Jan)...Uganda: More Deaths in Kampala Riots
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By Vision ReportersKampala - SIX MORE people were killed yesterday in the riots that hit various parts of Buganda for a second day, bringing the death toll to at least eleven.The New Vision saw three (By Jan)...Tanzania: Beware of Counterfeit Antibiotics
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Vicent MnyanyikaTanzanians were yesterday cautioned to be extra careful when going for medicines in pharmacies following reports that counterfeit antibiotics and expired drugs have flooded the mark (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Top Cop Shoots Street Kid Dead, Court Told
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Innocent RuwendeHarare - A SENIOR policeman based in Harare has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a street kid over a cellphone in the early hours of Sunday.The cop accused the victi (By Jan)...South Africa: Mthethwa shines light on police crime
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Peroshni GovenderDozens of South African policemen have committed murders and rapes in the financial year which ended in March 2009, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has said.In a written response to (By Jan)...Africa: Tsangvirai set to rally supporters
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was set to rally thousands of supporters on Sunday to celebrate his party's 10th anniversary, and to reassure them on his role in the new (By Jan)...Kenya: Police Reform? Return to Sender, Say Rights Groups
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By George KebasoNairobi - The top policeman accused of supporting Kenya's post-election violence, in which thousands were killed or raped because of their ethnicity, has been given a cushy job as head (By Jan)...Morocco: Country Uses Torture to Silence Sahrawi Activists
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Konstantina IsidorosSaharaui Moroccan security agents abducted and tortured a 19 year-old Sahrawi woman on 27 August for being a human rights activist, Konstantina Isidoros tells Pambazuka News. Ng (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Explosions Reported on Besieged Chegutu Farm
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Alex BellThe ongoing harassment and intimidation by land invaders on a besieged farm in Chegutu has moved in a new direction this week after two large explosions were heard on Mount Carmel farm on (By Jan)...South Africa: Cop in court for armed robbery
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: A police officer appeared in the Mdantsane Magistrate's Court on Wednesday for alleged involvement in a cash-in-transit heist, Eastern Cape police said.The 29-year-old officer appeared along with a 25 (By Jan)...Uganda: Country's Oil Bonanza is Overshadowed by a Tribal Land Dispute
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Bill OketchKampala - The discovery of vast reserves of oil in western Uganda has sparked widespread conflict over land ownership, as ethnic groups in the region vie for a share in the wealth.Uganda (By Jan)...Zim: Explosions reported on besieged Chegutu farm
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Dust seen billowing into the air above the trees By Alex BellThe ongoing harassment and intimidation by land invaders on a besieged farm in Chegutu has moved in a new direction this week after (By Jan)...Liberia: Taylor Denies Knowing of Rebels' Operation
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor did not order or know about an infamous operation launched by rebel forces in Sierra Leone during its civil war aiming to ensure that anything that had life must be killed (By Jan)...Zim to recall judge from regional court
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: The government now claims it does not recognise the Tribunal By Patricia MpofuHarare - Zimbabwe is recalling a judge the government had seconded to the Southern African Development Community ( (By Jan)...Zambia: Ex-Convict Kills Wife, Daughter
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Sylvia MweetwaAN ex-convict recently released from prison in Lusaka killed his wife by repeatedly stabbing her with a kitchen knife and later turned his wrath on the five-year-old daughter, batteri (By Jan)...West Africa: Bloody Wars in Region - Lessons From Liberia
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Lindsay BarretFreetown - The Liberian civil war that ended more than five years ago was long considered to have been the major test of West Africa's resilience and unity as a fraternity of nations (By Jan)...A Brilliant Internationally renowned Historian replies to me... Professor Van Creveld writes...
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: [I am currently reading a book about logistics and supplying armies, written in the 1970s by a military historian. I did not know the man's background, but I found his book so fascinating. Then I disc (By Jan)...Nigeria: Libya Deports 140 Nationals Daily
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Idowu SowunmiLagos - Libya has commenced massive deportation of Nigerians in the last five days, THISDAY has learnt. The deportees, who were seen walking in droves along Airport road towards the Do (By Jan)...MDM Excluded From Most Constituencies
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) has excluded the country's largest extra-parliamentary force, the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), from nine of the 13 constituencies in (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: 'Indigenising Without Kicking Investors Away'
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Stanley KwendaHarare - Eager to restore Zimbabwe's moribund economy, the country's government has been soliciting investment globally. But the troubled southern African country finds itself in an u (By Jan)...Africa: Two cops suspected of theft killed by mob
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Two Burundian police officers suspected of theft were stoned to death by angry villagers in the eastern province of Ruyigi, the local authorities said Monday.Residents of Muhindo village found the pol (By Jan)...Africa: EU stands firm on Harare sanctions
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Angus ShawHarare - The European Union said Sunday it will not remove sanctions targeting longtime President Robert Mugabe and his loyalists or resume development aid until more is done to implement (By Jan)...Banking Sector Withstands Global Recession
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Thato MosekiWhile their contemporaries in the developed world experienced a free fall in profitability, the local banking sector withstood the global recession, notching up a 22 percent jump in tot (By Jan)...Sabotage of /Ai /Ais Hotsprings Spa and Lodge Failed
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By DR Elijah Ngurare, Evilastus Kaaronda and Armas AM"The /Ai /Ais Hotsprings Spa and Lodge was officially inaugurated by Board Chairman Klemens /Awarab in the heart of the Karas Region on 20 August 2 (By Jan)...Nigeria: Policemen, Highways And Security
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Lagos - That the security situation in Nigeria has continued to deteriorate day after day is no longer News. Day after day, chilling details about the escapades of criminals in our midst continue to t (By Jan)...Congo-Kinshasa: UN Reports Point to Possible War Crimes in East
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: With two new United Nations reports detailing human rights abuses - including possible war crimes - carried out by both Government forces and rebels in the volatile far east of the Democratic Republic (By Jan)...Lack of funds stalls Zim land audit
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Unclear when the government might be able to raise cash for the exercise By Lizwe SebathaBulawayo - Zimbabwe's power-sharing government is unable to audit President Robert Mugabe's chaotic and (By Jan)...Southern Africa: SADC Leaders Reject New Madagascar Govt
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Kinshasa - Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders have rejected the unilateral formation of the new government in Madagascar."The summit rejects and condemns in the strongest terms poss (By Jan)...Tsvangirai blow as SADC fails to discuss Zimbabwe coalition
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: "He seems regretful that South Africa had three presidents who presided over the Zimbabwe issue but still didn't end the crisis. And it's a fair thing to say" By Kitsepile NyathiZimbabwe's Pri (By Jan)...Country at Risk of Hunger - British Company
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: London - The British-based global risks intelligence company Maplecroft has produced a Food Security Risk Index, which places Mozambique as the world's third most likely country to suffer from food in (By Jan)...Africa: Somalia, Seychelles clash on hostage trade
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Mohamed Olad HassanA dispute erupted between authorities in Somalia and the Seychelles after the island nation released 23 suspected Somali pirates in what appeared to be a trade for hostages from (By Jan)...Africa: Two Burundi cops stoned to death
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Bujumbura - Two Burundian policemen suspected of theft were stoned to death by angry villagers in the eastern province of Ruyigi, the local authorities said Monday.Residents of Muhindo village found t (By Jan)...Africa: Zim's neighbours to seek end to sanctions
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Joe BavierAfrican leaders will step up calls on Monday for an end to Western sanctions against Zimbabwe and urge South Africa to plead Harare's cause within the Group of 20 rich and developing nati (By Jan)...South Africa: Mob kills man after attempted rape
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: A 22-year-old man was killed when residents of Msobomvu township in Butterworth assaulted him with pangas and stones for allegedly attempting to rape a local girl on Saturday morning, Eastern Cape po (By Jan)...Liberia: Taylor Denies Ordering Assassination of Rebel Chief
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor today said he did not order the the assassination of one of Sierra Leone's top rebel commanders during the country's civil war, and dismissed as "lies" allegations that he (By Jan)...South Africa: Wits Gold Finds Bloemhoek Project Economically Viable
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Bheki MpofuJohannesburg - GOLD explorer Wits Gold said yesterday it had completed the pre-feasibility study on its Bloemhoek project in southern Free State, which indicated that the project, valued (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Pressed to Pull Out of Unity Govt
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Nkululeko SibandaBulawayo - President Robert Mugabe yesterday claimed that he met his side of the bargain in the Global Political Agreement (GPA) as the MDC –T gathered here to review its par (By Jan)...Kenya: How Police Can Contain Crime More Effectively
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Ahmed Hussein AhmedNairobi - The exit of Maj-Gen Hussein Ali as Police Commissioner has highlighted the issue of crime control. This has been a topic of intense interest to scholars and criminologi (By Jan)...Somalia: 10 Killed in Mogadishu Battle, Explosion
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Mogadishu - At least 10 people were killed in the Somali capital overnight Saturday in the latest bout of violence between government forces and insurgents, Radio Garowe reports.Witnesses in Mogadishu (By Jan)...South Africa: Man stabbed to death in Soweto festival
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: A 28-year-old man died after he was stabbed at a music festival at Naledi in Soweto, said police on Sunday.His alleged killer, aged 31, was currently recovering at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital (By Jan)...Togo: Battle of Militants - John Togo Attacks Boyloaf's Camp
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Segun JamesYenagoa - Amnesty and arms surrender by militants in Bayelsa State has taken a bizarre turn, when the abandoned camp of General Boyloaf was attacked in the early hours of Wednesday, by o (By Jan)...South Africa: Soldiers given reprieve
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: The defence force will, for at least the next two months, not fire any soldiers who took part in an alleged illegal protest march at the Union Buildings in Pretoria last month.The SA National Defence (By Jan)...South Africa: Armed gang foiled
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Kowthar SolomonsSix men have been arrested for alleged possession of illegal firearms and ammunition after police responded to a complaint about suspicious people outside a privately owned business (By Jan)...South Africa: We must protect cops who protect SA - Cele
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Jacques BreytenbachPolice Minister Nathi Mthethwa yesterday challenged those who criticised officers using deadly force in the line of duty to attend a SAPS commemoration ceremony - and "see for t (By Jan)...Africa: PricewaterhouseCoopers to Sponsor U.S.-Africa Business Summit
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Washington, DC - The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) today announced that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) will sponsor the 7th Biennial U.S.– Africa Business Summit: Realizing the Investment (By Jan)...Kenya: Govt Begins Sweeping Reforms of Police
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Fred Mukinda and Dominic WabalaNairobi - When the President picked up the phone to call Maj-Gen Hussein Ali on Tuesday morning to inform him that he was replacing him as the commissioner of police, (By Jan)...South Africa: Cop held after shooting rampage
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: A Tongaat mother is calling for tough action against a local policeman after he allegedly went on a drunken shooting rampage outside her home on Saturday night, firing over 11 shots with his service p (By Jan)...Nigeria: Maitatsine and Boko Haram - Lessons Not Learnt
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Timawus MathiasAs I write this note, the alleged mastermind of the 1984 Maitatsine Riots in Yola, Adamawa state sits in Yola Prison.His prosecution for more than 10 years appears to have run into a (By Jan)...Four Years in Jail for Near Fatal Screwdriver Stabbing
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Werner MengesA TOUGH line was taken against domestic violence in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court in Katutura this week with the sentencing of a bricklayer who admitted stabbing his girlfriend in th (By Jan)...South Africa: Racism From All Sides Condemned
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - WHITE racism and "narrow African chauvinism" are the biggest threats to achieving a genuine nonracial society, and must be defeated if nation building in SA is to succeed (By Jan)...Africa: Kagame Sees a Safer, United Africa in Integration
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Michael WakabiNairobi - Despite the ongoing tensions in the region, President Paul Kagame sees a secure and peaceful East Africa and Africa in general thanks to ongoing efforts at economic integrat (By Jan)...World: China needle attacks spread
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Tini TranMystery needle attacks appeared to spread outside China's far western region as authorities arrested nine new suspects in three cities, officials said on Friday.The suspects were recently (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Businessman Relives SA Attack
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Harare - A British-based Zimbabwean businessman has recounted the horror attack at Mr Mutumwa Mawere's South African residence by a group of armed robbers, describing it as an experience he would neve (By Jan)...South Africa: Suspected killer demanded perks, privileges
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: The suspected sugar cane serial killer demanded perks and privileges in exchange for co-operating with police investigators, the Scottburgh High Court heard on Thursday."Thozamile Taki co-operated ful (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (10-09-2009)
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Howzit So the SADC conference in the DRC concluded with hardly a whimper about Zimbabwe. Instead of standing by their remit to be the guarantor of the power-sharing agreement, they all chickened ou (By The BeardedMan)...Country Ranked 4th in Global Risk Survey
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Thato MosekiBotswana has been ranked fourth in a global assessment of countries' risk profiles for resource sector investment. An Australian media research group, Resource Stocks, this week unveile (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Gang rape KZN woman, gouge eyes'
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: The Pietermaritzburg High Court heard on Tuesday how a man pinned down a woman while his two friends allegedly raped her, gouged her eyes out and strangled her in June 2008.Prosecutor Irene Neyt told (By Jan)...Nigeria: Subsidy Withdrawal - Petrol to Sell for N105 Per Litre
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Jerry UwahLagos - As the deadline for the full deregulation of the downstream sector of the nation's oil industry draws closer, there were fears at the weekend that the pump price of premium motor (By Jan)...Somalia: Mortar Shells Kill 10 in Mogadishu
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By Abdulkadir KhalifA number of mortar shells hit parts of central Mogadishu on Friday evening leaving at least ten dead.One of the mortars landed in a residential area while another crashed onto the (By Jan)...South Africa: Canada blasts refugee ruling
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Canada's deputy attorney-general believes the ruling that gave Brandon Huntley his "crime refugee" status was based on incorrect and perversely made findings.And John H Simms, QC, has asked the Federa (By Jan)...South Africa: SA saving energy
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By John YeldSouth Africa has saved just under 2 000 megawatts of power during the past five years - almost half of that this year alone - through using electricity more efficiently and by implementing (By Jan)...Scrap Interception Clause in 'Spy Bill', Urges Lister
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Brigitte WeidlichTHE chapter of the controversial Communications Bill that deals with the interception of telecommunications like phone calls, e-mail, electronic banking and Internet usage should b (By Jan)...Ghana: Farmers Demand Farmland From AngloGold
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Accra - A group of farmers from Akatakyieso, Amamom and Anyankyirem, all farming communities near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, are demanding that mining giant Anglogold Ashanti returns to them land a (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Southern Africa Snubs Tsvangirai
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Kitsepile NyathiHarare - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai flew out of Kinshasa before the closing ceremony of the SADC summit after the regional body failed to discuss his troubled coali (By Jan)...South Africa: 'State failed murdered girl, 16'
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Fatima SchroederHigh Court WriterA Cape High Court judge has ruled that the State failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that alleged Eerste River gang boss Garron Potts and co-accused Dhevenity M (By Jan)...South Africa: Soldiers Up in Arms Over Grievances
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Wilson JohwaJohannesburg - THE soldiers' violent protest outside the Union Buildings two weeks ago raises doubts about the military's grievance procedure.Last year, Parliament's defence committee h (By Jan)...Zimbabwe dropped from agenda
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: "The issue was basically suppressed. It's not on the agenda" Dumisani MuleyaPresident Jacob Zuma yesterday urged Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders meeting in Kinshasa yeste (By Jan)...Zim's neighbours to seek end to sanctions
Monday 07-Sep-2009: "We will ask South Africa to plead for Zimbabwe's cause in the G20" By Joe BavierAfrican leaders will step up calls on Monday for an end to Western sanctions against Zimbabwe and urge South Af (By Jan)...UNDP to fund Zim's national healing campaign
Monday 07-Sep-2009: "The UNDP has decided to listen to our plight" By Nokuthula SibandaHarare - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has come to the assistance of Zimbabwe' financially crippled Organ f (By Jan)...Science: Pesky starlings overwhelm America
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Mike StarkSalt Lake City - The next time the sky darkens with a flock of noisy unwelcome starlings, blame Shakespeare - or, better yet, a few of his strangest fans.Had the Bard not mentioned the st (By Jan)...Kenya: Power Tender Loser Eyes Geothermal Energy
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By Zeddy SambuOne of the losing bidders in the just concluded public tender to produce emergency power is keen to develop geothermal energy near Naivasha.Muringa Holdings, a local energy consortium, h (By Jan)...South Africa: Transformed murderer becomes role model
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By David O'SullivanOnce one of South Africa's most brutal killers, former Vlakplaas security policeman Almond Nofomela says he's a changed man. Now serving a life term for murder at Pretoria Central P (By Jan)...South Africa: High Maternal and Child Deaths 'Not Acceptable'
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Khopotso BodibeAbout 60 000 children under five die in South Africa every year. Many women die from pregnancy or child-birth related complications, often exacerbated by HIV. The Health Department w (By Jan)...Uganda: Thugs Strike With Petrol Bombs
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Sam Lawino & David Livingstone OkumuWhen Mr Enyacio Odida went to bed in Badege Division, Gulu Municipality on Monday night, he did not expect assailants to strike his house with a petrol bomb leav (By Jan)...World: Hijacker claims divine inspiration
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Mexico City - A Bolivian priest who said he was acting on a divine revelation hijacked a Mexican plane mid-air on Wednesday with 104 people on board triggering a brief airport drama, officials said.Bi (By Jan)...Kenya: Use Economy to Fight Crime
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Many times in the recent past, Kenyans have complained bitterly about the continued rise in crime and its impact on the social and economic lives of ordinary citizens.In parts of the country such as N (By Jan)...Nigeria: Gas Pipeline Sabotage And Blackouts
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Lagos - "What likelihood of success is there for the peace initiative if the oil majors are not assigned any explicit and obligatory role, especially when their presence in the region in the last 50 y (By Jan)...South Africa: 'SA lags behind Africa with Aids campaigns'
Friday 11-Sep-2009: South Africa is lagging behind the rest of Africa with its HIV and Aids campaigns because it talks too much and acts too slowly, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Friday."It's not a secret that (By Jan)...South Africa: Malema goes 'overboard': Zuma
Friday 11-Sep-2009: President Jacob Zuma has said African National Congress Youth Leader Julius Malema does sometimes go "overboard", The Times reported on Friday."I have discussed with Malema some of the statements he h (By Jan)...South Africa: Rape victim's mom appeals to Cele
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Irene KuppanThe mother of a 14-year-old Hillcrest girl who was allegedly kidnapped and raped has appealed to the national police commissioner and minister of police for protection after she said sh (By Jan)...Botswana: Aids is a Devil's Weapon - Kgosi Kgafela
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Monkagedi GaotlhobogweBakgatla Paramount Chief Kgosi Kgafela II on Sunday told a gathering of churches that AIDS must be understood as Satan's weapon, otherwise people will perish. He was speaking (By Jan)...Nigeria: The Alleged Northern Agenda in the Five Banks
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Disturbing political insinuations and misgivings have so far trailed the on-going drastic reform in the banking sector. Following the summary dismissal, arrest and detention, and subsequent prosecutio (By Jan)...Africa: Regional body to delay SADC's Zim talks
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Heads of state attending a Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in the Democratic Republic of Congo were Monday expected to defer discussion on Zimbabwe's power- sharing deal, two sour (By Jan)...World: Poison saga: Couple tried for child murders
Monday 07-Sep-2009: A French couple went on trial Monday facing a possible life sentence for allegedly murdering two children with a dish of poisoned cannelloni in their Marseilles apartment.Marie-Helene Martinez and her (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Controversial Politician Seeks to Rejoin Mugabe
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Faith ZabaFORMER Information Minister and independent Tsholotsho North MP Jonathan Moyo has written to Zanu PF seeking re-admission into the party he described in 2007 as a "dead duck on the shelf, (By Jan)...World: Truck bomb leaves 19 dead in Wardek
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Mosul - A suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into a Kurdish village in northern Iraq before dawn on Thursday, killing at least 19 villagers and wounding 13, police said.Police said th (By Jan)...Uganda: Uganda Telecom Launches Solar Charged Mobile Phone
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Stephen OtageUganda Telecom last week launched a solar charged mobile phone in Arua Municipality.The development sounds relief to rural mobile users especially who erstwhile have had to travel dist (By Jan)...South Africa: Crime refugee is 'coloured'
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Karyn Maughan and Craig McKuneA new study has revealed that Brandon Huntley, who has been granted asylum in Canada after claiming to have been attacked by blacks several times, is the new black. Or (By Jan)...Nigeria: B-I-Z-a-R-R-E!! Church Where People Strip Naked
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Albert AkporWHEN in 2006, the story of the sacrilegious activities of one Emeka Ezeugo alias 'Reverend King' of the Christ Praying Assembly (CPA) located somewhere on Ajao estate, Lagos hit the tow (By Jan)...Sierra Leone: Taylor Denies 'Mutual Assistance' Pact With Sankoh
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Alpha SesayFreetown - Charles Taylor and Sierra Leone's rebel leader Foday Sankoh did not have any pact to render mutual assistance to each other for their respective wars in Sierra Leone and Liber (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: EU Delegation Heads for Country
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Alex BellA senior delegation from the European Union (EU) will be travelling to Zimbabwe this weekend, in an effort to start rebuilding ties with the country.Swedish International Development Coope (By Jan)...World: Full text of Obama's health care speech
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: In an address to Congress, President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for quick action on a comprehensive health care overhaul that would cut costs, improve care, regulate insurers and expand coverage (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Mandaza Embroiled in Land Ownership Wrangle
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Harare - FORMER newspaper publisher Dr Ibbo Mandaza is embroiled in an acrimonious land ownership dispute with a Harare woman, who is accusing him of illegally occupying a farm she was allocated under (By Jan)...Nigeria: Barkindo - Counting The Cost of Niger Delta Conflict
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Francis IwuchukwuLagos - Mohammed Barkindo, Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), took over the helms of affairs at the corporation at a dicey time. H (By Jan)...Uganda: Why HIV/Aids Fight is at a Standstill
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Sarah ScheenstraThe HIV prevalence rate has stagnated at 6.2 per cent for the last three years.Despite its international reputation as a leader in the fight against HIV/Aids, Uganda is longer makin (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Harare Sanctions to Stay, Zuma Told
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By Wyndham HartleyCape Town - Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, the head of the European Union (EU), said yesterday the EU was not ready to lift targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe President R (By Jan)...South Africa: Modise: No room for flash amid cash crunch
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Ministers who bought flashy cars should have been more sensitive to the fact the country was in recession, African National Congress deputy secretary-general Thandi Modise said on Thursday."They shoul (By Jan)...Africa: US concerned by piracy in Somalia
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By John HeilprinNew York - The United States is signing onto an international plan to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, committing itself to a leadership role to protect one of the world's busies (By Jan)...Somalia: Heavy Fighting With Shelling Kills Five, Injures 31 Others in Mogadishu
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Mogadishu - At least 5 people have been have been killed and 31 others have been injured after heavy fighting with shelling between the transitional government backing by AMISOM troops and the Islamis (By Jan)...South Africa: Gun linked to bullet at murder scene
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: A gun allegedly used to kill Heia Safari Ranch owner Frantz Richter was linked to the bullet found at the murder scene. , Celiwe Mbokazi, 36, and her co-accused, Johnson Tshepo Chirwa, 34, Dumisani Si (By Jan)...South Africa: Msimang is my comrade, says McBride
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Dismissed Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride bears no ill will towards new Ekurhuleni metro police chief Hlula Msimang, who has reportedly replaced him after he was fired last September.Spea (By Jan)...Nigeria: Akure Soldiers' Unrest - Why Military Commuted Life Sentence to Seven Years - Senate
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Andrew OotaAbuja - The intervention of emirs and other traditional rulers was responsible for the life sentence being commuted to 7 years imprisonment for some soldiers, with option of appeal, the (By Jan)...Zim: Hanging On
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: Whatever stability exists all too often entails grinding poverty CommentBy Christopher WalkerNew York - Among the heads of state expected to descend on New York City for the United Nations Gen (By Jan)...World: Teen jailed for syringe attacks in China
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: Beijing - A teenager has been jailed for 15 years in Urumqi in the first legal action to be taken over a series of syringe attacks in China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang region, state television reported (By Jan)...Africa: 'We have not invited these bloody whites'
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Harare - President Robert Mugabe on Friday lashed out at Western sanctions against him, condemning "bloody whites" for meddling in Zimbabwe's affairs, on the eve of a landmark European Union visit."Wh (By Jan)...Kalafatis Witness Demands P11 Million in Damages
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Tshireletso MotlogelwaJoseph Piet, one of the two men who were with John Kalafatis when he was shot and killed, is suing government for P11 million.Piet was in the front seat when Kalafatis was gun (By Jan)...USA: The Economic Meltdown: The Death of the Shopping Mall Regime - The Death of the American consumer
Friday 11-Sep-2009: [Jeff Nyquist always refers to America as "The Shopping Mall Regime". Well, look at what Jason Kelly has to say. He says that the "Shop 'til you drop" days are over. The Consumer did indeed shop until (By Jan)...Somalia: Tackling Scourge of Piracy Requires Broader Approach, UN Official Says
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Continuing piracy-related incidents off Somalia and their increasing sophistication illustrates the weaknesses of an entirely sea-based approach to combating the scourge, a senior United Nations offic (By Jan)...South Africa: No hard feelings, says McBride
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Dismissed Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride bears no ill will towards new Ekurhuleni metro police chief Hlula Msimang, who has reportedly replaced him after he was fired last September.Spea (By Jan)...Africa: UN Chief Blames Violence Against Women On Poor Economy
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By By Abiodun OluwarotimiNew York - The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, has attributed the scourge of violence against women to the global financial downturn across the (By Jan)...World: Obama seeks command with power of words
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Stephen CollinsonWhen political peril threatens, Barack Obama often seeks vindication through the power of his oratory: now he is hoping he has turned the trick again, with his health care call to (By Jan)...Fatah Helped Fake Al-Qaeda Fight Between Hamas To Make Hamas Look Good?
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: [Now this seems very plausible, that the recent al-Qaeda group in Gaza Hamas supposedly fought were really members from Fatah. In other words, it seemed like Fatah only did it to make Hamas look good (By Lone Wolf)...Africa: Zimbabwe summit remains on the table - SA
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Cape Town - Southern Africa's regional body SADC may still convene an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe if disagreements over a power-sharing deal continue to hamper recovery, South Africa's deputy pre (By Jan)...Nigeria: Shell Shuts 115,000 Barrels Per Day EA Floater
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Chika Amanze-Nwachuku And Ejiofor AlikeLagos - Oil giant - Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) - yesterday confirmed that it had shut in the Floating Production Storage an (By Jan)...South Africa: Coal Demand Expected to Rise Strongly
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Charlotte MathewsJohannesburg - COAL demand from Eskom and export markets, particularly India, would rise strongly in the next 10 years so producers had to develop new mines and the government had (By Jan)...World: Bride-to-be's battle of the bulge turns fatal
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Chris BrookeAn obese woman died after losing more than 19kg on a crash diet to get in shape for her wedding.Samantha Clowe, 34, collapsed at home from heart failure after following the strict low c (By Jan)...Nigeria: How the Country Underdeveloped the Niger-Delta
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Soyombo OpeyemiFour centuries of slavery and a century of colonialism built the great metropoles of Europe and North America but left holes in the landscape of Africa. In the same vein, fifty years (By Jan)...South Africa: Alleged hijackers kill Samaritan, leave Merc
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Botho MolosankweA man who had just returned from a charity function was shot and killed shortly after giving orphans a joyride in his vintage Mini Cooper.Anthony Michael, a Southern Sun financial o (By Jan)...Zim: EU mission makes "first step" by reopening talks with Mugabe
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: Despite his abusive remarks on Friday, Mugabe had been cordial Harare - The first high-level mission to Zimbabwe by the European Union in seven years ended Sunday with a declaration that a maj (By Jan)...South Africa: Mom yearns for son she killed
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By Leila SamodienTwo years after Ellen Pakkies killed her tik addict son, the Lavender Hill mother says that while she misses him, her life has finally returned to "normal". Pakkies strangled her son (By Jan)...Nigeria: Niger Delta Amnesty - Peace Cannot Be Dictated
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Sabella Ogbobode AbiddeThe Niger Delta amnesty won't bring real or lasting peace to the region, Sabella Abidde tells Pambazuka News, because despite the government's haste to hurry through a deal, (By Jan)...World: Priest used juice cans to hijack plane
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Jennifer GonzalezMexico City - A Protestant priest who hijacked a Mexican plane with 104 people aboard on a divine mission to save Mexico used three juice cans to convince crew members he had a bom (By Jan)...South Africa: Fleeing robber tells cops he is 'guilty one'
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Lebogang SealeA house robber tried to silence a crying three-year-old boy with R10 - but the trick didn't buy him or his accomplices enough time to flee with their loot. Two men tied up Rowe Kerr, (By Jan)...Kenya: Attitude Change All That's Required
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Ibrahim MwathaneNairobi - The allocation of land in Mau, largely driven by executive fiat, provides lasting lessons about poor land administration. Luckily, proposals in the National Land Policy wi (By Jan)...South Africa: Crooks sell army, police jobs
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Two men were arrested for allegedly "selling" SA police and municipality jobs in Nelspruit on Tuesday, Mpumalanga police said.The two claimed to be working in the police's human resources department a (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Gold Panner Killed
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Harare - A gold panner was allegedly killed by his three colleagues following a misunderstanding over US$40 in Mhangura last Friday.Hilton Munamato, who was 26, died after he was struck with stones be (By Jan)...Rwanda: Regional Police Meet to Draft Law On Human Trafficking
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Nasra BishumbaKigali - Members from eight of the eleven members of the Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (EAPCCO) are meeting in Kigali to discuss and establish a model law on h (By Jan)...Kenya: Oil Drillers Raytec And Lion in Merger
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Nairobi - Publicly-listed Canadian oil exploration company Raytec Metals Corporation has announced that it has entered into negotiations to merge with Lion Petroleum Inc -- the entity that has been al (By Jan)...Africa: Troops restore order in restive Gabon city
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Port-Gentil Gabon - Gabon security forces patrolled second city Port-Gentil on Friday as civilian traffic began to return, after the government threatened to invoke emergency powers to quell post-elec (By Jan)...South Africa: Govt Supports Efforts to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Pretoria - The South African government supports the efforts to find a lasting solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, says President Jacob Zuma."The ongoing conflict in the Middle East, spe (By Jan)...Africa: Mugabe violates the law - Tsvangirai
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: Bulawayo - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday accused President Robert Mugabe of violating a fledgling power-sharing deal.Mugabe's Zanu-PF party continues to persecute supporters of (By Jan)...Uganda: Hundreds arrested in street violence
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Ismail Musa LaduKampalaAt least 550 people have so far been arrested in connection to the riots that have, for three days, affected business in Kampala city and claimed 14 lives, police announced y (By Jan)...Uganda: Hundreds arrested in street violence
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Ismail Musa LaduKampalaAt least 550 people have so far been arrested in connection to the riots that have, for three days, affected business in Kampala city and claimed 14 lives, police announced y (By Jan)...Africa: Three die in Somaliland demonstrations
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: Hargeysa - At least three people died and several others were injured in the breakaway state of Somaliland when angry demonstrators clashed with riot police Saturday, officials and witnesses said. The (By Jan)...South Africa: Alleged drug dealers held
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Sixteen alleged drug dealers operating as a syndicate in and around Secunda have been arrested, Mpumalanga police said on Friday.The 12 Nigerians, three South Africans and one Congolese national were (By Jan)...Zim: Two RBZ staffers in US$30 000 kickback scam
Friday 11-Sep-2009: In exchange for unlimited access to the local currency By Andrew MoyoHarare - Two Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) executives forced a Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed company to buy them US$31 40 (By Jan)...South Africa: Redouble Efforts to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Patrick BurnettCape Town - For Katriena Anthony, being four months pregnant comes with hazards particular to her living conditions.The 38-year-old resident of Mandela Square informal settlement in (By Jan)...Somalia: Kismayo Dispute Among Islamists Deepens
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Kismayo - A crisis over control of an important port city in southern Somalia has deepened after Islamist fighters divided along political lines, Radio Garowe reports.Independent sources in the port c (By Jan)...Zambia: Eight Nabbed in Cocaine Bust
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Sylvia Mweetwa and Rackson ShamutukuTHE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) is considering the seizure of a house which has been repeatedly linked to the abuse of hard drugs in Lusaka's Northmead res (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Army, Police Chiefs Behind Political Violence - Report
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Violet GondaA damning report released by the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition on Friday names well known senior army and police officials who were at the forefront of last year's election violence.The (By Jan)...World: Massive bomb defused in N Ireland
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Belfast - Army experts in Northern Ireland defused a massive roadside bomb on Tuesday, averting what could have been a "devastating" explosion in the long-troubled British province, police said.The d (By Jan)...South Africa: Prinsloo now probed for sex crimes in Belarus
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Police are investigating Dirk Prinsloo's possible involvement in sexual crimes similar to those for which he evaded trial in South Africa after he skipped bail.Lieutenant-Colonel Mikhail Starikovich, (By Jan)...South Africa: Three cops convicted of murdering farmer
Monday 07-Sep-2009: The Eastern Cape High Court in Bhisho has convicted three police officers for the 2006 murder of a Seymour farmer, SABC radio reported on Monday.Mlungisi Papu, Fezekile Maseti and Zukile Zinto, attach (By Jan)...Liberia: Millennium Village Project Boost Up Food Production, Brings Smiles to Rice Farmers
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Jefferson MassahAs part of efforts to stamp out hunger in keeping with the first aim of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Millennium Village Project (MVP) in Kokoyah statutory district, (By Jan)...South Africa: Sisulu dubs Cosatu irresponsible
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu on Thursday criticised Cosatu for claiming her disciplining soldiers violated the Constitution."What Cosatu is saying is that when we say soldiers cannot carry pangas a (By Jan)...Africa: Irish woman kidnapped in Darfur phones home
Friday 11-Sep-2009: An Irish woman kidnapped more than two months ago in Sudan's Darfur region has been allowed to phone her mother, a development that officials said showed progress in negotiations with her abductors.Sh (By Jan)...Zim: Jonathan Moyo rejoins Zanu PF
Friday 11-Sep-2009: "A dead duck on the shelf, only breathing from evils of state security and the abuse of funds" Faith ZabaFormer Information Minister and independent Tsholotsho North MP Jonathan Moyo has writ (By Jan)...Somalia: 5 Killed as Insurgents Attack Mogadishu Port
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Mogadishu - "Two people were killed and three others wounded inside Mogadishu port...all were port workers," said an employee at the port.He said that the civilian casualties happened after mortars hi (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Life made hell' for prison whistle-blower
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Zelda Venter High Court ReporterA Pretoria Prison inmate, who blew the whistle on the activities of inmates during an escape bid at C-Max prison five years ago in which two prison officials - inclu (By Jan)...South Africa: Seven nabbed for alleged robbery
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: Durban - Seven men were arrested in Nanda in KwaZulu-Natal for allegedly robbing a supermarket, police said on Saturday."Seven people were arrested in Nanda this morning[Saturday] for allegedly robbin (By Jan)...Rwanda: Country Leads the World in Business
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Edmund KagireKigali - Rwanda did not only achieve the double digit ranking it was eyeing in the 2010 World Bank 'Doing Business Report', but the nation emerged as the top reformer in setting up a c (By Jan)...South Africa: Youth leaders back soldiers
Friday 11-Sep-2009: The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) has thrown its weight behind soldiers fighting for a pay hike."The ANCYL believes that the interests of soldiers should be advocated and their workin (By Jan)...Uganda: Child Sacrifice Wave Hits Northern Region
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Paul AmoruAs the country ponders how to deal with the escalating cases of child sacrifice, a decomposing body of a three-year-old boy with missing genitals, lips and ears was found in Apac, less th (By Jan)...Angolan Acquitted On Cocaine Charges
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Werner MengesAN Angolan national who was prosecuted on charges of dealing in or possessing cocaine after more than half a kilogram of the drug was found in the house that he is renting in Windhoek (By Jan)...Uganda: Army Pursues Rebel Leader in Central Africa
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Henry MukasaKampala - UGANDA'S military offensive against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels and their leader, Joseph Kony, has been extended to the Central Africa Republic (CAR).The Ministry (By Jan)...South Africa: Horror accidents kill scores in KZN
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Kamini Padayachee and Marie StrachanTen people were killed and several others injured as the carnage on the province's roads continued yesterday.The worst of the accidents occurred on the N2, north (By Jan)...Uganda: Illegal Guns Still Haunting Karamoja
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Richard OtimNearly a decade ago the government launched a disarmament programme to rid Karamoja of illegal guns that at the time were largely responsible for the mayhem in the region.At the incepti (By Jan)...Uganda: Kayunga Becomes Battle Field As Youths Take On Cops
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Fred Muzaale, Robert Mwanje & Al-Mahdi SsenkabirwaKayunga yesterday became a battlefield ahead of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi's Saturday visit with Buganda youth vigilantes, Nkobazambogo, temporar (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Teachers' Strike a National Catastrophe
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Paul T NyathiPRECIOUS, who routinely misspells her name, is a 15-year-old Form II student at a secondary school in Matabeleland South Province. Her communication skills are non-existent. Her respon (By Jan)...South Africa: 2,6 million youngsters die annually
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Road accidents, pregnancy and childbirth complications, suicide, violence, the Aids virus and tuberculosis are the biggest killers of young people across the world, according to a study published toda (By Jan)...Nigeria: Five Banks Use Less Than Half of Bailout Money
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Omoh GabrielLagos - FOUR weeks after the Central Bank (CBN) sacked the chief executives and executive directors of five banks and injected N420 billion into the banks, Vanguard can authoritatively (By Jan)...South Africa: Red Ants attack Samwu protesters
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Five municipal workers and a security guard were shot during a wage demonstration at the Tembisa Civic Centre in Ekurhuleni, the SA Municipal Workers Union said on Thursday."Our members who are on str (By Jan)...World: Plane passengers safe after hijacking
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Mexico City - Hijackers seized an Aeromexico plane in mid-flight on Wednesday after it left the popular tourist resort of Cancun with 104 people on board triggering a brief airport drama, officials sa (By Jan)...Nigeria: Waziri - - How Tanzilla Duped EFCC
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Boco EdetAbuja - The Niger State government has alleged that the sacked Darul Islam sect may establish bases in four states in Nigeria. The Commissioner for Information Alhaji Aliyu Baba Barau who (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Tycoon had victim on his knees'
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Mogomotsi MagomeWilliam "King of Bling" Mbatha allegedly took a terrified Joburg man to his bedroom, forced him to his knees and throttled him until he revealed where the safe was. The Germiston Re (By Jan)...South Africa: Girl escapes rape by biting attacker
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: A KwaZulu-Natal teenager in KwaSomkhele reserve outside Mtubatuba stopped a man from raping her by biting him, police said on Wednesday."The girl escaped through the window after the 30-year-old man t (By Jan)...Nigeria: The Re-Validated Oil Processing Licences
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Lagos - Recently an Abuja High Court Judge, Justice Mustapha Abdullahi, cancelled the decision by the Federal Government to revoke the two Oil Processing Licenses (OPL 321 and OPL 323), which it had g (By Jan)...Africa: The Nation, Others Meet For Africa's Oil Future
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Adeola YusufLagos - NIGERIA will meet global crude stakeholders over the future of oil in Africa even as the recent commercial discoveries of hydrocarbons in deep waters of more African countries l (By Jan)...Africa: Madagascar government 'more or less' formed
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Richard LoughAntananarivo - The man appointed prime minister by Madagascar's leader Andry Rajoelina said on Monday evening that he had formed a unity government on the Indian Ocean island, despite (By Jan)...Africa: Six killed as guards quell prison riot
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Ouagadougou - Six prisoners were killed and seven wounded when prison guards opened fire during a jailbreak in central Burkina Faso, the regional governor said on Monday.Baworo Seydou Sanou said the m (By Jan)...Africa: 'Nigerians who have money like to splash it'
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Katharine HoureldLagos, Nigeria - The waiter at Caliente bar sticks a sparkler into yet another bottle of champagne and hits a siren mounted behind the bar to draw everyone's attention to the sleek (By Jan)...South Africa: Policeman hurt as five men open fire
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: A police officer was shot and wounded by a group of armed men who opened fire on him and his colleague while they were patrolling the streets of Alexandra, police said on Sunday.Inspector Moses Maphak (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (13-09-2009)
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: Howzit Having lambasted the West from afar, it is reported that Mugabe welcomed the EU delegation to Harare "with open arms"... I mean - is this man unable to make up his mind about anything? " (By The BeardedMan)...South Africa: Woman killed, scores injured in collision
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By Bianca CapazorioA woman died and 67 police student oficers were injured when the car in which she was travelling collided head-on with their bus in a horrific accident on Friday.The accident happen (By Jan)...Nigeria: Opec Maintains Output Targets As Oil Nears $73
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Chika Amanze-Nwachuku and Patrick Ugeh with agency reportLagos - The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to maintain output quotas at 24.845 million barrels a day on hop (By Jan)...Obama, Soviet Style Communist Mole?
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: [Here's an odd piece of work I came across, as it details that Communists from Russia KNEW of Obama before he was going to become President of the USA. Is he a Soviet-style Communist mole? Lone Wolf (By Lone Wolf)...Zimbabwe: Granny (80) Wanted for Armed Robbery
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Harare - Police are looking for an 80-year-old grandmother believed to be part of a gang of armed robbers who pounced on a Harare woman on Tuesday and got away with US$2 650 and a cellphone.The victim (By Jan)...Obama Administration Letting Zelaya Meet With American Marxist Supporters?
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: [It seems the Workers' World Party is obviously lying to suggest that the USA was behind the coup in Honduras. It wasn't a coup, it was to bring back the Constitution of Honduras into play because Ze (By Lone Wolf)...Africa: Soybean, the Golden Seed for Wealth And Health
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Scientists are urging farmers to cultivate and incorporate soybean into their local diets for improved nutrition and to generate income.It's also important for people in developing countries to divers (By Jan)...World: 'If you scream then I'll hurt you'
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: An 18-year-old woman had been out with friends near King's Cross when she was grabbed by the man and dragged along the street 'like an animal'.The victim was pulled into a side street and forced to th (By Jan)...Science: 'Garden of Eden' waterway faces catastrophe
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Iraqis living alongside the ancient Shatt al-Arab waterway, the site local legend says of the Garden of Eden, face an environmental catastrophe because of massive dams built by neighbouring Iran.A vib (By Jan)...Your Child: Food crisis may worsen child mortality rate
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Yoko KubotaThe global food crisis could reverse some of the progress Africa has made in bringing down child mortality, the head of the United Nations' children's agency said."If more children becom (By Jan)...Africa: MDC member allegedly murdered for song: party
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: A member of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party has been beaten to death by soldiers for playing a song praising the premier, his Movement for Democratic Change said on Tuesday.Godknows (By Jan)...South Africa: 'People were angry and they wanted blood'
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: A Pretoria primary school teacher is lucky to be alive after an enraged Grade 7 pupil shot him with a 9mm CZ pistol on Friday.The pupil, who has been charged with attempted murder, allegedly flew into (By Jan)...South Africa: Nofomela to testify before TRC
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Former Vlakplaas operative Almond Nofomela, who escaped the gallows by supplying dramatic last-minute information on hit-squads, will testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) amn (By Jan)...Africa: Uganda riots enter second day, 2 dead
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Jack KimballGunshots rang out in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Friday and at least two people were killed as security forces clashed with rioters for a second day.A Reuters reporter saw the bodies (By Jan)...New Banknotes Receive Mixed Reaction
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Lekopanye MooketsiThe new Bank of Botswana (BoB) banknotes, which came into circulation last month, have received a mixed reaction from members of the public.The new notes include a P200 banknote, (By Jan)...Africa: Cops take control of Somaliland parliament
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Hargeysa - Police in the breakaway state of Somaliland swarmed into parliament after lawmakers fought among themselves and one drew a pistol, a police officer said on Wednesday.The violence on Tuesday (By Jan)...Africa: Sudan forces search homes for guns
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Security forces blocked roads in a dawn operation on Wednesday in south Sudan's regional capital Juba, as police and soldiers searched houses for illegal weapons in a disarmament drive."It is a disarm (By Jan)...Africa: Keep your eyes on us, says Tsvangirai
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Kinshasa - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday called upon southern African nations to step up monitoring of his power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe.He said the 15-natio (By Jan)...Nigeria: Insecurity - Navy to Acquire 49 Warships, 42 Helicopters
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Eugene AghaLagos - The Nigerian Navy is seeking the Federal Government's approval to add to its inventory about 49 different types of warships and 42 combat helicopters to enable it police the nati (By Jan)...Liberia: Taylor Did Not Have Any Pact With RUF Leader Foday Sankoh for Mutual Assistance, He Says
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor and Sierra Leone's rebel leader Foday Sankoh did not have any pact to render mutual assistance to each other for their respective wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia, the acc (By Jan)...Africa: Gabon opposition demands poll recount
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Linel KwatsiLibreville - Gabon's opposition called on Monday for a recount of a disputed poll that brought the son of long-time leader Omar Bongo to power, and urged an international probe into a c (By Jan)...Somalia: Hizbul Islam Rebel Chief Denies Talks With Govt
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Mogadishu - The leader of an Islamist insurgent faction in southern Somalia declared on Sunday that he is not in talks with Somalia's weak transitional federal government, Radio Garowe reports.Sheikh (By Jan)...Nigeria: EFCC Summons Odili, Okereke-Onyiuke, Transcorp Directors
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Wisdom Patrick, Otei Oham and Alexandra MedeSome 60 per cent of the $3.6 billion allegedly stashed away by bank chiefs has been traced to Dubai in the United Arab Emirate (UAE), Economic and Financ (By Jan)...South Africa: Indonesia quake: At least 100 likely dead
Monday 07-Sep-2009: At least 100 people were likely killed by a major 7.0-magnitude quake that rocked Indonesia's main island of Java last week, an official said Monday.Authorities had confirmed 74 were killed in the qua (By Jan)...South Africa: Major coup for consumers with debt
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Consumers who are paying off debts scored a major legal victory a couple of weeks ago, in that the banks and retailers they owe money to aren't free to keep adding massive debt-collecting costs and in (By Jan)...Sudan: Advocacy Groups Press Obama Administration for Tougher Approach
Friday 11-Sep-2009: U.S. advocacy groups concerned about Sudan are calling on President Obama to reverse course on his administration's strategy for dealing with the crisis in the Darfur region and conflict between the n (By Jan)...South Africa: Youth League slams Transnet
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Transnet's suspension of Siyabonga Gama is a witch-hunt meant to stop him from becoming the parastatal's group chief executive officer, the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) said on Friday.In a statement, it (By Jan)...South Africa: Tycoon to spend time in jail
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Mogomotsi MagomeSuspected crime kingpin William "Mashobane" Mbatha will spend another weekend in prison after his bail application was yesterday postponed to Monday in the Germiston Regional Court. (By Jan)...Explaining Globalism: Ian Smith's criticisms of the West - The Extreme & unspoken vulnerability of the Western world...
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: [I recently sent an email to a Rhodesian man who is a mine of knowledge of that country having played an important role in it. He is virtually unknown except outside limited circles but he was one of (By Jan)...World: World's biggest solar plant Down Under
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Michael PerrySydney - Australia will build the world's biggest solar power plant amid warnings of blackouts within five years unless it can increase electricity generation to meet growing demand fo (By Jan)...Nigeria: Retrenchment Fever Grips Banks, as Labour Opposes Sack
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Sylvester EnoghaseAs workers in the nation's commercial banks are facing a gale of massive retrenchment and coerced voluntary retirement in the last two weeks following the recent shake up in the b (By Jan)...Nigeria: Police Arrest 4 in Makurdi over Murder Attempt
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Peter DuruMakurdi - The Police in Makurdi have arrested four middle aged men for the attempted murder of a Makurdi-based business man, Dr. Kuma Ali Yenge.According to the Benue State Commissioner o (By Jan)...World: Gang's brazen Facebook pics give plot away
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Daily Mail ReporterWith sickening bravado, these gang members posed proudly with their weapons, posting the photos on the Internet.But the attempt to boost their street image backfired when police (By Jan)...Africa: SA leader encouraged by progress in Harare
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Kinshasa - Zimbabwe has made significant progress towards ending its political crisis as its once-feuding leaders learn to bury their differences, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.Spe (By Jan)...Africa: Zim making significant progress, says Zuma
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Kinshasa - Zimbabwe has made signficant progress towards ending its political crisis as its once feuding leaders learn to bury their differences, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.Spea (By Jan)...South Africa: Grass burning dangerous, farmers warned
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Farmers should be careful as they carry out their annual grass burning after 50 more houses were reported destroyed by runaway fires in the Eastern Cape by Monday morning, a police spokesman said."Peo (By Jan)...South Africa: Chinese Hoarding Does Not Completely Explain Gold's Growing Allure
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Tim CohenJohannesburg - GOLD normally clips up in October, but this latest burst probably exceeds normality, so traders are searching for additional reasons and gold bugs are in their element provi (By Jan)...South Africa: Cop arrested, suspected of taking bribe
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: A police official was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe from a prisoner held at the Silverton police station in Pretoria, Justice Project S A (JPSA) said on Saturday.The police official from Ee (By Jan)...Kenya: Conflict is the Deadliest Manifestation of Drought - ActionAid Criticises Use of Army to Food
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Though malnutrition is increasing and ActionAid staff have witnessed two deaths from hunger, armed conflict is currently the deadliest manifestation of Kenya’s prolonged drought.A clash between (By Jan)...South Africa: Woman dies during robbery attempt
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Kowthar SolomonsStaff ReporterA 43-year-old nurse from Lavender Hill died of a heart attack while trying to escape five robbers in Muizenberg. The nurse, along with three colleagues, were walking h (By Jan)...Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence on Inequality in Kenya
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By George KatitoKenya recently completed a controversial census that enquired into, among other things, the ethnicity of its citizens. For Kenya's Human Rights Commission and other organisations, prob (By Jan)...ABN Amro Bank to Open in Three Weeks
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Wanetsha MosinyiDutch banking giants, ABN AMRO is scheduled to officially open its diamond industry financing specialist unit at the Diamond Technology Park in Gaborone in three weeks' time.Local d (By Jan)...Africa: 'This is not a secret'
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Ugandan troops have crossed into the neighbouring Central African Republic (Car) in pursuit of Lord's Resistance Army rebels with Bangui's blessing, an army spokesperson said on Tuesday."This is not a (By Jan)...Zim: Another MDC activist murdered
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Last week the MDC announced that another MDC activist died By Violet GondaThe MDC said on Monday that another party activist, Godknows Dzoro Mtshakazi, was beaten to death by four soldiers at (By Jan)...Nigeria: Failed Banks - Fuel Scarcity Imminent as Credit Line Worry Marketers
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Yemie AdeoyeLagos - FOLLOWING the alleged risk exposure of the five major banks in the country and their subsequent take over via a bail out by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the country appear (By Jan)...Africa: Zimbabwe summit on the cards
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Joe BavierKinshasa - Southern African states are looking to hold a special summit on Zimbabwe as part of efforts to end a row over a power-sharing pact between its leaders, a spokesperson for Prime (By Jan)...Zambia: Cop Denies Aiding Fugitive Mohan
Monday 07-Sep-2009: A POLICE officer accused of helping murder suspect Matthew Mohan escape from custody yesterday denied the charge before a Lusaka magistrate court.George Sitwala, 36, of Lusaka's Sikanze camp, pleaded (By Jan)...Africa: Camels gunned down by AU troops
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: Mogadishu - African Union soldiers shot dead 11 camels in the Somali capital on Saturday night, mistaking the galloping animals for an insurgent attack, residents said.Al Shabaab rebels sometimes use (By Jan)...South Africa: Intelligence head to go
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Carien du PlessisThe inspector-general of intelligence, who is yet to answer how President Jacob Zuma's lawyers got hold of intercepted tapes that led to criminal charges being dropped, is to be re (By Jan)...Africa: Uganda riots: Police arrest 550
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: Kampala - Police have arrested more than 550 people in connection with two days of riots in Uganda's capital Kampala, as the death toll rose to 14, the police said on Sunday.Security forces have kept (By Jan)...Tell It Like It Is: Colour fast
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: Go to any international motor show and you'll see an amazing array of colours among the many and varied concept cars. Vivid greens, flaming pinks, rich electric blues - all wow with their startling br (By Jan)...Nigeria: Govt, UK at Loggerheads Over Ex-Governors
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Ise-Oluwa IgeAbuja - The Federal Government has rejected a request by Britain for release of evidence needed for further investigation and prosecution of three Nigerian ex-governors in a London cou (By Jan)...Ghana: Country On Track to Halving Poverty Before 2015
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Stephen Odoi-LarbiA joint World Bank and IMF report has revealed that Ghana is on track to halving poverty level before the targeted date outlined in the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) II, (By Jan)...Uganda: A Federal Government Will Streamline Land Ownership
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By John Ken-LukyamuziThe Conservative Party applauds the memorable speech delivered by His Majesty Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi at Lubiri recently, to mark his coronation anniversary. The speech, like (By Jan)...World: Hijacker walked away from life of drugs
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Catherine BremerMexico City - A man who hijacked a Mexican plane is a singing evangelical minister, marksman and martial arts whizz who friends nicknamed "Crazy" as he turned to religion to escape (By Jan)...Africa: A Rough Guide to Climate Change in Continent
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Johannesburg - Reports and estimates of the impact of climate change appear almost daily, but those by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change remain the authoritative voice.The World Economic (By Jan)...Africa: OPEC Maintains Current Quota
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Rasheed KomolafeLagos - Though a definite statement is expected tomorrow, feelers from the 154th ordinary meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries confirmed the position of oil (By Jan)...Somalia: Hisbul Islam, TFG Officials Accuse Each Other to Be Mastermind of Yesterday's Civilian Casualties in Mogadishu
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Somalia - Officials of the transitional government and Hisbul Islam have accused each other to be the mastermind of yesterday's civilian casualties in Mogadishu fighting.Sheik Abdirisak Mohamed Qeyloy (By Jan)..."CNE is Killing Democracy" - Simango
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Maputo - The mayor of Beira, and leader of the opposition Mozambique Democratic movement (MDM), Daviz Simango, has accused the National Elections Commission (CNE) of "killing democracy".Simango was sp (By Jan)...World: Man kills sister over 'relations with men'
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Amman - A Jordanian youth was charged with premeditated murder on Wednesday after allegedly stabbing to death his divorced teenaged sister because she "knew many men," police said.The suspect, 18, "st (By Jan)...South Africa: M3 accident: Truck driver faces charges
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Michelle Pietersen and Kowthar Solomons Staff ReportersPolice say negligence caused the horrific crash that killed a woman and critically injured a man and his wife after a truck collided with thei (By Jan)...Nigeria: Moladun Kenkelewu's Unfulfilled Dreams
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Lagos - Death has once again struck. And this time it has snatched yet another screen dazzler, Monsurat Omidina popularly known as Moladun Kenkelewu.This is coming barely four weeks after Oluremi Abio (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: U.S. Committed to Revamping Health Service Delivery
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Bertha ShokoUNITED States President Barack Obama's top envoy responsible for the global response to Aids says his government remains committed to revamping Zimbabwe's health care.Eric Goosby (pictu (By Jan)...World: Protesters rally against Obama
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: by Karin ZeitvogelWashington - Ten of thousands of protestors from across the United States descended on the nation's capital on Saturday, decrying President Barack Obama, "big government" and big spe (By Jan)...Congo-Kinshasa: In DRC, Journalists Receive Death Threats
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo must aggressively investigate threats made against three radio reporters in the eastern city of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Committe (By Jan)...South Africa: Mutilated sharks turning up in SA waters
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Foreign fishermen are continuing to hack the fins off sharks in South African waters and toss the animals back into the sea while they are alive.Most of the butchered sharks drown, starve or are eaten (By Jan)...Science: SA: No emission-cutting if money's an issue
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Wendell RoelfSouth Africa, a major polluter due to its dependence on coal-fired electricity, will not agree to any emission-cutting targets if doing so hurts the country's economy, a cabinet spokes (By Jan)...South Africa: Mom swops hairdryer for gun
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Natasha Prince Staff ReporterBursting through doors, raiding suspected drug dens and stopping unlawful drivers have become a new way of life for a mother of three since she took up arms - literally (By Jan)...Somalia: Heavy Fighting Kills Two, Wounds 5 in Mogadishu
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Mogadishu - At least two people have been killed and 5 others have been wounded after heavy fighting between the transitional government soldiers backing by AMISOM troops and Islamist fighters started (By Jan)...South Africa: Unemployed Turn to Stealing to Survive
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Brenda NkunaAs the economic recession forces businesses to close to cut back workers, more people are becoming unemployed. Desperate to survive, they are resorting to shoplifting to feed their fami (By Jan)...World: 'What was it if not genocide?'
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people, telling a French newspaper that the bombing of Gaza late last year was an unprovoked attack."The questio (By Jan)...Southern Africa: Summit Passes Zimbabwe Buck to SADC Organ
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Dumisani MuleyaJohannesburg - ZIMBABWEAN Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said yesterday Southern African Development Community (Sadc ) leaders meeting in Kinshasa had tasked the group 's organ on (By Jan)...Nigeria: Opec President Dashes Hope on Output Cut
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Lagos - THE ORGANISATION of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is set to leave its output quotas unchanged when it next meets on September 9, its president was quoted said at the weekend.State news (By Jan)...Uganda: HIV/Aids - Time to Renew Our Commitment to Prevention
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By John F. HooverUnder the umbrella of the national HIV/Aids Strategic Plan, the Government of Uganda, the United States, and many other development partners have worked together for many years to res (By Jan)...South Africa: Veld fires wreak havoc in E Cape
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: At least 12 people have died in veld fires which have swept through parts of the Eastern Cape since last week, the provincial health department said on Tuesday.The runaway fires were being fanned by s (By Jan)...South Africa: Toddler shot in a love triangle fight
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Dasen ThathiahA Durban police officer has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting a three-year-old child.It appears that a love triangle had sparked the man's anger, said police (By Jan)...South Africa: Veld fire leaves woman dead
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: One woman died and two others were injured when veld fires swept through parts of the Eastern Cape, police said on Tuesday.Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the fires started before midday on Sunday (By Jan)...South Africa: Minibus gang attacks Dutch student
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Jason Warner"I love this city, I love the people and I love the opportunities," says the Dutch student who was recently abducted, severely beaten and robbed by a taxi driver who still operates in t (By Jan)...World: Three British men guilty of airline bomb plot
Monday 07-Sep-2009: London - Three men were found guilty on Monday in connection with a plot to blow up transatlantic airliners using liquid explosives in 2006.Ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali was among those found guilty by (By Jan)...South Africa: Cash van robbed in Mpuma
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: A cash delivery van was robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash by five armed men who cornered its security guards in Blinkpan, Mpumalanga police said on Saturday.Superintendent Abie Khoabane said the (By Jan)...Kenya: Mau Land - It's Only Right That Just Compensation Be Paid
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Sylvia Kang'araNairobi - The clouds will one day return to the Mau pregnant with rain to refill our drying rivers and lakes, and to spring new life to the resources we all depend on.At the moment, (By Jan)...Sudan: Bishop Disputes UN Army Chief Claim War is Over
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Khartoum - A Catholic bishop in the heart of Darfur, theatre of a bloody 6-year conflict, has disputed a recent claim by a senior UN military official that the war has all but ended.Bishop Antonio Men (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Miracle' baby survives night in pit toilet
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Jacques BreytenbachShe has been described as the "miracle baby", and some community members even believe that the six-day-old baby girl who "refused to die" after being left for dead in a toilet pi (By Jan)...PLO Member Democratic Front For The Liberation Of Palestine Threatens Terrorism Against Israel
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: [While it seems like Fatah helped Hamas to look good for the West, its fellow PLO faction known as the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) is threatening further terrorism against (By Lone Wolf)...Warriors Not Brave Enough
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Conrad AngulaNAMIBIA failed to capitalise on the many chances they created in the first half and as a result had to be content with a 1-all draw against Swaziland during a lacklustre international (By Jan)...Zimbabwe sanctions should end
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: SADC leaders fear anything they say against Zimbabwe now could be used against them in the future Southern African leaders have ended a regional summit by calling on the international communit (By Jan)...South Africa: Joburg financial woes deepens
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: The City of Joburg has run into financial problems and is owing its creditors, including contractors and financial institutions, millions of rands.The Star has received numerous complaints from contra (By Jan)...South Africa: Police Hunt for BRT Attackers
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Johannesburg - Law enforcement agencies are hard at work trying to find information that will lead to the arrest of the perpetrators of last week's incident involving shots being fired at a Rea Vaya b (By Jan)...South Africa: No bail for taxi driver with 51 warrants
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Mary-Anne GontsanaA taxi driver with 51 outstanding warrants of arrest against his name was denied bail after he appeared in the traffic court at the city hall. Micha Qasana, 47, of Harare in Khaye (By Jan)...Zim: Lesabe defects to Zapu
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: She did not want to discuss what pushed her out of the former sole ruling party By Nkululeko Sibanda & Jennifer DubeZanu PF suffered a body blow yesterday after a member of its politburo and f (By Jan)...Osisa Calls On Govt to Legalise Commercial Sex
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Chandapiwa BaputakiThe Open Society Initiative For Southern Africa (OSISA) has called on the Botswana government to legalise commercial sex. OSISA made the call after a research it undertook on fem (By Jan)...South Africa: NCOP town meeting turns violent
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Andisiwe Makinana Political WriterThe National Council of Provinces (NCOP) and a delegation from the Western Cape provincial parliament had their hands full trying to control a highly politicised c (By Jan)...World: Inmates attack guards at Iraqi prison
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Iraqi officials say inmates at Abu Ghraib prison started a fire and attacked guards in a disturbance that required authorities to call in Iraqi troops.The US military says American helicopters were al (By Jan)...Kenya: Another Water Tower on the Verge of Being Wiped Out as Mau Saga Rages
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Kennedy Lumwamu and Wycliffe KipsangNairobi - Even as the country is engrossed with the fate of the Mau water tower, another key forest in the North Rift is on the verge of being wiped out. This ti (By Jan)...South Africa: Molefe's killers will be brought to book
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: No stone will be left unturned in bringing the killers of Mthuthuzeli Molefe, deputy president of the SA National Taxi Council to book, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said on Thursday."We have ab (By Jan)...South Africa: Bitten alleged rapist held
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Nondumiso MbuyaziA 16-year-old girl is grateful to be alive after she narrowly escaped the clutches of a 24-year-old man who was trying to rape her - by biting him. The grade 10 pupil of Somkhele, (By Jan)...Nigeria: Amnesty - Militants' South-West Commander Disarms
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Osa OkhominaYenagoa - Leader of the South-West wing of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),Kille Selky Torughedi, alias Commander Young Shall Grow, weekend led over 250 lieu (By Jan)...South Africa: Nine life-serving prisoners paroled
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Nine prisoners serving life sentences have been granted parole, the correctional services ministry said on Wednesday.They include Almond Nofomela, whose death sentence was commuted to life imprisonmen (By Jan)...South Africa: Durban can cut power
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: eThekwini Municipality is within its rights to cut a customer's electricity for the non-payment of other services such as rates and water, according to South Africa's electricity regulator.And that is (By Jan)...South Africa: Heart FM fraudster loses appeal
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Fatima Schroeder High Court WriterFormer Heart 104.9fm financial director Mario Roos, convicted of stealing from and defrauding his employers of R12,5-million, has lost his Cape High Court appeal a (By Jan)...Africa: Africa Requires 75 Million Metric Tonnes of Petroleum Products Annually-Otl
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Yemie AdeoyeTHE total annual demand for clean products in Africa has been put at about 75 million metric tonnes with Nigeria accounting for almost a third, even as significant infrastructure requir (By Jan)...Africa: Zimbabwe's debt for Mozambique power reduced
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Zimbabwe's accumulated debt to Mozambican power utility Cahora Bassa has now been reduced to US6-million, the state-controlled daily newspaper Noticias said on Tuesday.Chief executive officer of Elect (By Jan)...South Africa: Mayday call for a central number
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Caryn DolleyEmergency service officials have warned that people could die if a centralised emergency number is not introduced urgently.Not having a centralised number is leading to poor co-ordinati (By Jan)...World: 'I have killed the kids'
Monday 07-Sep-2009: London - A hotel worker stabbed her teenage daughters to death while they slept at her home before telling a friend she had done "something terrible", a court heard on Monday.Rekha Kumari-Baker killed (By Jan)...Uganda: Land Body Warns on Giveaways
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By David MafabiThe Uganda Land Alliance has asked the government to establish clear policies on land giveaways to ensure that unsuspecting citizens are not taken advantage of by selfish investors.In a (By Jan)...South Africa: Boy stabbed in the leg, dies
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death during an argument with his friend in Buthulo locality in the Eastern Cape, police said on Sunday."An 18-year-old suspect stabbed the boy in his left leg on Satu (By Jan)...South Africa: ASA meets to discuss Caster's case
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: South African sports officials met on Saturday to decide how best to help a world champion runner whose sex has been questioned - and how to respond to the circus created by alleged leaks from the int (By Jan)...Sierra Leone: Fear of Insecurity Grips Kenema
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By Mohamed VandiKenema - Concerned residents in the eastern district headquarter town of Kenema have expressed fear of insecurity in certain isolated areas within the township; a development necessita (By Jan)...Prisons to Beef Up Flu Response
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Nangula ShejavaliAS the number of H1N1 flu cases continue to rise, with 54 cases now confirmed in Namibia, health services at Namibian prisons are making efforts to ensure the impact is minimised b (By Jan)...World: Israelis will not be suckers - Netanyahu
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Jerusalem - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday before talks with a US envoy seeking a freeze in Jewish settlement activity that Israelis would compromise for peace but were "not ready (By Jan)...Africa: Two killed during Ugandan riot
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Kampala - Riots rocked the Ugandan capital on Thursday, leaving two dead and several injured as protesters clashed with police over efforts to stop a visit by a traditional ruler.Kampala police spokes (By Jan)...South Africa: Harmony to Buy President Steyn As Pamodzi Misses Funding Deadline
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Bheki MpofuJohannesburg - HARMONY Gold announced yesterday that it had finalised a deal to buy embattled gold junior Pamodzi Gold 's President Steyn mine in Free State for R405m, ending months of u (By Jan)...Police Appeal for Info On Murder
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Kopano OlesitseFrancistown - The Commander of Gerald Police Station, Motsholathebe Mothibi, is appealing to members of the public to help with information that may lead to the arrest of the murdere (By Jan)...Southern Africa: SADC Condemns Unilateral Government
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Kinshasa - The executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Tomas Salomao, has condemned as "unacceptable" and "intolerable" the unilateral appointment of a new government (By Jan)...South Africa: Axed NPA man wants his job back
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Former Gauteng prosecuting boss Cornwell Tshavhungwa - who was last month cleared of fraud and drink-driving because his trial was declared unfair - wants his job back.And he has reiterated his accus (By Jan)...South Africa: Joburg Berlin Wall to fall
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: To mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, the German cultural institute in Johannesburg is to dismantle its own high security wall, erected in response to the city's h (By Jan)...Nigeria: Opec Production Figures Vary
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Hector Igbikiowubo With Agency ReportsLagos - THE Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have released conflicting figures concer (By Jan)...Sudan: Fresh Darfur Peace Talks to Start Next Month
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: United Nations-backed mediation talks aimed at resolving the long-running conflict in Darfur between the Sudanese Government and the region's armed movements will resume late next month, it was announ (By Jan)...Uganda: Four Quizzed Over Kaijuka Son's Death
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Andrew Bagala and R. KasasiraKampala - Police are investigating four people in connection with the death of a son to former Energy minister Richard Kaijuka after toxicology tests showed that Mugabe (By Jan)...Zim: Zanu PF delays constitutional process
Monday 07-Sep-2009: "Names that had initially been submitted were withdrawn by the Zanu PF politburo" Faith ZabaZanu PF is still to submit a list of chairpersons for the constitutional thematic committees, a move (By Jan)...South Africa: Santaco murder probe continues
Monday 07-Sep-2009: A police task team was working "24/7" to catch the gunmen who murdered the deputy president of the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco), Vaal Rand police said on Monday."No arrests have been made yet bu (By Jan)...South Africa: Thieves strip cemetery
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Jason WarnerName plaques, picture frames and even crosses from graves are being stolen from the Maitland Cemetery and visitors say the crime rate there has become "worse than ever".They believe mor (By Jan)...Africa: Scores arrested after riots in Uganda
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: Kampala - Police have arrested more than 550 people in connection with two days of riots in Uganda's capital Kampala, as the death toll rose to 14, the police said on Sunday.Security forces have kept (By Jan)...Global: UN wants new global currency to replace dollar
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: The dollar should be replaced with a global currency, the United Nations has said, proposing the biggest overhaul of the world's monetary system since the Second World War. (By Gairk)...Zim wants apology from EU over sanctions
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: "Are they here on a public relations exercise or they are here because they realised they erred in imposing sanctions?" Harare - Zimbabwe will demand an apology from the European Union for imp (By Jan)...Somalia: Street Children 'Becoming the New Gangsters'
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Hargeisa - The number of street children in Hargeisa, capital of secessionist Somaliland, is on the rise as more Ethiopian children cross the border in search of a better life.The immigrant children a (By Jan)...Africa: Bank Group Approves Mauritius' 2009-2013 Country Strategy Paper
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Tunis - The CSP was prepared within the context of an economic and financial crisis. As part of its recent reforms, the Mauritian government built a strong economy resilient to external shocks. But th (By Jan)...South Africa: Cele hails police after blitz on mall robbers
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Ninety-eight people have been arrested for mall robberies around the country, National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele said on Thursday."We vowed that these deviant acts are deplorable and had to be de (By Jan)...Somalia: Street Children 'Becoming the New Gangsters'
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Hargeisa - The number of street children in Hargeisa, capital of secessionist Somaliland, is on the rise as more Ethiopian children cross the border in search of a better life.The immigrant children a (By Jan)...Zim: Rallying cry from beyond the classroom
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: "When I'm stressed, I like to go dancing" Tenacious human-rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has an inspired message for Carleton students, Louisa Taylor writesThere are many reasons why Beatrice M (By Jan)...Botswana Awaits Ruling Over Presidential Immunity
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Wene OwinoGaborone - Can the hallowed presidential immunity from court action guaranteed by many national constitutions be waived in party affairs?Is a sitting head of state performing a private or (By Jan)...South Africa: 'I am terrified, I need protection'
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: The mother of a 14-year-old schoolgirl who was kidnapped, beaten and raped last month says she now fears for her life.The businesswoman said she had received death threats since the arrests of the thr (By Jan)...South Africa: Medical master can't find a job
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Medical specialist Rakesh Mohanlall made history at the Durban University of Technology this week when he became the first person in his specialised field in South Africa to receive a doctorate.He als (By Jan)...Somalia: Somaliland Troops Seize Parliament After Lawmakers' Dispute
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Hargeisa - Police and military units in Somalia's breakaway republic of Somaliland have assumed full control of the region's elected parliament, Radio Garowe reports.Mr. Abdullahi Mohamed "Irro," Spea (By Jan)...South Africa: Huntley case helps survivors gain perspective
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: This article was originally published on www.hayibo.com, a satirical news websiteCape Town - Survivors of the genocide in Darfur have issued a formal apology for overstating their case, saying they we (By Jan)...World: Safe sex ad featuring Hitler stirs anger
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Patrick McGroartyA German Aids awareness group has come under fire for posting an online video that starts off with a young couple having sex in an apartment before revealing the male to be a grinn (By Jan)...World: Children killed during border violence
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Islamabad - Forty-seven people, many of them Taliban, but also four schoolchildren, were killed on Tuesday in ongoing internal violence in Pakistan's militancy-hit tribal region that borders Afghanist (By Jan)...Africa: Hussein walks free after indecency case
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Sarah El DeebCairo - A woman journalist convicted of public indecency for wearing trousers outdoors was freed on Tuesday, despite her own desire to serve a month in prison as protest against Sudan' (By Jan)...Zim: Party loyalties disrupt education
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Zimta is seen as having strong ties to Zanu PF Harare - The fault lines between Zimbabwe's political parties are causing disruption at the opening of the third term in public schools, continui (By Jan)...Mum Arrested After Baby Dies in Well
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: A YOUNG woman has been arrested on a charge of murder after she allegedly killed her baby last week by throwing him into a well in northern Namibia.The woman (22) was arrested after she allegedly thre (By Jan)...Sudan: Deadly Clashes Spark Concern
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed deep concern at the deadly series of attacks and counter-attacks by tribal militias in southern Sudan that have killed or displaced dozens of civilians.Me (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Make 99-Year Leases Bankable - Mutambara
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Harare - The land reform programme is irreversible and Government is going to increase its focus on land use as Zimbabwe seeks to reclaim its breadbasket status, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara (By Jan)...Zimbabwe constitution committee on strike
Monday 07-Sep-2009: "Donors cannot largely provide the funds - this would make the process donor-driven" Zimbabwe's parliamentary committee tasked with drafting a new constitution, meant to pave the way to fresh (By Jan)...South Africa: Suspected car thieves run out of luck
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Nine suspected car thieves are behind bars after they were nabbed by Pretoria West police at the Pretoria Show at the weekend.Police also arrested three suspects after they broke into a business premi (By Jan)...South Africa: Robbers threaten girl's life with guns
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Police were searching for three robbers who grabbed a 12-year-old girl walking past a Belhar liquor store, pulled her inside and held her and customers at gunpoint, escaping with R5 300 from tills.No (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: University Expels Students for 'Insults' to Mugabe
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Johannesburg- - Three Fort Hare University students have been thrown out of President Robert Mugabe's scholarship programme for allegedly insulting their benefactor.One of them, Tonderai Kunyaye, a se (By Jan)...World: German teens beat 50-year-old man to death
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: Munich, Germany - Two German teenagers were arrested Saturday after beating a 50-year-old man to death at a station for the regional express train line in Munich, a police spokesperson told AFP.Accord (By Jan)...South Africa: Maiden stampede leaves one dead and 11 hurt
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Mdu Ncalane and Nathi OlifantTragedy struck at the annual Royal Reed Dance in KwaNongoma on Saturday, when one of the maidens was crushed to death during a stampede that broke out following a scram (By Jan)...Ghana: Human Rights Groups Kick Against Planned Eviction of Residents
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Amnesty International- (AI-Ghana) and the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) have kicked against plans by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to forcibly evict more than 40,000 people leaving (By Jan)...Uganda: Police Clash With Kabaka Supporters on Kampala Streets
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Nairobi - Ugandan police have used excessive force during clashes with rioting supporters of a local monarch in which at least 10 people died, according to a human rights watchdog.The clashes erupted (By Jan)...S.Africa: The Black Taxi Driver who deliberately murdered White School girl on Scooter - found guilty
Friday 11-Sep-2009: [Well, let's see how soon this bastard will be out of prison. I don't take justice in South Africa seriously. This criminal will be out on the streets in 15 years or perhaps even much less. He murdere (By Jan)...South Africa: Defiant rape accused 'zaps' investigators
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Hanti OttoCourt ReporterMinutes after a Pretoria Regional Court magistrate referred to the trauma of three women who had been kidnapped, raped and robbed, one of the accused, who appeared untouched (By Jan)...Uganda: Army Captures Top Rebel Commander
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Henry MukasaKampala - THE army has captured another senior LRA commander in the on-going military push against the rebels in the DR Congo and the Central African Republic.Mickman Opuk, who was clos (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Takes Swipe At State Media
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Njabulo NcubeHarare - PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has lamented what he says is the lack of a paradigm shift in the public media despite the formation of the inclusive government nearly six mon (By Jan)...Summit passes Zimbabwe buck to SADC organ
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: The two are widely viewed as pro-Mugabe Dumisani MuleyaJoannesburg – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said yesterday Southern African Development Community (SADC ) leaders meeting (By Jan)...South Africa: 200 jobs... thousands apply
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Melissa MungrooThousands of people queued from Curries Fountain sports ground all the way up John Zikhali (Sydenham) Road in Durban this morning to apply for 200 learnership jobs with the Metro Pol (By Jan)...Africa: Foreigners found guilty of espionage in Congo
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Thomas HubertKinshasa - A military court in Congo sentenced two Norwegians to death on Tuesday and ordered them and their government to pay over $60-million in damages after the pair were convicted (By Jan)...World: Suspected shoplifter beaten to death
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: A woman in eastern China was allegedly beaten to death by five employees of a Wal-Mart store who accused her of shoplifting, a police report and state media said on Tuesday.Police have arrested two em (By Jan)...Elections 2009 - Profile - Hardap Region
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Governor: Katrina Hanse-HimarwaTHE Hardap Region is located in southern Namibia, just north of the Karas Region. It also borders Erongo to the north-west, Khomas to the north, and Omaheke to the nort (By Jan)...East Africa: Intellectuals and Change in the Region
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Prof. Ali A. MazruiAcademics and intellectuals have been major agents of political change but relatively minor agents of economic change in post-colonial Africa. Phase one of decolonisation was fro (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Petrol Ban Hits Small Miners
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Nqobani NdlovuBulawayo - A number of small-scale mines in Matabeleland have been forced to suspend operations following a clampdown by the Ministry of Mines on the use of petrol-powered pumps for m (By Jan)...Africa: Campaigning begins in Mozambique
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: Maputo - Campaigning officially got under way on Sunday for October 28 elections in Mozambique, the fourth since the southern African country became a multi-party democracy 15 years ago.President Arma (By Jan)...South Africa: Disabled man killed in shooting
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: A disabled man died and two other people belonging to an anti-crime street committee were injured in a shooting in Mitchell's Plain, Western Cape police said on Saturday.Police spokesman Inspector Ian (By Jan)...South Africa: Zim, climate change to dominate SA-EU talks
Friday 11-Sep-2009: President Jacob Zuma started a summit with the leaders of the European Union outside Cape Town on Friday, with Zimbabwe and climate change expected to dominate discussions.Zuma said before the start o (By Jan)...Africa: Doing Business Report 2010 - Rwanda Becomes World's Top Reformer
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Location: Kigali, RwandaThe AfDB Rwanda field office (RWFO) participated in celebrations marking the country's classification as the world's top reformer following the publication of the World Bank's (By Jan)...South Africa: 'Angry' pupil attacks teacher
Friday 11-Sep-2009: A teacher was wounded by an "angry" 13-year-old pupil at a primary school in Pretoria West on Friday, police said.Captain Dumisani Ndlazi said the Lotus Garden teacher was in a critical condition in h (By Jan)...Violence Erupts in Uganda's Capital
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Kampala - At least 8 people have been killed in riots in Kampala's central business district, Uganda, on Thursday, as Buganda monarchists protested what they say is government mistreatment of their K (By Jan)...World: 'You lie!', says US lawmaker to Obama
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: US President Barack Obama's high-stakes health care speech Wednesday seemed to fuel rather than douse an overheated political debate, with one lawmaker even angrily shouting: "You lie!"Republican Repr (By Jan)...South Africa: Warning: Don't fall for this
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Caryn DolleyFrom precarious offers of abortions performed after "mirror consultations", to a suitcase in which the "King of Herbs" says money will appear, and a "magic stick" which will bring you g (By Jan)...Maun Prison Escapes Worry Residents
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By States ModibatiMaun - Despite tight security at Maun State Prison frequent escapes have brought the government rehabilitation centre under sharp criticism from concerned residents.The escape of fou (By Jan)...Africa: Floods force villagers from their homes
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By George FominyenDakar - Floods caused by heavy rains have killed 159 people in West Africa since June, the United Nations said on Tuesday in a sharp upwards revision of the toll from this year's rai (By Jan)...Eritrea: President Calls on the Public and Administrative Bodies to Reinforce Endeavors Towards Achieving Food Security
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Mendefera - President Isaias Afwerki called on the public and administrations to provide added impetus to the task of putting in place infrastructure aimed at boosting agricultural production, and the (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Party Loyalties Disrupt Education
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Harare - The fault lines between Zimbabwe's political parties are causing disruption at the opening of the third term in public schools, continuing years of decline in a sector once regarded as sub-Sa (By Jan)...Nigeria: The Country Rakes in N23 Billion Oil Proceeds in Four Days
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Adeola YusufLagos - NIGERIA on Monday raked in N22.99 billion ($156.4 million) on oil proceeds in four days as the commodity hovered near $68 a barrel for the fourth day before the end of the day's (By Jan)...South Africa: Headless corpse shocks police
Monday 07-Sep-2009: The headless body of a man was found dumped next to a road in Blinkpan, Mpumalanga police said on Monday."The body was found next to the Blinkpan road. The head and both hands were nowhere to be found (By Jan)...Sudan: Oil Production Figures Underpinning Peace Agreement Don't Add Up, Warns Global Witness
Monday 07-Sep-2009: The 2005 peace agreement, which brought to an end to the conflict between north and south Sudan, one of Africa's longest-running and most bloody wars, was based on an agreement to share oil revenues. (By Jan)...South Africa: Kriegler accused of patronising attitude
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Angela Quintal and Gill GiffordThe Freedom Under Law civil rights body will challenge the Judicial Service Commission's decision not to pursue a hearing into misconduct claims against Judge John Hl (By Jan)...Zim: Battle to control telecommunication portfolio intensifies
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: A senior editor at the Herald was summoned on Wednesday evening to the Ministry of Information Wongai ZhangazhaThe power struggle for the communication portfolio rambles on as the two minister (By Jan)...South Africa: Cops baffled by family killing
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By Zara NicholsonPolice and residents in Langa's Zone 2 were shocked and baffled by a triple family slaying on Friday.A woman and her four-year-old daughter were apparently killed by the woman's boyfr (By Jan)...Nigeria: Land Reform - NOA Enlist Support for PTCLR
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: By Christiana EsebonuAbuja - The Director-General National Orientation Agency (NOA), Alhaji Idi M. Faruk, has pledged to collaborate with the Presidential Technical Committee on Land Reform as part of (By Jan)...South Africa: Eskom wants to cut demand
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Louise FlanaganTurn it off! Eskom wants South Africa to cut power use by more than five times the amount the country managed to cut last year. By March 2011, Eskom wants to cut demand by 3 000 mega (By Jan)...South Africa: 'He should have been given life'
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Karyn Maughan and Kanina FossFive minutes to hug his son and tell him that "everything was going to be okay". That was all Machiel Harmse, father of convicted teenage samurai sword killer Morne Har (By Jan)...South Africa: DA: Eskom memo shows mismanagement
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: A leaked confidential internal memo from Eskom reveals gross mismanagement of funds during the procurement of capital and management of coal supplies, a Democratic Alliance MP said on Thursday."Given (By Jan)...2010 World Cup: 'A people friendly' city for the World Cup
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Clayton BarnesThe City has singled out being "people friendly" as one of the key elements of its "extensive" 2010 safety strategy.At the unveiling of its 2010 safety and security plan at a special (By Jan)...Sierra Leone: Girl 18, Kills Landlord
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Mohamed VandiKenema - Director, community relations department at the Kenema police station has confirmed that 18-year old Baby Alieu of No. 1 Semabu Lane in Kenema has been arrested and brought in (By Jan)...Africa: Continent's Editors Name Media 'Battlefields'
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: This statement is issued at the closing of a meeting of the Editors’ Council of The African Editors' Forum (Taef) held in Grahamstown, South Africa and attended by senior media practitioners rep (By Jan)...Africa: SADC calls for end to Zimbabwe sanctions
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called on the international community to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe, in recognition of the country's power-sharing agreement.The power-sharin (By Jan)...Zim diamond report wanted
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: "We call upon the Kimberley Process to expedite the release of its report and recommendations" The Kimberley Process should release its report and recommendations on Zimbabwe's diamond sector (By Jan)...World: Man jailed for planning racist attacks
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: London - A judge has sentenced a racist who planned to attack people he considered "non-British" to at least six years in jail for terrorist offenses.Neil Lewington was convicted in July of possessing (By Jan)...South Africa: Are you helping fight crime?
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Murray Williams and Esther LewisStaff ReportersPolice have foiled their fourth armed robbery in greater Cape Town in just one week - after an elite police unit yesterday snared an eight-man gang in Ku (By Jan)...Africa: Libya rules out payments for UK families
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: By Peter GriffithsLondon - Libya will fight any claims for compensation by the families of people killed by Irish republican bombs they say were made using Libyan-supplied explosives, the son of Libya (By Jan)...Nigeria: Group Condemns Attack On Gas Plant
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Victor EfeizomorAsaba - Youth wing of Ughelli South Peoples Forum has condemned the attack on the Southfield Gas and Power Limited, a foreign firm in the process of establishing a $250 million gas (By Jan)...South Africa: 119 arrested in Joburg
Monday 07-Sep-2009: At least 119 people were arrested in a weekend operation in and around Johannesburg, police said on Monday.Captain Bhekizizwe Mavundla said the arrests were not only made by police and reservists, but (By Jan)...South Africa: They're lucky to be alive, says Sexwale
Monday 07-Sep-2009: Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale on Sunday hit out at the recent march by soldiers to the Union Building in Pretoria, saying that those who participated in it would not be alive today if the p (By Jan)...South Africa: Woman stabbed to death
Monday 07-Sep-2009: A woman was stabbed to death in Diepsloot at the weekend, Johannesburg police said on Monday.Captain Patricia Simelane said her body was found in a field near the Mashamplan informal settlement on Sun (By Jan)...Ghana: The Nigerian 'Re-Invasion' (i)
Sunday 13-Sep-2009: By Calus Von BraziIf anybody assumed that Ghana-Nigeria relations experienced a height in highs only during the Kufuor years, that person needs to rethink the entire concept of Ghana-Nigeria relations (By Jan)...DR Congo Refugees Too Scared to Leave Camps
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Bujumbura - More than 2,000 refugees in Burundi have rejected UN appeals to move to a new camp for fear they could be exposed to attack.The refugees, from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Banyam (By Jan)...South Africa: Are you upbeat about the World Cup?
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Clayton Barnes 2010 WriterAlmost 90 percent of South Africans are convinced the country will host a successful World Cup, according to a recent confidence poll by Fifa.The poll found the level of e (By Jan)...Sudan: Envoy Gration Seeks Deal for Peace Accord
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration is in Juba, Southern Sudan, to hold talks with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's Nati (By Jan)...Africa: Dozens more feared dead after boat wreck
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Christo JohnsonTombo - The death toll in a shipwreck off Sierra Leone could rise from the 80 victims so far reported, as up to 300 people were aboard and only dozens have been rescued, maritime and (By Jan)...USA: Barack Obama accused of making 'Depression' mistakes
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: [This makes sense and this is pretty much what I’ve been warning of. All this socialist intervention is going to make things worse… But the FREE MARKET… could fix things. Jan] Barack Obama is commi (By Gairk)...South Africa: Wife's infidelity 'got her killed'
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Zelda VenterHigh Court ReporterA Swartkop man who allegedly beat his wife to death said he became so angry when she confessed to having a boyfriend that he beat her with both hands, kicked her and (By Jan)...South Africa: Springs gas blast kills three
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Botho MolosankweThree workers were killed and five others were injured this morning when an explosion rocked a zinc and acid manufacturing plant in Springs this morning.The men had just arrived at (By Jan)...South Africa: Cabinet Backs Minister On Soldier Dismissals
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Franny RabkinJohannesburg - JUST hours after Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu backed down yesterday on her controversial sacking of protesting soldiers, the minister vowed to go back to court with a (By Jan)...Barata-Phathi Fed Up with Khama - Lucas
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: By Calistus KolantshoBotswana Congress Party (BCP) has accused President Ian Khama of abusing Parliament.Speaking at a political rally in Selebi-Phikwe West over the weekend, BCP secretary general Bob (By Jan)...Science: Wind energy investments approved in US
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Washington - The United States House of Representatives approved an energy research programme on Wednesday that envisions spending $1-billion over the next five years to expand generation of wind powe (By Jan)...Nigeria: Reconsider the Mutineers' Case
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Abuja - Nearly two years ago, 28 Nigerian soldiers who went on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia returned home to find that their peacekeeping allowances had not been paid in spite of p (By Jan)...Rwanda: Belgians Here Over Genocide Fugitives
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By James KaruhangaKigali - Belgian officials were expected to arrive in the country last evening to carry out investigations on a key Genocide fugitive living in the European country.Belgian Ambassado (By Jan)...South Africa: Prosecutor discharged on corruption charges
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: A former deputy director of public prosecutions successfully applied for discharge on five charges of fraud and corruption against him in the Pretoria regional court on Tuesday.However, advocate Cornw (By Jan)...South Africa: Mantashe identifies SA's 'worst enemy'
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: By Babington Maravanyika and Gaye DavisANC Secretary-general Gwede Mantashe last night lashed out at people who join politics as a means of enriching themselves and not for the purpose of delivering s (By Jan)...South Africa: SANDF soldiers 'ill-disciplined'
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: There is a serious problem with discipline in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu admitted on Tuesday."You're right, there is a problem with di (By Jan)...Zimbabwe's debt for Mozambique power reduced
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: To US6-million Zimbabwe's accumulated debt to Mozambican power utility Cahora Bassa has now been reduced to US6-million, the state-controlled daily newspaper Noticias said on Tuesday. Chief ex (By Jan)...World: 'Aids is a mass murderer'
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Kirsten GrieshaberBerlin - An Aids awareness video is using an Adolf Hitler lookalike to illustrate its point that "Aids is a mass murderer."The Saarbruecken-based Regenbogen, or Rainbow, an Aids a (By Jan)...Nigeria: Fear Over Azuamaka Madumago's Fate in Police Detention
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Ozioma UbabukohAbuja - Reactions have continued to trail the disappearance of Mr. Azuamaka Victor Madumago while in transit between the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS), Awkuzu, Anambra State, and (By Jan)...South Africa: Breakthrough in Vanilla's death probe
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Daily News correspondentForensic expert David Klatzow says he has established the cause of the car blaze which killed two-year-old, Vanilla Nurse, daughter of satirist Justin Nurse. Little Vanilla (By Jan)...South Africa: New 'Cling-Wrap' Antibodies Disarm HIV
Monday 07-Sep-2009: By Tamar KahnCape Town - Scientists have found two powerful new antibodies that disarm HIV, offering fresh clues in the hunt for a vaccine. The antibodies were found in blood samples of volunteers in (By Jan)...Southern Africa: Botswana is Satisfied With Zim Situation - Skelemani
Friday 11-Sep-2009: By Ephraim KeorengForeign Affairs Minister Phandu Skelemani has said that Botswana is impressed with political developments in Zimbabwe.The minister said yesterday that at the just ended SADC Summit i (By Jan)...S.Africa: AA, EE: Legally discriminating against Whites, against Males, etc... by claiming to seek "fairness"...
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: [Just for fun, I showed some friends of mine the types of emails that we get at our work. This is of course a natural outcome of the laws the ANC created to "correct the imbalances of Apartheid" or so (By Jan)...U.N. Led 'Peacekeeping Forces' To Be Involved In Georgia?
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: [It seems that Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili might have opened the doors in stopping another possible open war. But I'm quite a bit skeptical of this move by Saakashvili's pandering to the (By Lone Wolf)...Pro-Putin Nashi Youth Group Sees USA As Enemy Of Russia; Behind Protests Of Georgian embassy
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: [It seems like Putin really wants another open war, and possible launching a world war against the USA. His cultists in the Nashi youth movement which praise Putin state what their Dear Leader intend (By Lone Wolf)...Zyuganov And Putin Agree On Ignoring Stalin's Crimes
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: [I'm just dismayed at how the West doesn't seem to care that Vladimir Putin agrees with an outright Russian Communist Gennedy Zyuganov, leader of the Russian Federation Communist Party. Here's some (By Lone Wolf)...Video:Important: Forcing Americans to get RFID 'tagged' at roadblocks - 666
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: This really is a massive issue! Firstly, I would NEVER freely allow myself to get 'vaccined' as I personally believe these vaccines are much more deadly than the very virus itself, if not for yourself (By JanOlifant)...Economics: The Global Meltdown - The NEW NORMAL - The Trends of the next 20 years...
Friday 11-Sep-2009: [I have been asking the question for a long time: What will be the longterm consequences of the massive bailouts and all sorts of Govt intervention? I have suggested that the future will result in dre (By Jan)...The Principles of Intelligence Collection - Eeben Barlow
Monday 07-Sep-2009: I have spoken a lot about the importance of intelligence and how we seem to be constantly getting it all wrong. As proof of this, we need only look at how current conflicts are going awry. The foc (By JanOlifant)...YouTube Video: Noam Chomsky's Views On 9/11
Friday 11-Sep-2009: [Isn't this quite disgusting on what Noam Chomsky thinks on why the 9/11 attacks happened? Translation what Chomsky states, the USA "deserved" to be hit on 9/11. No wonder he happily endorses Hugo C (By Lone Wolf)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (12-09-2009)
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: Howzit Somehow I knew it wouldn't take long for Moyo to weasel his way back in the ranks of ZANU PF. However, I do believe that if a sitting MP crosses the floor (i.e. changes political party) that (By The BeardedMan)...Would Brazil Help Subsidize North Korea?
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: [It seems quite unsettling that Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva finds it oh so comfortable to be an ally of Kim Jong-Il. What can one say about Brazil turning the anti-Western cheek here (By Lone Wolf)...Obama Heckled During Speech To Congress
Thursday 10-Sep-2009: Seems that South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson has the RIGHT perspective after he shouted “You lie!†to Obama for insisting that llegal immigrants would not be covered under a public option (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...S.Africa: Johannesburg: Special - limited offer: 3 brand new 17 inch LCD screens for sale...
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Hi All, A friend of mine in Johannesburg sells hardware, and I've offered to notify people whenever he has stock at really good prices. I use him for my own hardware requirements. He currently has th (By Jan)...9/11 Remembered
Saturday 12-Sep-2009: Frank and John look back on 8 years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01, and vow to "never forget, never forgive." Also, Obama is a liar.... Republicans like John McCain are the reason why we lo (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (08-09-2009)
Tuesday 08-Sep-2009: Howzit With any multi-party State, there will be criticism of all and any of the parties concerned. I was a little surprised to read this article, especially since the writer is American based. (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (09-09-2009)
Wednesday 09-Sep-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... Last evening, the telephone rang and when I answered it, a male with a distinct Zimbabwean accent asked to speak to someone not at this number. I ind (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis )11-09-2009)
Friday 11-Sep-2009: Howzit Apologies for the lateness of this posting - I had a few other things to do this morning... Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- September 11, 2001 Lest we forget -o00o- (By The BeardedMan)...
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