Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 3rd January 2010From 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 & GruesomeZimbabwe: 180,000 Farms Face Audit - What the hell? But there were only 4,500 originally!
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: [This mention of 180,000 farms has me scratching my head. Originally, there were only 4,500 white farms. I suspect that Mugabe split them all into tiny areas... So now, thanks to the "genius" of Rober (By News Poster)...Happy New Year for 2010 - Wishing all of you the best - From Jan Lamprecht
Friday 01-Jan-2010: Hi Everyone, I want to thank all of you readers, both the new ones and the loyal ones for your support and for visiting this site. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Ne (By Jan)...Help! Can anyone help regarding: Blacks, Lack of Inventions & lack of the Written word?
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: This topic is not politically correct, and so obviously not much discussed, but a friend of mine asked. If any of you know of any useful references and discussions on the matter, please give us links (By Jan)...Nigeria: ThisDay Honours for 50 Remarkable Nigerians
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: Lagos - Three days into the New Year, the euphoria is yet to peter out. Wishes for better things to come continue to pour in from all sides. While the air is laden with a whiff of festivities and expe (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cops keep festive thugs at bay
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Graeme HoskenCrime ReporterHigh police visibility, co-ordinated campaigns between private security companies and intelligence-driven operations at shopping malls have led to one of the country's sa (By News Poster)...South Africa: SA drug mules could rot behind bars
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Michelle JonesMore than 1 000 South Africans are "languishing in appalling conditions" behind bars in foreign countries - 65 percent of them for drug-related offences.Of the 1 062 South Africans se (By News Poster)...Zim: Blood diamonds are back
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Rotating garrisons of soldiers order civilians to dig diamonds CommentWhy the UN-sanctioned system that's supposed to ensure that gemstones aren't mined at gunpoint is backfiringBy Greg Campbe (By News Poster)...South Africa: Victims give robbers shocking surprise
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: By Fiona GoundenThree "wanted" men who allegedly tried to rob a family of 14 holidaymakers, including seven children, at a Pennington resort got more than they bargained for when their victims and nei (By News Poster)...Zim: SADC Tribunal goes on trial
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Without real political will, does the tribunal - or SADC itself - really matter? Tania PampaloneThe SADC Tribunal is a promising institution of international justice for the entire region. But (By News Poster)...S.Africa: Banking Rotten Service Heaven: Furious Customer letter to bank: SCREW YOU XXXXXX!!!!
Monday 28-Dec-2009: [I am not going to tell you the source of this, but check an angry customer's email to a South African bank. It shows how furious some people are about rotten service. I edited the email to hide the i (By Jan)...2009 Review
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: Mmegi reporters look at the major news events that captured the imagination of everyoneThe year 2009 could have been the year for the opposition. If good sense, which seems to be in short supply, had (By News Poster)...Zim: MDC minister accused of treason says Mugabe will never break him
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: "Sitting in court listening to people lying" Roy Bennett insists that his trial will not deter him from fighting for justice in ZimbabweAlex Duval SmithBarefoot at his front door, wearing fade (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man kills robber, rescues neighbours
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: An Alberton man and former traffic cop shot dead a robber to save his neighbours from robbery and rape on Sunday morning.Louis Venter, 43, shot dead a robber and held two others until police arrived a (By News Poster)...USA: History - Racism: The Completely hypocritical use of Black Soldiers in American wars - Revolution & Civil War
Monday 28-Dec-2009: I was watching a History Channel documentary about the American Civil war which contained some very interesting information that I was unaware of. George Washington was a very wealthy man and a sla (By Jan)...World: Drug group leaves message on hanging corpses
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Culiacan, Mexico - The bound and beaten bodies of two men were found hanging by their necks from a highway overpass in northern Mexico on Wednesday, along with a handwritten message from a drug cartel (By News Poster)...East Africa: New Warning On Food Security for Horn of Africa
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Susan Anyangu-AmuNairobi - The European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) has raised a red flag over the worsening food security situation in the Horn of Africa.Karel De Gucht, European (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Farming Family Forced to Flee After Threats By Land Invaders
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Alex BellA farming family in Manicaland has been forced to flee their home on Christmas Eve, after violent threats from a group of farm invaders.Manda Farm's Ray Finaughty, his wife and three child (By News Poster)...The Marginalization of Country's Coloureds
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Marson SharpleyWell done people of Namibia, my fellow countrymen and women! We have to be proud of the manner in which we voted and behaved during the voting period. It is this that makes one proud (By News Poster)...Zim: MDC blames expats as money vanishes from overseas offices
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: All other overseas branches would be disbanded Finance Minister suspends British branch as Zimbabweans in exile are accused of 'bleeding movement dry'By Alex Duval Smith in Harare and Archie B (By News Poster)...World: Britain blasted as 'powerless' over execution
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: London - Relatives of a British man executed in China accused Britain on Wednesday of being diplomatically powerless because of its economic dependence on the Asian giant, after Beijing ignored London (By News Poster)...South Africa: Four arrested after fifth attack on hikers
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Craig McKunePoilce have arrested four suspects after a fifth brazen attack in two months on hikers in the Hermanus mountains.Three international volunteers, working at nearby Camphill School, were (By News Poster)...South Africa: Land grabbers sent packing... in their 4x4s
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Sharika Regchand and Angela QuintalA land grab by local residents and some well-heeled out-of-towners in Estcourt on Christmas Day and the Day of Goodwill was defused peacefully on Sunday.The munic (By News Poster)...African Union And Challenge of Conflict Management
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Uchenna NzeakoLagos - Africa is a continent with a number of armed conflicts. United Nations, regional organizations, and a number of non African states have been making frantic efforts to manage t (By News Poster)...South Africa: SA 'ready for any terror threats'
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Graeme HoskenWith the fear of worldwide terrorism attacks mounting after the attempted Christmas Day bomb attack on a US airliner, South African authorities say they are more than prepared to deal (By News Poster)...Archbishops condemn police intimidation against Anglicans in Zimbabwe
Monday 28-Dec-2009: "We do not recognise Mr Kunonga as a Bishop" By Charlie BoydThe Archbishops of Canterbury and York have condemned fresh police intimidation against members of the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe i (By News Poster)...Zim: Thatcher: no talks with 'terrorist' Mugabe
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: "I have never done business with terrorists until they become Prime Ministers!" Margaret Thatcher banned her envoy to what was then Rhodesia from meeting Robert Mugabe in 1979, refusing to tal (By News Poster)...South Africa: Police arrest senior Cape cop
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: A high-ranking police officer and a constable have been arrested after allegedly being linked to crimes in Cape Town.A police spokesman, Superintendent Andre Traut, said the 44-year-old superintendent (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Nestlé Shuts Zim Milk Factory Over Harassment
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Alex BellInternational food giant Nestlé has shut its milk processing plant in Zimbabwe, amid mounting threats by Mugabe loyalists to resume its commercial contract with Grace Mugabe's dairy (By News Poster)...South Africa: 840 die on SA roads despite crackdown
Monday 28-Dec-2009: In a massive crackdown on motorists transgressing road safety rules, thousands have been fined and arrested over the past Christmas weekend as part of the festive season Arrive Alive safety campaign.A (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Racial' bursaries - FNB to include whites
Monday 28-Dec-2009: An agreement has been reached between trade union Solidarity and First National Bank regarding the bank's "racial" allocation of education bursaries for employees' children.The union said on Monday th (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe military deploys to remove country's remaining white farmers
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: Wrongly concludes white farmers have no rights Blessing ZuluWashington - Members of the Zimbabwe National Army have been deployed to many farms around the country in what sources said was a pu (By News Poster)...Somalia: Events That Shaped Country in 2009
Monday 28-Dec-2009: The year started with much hope for peace and stability in the chaotic central and southern Somalia, which was largely hit by wave of violence. new presidents took power as elections held for the Fede (By News Poster)...South Africa: Petrol bomb attack on Cape cop's house
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Bronwynne JoosteA police superintendent says his family is living in fear after their Brackenfell home was petrol-bombed in a suspected racially motivated attack.Superintendent Luntu Ngubelanga sai (By News Poster)...World: Suicide bomber kills 88 in Pakistan
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: Peshawar, Pakistan - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed vehicle in a crowd of people watching a volleyball tournament in northwest Pakistan, killing 88 people in the deadliest attack in (By News Poster)...South Africa: Traffic warden 'caught red handed'
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Nondumiso MbuyaziA Durban Metro Police traffic warden was arrested for bribery yesterday. The man, who is believed to be in his late 20s, was arrested after the owner of a vehicle he was trying to (By News Poster)...South Africa: Suspected rhino poacher killed
Monday 28-Dec-2009: A rhino poacher was killed and two others injured in a fierce exchange of gunfire between a group of poachers and game rangers on Christmas day, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (EKZNW) said on Monday."Two suspe (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Zuma Coalition' Takes Strain in Heady 2009
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - ON APRIL 6, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) dropped the 16 corruption charges against African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma -- opening the door fo (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Yar'Adua's Health Triggers Concern Over Nation's Oil Output
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Sopuruchi OnwukaThe lingering uncertainty over the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua and the associated political intrigues surrounding his absence are raising fresh concerns over the sustainabili (By News Poster)...Liberia: The Curse of Mercenaries
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: By Tom KamaraWhen the respected Muslim cleric Sheik Kafumba Konneh, in a startling show of courage, recently demanded the expulsion of mercenaries from Liberia, he was not only battling with a dangero (By News Poster)...South Africa: Alleged drug dealers held
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Ten people were arrested for alleged drug dealing in Mitchell's Plain on Monday, Cape Town metro police said.Spokesman Nowellen Petersen said metro police received information about possible drug deal (By News Poster)...The Danger of "Mission Creep" - Eeben Barlow
Monday 28-Dec-2009: One of the key principles of strategy is to “select and maintain the aim or objective”. This principle is furthermore found in the principles of war and in the principles of the offense. This princ (By JanOlifant)...British Guardian Calling Socialism For The 'Answer' For The Economic Crisis?
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: [Why does it seem like the British-based Guardian publication is becoming an obvious shill for socialism and its other brand Communism? It seems here the author Cath Elliot desires to literally have (By Lone Wolf)...Nigeria: The 'Somaliasation' of the Country
Friday 01-Jan-2010: By Sam Uzo NwankwoFor the second year running I have been warned by my kinsmen not to dare come home for Christmas. My family would be easy prey for prowling kidnappers. Now for a rural "boy" like me, (By News Poster)...USA: Girls are Great, Boys are cr*p - The Generation of Boys who don't know how to be Men...
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: [Read this shocking article by Marc Rudov. This is scary stuff, and frankly, I think there is a serious issue here. It is often said that children need their mothers more than they need their fath (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: U.S.$270,000 Bank Heist
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Harare - Six armed robbers yesterday morning hit Stanbic Bank's Chegutu branch, shot and injured an assistant branch manager before fleeing with hundreds of thousands of US dollars, rands and pulas.Th (By News Poster)...Zim: US$270 000 bank heist
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: The gang made off with US$266 000, 150 000 rand and 34 690 pula in two getaway cars Herald ReportersSix armed robbers yesterday morning hit Stanbic Bank's Chegutu branch, shot and injured an a (By News Poster)...South Africa: Zuma Set to Pardon His Adviser and Apartheid Killer?
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By De Wet PotgieterPresident Jacob Zuma spent more than three hours in a meeting with convicted apartheid hit-squad commander Eugene de Kock during a secret visit to Pretoria Central Prison last year, (By News Poster)...Nigeria: 38 Killed in Sect Clashes
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Ahmed Mohammed, Mohammed Abubakar and Muazu HardawaBauchi - Thirty eight people died at Zango village on the outskirts of Bauchi yesterday in what the police said was a clash between members of a f (By News Poster)...Kenya: Kibaki - Good Economist, Bad Politician
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Murithi MutigaNairobi - Facing an uphill battle to retain his seat, and with a well-financed opposition alliance narrowly ahead in the polls, President Kibaki faced the nation on December 12, 2007 (By News Poster)...Zim cops seek SA bank robbers
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: The robbers were apparently given away by the registration number of one of the getaway vehicles owned by the mastermind, who drove his own vehicle to and from the scene of the robbery Stanley (By News Poster)...World: Pakistan mourns 43 killed in attack
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Pakistan's financial capital Karachi shut down on Tuesday to mourn its worst attack in two years and count the cost of rioting after a suicide bomber killed 43 people at a Shiite Muslim procession.The (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Central Bank Official in Heist?
Friday 01-Jan-2010: By Freeman RazembaHarare - A bank accountant and an ex-policeman were among six armed robbers who raided Stanbic Bank's Chegutu branch on Tuesday morning and made off with US$266 000, R150 000 and P34 (By News Poster)...Three Fatah 'Activists' Killed In Israeli Airstrike; Responsible For Killing Israeli
Monday 28-Dec-2009: [How can Fatah be moderates here when they are still engaged in terrorism? Also notice how "human rights" groups are demanding an investigation to the airstrike! Unbelievable. Lone Wolf.] IDF ki (By Lone Wolf)...South Africa: Rescuing others and fighting back
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Dasen ThathiahInspector Trevor MoodleyWhile bleeding from a gunshot wound, the Margate policeman managed to carry his two seriously injured colleagues to a police vehicle with the help of another o (By News Poster)...World: Death toll rises after Karachi bombing
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Ashraf KhanKarachi - Authorities on Tuesday appealed for calm after a bombing against a Shi'a Muslim procession killed 43 in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, setting off riots and igniting fears (By News Poster)...[Video] USA: Totally Shocking: Detroit in ruins: What Unions & Liberal Policy did to thriving Detroit city...
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: [I received this from an American lady. Sadly, for some reason, my Youtube seems to play up and for some reason the videos do not play properly to the end so I could not watch it. Below are her commen (By Jan)...Africa: Bodies pile up on morgue floor after clashes
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Bauchi, Nigeria - Dozens more bodies were recovered after violent clashes between security forces and Islamists in northern Nigeria, bringing the death toll to around 70, a count at a hospital morgue (By News Poster)...World: Blast that killed nine was ours, say Taliban
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Kabul - The Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for a suicide bombing at a base in eastern Afghanistan that killed eight American civilians and one Afghan, the worst loss of life for the US in (By News Poster)...World: Obama: US Intel had info before plane attack
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Honululu - President Barack Obama said that the intelligence community had bits of information that should have been pieced together that would have triggered "red flags" and possibly prevented the Ch (By News Poster)...Zim: Heist sucks in RBZ official
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: Detectives tracked him down to Mutare where he was believed to have gone into hiding By Freeman RazembaA bank accountant and an ex-policeman were among six armed robbers who raided Stanbic Ban (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Bank Heist - Two Arrested
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Harare - POLICE have arrested two suspects believed to be part of the six-man armed gang that raided Stanbic Bank's Chegutu branch on Tuesday morning.The gang made off with US$266 000, R150 000 and 34 (By News Poster)...Africa: Who Owns This Taliban?
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Mahmud JegaNews that filtered in here late on Friday and early on Saturday of the arrest in the US of Faruk Umaru Mutallab for allegedly attempting to bomb an American airliner as it made to land i (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Robbers Kill Ex-Commissioner, Police Sergeant
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Mohammed AminuSokoto - Former Sokoto State commissioner for Health, Alhaji Abubakar Zake Amale Tambuwal, and a Police Sergeant, who was orderly to Sokoto State Grand Khadi, were killed by armed rob (By News Poster)...Uganda: Army Kills Senior Rebel Leader
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By Justin Moro and Chris OchowunKampala - THE first day of the new year started on a high note for the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) with the killing of senior LRA commander 'Brigadier' Bok Abu (By News Poster)...[Video] USA: Steven Crowder's: The Qur'an CHALLENGE!
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: [Yep, some straight talk about the Koran. A friend of mine once got a copy of the Koran and studied it thoroughly. He showed me passages in it encouraging them to maltreat Christians and Jews. In some (By Jan)...Nigeria: Who Wants to Be a Farmer?
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Lagos - When I was courting my wife, we used to discuss our future plans with relish. I told her that in addition to my journalism calling and my passion for teaching, I would like to be a farmer some (By News Poster)...World: Suicide bomber kills 20 at parade in Pakistan
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Karachi - A suicide bomber on Monday struck Pakistan's largest procession of Shiite Muslims on the holiest day in their calendar, killing 20 people and wounding dozens more, defying a major security c (By News Poster)...Africa: Ten people dead in Somali clashes
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: Mogadishu - Ten people were killed on Saturday in fighting between the pro-government Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca group and hardline Islamist rebels in central Somalia, witnesses and both sides said.The figh (By News Poster)...South Africa: Hijacking suspects linked to massacre
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Sinegugu NdlovuDurban police have been praised after arresting suspects wanted in connection with the Ntuzuma Christmas Day massacre, in which six people were killed, and a hijacking in which a wom (By News Poster)...South Africa: 2010 - another year of high profile cases
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By Fiona FordeNot unlike 2009, this year will be another hectic one for the country's courts with a number of prominent cases and trials pending conclusion. Though it will play out beyond SA jurisdict (By News Poster)...Uganda: LRA Kill 1,300 in Sudan, DRC
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Hudson ApunyoLiraabout 1,300 civilians have died in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo in 10 Months following Human Rights abuses allegedly committed by rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (By News Poster)...South Africa: COPE should change if it's to survive
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By Onkgopotse TabaneEough has been said about how the first year of Cope's existence was a rough ride characterised by a mix of leadership difficulties and a sense of disorganisation at both administr (By News Poster)...World: Obama says US will pursue plane attackers
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Jeff MasonA wing of al-Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for a failed Christmas Day attack on a US-bound passenger plane, and President Barack Obama vowed to bring "every element" of US power (By News Poster)...South Africa: See the bloodshed before you speak - Cele
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Kamini PadayacheeNational Police Commissioner Bheki Cele has challenged human rights organisations and academics to experience the daily bloodshed and tears of police officers before passing judgem (By News Poster)...South Africa: 2009: a rollercoaster of a year
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: The curtain has fallen on 2009 and 2010 has arrived filled with promise and challenges.Last year was an eventful and in some cases sad one for many South Africans who had to deal with the harsh realit (By News Poster)...Africa: Suspected bomber arrested at Somali airport
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Mogadishu - A man tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that could have caused an explosion in a case bearing chilling similari (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Years of Ignoring Bombs
Monday 28-Dec-2009: TUESDAY's bombing of a television office in Lagos has shown again that the police always knows more than it is willing to disclose. The headlines were about a bomb blast, but the police put a pause to (By News Poster)...World: Cops shoot man attacking Muhammad cartoonist
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: COPENHAGEN - A Somali man wielding an axe and a knife was shot by police as he attempted to kill an artist who drew a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad that sparked outrage in the Muslim world, D (By News Poster)...World: 'Russia needs more arms'
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Alissa de CarbonnelMoscow - Russia must develop new offensive weapons to counter US missile defences and prevent US policymakers from feeling they can "do whatever they want," Prime Minister Vladim (By News Poster)...South Africa: Night market drug bust
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Warda MeyerTen people suspected of drug-dealing were arrested after suspicious activity at a Mitchells Plain night market, which hundreds of families have visited each night since Boxing Day.Metro (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Are We Better Off?
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Bisi OjediranLagos - Imagine how US President Barack Obama would have felt if he tried putting in a call to Nigerian authorities on hearing the news of Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempt to detonate ex (By News Poster)...Somalia: About 15 Killed, 30 Injured in Fresh Fighting in Mogadishu
Monday 28-Dec-2009: About 15 people have been killed and 30 others have been wounded in Mogadishu after fresh fighting with heavy shelling between the Islamist fighters of Hizbul Islam and AMISOM troops broke out in the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Security guard takes on armed gang
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: A brave Joburg city security guard who took on a gang of armed robbers is in hospital with two gunshot wounds.The guard, who has not yet been named, along with his colleague, noticed five of the gang (By News Poster)...World: Pakistan mosque attack: Death toll rises
Monday 28-Dec-2009: The death toll from a suicide attack outside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistani-administered Kashmir rose to seven on Monday after two people died overnight, officials said.The attack in Muzaffarabad (By News Poster)...Has War Changed that Drastically? - Eeben Barlow
Monday 28-Dec-2009: I often read essays on the “modern” conflict and find myself totally confused. New words and phrases abound to the point where I am not actually sure of what the author is writing about. As a youn (By JanOlifant)...Africa: Hunt for SA four behind R2m bank robbery
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Stanley GamaHarare: Police in Zimbabwe have launched a massive manhunt for four South Africans believed to be behind a bank robbery 100km from Harare in which about R2 million was stolen.Six heavil (By News Poster)...World: 'Catastrophic' intel flaws led to jet attack
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Honolulu - President Barack Obama lashed out at systemic intelligence failures, after learning a US security agency had prior information that might have averted the attempted attack on a US jet.Obama (By News Poster)...Africa: Death toll in central Somalia fighting rises
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: Mogadishu - At least 47 people have been killed in central Somalia in fighting between Islamist rebels and a pro-government group for control of a strategic town, a human rights group and residents sa (By News Poster)...Sudan: South Orders Military Trial Over Killing of Kenyans
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Lucas BarasaNairobi - Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir has ordered a soldier suspected to have killed three Kenyans in Juba to be tried by the military as it emerged the deaths could be business (By News Poster)...Is Zuma's Foreign Policy A Change of Style or Substance?
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Steven GruzdSince the inauguration of President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet in May 2009, have there been discernible changes in South Africa's foreign policy?President Thabo Mbeki loomed large on the inte (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Invaders Force South African Off Farm
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Ernest MabuzaJohannesburg - CIVIL rights group AfriForum has asked Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies to intervene urgently to protect the lives and property of a South African citizen, Ray Fin (By News Poster)...World: Plane saga: US digs for al-Qaeda roots
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Vicki AllenThe Obama administration said on Sunday it was investigating whether al-Qaeda was involved in a Christmas Day attempt to blow up a passenger jet and sought to head off Republican attacks (By News Poster)...Kenya: Anti-Money Laundering Bill Passes, But Does Govt Mean Business?
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Susan Anyangu-AmuNairobi - Kenya's Parliament finally passed the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Bill in December. But while the passing of the bill is viewed as a highlight of the Tent (By News Poster)...Africa: Ten killed in Niger attacks - security source
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: Naimey - Ten people including seven soldiers were killed late this week during attacks by gunmen in Niger, security sources said on Saturday, adding to the week's death toll from armed clashes in the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cele applauds police for swift arrests
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele on Wednesday applauded the police for arresting several people for murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and armed robberies."It is through sheer dedication and (By News Poster)...Uganda: Army Lists Gains Against LRA in 2009
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Henry MukasaKampala - THE army has killed 305 Lord's Resistance Army fighters since it launched a joint military offensive on the rebel bases in Garamba in eastern Congo a year ago.In a statement l (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Maringue Agitation Caused by Baseless Rumour
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Maputo - Monday's panic in the central Mozambican district of Maringue, which led hundreds of people to abandon their homes, was the result of "a drunken rumour", according to the police.People fled f (By News Poster)...Africa: Civilian deaths in Somalia fell in 2009
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Abdi SheikhMogadishu - A fall in street battles in the capital Mogadishu led to significantly fewer civilians being killed in Somalia this year, a human rights group said on Wednesday.The Mogadishu (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Police Kill 6 in Akwa Ibom Bank Robbery
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Tony NyongUyo - Six out of the more than twelve bank robbers that stormed the Ikot Abasi branch of an old generation bank in Akwa Ibom State are now six feet deep in the ground, as they were shot a (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Mend - Back to the Trenches?
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Jimitota OnoyumePort Harcourt - WHAT does Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) really want? Whose interest is it championing at the moment? These and many more are questions agitatin (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Fear, Pity as 3500 Bankers Lose Jobs in One Week
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Babajide KomolafeAn atmosphere of fear and pity has descended on the banking industry following the retrenchment of 3500 staff by three banks within one week.On Monday, Oceanic Bank sacked over 100 (By News Poster)...Killer Cop Arrived in Full Police Uniform - Witness
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Lekopanye MooketsiPlot No.16220 at Ledumang in Broadhurst, was a scene of grisly find on Monday morning as a policeman went berserk and fatally shot his girlfriend.The 57-year-old Sub Inspector Wil (By News Poster)...World: Karzai: 10 Afghans die in military operations
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Kabul - President Hamid Karzai's office said on Monday that 10 civilians, mostly school children, had been killed during western military operations in eastern Afghanistan.Karzai condemned the killing (By News Poster)...Uganda: People Power Vs Fake Drugs
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Franklin CudjoeKampala - DEADLY new mutations of diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis threaten over half the world's population, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Gates Foundation wa (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: New Economic Blueprint Launched
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Harare - Government yesterday launched a new economic blueprint - the Three-Year Macro-Economic Policy and Budget Framework - expected to anchor Zimbabwe's national budgets from 2010 to 2012.The econo (By News Poster)...South Africa: Whites also want 2010 to be a success - study
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: By Victoria John"White South Africans would like to see the country's hosting of the event fail," was the comment of Dr Essop Pahad, a member of the 2010 World Cup Organising Committee, in 2008."Whit (By News Poster)...Africa: Another Nigerian Arrested Aboard U.S. Plane
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Paul OhiaLagos - Another Nigerian was arrested yesterday and taken into custody aboard a jetliner in Detroit after spending an hour in the restroom and becoming verbally disruptive.According to the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Bangladeshi man shot dead in spaza shop robbery
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Nontobeko MtshaliA Benoni shopowner's Christmas ended tragically when he died after being shot twice in the chest.Police spokesperson Inspector Jannie van Aswegen said the owner was alone at his sp (By News Poster)...Zim: Treat Mugabe as Vorster did Smith - Zuma to knock out Mugabe? Eddie Cross dreams silly dreams...
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: [Oh please! Zuma is gonna shut down Robert Mugabe? You got to be kidding me. Eddie Cross can dream on. I'll believe it when I see it. Jan] Zuma key to implementing faltering Zimbabwe agreement (By News Poster)...South Africa: 4 bodies airlifted from plane crash site
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Kamini PadayacheeFour people were killed when the six-seater F33B Beechcraft Bonanza plane they were flying in crashed into a mountain side in misty conditions near a landing strip in Harrismith, F (By News Poster)...A Discussion on the Privatisation of War at De Balie - Eeben Barlow
Monday 28-Dec-2009: I was recently invited to partake in a discussion on the Privatisation of War at De Balie in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This discussion was the culmination of a series of talks on the battlefield tha (By JanOlifant)...World: Jealous ex-lover kills woman
Friday 01-Jan-2010: Helsinki - Finland was in mourning on Friday after a jealous ex-lover shot dead his former girlfriend and four of her work colleagues in the latest armed rampage which has reignited debate on the coun (By News Poster)...Bill Ayers Behind Boycott Against Israel
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: [Isn't this such a big surprise here? It seems that a certain Bill Ayers are supporting his fellow travelers whom are hoping to seek Israel's destruction. Lone Wolf.] He's ba-ack! Ayers calls for (By Lone Wolf)...Zimbabwe: Land Audit Not a Witch-Hunt
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Harare - IT is a fact that people always develop resistance to things that are not explained to them and this is why many farmers have been questioning Government's motive for undertaking another land (By News Poster)...World: 'Death to Obama'
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Jalalabad, Afghanistan - Protesters took to the streets in Afghanistan on Wednesday, burning an effigy of the US president and shouting "death to Obama" to slam civilian deaths during Western military (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Sectarian Riot Displaces 1,000
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Segun AwofadejiBauchi - A day after religious violence claimed the lives of 38 people in Bauchi State, the Police Command disclosed that it has arrested 20 suspects, nine adults, 11 juveniles and r (By News Poster)...Uganda: Local Leaders Set Good Example for Food Security
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Joshua KatoKampala - As the sun's rays find their way into David Oguti's house through tiny holes in the iron roof, he turns once and gets out of bed. "It is time to wake up, another day of work," (By News Poster)...Africa: Clashes in Nigeria leave dozens dead
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Bauchi, Nigeria - Thirty-three people died in clashes between joint military-police forces and suspected members of an Islamist sect in the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi, a Nigerian Red Cross offic (By News Poster)...Vladimir Putin calls for more weapons to stop America
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Russia needs more weapons to punch through America’s new missile defence shield, Vladimir Putin said yesterday in blunt remarks that will complicate efforts to cut the nuclear arsenals of the former C (By JanOlifant)...World: Britain hails release of hostage from 2007
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: London - Britain said on Wednesday that a computer expert kidnapped in Iraq with four bodyguards in 2007 had been released, adding that he was in "remarkable" spirits.Peter Moore, 36, had experienced (By News Poster)...Sudan: Seven Kenyans Feared Killed in Juba Attack
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Lucas BarasaNairobi - Seven Kenyans are believed to have been killed in Juba, southern Sudan following a disagreement.Reports made to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights indicated that th (By News Poster)...East Africa: Uganda Blasts Eritrea Over Somalia Militia
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Henry MukasaKampala - THE Government has welcomed the UN sanctions slapped on Eritrea for supporting Somali insurgents and destabilising its neighbour, Djibouti.The Minister for Regional Cooperatio (By News Poster)...Africa: DRC mounts new offensive against rebels
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: Democratic Republic of Congo forces are to mount a new offensive against Rwandan Hutu rebels in the east of the country with the backing of UN troops, a DRC army officer has said.The operation dubbed (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Agencies Play Blame Game Over Accused Bomber
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: By Shaka Momodu and Juliana Taiwo with agency reportsLagos - The State Security Service has blamed the Nigerian Intellingence Agency for failing to share key information two months ago about Umar Abdu (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Kalakato Uprising and Country's Growing Challenges
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Austin ObohLagos - The resurgence of religious violence in Bauchi on Monday, December 28, took Nigerians by surprise, going by reports. By some strange coincidence, the uprising broke out just when (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Government's Serious Leadership Needed in Regulating Biofuels
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Finnigan Wa SimbeyeDar Es Salaam - PARIS based International Energy Agency, warned last year that global oil production will start falling next year due to lack of investment and depletion of oil f (By News Poster)...South Africa: New Year units on high alert
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Karen BreytenbachAs the first decade of the new millennium draws to a close tonight amid massive celebration, specialist law enforcement agencies will be out in force to ensure public safety, with (By News Poster)...World: Obama vows to hunt extremists
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Kaneohe, Hawaii - Barack Obama vowed to hunt down extremists wherever they plot attacks on the US, as Yemen acknowledged that a Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a jet over Detroit had been stayin (By News Poster)...South Africa: Five in court for murder of woman and family
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Five people accused of murdering businesswoman Miriam Khoza, her two sons and two relatives appeared briefly in the Rustenburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.They appeared in camera because one was a 1 (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bomb Plot Scare Puts Airports On Alert
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Sue BlaineJohannesburg - EXTRA security staff have been called in to SA's international airports to ensure stricter security measures do not delay flights, following an al-Qaeda-linked Nigerian stu (By News Poster)...Africa: LRA commander killed during raid - army
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: Kampala - Ugandan troops killed a top commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army in the Central African Republic, a military spokesperson said on Saturday."Bok Abudema was killed north of Ndjema in (By News Poster)...Somalia: More Than 1,700 Killed in Clashes in 2009 - Group
Friday 01-Jan-2010: A Mogadishu-based Human Right group says fighting between insurgents and government troops backed by African Union forces has claimed the lives of more than 1700 people, mostly civilians.Elman Peace a (By News Poster)...South Africa: Gunman dies during foiled robbery
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: A robbery suspect was killed and four of his alleged accomplices were arrested in central Johannesburg on Tuesday morning, police said.The five, one armed, walked into a wholesale store on the corner (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Living Positive - Gasamagera's Battle With Stigma
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Stephen RwembehoKigali - Although infection with HIV is serious, research shows that people infected with HIV/ AIDS are living longer and healthier lives today, thanks to new and more effective tre (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Terror Attack Another Citizen Arrested
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Umar - ABUJA--BARELY 24 hours after a Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab was arrested for alleged plan to bomb an American aircraft, another Nigerian was yesterday arrested after he allegedly locked (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Most Victims of Bauchi Sectarian Clashes Under 18
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Mohammed Abubakar And Ahmed MohammedBauchi - Many of the people who were killed in clashes in Bauchi on Monday in a clash between two factions of a Kala Kato Muslim sect and later between sect memb (By News Poster)...South Africa: Fire out 'but flare-ups pose a threat'
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Kowther Solomons Staff ReporterThe fire between Agulhas and Pearly Beach near Gansbaai has been extinguished, but firefighters have warned that there is still a chance of flare-ups which would pose (By News Poster)...World: Grisly murder hits China
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Beijing - A man in northern China killed six of his relatives and injured another four before committing suicide, state media said on Monday, in the latest grisly murder to hit the nation.Chen Qian, i (By News Poster)...World: Iraq bombing - three to be hanged
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Baghdad - An Iraqi court on Tuesday sentenced three men to death for a bombing in June that killed at least 73 people, an Iraqi judicial official said.A suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with ex (By News Poster)...Tanzania: One Shot As Police Clash With Rioting Youths At City Market
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Frank KimboyDrama ensued yesterday at Tazara Veterinary market in Dar es Salaam, forcing the police to fire into the air to disperse a group of rioting youths.One person believed to be a trader at (By News Poster)...World: Iran steps up crackdown on dissent
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Tehran - Iran's conservative parliament called for maximum punishment of opposition demonstrators on Tuesday as the regime stepped up its crackdown on dissent.Iran arrested the sister of Nobel laureat (By News Poster)...Central African Republic: Clash in Northern Town of N'délé Prompts Security Fears
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: N'dele - Quartier Sultan in N'délé, a town in northern Central African Republic, was badly hit by fighting on 26 November when troops from the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) pushed (By News Poster)...South Africa: Police gun used in murder
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: An Orange Farm police officer's gun was allegedly used in the murder of Rustenburg businesswoman Miriam Khoza, her two sons and two relatives, police said on Thursday.Superintendent Lesego Metsi said (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Cops' Bid to Steal U.S.$1,5 Million Exhibit Cash Backfires
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Innocent RuwendeHarare - Five men, including two policemen and a University of Zimbabwe student, have been arrested for breaking into the Harare Magistrates' Court exhibit room with the intention o (By News Poster)...Africa: Villagers mourn family slain in SA
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Maputo - Hundreds of mourners gathered in a village on the outskirts of Mozambique's capital Maputo on Wednesday to bury four of five family members who were found murdered in their home in South Afri (By News Poster)...South Africa: Family Watch Dad Die
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Veruschka MungrooThe family of a Phoenix businessman are still reeling with shock after a brazen mid-morning attack resulted in his death on Monday.Now the family are living in fear, terrified the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Family watch dad die
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Veruschka MungrooThe family of a Phoenix businessman are still reeling with shock after a brazen mid-morning attack resulted in his death on Monday.Now the family are living in fear, terrified the (By News Poster)...Uganda: Notorious LRA Rebel Surrenders
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Richard Adrama and Henry MukasaKampala - ANOTHER LRA rebel commander has surrendered in eastern Congo, the Ugandan army has said.'Captain' Ocen turned himself in to the Congolese army in Paika two (By News Poster)...Kalo-Kato - Death Toll Hits 38 as Police Kill Sect Leader
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Patience OgbodoBauchi - THE Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that 38 people have lost their lives including the leader of the Islamic sect, Kalo-Kato while 20 people were arrested followin (By News Poster)...Nigeria: U.S. Blast - Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Paul Ohia With Agency ReportLagos - Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the failed bomb attack by 23-year old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab last Friday, saying it was in retaliation for alleged Uni (By News Poster)...Zim: Lost kids sowing seeds of hope
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: "We all know the streets have won" Beauregard TrompPatrick didn't think he could fall asleep in this strange place. But the blanket and soft mattress were alluring, slowly drawing him into the (By News Poster)...Somalia: Hizbul Islam Fighter Kills a Civilian in Out of Mogadishu
Monday 28-Dec-2009: One of the Islamist fighters of Hizbul Islam Organization has shot and killed a civilian man in Elasha village out of the Somali capital Mogadishu, just as the Islamist forces were making operations t (By News Poster)...Kenya: Food Crisis Warning in 2010
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Nairobi - Food shortage and high maize prices is expected to hit the country by April, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned.With the long rains maize harvest drawing to a clo (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Abdulmutallab - More Trouble for Nigerians
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: As Vice President Goodluck Jonathan predicted on Sunday, travelling Nigerians have come up against restrictions in Europe and the United States, sequel to the attempted downing of an aircraft by Umar (By News Poster)...Zim: Cops' bid to steal US$1,5m exhibit cash backfires
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Unaware that the money had been returned to the owner upon his acquittal By Innocent RuwendeFive men, including two policemen and a University of Zimbabwe student, have been arrested for break (By News Poster)...Secret mobile phone code cracked
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Computer hackers this week said they had cracked and published the secret code that protects 80 per cent of the world’s mobile phones. The move will leave more than 3bn people vulnerable to having the (By JanOlifant)...Mozambique: Corruption Suspect Denied Bail
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Maputo - The Permanent Secretary of the Mozambican Ministry of Science and Technology, Filomena Zimba, will be spending the New Year holiday behind bars, after the Maputo City Court refused to grant h (By News Poster)...World: Obama vows to pursue plane attackers
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Jeff MasonKailua, Hawaii - A wing of al-Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for a failed Christmas Day attack on a US-bound passenger plane and President Barack Obama vowed to bring "every eleme (By News Poster)...Third Suspect Charged With City Robbery and Murder
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Werner MengesA THIRD suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of a security company owner who was killed in a street robbery in Windhoek's Northern Industrial Area early (By News Poster)...World: Hopeful world rings in the new decade
Friday 01-Jan-2010: New York - Revelers worldwide met the New Year with spectacular fireworks displays and joyful parties against a backdrop of tightened security.Cheers and confetti filled New York's Times Square when t (By News Poster)...Africa: Pirates split ransom, release Chinese ship
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: A band of Somali pirates split a $4-million (R30.1-million) ransom to release a Chinese cargo ship and 25 sailors after two months in captivity, one of the hijackers said.The European Union Naval Forc (By News Poster)...World: Finnish mall rampage gunman found dead
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Espoo, Finland - A lone gunman killed four people in a rampage in a Finnish shopping mall on Thursday and also murdered his former girlfriend before being found dead himself.The man, named as Ibrahim (By News Poster)...World: Ashura bombing rocks Pakistan
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Islamabad - A suicide bombing tore through a procession of Shi'a Muslims in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Monday, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 80, officials said.Hun (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Niger Delta - Let's Save Post-Amnesty Deal
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Ifeatu AgbuPort Harcourt - Prominent Niger Delta leaders and civil society activists are agitated. The reason for their unease is the lull in the implementation of the post-amnesty programme for re (By News Poster)...Somalia: 11 Killed in Galkayo Clashes
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Heavy fighting between Puntland security forces and clan militia backed by local businessmen have killed at least 11 people mostly civilians and 25 others wounded in Galkayo, the capital of Mudug regi (By News Poster)...South Africa: Killers in jail at last
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By Masood Boomgaard and Juggie NaranFor Shashika Ramkissoon, widow of murdered Stanger businessman Jairam Ramkissoon, hearing that her husband's killers would finally go to prison was the best gift sh (By News Poster)...Africa: Saudi killing suspects are 'just farmers'
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Bamako - Three suspects arrested after an attack that cost the lives of four Saudi tourists in western Niger were innocent Malian farmers, their families said in a statement on Wednesday."Our three ch (By News Poster)...Africa: Thatcher: no talks with 'terrorist' Mugabe
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Margaret Thatcher banned her envoy to what was then Rhodesia from meeting Robert Mugabe in 1979, refusing to talk "with terrorists until they become prime ministers", files released on Wednesday have (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Fears for the Future as Religious Violence Claims 35
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Mustapha MuhammadKano - Government has again clashed with a religious sect in the state of Bauchi. Just under six months ago, an Islamist sect called Boko Haram launched attacks on police stations (By News Poster)...South Africa: Coke trucks stoned, says drinks maker
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Amalgamated Beverage Industries (ABI) is to investigate reports of intimidation and violence during a week-long strike by workers."We are actively seeking evidence of such unlawful activity and will p (By News Poster)...World: Finnish police probe shooting spree
Friday 01-Jan-2010: Helsinki - Police on Friday pieced together more details about a gunman suspected of shooting five people to death in the Finnish city of Espoo before taking his own life.The probe centred on how the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cops arrested for theft and robbery
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Western Cape police have arrested two of their own members - one, a station commander, for stealing dagga from her own police station and selling it - and the other for robbing and attempting to kill (By News Poster)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (31-12-2009)
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Howzit And so we greet the last day of 2010. It has been a troublesome year for many, myself included, but the situation in Zimbabwe remains unresolved and seemingly without end. I am not going (By The BeardedMan)...Uganda: 12 Arrested Over Theft of Govt Drugs
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Henry AtolSoroti - TWELVE health workers in Soroti district were on Tuesday arrested over theft of Government drugs. The arrests were carried out during a joint operation by the Police and internal (By News Poster)...USA: Super-Shocker: The worst trading decade in American history: 2000s. And Gold? The big surprise...
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: [Take good note of this article which was published on Moneyweb, a respected South African investment/financial website. As for myself, I was a gold bull throughout the 2000s. In fact, what little (By Jan)...South Africa: Man dies during fight with robbers
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Siphilile ShelembeA Phoenix, Durban, man was killed in an attempted robbery at his home on Monday, just one day after celebrating his 21st wedding anniversary.Sara Ahmed, the wife of Mia Ahmed, sai (By News Poster)...Liberia: Tortured, Executed
Monday 28-Dec-2009: The final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has produced grisly details of how a number of Liberian politicians and others met their gruesome ends at the hands of both the Nation (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Renamo Promises to Boycott Parliament
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, on Monday declared that it will not take up its 51 seats in the new parliament.Speaking to reporters immediately after th (By News Poster)...Africa: UN: Congo violence claims dozens of lives
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: Kinshasa - More than 150 people were killed last week in fighting between government troops and armed groups in the Equateur province of Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations mission in the (By News Poster)...Zim: African villagers pushed aside for diamonds
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: "Over the years of perpetual droughts, they never saw it fit to give us land to farm" Thulani Mpofu, Foreign CorrespondentChiadzwa - Villagers in an arid corner of Zimabawe are resisting gover (By News Poster)...Fatah 'Moderates' Bring In The New Year In Threatening Israel With Terrorism
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: [Did Obama really made all that Hope and Change for Israel? Instead he did the same old, same old when it came to the U.S. political elite supporting pseudo-moderate terrorists like those in Fatah. (By Lone Wolf)...Flight of the Valkyries
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: The magnificent 500,000-pound Valkyrie could cruise at Mach 3. It had monumental firepower, wingtips that folded down to enhance its exotic lines, and—best of all—a shape that did the impossible: obta (By JanOlifant)...South Africa: 2010 is our year!
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Angelique SerraoKe Nako. As the world celebrates the dawn of a new decade, South Africa is preparing to welcome the world to its shores in June."This is our time. This is our year," according to Wo (By News Poster)...World: Spooks scramble to explain security lapse
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Washington - United States intelligence agencies scrambled to explain security lapses that almost led to the mid-air bombing of a US jet as reports emerged they knew al-Qaeda was plotting "a Christmas (By News Poster)...Africa: Somali pirates hijack chemical tanker
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Abdi Guled and Mohamed AhmedSomali pirates hijacked a UK-flagged chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden on the same day they released a Singapore-flagged container ship, pirates and maritime officials (By News Poster)...Africa: Nigerian broke family contact before attack
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: A young Nigerian man who allegedly tried to bring down a trans-Atlantic flight broke off contact with his worried parents only a few months before the attack, apparently trading a world of wealth for (By News Poster)...World: Briton hopes for reprieve in China
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Beijing - Relatives of a British man due to be executed in China for drug trafficking said they had visited him on death row on Monday after making a last-ditch appeal to Beijing for clemency.Akmal Sh (By News Poster)...World: Obama orders security review after plane saga
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Melissa PreddyPresident Barack Obama has ordered a review of US no-fly lists after a botched Christmas Day terror attack and demanded to know how a Nigerian man managed to board a Detroit-bound air (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Deregulation, Petroleum Sector Must Be Restructured Within 12 Months - NLC
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Sylvester EnoghaseLagos - First Deputy President, NLC, Comrade Peter Adeyemi , presenting committee report to the President of the NLC, Abdul Waheed Omar, at the NLC's NEC meeting in Abuja, recentl (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bank Cashier Nabbed Over Missing N2.4 Million - Kemi
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Femi OgbonnikanLagos - A cashier with a microfinance bank in Lagos, Kemi Yisau, is currently in trouble over the disappearance of a sum of N2, 474, 500, being a customer's deposit.Yisau was paraded (By News Poster)...South Africa: 105 die on W Cape roads this month
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Fouzia van der FortStaff ReporterOne hundred and five people died on Western Cape roads between December 1 and 27 this year. It has not yet been confirmed whether this is an increase or a decline f (By News Poster)...World: Man on death row loses appeal
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Marianne BarriauxBeijing - Relatives of a British man due to be executed in China for drug trafficking said they had visited him on death row on Monday after making a last-ditch appeal to Beijing f (By News Poster)...World: Death toll up to 63 in Rio landslides
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: Angra Dos Reis, Brazil- Rescuers on Sunday searched for more bodies from an avalanche of mud and rock that buried a luxury Brazilian hotel filled with New Year's revelers, as the death toll from heavy (By News Poster)...Palestinian 'Moderates' Keep Their Promise Of Implementing Terrorism
Friday 01-Jan-2010: [This time, members of the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) took responsibility in firing two rockets from Gaza. Why does the West continue to support this obvious false p (By Lone Wolf)...Africa: Zim farmer - Davies urged to intervene
Monday 28-Dec-2009: The South African government has an obligation to protect the rights of the South African farmer evicted from land in Zimbabwe last week, civil rights initiative AfriForum said on Monday.It said it ha (By News Poster)...World: 'Iran nuclear plant immune to normal strike'
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Jerusalem - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday that Iran's recently disclosed second uranium enrichment plant was "immune" to conventional bombing."The new site near Qom is meant for e (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Shamu Slams Piracy
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Richmore TeraHarare - MEDIA, Information and Publicity Minister Webster Shamu has described piracy as a cancer that burrowed into the country's Gross Domestic Product.He made the remarks during a f (By News Poster)...Nigeria: 'Country Should Watch Its Domestic Debt'
Friday 01-Jan-2010: World Bank Managing Director and Nigeria's former Minister of Finance Mrs Ngozi Okonjo Iweala says Nigeria should watch its domestic debt and raises concerns about the growing unemployment crisis in t (By News Poster)...Kenya: Poor Rainfall Worsens Food Insecurity
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Susan Anyangu-AmuThe European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) has raised a red flag over the worsening food security situation in the Horn of Africa.Mr Karel De Gucht, the European Co (By News Poster)...South Africa: Serial arsonist feared as Overberg burns
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Craig McKuneA new fire, thought to have been started by a serial arsonist, posed a threat to homes as it burnt fynbos between Bot River and Franschhoek yesterday, adding to beleaguered Overberg fir (By News Poster)...Uganda: Police Officer Shot Dead By Wife
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Patrick OkinoKampala - A Police officer attached to Apac Police station was on Monday night shot dead by his wife after a domestic scuffle, the Police have said.Evelyn Aciro, a former Amuka militia (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Little choice among banks'
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: South Africa's banking fees remain among the highest in the world in spite of the ongoing flood of complaints from the consumers.And there seems to have been little improvement in the situation since (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity - Govt to Monitor Petrol Stations
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Ejiofor Alike and Gboyega AkinsanmiLagos - In a move aimed at curtailing the activities of black market operators and others benefiting from people's misery, the Federal Government has ordered a 24 (By News Poster)...South Africa: Not enough done to curb terrorism - readers
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Ainsley DanielsA man was apprehended after he allegedly attempted to detonate a bomb aboard a flight to the United States.IOL asked its readers: Is enough being done to curb terrorism?Of the 315 pe (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Abuse of SAPS airwing a concern'
Friday 01-Jan-2010: The National Union of Metal Workers (Numsa) has expressed concern at what it claims is an abuse of the police's airwing to intimidate striking Food and Allied Workers' Union (Fawu) members.Numsa spoke (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Pitout's death will be avenged'
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Irene KuppanNational Police Commissioner Bheki Cele has vowed that the death of Gamalakhe station commissioner Captain Michele Pitout will be avenged.Speaking at Pitout's funeral service at Izotsha (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: Hutu Rebel Threat Reduced in 2009, Says Minister
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By James KaruhangaKigali - A top Congolese government official yesterday noted that this year has seen remarkable progress in the battle against the FDLR and reiterated that more pressure would be see (By News Poster)...South Africa: Overberg fire kills farmworker
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: A farm worker has died of burns suffered while fighting a fire in the Overberg, the region's fire chief Reinard Geldenhuys said on Wednesday.He said John Europa, 55, from the farm Moddervlei near Elim (By News Poster)...South Africa: The Black Far Left - always inventing RACISM. They say: More racism at Sun City, says Cosatu
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: [Racism is just an excuse, a cover, for attacking capitalism and businessmen. Jan] Union federation Cosatu has threatened fresh protests at Sun City after what it claims is yet another racist incid (By News Poster)...Ghana: Institute Calls for Urgency in Local Content Policy for Oil Industry
Monday 28-Dec-2009: A governance think tank, the Danquah Institute, is unhappy in what it describes as "undue delay" in the making of a local content policy for Ghana's oil sector. The fellows and researchers of the thin (By News Poster)...South Africa: Brutus remembered for bridging divides
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Anti-apartheid and political activist, poet and professor Dennis Brutus died in his sleep in Cape Town at the weekend, his family has confirmed.Brutus's son Anthony said that his father passed away o (By News Poster)...Africa: Nigeria defensive over terror breeding claims
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: Lagos - Nigeria, a country long synonymous with graft and coups, now has to defend itself over claims that it is a breeding ground for Islamist fundamentalists after last week's bid to blow up a US a (By News Poster)...South Africa: From Y2K to 2010
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Natasha JosephTen years ago, planet Earth as we knew it looked set to change forever - or even, if the conspiracy theorists were to be believed, to end entirely.The world was on tenterhooks, holdin (By News Poster)...Uganda: Book Review - Pilger's No Lies
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: By Martyn DrakardBook: Tell me no liesAuthor: Edited by John Pilger.Publisher: Vintage Books, London, 2005.Volume: 616 pagesCost: Shs 27,000 (a good buy!)Reviewer: Martyn DrakardAvailable from Aristoc (By News Poster)...Red Chinese Float Idea Of Overseas Naval Bases
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: [The reason? To fight piracy on the high seas. But here's the problem, the Red Chinese whom are still adhere supporters of socialism have ironically been funded and supported by the USA, and now oth (By Lone Wolf)...Nigeria: Abdulmutallab - Local Muslims Condemn Terrorism
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Onwuka Nzeshi and Damilola OyedeleAbuja - Two Islamic groups, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and Assembly of Moslems in Nigeria (AMIN), yesterday condemned the botched attempt (By News Poster)...Africa: Bodies pile up in morgue
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Bauchi, Nigeria - At least 70 people died in violent clashes between security forces and Islamists in the northern Nigeria city of Bauchi, according to a hospital morgue body count on Wednesday.The cl (By News Poster)...Africa: Calm restored in Bauchi
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Bauchi, Nigeria - Nigerian police went on to red alert across the country on Tuesday after violence in Bauchi, a northern Nigerian city, claimed 38 lives, according to police and witnesses.Scores of a (By News Poster)...Africa: Two held for Irish priest murder
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Nairobi - Kenya has charged two men with violently stealing from an Irish Catholic priest who had worked as a missionary in the country for more than four decades, police said on Tuesday.Jeremiah Roch (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Former First Lady Dies
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Emeka Mamah, Wole Mosadomi and Austin OgwudaFormer First Lady and founder of the Better Life for Rural Women, Mrs. Maryam Babangida, is dead.She died at City Hope Hospital, California, United State (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cops Slammed Over Inaction On Prostitutes
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Ella SmookProstitution has effectively been decriminalised as a result of a lack of police enforcement, says mayco member for safety and security JP Smith - a charge denied by the police.Smith has (By News Poster)...Uganda: Four Bugiri Men Arrested Over Murder
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Moses BikalaKampala - Four men are being held for allegedly murdering a 35-year-old man.The Police said a former special Police constable, Zachariah Okade, Joseph Mukebu, Joseph Wandera and a secur (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Al-Qaeda 'Groomed Abdulmutallab in London'
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Aliyu AdekunleSecurity sources have confirmed that Christmas Day airline bomb plot suspect, Abdulmutallab was recruited by al-Qaeda in London.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, was also an ex-president (By News Poster)...World: Australian wildfire destroys 40 homes
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Perth - Australian authorities declared a natural disaster on Wednesday after a raging wildfire destroyed nearly 40 homes in the country's worst blaze since 173 died in February's Black Saturday trage (By News Poster)...Zim farmer - Davies urged to intervene
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: In terms of a North Gauteng High Court order Finaughty was entitled to protection The South African government has an obligation to protect the rights of the South African farmer evicted from (By News Poster)...Africa: 'Africa's Growth to Continue in 2010'
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Ibrahim KasitaKampala - BUSINESS in Africa will remain profitable and growing throughout 2010, a survey has shown. According to Africa Practice's annual business survey, business leaders predicted (By News Poster)...South Africa: Failed attack sparks security shift
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: South Africa is playing its part in the aviation security clampdown after the latest terrorist attempt - on Christmas Day - to bring down an international flight.Aviation security is of global concern (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Our dogs were poisoned by thugs'
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Karabo SeanegoA family just back from a holiday in Mozambique woke up to a gruesome scene on Wednesday when they discovered their five dogs had been poisoned and that one of their cars had been sto (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Mutallab - the Unanswered Questions
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Muhammad Al-GhazaliLet us get the following fundamental points clear right away: the crime for which Farouk Umar Abdul-Mutallab stands accused before a competent jurisdiction in the motor city of D (By News Poster)...Mozambique: All Calm in Maringue
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Maputo - Some people abandoned their homes in the central Mozambican district of Maringue on Monday, and fled into the bush, fearing that the former rebel movement Renamo was about to stage violent de (By News Poster)...Nigeria: SSS Combs Mutallab's Funtua Home
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Imam ImamFuntua - In a bid to get to the bottom of the matter, security operatives have combed the country home of Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, retired First Bank Chairman and father of suicide bomb susp (By News Poster)...Attempted Robbery Foiled At Bokomo
Monday 28-Dec-2009: A SUSPECTED criminal was shot dead while allegedly trying to carry out an armed robbery.The incident took place around lunchtime on Friday at the Bokomo factory at Brakwater on the outskirts of Windho (By News Poster)...A Step Beyond: You couldn't make it up: 2009's wacky stories
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Weird, wild and wonderful stories from 2009:- Anti-corruption officials in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu found a way to literally stop airport workers from pocketing bribes. They issued them with poc (By News Poster)...Africa: Zim weighs options to pay off debt
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: Zimbabwe is considering mortgaging its mineral wealth to offset the country's $5.4 billion (R57bn) debt owed to multilateral donor agencies, a government report says.The Ministry of Finance report sai (By News Poster)...Africa: Somali group hails attack on cartoonist
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: Mogadishu- Somalia's radical Islamic Shebab group hailed Saturday the attack by a Somali on a Danish cartoonist reviled by Muslims for his drawing of their prophet Mohammed."We appreciate the incident (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cops arrest suspected robbers
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: Six men believed to have been involved in a series of house and business robberies in Malmesburg have been arrested, Western Cape police said on Saturday. Police spokesman Constable Henry Du Rand said (By News Poster)...South Africa: Bail for murder accused
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: The former Mbombela municipal manager who allegedly burnt a man to death was released on bail by the Barberton Magistrate's Court on Thursday, Mpumalanga police said.Bruno Simon Vilane, 44, was releas (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Terror Attack - CIA, FBI Quiz Farouk's Dad
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Lawani MikairuLagos - TO unravel the mystery and puzzle called Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian who tried to blow up a US plane, the father, Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, was yesterday (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man arrested for Christmas killing
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of six friends in Ntuzuma outside Durban, National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele said on Wednesday."We have arrested one person and w (By News Poster)...South Africa: Christmas Day grief
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Candice SoobramoneyAfter a late Christmas lunch on Friday, a Phoenix family were dealt a double blow when brothers-in-law, Denzil Nadasen and Denver Pillay were both shot, and subsequently died a d (By News Poster)...South Africa: Strikers fire-bomb trucks
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Amalgamated Beverages Industries (ABI) has appealed for calm among its striking workers as the Food and Allied Workers' Union (Fawu) intensified its industrial action on Wednesday.The company has soug (By News Poster)...Africa: Hostage held by al-Qaeda has bullet wound
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Madrid - A Spaniard who is one of six hostages believed to be held by the north African branch of al-Qaeda has a bullet wound, the director of the charity he was working for said on Wednesday."He got (By News Poster)...Congo-Brazzaville: Defence of Great Apes Begins With Children
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Arsène SeverinBrazzaville - "But why do they kill gorillas, why do they trap them and put them in cages? One day, if i'm president, i'll stop all those who kill gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos," (By News Poster)...South Africa: Dirk 'forgives' Barbie, feels like Jesus
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Dirk Prinsloo has "forgiven" his former girlfriend Cezanne Visser for the "fairytale facts" she and the National Prosecuting Authority alleged against him.In another letter from prison in Belarus, Pri (By News Poster)...South Africa: Child Rape: Black Man arrested for rape of his grandchild, 10
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Gugu MbonambiChild protection organisations and those working with victims of abuse have urged parents to be extra cautious of male relatives who look after their children after a 10-year-old girl (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Police Step Up Patrol Outside Dhlakama's House
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Maputo - The Mozambican police have stepped up their patrols outside the home of Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the former rebel movement Renamo, in the northern city of Nampula.According to a report on t (By News Poster)...South Africa: Two more arrested for businesswoman's murder
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Two more men have been arrested in connection with the killing of businesswoman Miriam Khoza in Lethabong near Rustenburg.A spokesman for North West Community Safety said on Monday that the two had be (By News Poster)...Kenya: Dutch Company Sponsors Clean Energy Contest
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By Steve MbogoInvestors have a chance to win financing worth Sh7.4 million for clean energy projects through a business plan competition organised by a dutch organisation.The "Access to Clean Energy C (By News Poster)...East Africa: Fight Against Coffee Disease Gathers Strength
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Maina WaruruNairobi - A devastating disease of coffee plants that may have cost East African farmers as much as US$1 billion over the last ten years could be brought back under control after the ra (By News Poster)...South Africa: Striking ABI workers 'provoked'
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: The Food and Allied Workers' Union (Fawu) on Thursday called on Amalgamated Beverages Industries (ABI) management to refrain from provoking and intimidating striking workers.This came after a manager (By News Poster)...Somalia: Pirates Hijack Two Ships Off Gulf of Aden
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Somali pirates have seized a British tanker, Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier off the coast of Gulf of Aden .The UK-flagged chemical tanker St. James Park, carrying chemical cargo and its 26 crew membe (By News Poster)...South Africa: Transnet Asks Nersa to Amend Its Petroleum Pipeline Licence
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - TRANSNET has applied to the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) for an amendment of the conditions of its licence to operate a petroleum pipeline system.The amendme (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Community Still Worried By Mine Contamination
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Jessie BoylanTarime District - Susanna Solomon is still tending her shamba, but she won't eat the harvest from her farm when it's ready.Solomon, 55, has been farming here near Nyangoto village, in (By News Poster)...Africa: Call for Chinese naval base in pirates' den
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Beijing - A top Chinese naval official has proposed setting up a permanent base to support ships on an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden, raising the idea that China could build foreign bases el (By News Poster)...Why Is the USA Indirectly Helping Iran?
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: [It seems that Iran has certainly made friends with "former" foe Vietnam which still is a proponent of socialism. Why on Earth is the USA indirectly HELPING Iran through helping Vietnam? Isn't it qu (By Lone Wolf)...World: Pirate claim: $4m paid to release ship
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Mogadishu - A Somali pirate said on Monday that his group had split a $4 million (R30m) ransom paid for releasing a Chinese cargo ship and 25 sailors after two months in captivity.The EU Naval Force s (By News Poster)...South Africa: Businesswoman 'was strangled to death'
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Five men arrested for the murder of businesswoman Miriam Khoza in Lethabong near Rustenburg will appear in court on Tuesday, North West police said.The men would appear in the Rustenburg Magistrate's (By News Poster)...South Africa: Three New Year's Eve murders in E Cape
Friday 01-Jan-2010: Three people were stabbed to death in separate incidents in Mthatha on New Year's eve, Eastern Cape police said on Friday.A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death in Kaplan village at 8pm on Thursday, s (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Police Arrest 132 Human Traffickers - Rescue Over 170 Victims
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Rotimi AkinwumiAbuja - Human Trafficking Unit of the Nigeria Police Force arrested 132 human traffickers in 2009.The unit also rescued over 170 victims within the same period.Head of the Unit, Assi (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Botched Bombing - Obama Admits Mistakes
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Paul OhiaLagos - United States President Barack Obama yesterday acknowledged that mistakes had been made in dealing with Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who has been charged with trying to blo (By News Poster)...World: Karzai vows probe of civilian deaths
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Amin JalaliAsadabad, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday condemned the killing of 10 civilians in an attack in the remote north-east on Saturday night and promised an investigatio (By News Poster)...Africa: Continent Soars Into the Get-Connected Era
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Jocelyn NewmarchJohannesburg - AS MOBILE and internet penetration soars through Africa, SA has lost its dominant position of accounting for 74% of Africa's mobile connections in 2000, dropping to 1 (By News Poster)...World: 'Brutal' Iran crackdown slammed
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Berlin - Germany on Monday condemned a "brutal" state crackdown on anti-government demonstrators in Iran and demanded Tehran stop the bloodshed and work to cool tensions.In a sharply worded statement, (By News Poster)...Zim: Harare blames SA for border chaos
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Lack of space on the South African side of the border Wilson JohwaZimbabwean authorities have blamed inadequate parking as a reason for congestion at the Beitbridge border post on the South Af (By News Poster)...South Africa: Family flee after Christmas massacre
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Mercury reporterRelatives of a radio presenter, who was gunned down with six friends at her Ntuzuma home on Christmas Day, have fled the house for fear of further attacks.Inanda FM presenter Ntombi (By News Poster)...World: US, UK close embassies in Yemen
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By Mohamed SudamSanaa - The United States and Britain closed their embassies in Yemen on Sunday over security concerns about possible militant attacks after the failed bombing of a US-bound plane on C (By News Poster)...World: US kills three militants in Pakistan
Friday 01-Jan-2010: Miranshah, Pakistan - A missile fired by a pilotless US drone aircraft on Friday killed at least three militants travelling in a car in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, securit (By News Poster)...Congo-Brazzaville: UN Rushes Food to Thousands Displaced by Ethnic Fighting
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: The United Nations is rushing food to thousands of displaced Congolese in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where tribal clashes have driven 130,000 people from their homes."Because of ong (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Country Has the Biggest Investment in Africa Oil and Gas - Nape President
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: What has been your experience of the industry as a Geologist?My experience as a geologist has been a wonderful one. I started back in the early eighties and since then the practice of geology has evol (By News Poster)...Kenya: Oil Up Above $79 On Fuel Stocks Drop, Econ Recovery
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Nairobi - Oil edged up above $79 on Wednesday, as falls in U.S. fuel stocks during a cold winter and optimism over the global economy, countered a surprise rise in crude inventories and the firm dolla (By News Poster)...Somalia: In Show of Control, Islamist Militia Issues Directive on Conduct, Dress Code
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Abdulkadir KhalifIn Kismayu town, 500 kilometres south of Mogadishu, the authority of al-Shabaab, the strongest Islamist movement opposing the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), issued orders t (By News Poster)...South Africa: SA fighter pilot dies
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: A South African Air Force pilot was killed in a motorbike accident just before Christmas, the Department of Defence and Military Veterans said on Wednesday.Spokesman Siphiwe Dlamini said Captain Thaba (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Red Alert As Armyworms Invade Two Districts
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Armyworms have invaded two districts in Lindi and Morogoro regions, threatening the welfare of farmers.Reports said yesterday that a total of 1,071 acres of various crops had been destroyed by armywor (By News Poster)...South Africa: Tip-off takes police to arms cache
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: A 50-year-old Heidelberg, Gauteng, man was arrested on Tuesday for possessing illegal firearms and ammunition.In a joint statement, Crime Line and the police said: "Police seized two shotguns, two rif (By News Poster)...Kenya: Robber to Hang After Appeal Fails
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Sam KiplagatNairobi - A convicted robber will suffer death after his appeal was dismissed by the highest court in the land.Dismissing the appeal, three judges said that Frankline Muriuki was proper (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Fuel Mess As Dividend of Democracy
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Kunle OyatomiIf in 10 years of democracy (since 1999) we cannot put a solid finger on any positive, life-enhancing benefit that the hopeless refrain of deregulation has brought to Nigeria, (Except (By News Poster)...Somalia: Shelling Kills Three, Injuries Five Others in Mogadishu
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Mogadishu - At least three people have been killed and 5 others were injured in Mogadishu after mortar shells exchanged the Islamist forces and government soldiers backing by AMISOM in the capital, wi (By News Poster)...Africa: Sudanese opposition names candidate for polls
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: Khartoum - The opposition Popular Congress Party has nominated a southern Sudanese resident as its presidential candidate for the first multi-party elections in 24 years in April, a move it says will (By News Poster)...South Africa: Overberg fires kills man, razes shakes
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By Leila SamodienIn one of the latest fires to hit the Overberg, a man was killed when a blaze broke out in an informal settlement in Gansbaai.This incident, however, is not linked to the recent spate (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: UN Condemns Death Threats to Its Staff, Human Rights Groups
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today voiced its deep concerned over recent death threats against its human rights staff and local human rights or (By News Poster)...South Africa: Jailbreak sparks police search
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Thirty-one prisoners broke out of a South African police station overnight by sawing away the roof of their cell, a police spokesperson said on Wednesday."It is alleged that 31 suspects, most of them (By News Poster)...South Africa: Ferrochrome Prices Expected to Recover Next Year
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Charlotte MathewsJohannesburg - FERROCHROME prices are expected to recover in the course of next year although contract prices agreed on with major stainless steel buyers in Europe for the March qu (By News Poster)...Communists Backing 'Global Warming' Agenda In Saying Its Not Enough - Jan's comments too
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: [I always find it funny how Communists suggest they WANT the Climate Summit and its future sessions to succeed, but they're really saying that it ALWAYS never goes far enough. Take members of the Rev (By Lone Wolf)...Congo-Kinshasa: Blue Helmets Protect Thousands Daily, Says Top UN Envoy
Monday 28-Dec-2009: The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) upholds the human rights of thousands of people every day, the top UN envoy to the African nation said today, re (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man held for alleged rape
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: A 28-year-old man has been arrested for the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl at gunpoint in Sharpeville, Johannesburg police said on Saturday.Police spokesperson Inspector Aubrey Moopeloa said the m (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man dies in gang-related shooting
Friday 01-Jan-2010: A 29-year-old Port Elizabeth man was shot dead on Friday morning in a gang-related attack, Eastern Cape police said.He was chatting with his girlfriend outside her shack in Malabar township when two m (By News Poster)...World: Philippines New Year's revelry turns deadly
Friday 01-Jan-2010: Manila - At least five people were killed and about 600 others were injured in traditional riotous New Year's Eve revelry involving fireworks and guns across the Philippines, officials said on Friday (By News Poster)...Africa: 'Nigeria risks constitutional crisis'
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Lagos - A senior lawyer and a former US envoy have warned that Nigeria is on the brink of constitutional crisis, with its ailing president not transferring powers to his deputy and political king-make (By News Poster)...Uganda: Minister Wants Land Registry Probed
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Catherine BekundaKampala - THE State Minister for Economic Monitoring, Vincent Nyanzi, wants the offices of the Administrator General and that of the Office of titles in the lands ministry investig (By News Poster)...South Africa: Next year is full of funny possibilities
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Rizwana Sheik UmarWith 2010 fiercely knocking on the door, Durban's funniest folks reflect on polygamy, gender identity, a case of "foot in mouth" disease and all the other wonderful things that ke (By News Poster)...World: CIA officers killed in bomb blast
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Washington - A United States official says CIA employees are believed to be among the dead in Wednesday's suicide bombing inside a base in eastern Afghanistan.A former senior CIA officer who was stati (By News Poster)...Africa: Congo welcomes extension of UN mandate
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Didier MunsalaKinshasa - Congo hailed on Tuesday the United Nations decision to extend the mandate of its peacekeeping forces in the country by five months instead of a year as a step towards a ful (By News Poster)...Africa: 'I don't know how my body will react'
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: An 85-year-old Holocaust survivor was among a group of grandmothers who began a hunger strike in Cairo on Monday to protest against Egypt's refusal to allow a Gaza solidarity march to proceed.American (By News Poster)...World: Brown slams execution of Briton in China
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Maxim DuncanChina on Tuesday executed a British citizen caught smuggling heroin, the British Foreign Office said, in a move quickly condemned by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.Akmal Shaikh's family an (By News Poster)...Can PMC's make a Difference? - Eeben Barlow
Monday 28-Dec-2009: It seems that the private military industry has become a prime target of negative media reporting and that many so-called “specialist journalists” have taken to writing (mainly negatively) about the P (By JanOlifant)...Tanzania: Saving Energy Thorugh Alternatives and Efficiency in Households
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By Jessie BoylanDar Es Salaam - Tanzania's electricity grid is fed by a mixture of natural gas, diesel and hydropower; however, over the past few years the country has experienced severe blackouts and (By News Poster)...South Africa: Questions raised over air crashes
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: A spate of air crashes in recent weeks has raised questions as to whether a shortage of skilled aviation personnel could be to blame.However several veteran pilots believe that human error is often th (By News Poster)...Angolan Firm Move On In Iraqi Oil Fields
Friday 01-Jan-2010: [How ironic. Communists WANT Iraqi oil, but during the rallies against the Iraq war, many Communists and Leftists alike stated the Iraq war was for oil. Don't expect these hypocrites to be now prote (By Lone Wolf)...Zimbabwe mulls mortgaging minerals to offset debt
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: External debt of 5.4b, of which 3.8b is in arrears Harare - Zimbabwe is considering mortgaging its mineral wealth to offset the country's 5.4 billion dollar debt owed to multilateral donor age (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Tanesco Tops Graft 'List of Shame'
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Bernard Lugongo And Al-Amani MutarubukwaTanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) is the most corrupt public institution, according to a survey carried out by the regional NGO Concern for Developm (By News Poster)...Gambia: EU Supports Food Security in the Country
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Mamadou DemThe European Union and the World Food Programme on Wednesday 29th December signed a contribution agreement to food security at the Ministry of Finance.Speaking at the signing ceremony th (By News Poster)...South Africa: M4 crash devastates family
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Irene KuppanHours after celebrating his seventh birthday with his family at uShaka Marine World in Durban, a Richard's Bay boy was orphaned when both his parents died in a car crash on the Ruth Fir (By News Poster)...South Africa: Thai woman in court for trafficking
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: A 34-year-old Thai woman arrested for human trafficking was denied bail in the Rustenburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.Giang Brooderyk was denied bail as the court said she was a flight risk and woul (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Hike in Global Oil Prices Will Not Affect Local Fuel Prices - MINICOM
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Alex NgarambeKigali - Despite recent increments of oil prices on the international market, the changes will not affect fuel prices, the Ministry of Trade and Commerce (MINICOM) has said.Oil prices (By News Poster)...Sudan: Peacekeepers' Security in Darfur Steps Up
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in the war-torn Darfur region and the Sudanese Government have taken the first steps to bolstering the safety of peacekeepers due to a surge (By News Poster)...Mozambique: 'Renamo Should Consider Its Voters' - Mazula
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Maputo - Rather than boycott the incoming parliament, Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, should be mindful of those citizens who voted for it, advises Brazao Mazula, (By News Poster)...South Africa: Choppers brought in to fight Hermanus blaze
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: A fire that started in Hawston has spread to Hermanus and was still being brought under control on Tuesday morning."The fire started at about 5pm in Hawston and spread to the mountain. Currently it is (By News Poster)...South Africa: Woman dies after boiling water attack
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Ilse FredericksA 23-year-old woman who was scalded with boiling water and allegedly kept prisoner for several days in a Gugulethu shack has died.Thomokazi Zazayokwe died on December 20, almost four (By News Poster)...Liberia: Police Adopt New Posture for Holidays Celebrations
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Akoi DakalaA head of the festive Christmas and New Year's holidays, the Liberian National Police (LNP) has adopted new postures against crimes and to protect lives and properties.The Inspector the (By News Poster)...Ghana: Boy, 8, Kills 18-Year-Old Brother
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Frank Mensah ChermoKumasi - AN EIGHT-year-old boy, Kwame Kusasi who lives at Anoroso, a farming village at Apetreinsa in the Asante Akim District of the Ashanti Region has been remanded in police c (By News Poster)...Nigeria: 2 Soldiers, 6 Others Die in Fresh Bauchi Violence
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Taye ObateruAt least eight people were killed in Bauchi today as another Islamic religious sect, Kalo-Kato struck in Zango area throwing the state capital into pandemonium. The sect was demanding t (By News Poster)...South Africa: Quick police retrieve cash bags
Monday 28-Dec-2009: A cash-in-transit robbery was foiled in Sabie on Monday, Mpumalanga police said.Four men accosted G4 security guards who had stopped to service the local First National Bank, Captain Leonard Hlathi sa (By News Poster)...World: 'The trapped bodies have not been recovered'
Monday 28-Dec-2009: At least 54 people who remained missing from two back-to-back passenger ferry accidents in the Philippines over the Christmas holidays were feared dead Monday as rescuers found no signs of life at th (By News Poster)...Nigeria: New Year Message to My Beloved Ndi-Anambra
Friday 01-Jan-2010: The following is a New Years Message from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Ezeigbo Gburugburu, to Nigerians who live in Anambra State.MAY the Almighty God give to us 'Ndi-Anambra' the courage and commitme (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Gani, Nwobodo, Malcolm X on Voters' Register - Candidates Allege Fraud
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Okey MaduforoAwka - The names of one dead Nigerian, Gani Fawehinmi, and one dead American, Malcolm X, have surfaced on the voters' register the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) prod (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Armyworm Scourge Spreads to Ten Regions
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Mkinga MkingaTen regions have been affected by armyworms and more are in danger of being invaded by the dreadful pests, threatening the welfare of farmers and the 'Kilimo Kwanza' initiative.The per (By News Poster)...COMMUNISM AGAIN: South Africa: ANCYL to discuss nationalisation of mines - Who can we steal from next?
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: [They just don't stop with this. The Far Left keeps on coming on, wanting to steal the mines. The White Liberal Capitalists saw this coming a long time ago, and despite all their pro-ANC pronouncement (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: 'Anthrax Under Control'
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Harare - The Veterinary Services Depart-ment says the anthrax outbreak that hit two of the country's districts is now under control following increased vaccinations that have seen the inoculation of m (By News Poster)...South Africa: Sure-footed Cele runs after suspect
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Nonpumemelo MagwazaNational Police Commissioner Bheki Cele showed he was serious about fighting crime when he chased after suspects in Durban's Albert Park on Wednesday.Officers with him stood and (By News Poster)...World: Afghan suicide blast kills eight Americans
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Kabul - Eight American civilians were killed in a suicide attack on a military base in Afghanistan's south-eastern Khost province on Wednesday, United States officials said."We can confirm that there (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Council Cattle Destroy Maize Crop
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Harare - GLEN VIEW and Budiriro residents are up in arms against Harare City Council after its cattle herders last week released hundreds of cattle into their maize fields destroying the flourishing k (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Hwange Colliery Seeks U.S.$175 Million for Recapitalisation
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Harare - HWANGE Colliery Company Limited requires an estimated US$175 million for recapitalisation to restore and expand production.And Government will support initiatives towards recapitalisation of (By News Poster)...Uganda: Judge Gets Death Threats Over Land Cases
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Chris OcowunKampala - THE Police in Gulu are investigating reports by Gulu Chief Magistrate Joseph Nyanga that top army officers and politicians in the district want to kill him over land cases he (By News Poster)...South Africa: Girl held for killing love rival
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: A 16-year-old girl has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman to death during a fight over a boyfriend in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape.A police spokesman said on Wednesday that the teenager had b (By News Poster)...South Africa: Farmworker drowns in dam
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Kowthar Solomons Staff ReporterA 27-year-old Zimbabwean farmworker, who was chased out of a De Doorns informal settlement during xenophobic unrest there last month, has drowned after swimming in a (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Fuel Crisis - Govt Outlaws 'Black Markets'
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Yemie AdeoyeLagos - The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has declared the selling of petroleum products at undesignated places (black market) as illegal.DPR's action, it was learnt, is aimed (By News Poster)...South Africa: Robbery Trauma 'Can Leave Scars'
Monday 28-Dec-2009: A Cape Town clinical psychologist has warned that the traumatic experience of being exposed to violent robberies in shopping malls may leave many people angry and jumpy.This follows the recent spate o (By News Poster)...World: Dutch courage on Flight 253
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Washington/London - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab appeared to have chosen his seat on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 carefully.The Christmas Day seat in aisle 19 placed him right over the fuel tanks of the (By News Poster)...Africa: Ransom dropped on to hijacked ship
Monday 28-Dec-2009: A helicopter dropped a $4 million (R30m) ransom payment on Sunday on to the deck of a Chinese coal ship hijacked by Somali pirates in mid-October, a pirate source on board the vessel said. The De Xin (By News Poster)...South Africa: Tragedies mar New Year weekend
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By Bianca CapazorioWestern Cape authorities and emergency services were kept on their toes over a busy New Year's weekend that saw hundreds arrested, several sea rescues, at least one drowning, and th (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cop arrested for allegedly shooting neighbour
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: A 33-year-old policeman was arrested for shooting dead his neighbour in KwaBhokweni township, near White River, yesterday morning, Mpumalanga police said.The constable visited a house where his neighb (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bauchi Crisis Death Toll Rises
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Patience OgbodoBauchi - The death toll from the Bauchi religious crisis of 28 Monday has continued to rise following the reported death of some of those injured during the shootout with security op (By News Poster)...South Africa: Missing boy found dead
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Missing four-year-old Wayne Jonkers has been found dead, 16 kilometres from his house on a farm in Danielskuil, Northern Cape police said on Thursday,Superintendent Hendrik Swart said the child's body (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Abdulmutallab - My Battle With Loneliness
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Paul Ohia With Agency ReportLagos - He was born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth and attended elitist schools.As a student at the University College London (UCL), Umar Farouk AbdulMuta (By News Poster)...South Africa: Sniffer dog bows out
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: A golden Cocker Spaniel trained as a sniffer dog will report for duty for the last time on Thursday after nearly a decade of nosing the streets for drugs and crime.The sniffer dog known as Emma, said (By News Poster)...South Africa: ABI Stands Firm On Its Wage Offer As Union Vows to Intensify Strike
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Luphert ChilwaneJohannesburg - AMALGAMATED Beverage Industries (ABI), the soft-drinks division of South African Breweries, yesterday refused to yield to pressure from trade unions to increase its o (By News Poster)...Nigeria: PDP Places N5 Million Reward for Lawyer's Killers
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Adebola AkinolaOsogbo - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has placed N5million reward on anyone who offers useful information on the killing of septuagenarian lawyer, Pa Jonathan Ade (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Zimphos to Improve Aluminum Sulphate
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe Phosphate Industries has committed itself to improving the quality of its water treatment chemicals (liquid and solid aluminum sulphate) through plant refurbishment and installation (By News Poster)...World: Modified beige briefs held explosives - FBI - The Black African Terrorist in the USA
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: [Not many people are mentioning that this is a black terrorist from Africa who tried to blow up a US plane. Hmmmm. Jan] Washington - United States media on Tuesday published photographs of the sing (By News Poster)...South Africa: Police pounce on illegal fireworks
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: An operation to confiscate illegally sold fireworks began in Johannesburg on Tuesday, metro police said.Shop owners without permits to sell fireworks and street traders would be among those targeted, (By News Poster)...South Africa: Beware tax pay-out email scam: Sars
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Dasen ThathiahAn e-mail claiming taxpayers are owed money is fraudulent and no more than an attempt to get banking details, known as phishing.The e-mail - sent on a South African Revenue Services (By News Poster)...Science: Eating vulture brains for visions of wealth
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Smoking dried vulture brains to have a vision of winning lottery numbers - that is why customers come to Scelo, a vendor of traditional medicines, but it is a trend being blamed for killing off South (By News Poster)...Science: Diesel spill puts Yellow River at risk
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: Beijing - More than 700 people are battling to prevent up a leak of around 150 000 litres of diesel oil spilled into a Chinese river from reaching the Yellow River 70km away, state media said on Sunda (By News Poster)...Somalia: Somalia's Al-Shabaab Capture Strategic Central Town
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: Somalia's Al-Shabaab insurgent group has reportedly seized the control of central town of Dhusamareb, the capital of Galgadud region 500km north of capital Mogadishu.Reports say heavily armed Al-Shaba (By News Poster)...South Africa: UK issues SA crime list to soccer fans
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: By Tanya WaterworthFrom avoiding widespread ATM fraud to "prudently driving around stones in the middle of the road" put there by gun-toting hijackers.These travel tips are part of the comprehensive g (By News Poster)...South Africa: Weapons found in prisons search
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: A special security and search operation in the Eastern Cape's 44 prisons has so far yielded a large number of dangerous weapons, the correctional services department's Eastern Cape regional office sa (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Terror Attack - Police Tighten Security
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Eugene AghaLagos - Police in Lagos yesterday said it had beefed up security around embassies and foreign missions in the metropolis.This is coming on the heels of the recent terrorist attempt to bl (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Police Arrest Suspected Fraudster
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Mohammed AminuSokoto - Sokoto State Police Command yesterday arrested a suspected fraudster, Hamdan Muhammed Sadiq, who has been defrauding people, using the name of the late General Sani Abacha's (By News Poster)...Somalia: Heavy Fighting Breaks Out in Out of Beledweyn Town
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Heavy fighting between the Islamist forces of Hizbul Islam and other armed forces has broken out in out of Beledweyn town in Hiran region, witnesses and officials told Shabelle radio on Tuesday.Report (By News Poster)...Africa: DMLEK to launch more attacks
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Addis Ababa - An Eritrean opposition group told AFP on Tuesday it was "prepared to launch attacks" on government troops after the United Nations last week imposed tough sanctions on Asmara."This is a (By News Poster)...South Africa: Two in court for three-year-old girl's murder
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Two men have appeared in the Welkom Magistrate's Court in connection with the murder of a three-year-old girl over Christmas.The SABC reported on Tuesday that the men, aged 18 and 46, had been arreste (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Terrorist Attack - U.S. Reviews Security on Aviation
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Chinyere AmaluAbuja - The United States authorities in further attempt to prevent a repeat of 25th December incident have ordered investigation into two areas of aviation security, placing passenge (By News Poster)...South Africa: Four killed in Harrismith plane crash
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Four people, believed to be of one family, were killed when their six-seater airplane crashed in Harrismith in the Free State on Monday afternoon, paramedics said.The plane, a Beach Bonanza, crashed i (By News Poster)...Equatorial Guinea: One-Man Rule in Equatorial Guinea
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: Equatorial Guinea, a geographical speck on the landscape of Africa, is surely one of the sad stories of the continent. The late President Masie Nguema Biyogo, the uncle of the present dictator, remain (By News Poster)...South Africa: Do not overcharge tourists - Van Schalkwyk
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By Eleanor MombergWith less than six months to go before the kickoff of the World Cup, the Department of Tourism has again appealed to accommodation establishments to safeguard South Africa's reputati (By News Poster)...Zambia: Dialogue With Govt, Media Urged
Friday 01-Jan-2010: VICE-President George Kunda has asked media bodies to consider dialoguing with the Government over the draft Media Bill as opposed to mass demonstrations.Media bodies are organising demonstrations ove (By News Poster)...World: China vows 2010 crackdown on internet porn
Friday 01-Jan-2010: Beijing - Chinese police arrested thousands in a drive against Internet pornography throughout 2009, officials said, vowing a deepening crackdown that critics say is being used to tighten overall cens (By News Poster)...Liberia: Cape Mount Citizens Applaud Min. Shannon for Giving Back-Initiates Several Development Projects
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By D K SengbehCitizens of Torso Town in Grand Cape Mount County have lauded one of the Government's cabinet ministers for giving back to his home and people.The citizens said Lands, Mines and Energy M (By News Poster)...Science: Postman to deliver aid under anthrax attack
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Washington - If the United States ever faced a large-scale attack by a biological weapon like anthrax, the US Postal Service would be in charge of delivering whatever drugs and other medical aid that (By News Poster)...Uganda: Suspected Cannibal Survives Death
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By AgenciesKampala - A man, who was found exhuming a body in Kiboga District, escaped being killed by residents of Kamugoya Village.Mr Aziz Musongwa was caught red-handed on Tuesday trying to exhume t (By News Poster)...Constitutionally Okay To Fund A Group That Demands Government To Be Bound...
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: [I find it strikingly hypocritical of so-called civil libertarians to really justify a Leftist slant here when it comes to ACORN receiving Federal funding. Recently, ACORN had its funding frozen, but (By Lone Wolf)...South Africa: Tons of fireworks seized
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: North West police have seized 3,5 tons of fireworks from three business in Vryburg, a spokesman said on Wednesday.Superintendent Lesego Metsi said the fireworks, which were confiscated on Monday, were (By News Poster)...Africa: Two more ships seized by Somali pirates
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Abdi Guled and Mohamed AhmedMogadishu - Somali pirates seized a chemical tanker and a cargo vessel on Monday, underlining the continued risk to shipping in some of the world's busiest maritime trad (By News Poster)...South Africa: Former municipal manager in the dock
Monday 28-Dec-2009: The former Mbombela municipal manager who allegedly burnt a man to death briefly appeared in the Barberton Magistrate's Court on Monday, Mpumalanga police said.Bruno Simon Vilane, 44, appeared in the (By News Poster)...World: Underdog Brown ready for election battle
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday admitted that he was the underdog in this year's general election, but pledged he would "not stop fighting" to win the poll.The day after Conserv (By News Poster)...Science: Change your lifestyle, change your body
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By Patricia ReaneyNew York - Confused by the myriad of diet books that promise to help you melt away those excess kilograms to produce the body of a supermodel?Scientists at the Mayo Clinic in Rochest (By News Poster)...Search for Son Charged in Failed Airplane Bombing Was Thwarted
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: By Yusuph OlaniyonuLagos - Fresh facts emerging on the alleged attempt by 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to blow up a passenger plane in the United States on Christmas day showed that the attem (By News Poster)...Science: China shuts down battery maker over pollution
Friday 01-Jan-2010: Beijing - Authorities halted production at a battery company in southern China after dozens of children near a factory tested positive for elevated lead levels, including eight with serious poisoning. (By News Poster)...Central African Republic: UN Receives Gains Pledge to Respect Refugee Rights From Central African Rebel Leader
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Darfurian refugees in a camp near the northeastern Central African Republic town of Sam Ouandja31 December 2009 - The force commander of United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CA (By News Poster)...South Africa: Cops warn New Year's troublemakers
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Dasen ThathiahHave fun during the New Year's Eve celebrations tonight, but troublemakers will not be tolerated, police have warned.And the National Sea Rescue Institute has issued a special warning (By News Poster)...Africa: Six die in DRC mine collapse
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: Lubumbashi - Six miners were killed and five others injured when a commercially abandoned mine collapsed in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the mayor of the local town said.The collapse occ (By News Poster)...South Africa: Consider children and animals at New Year
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: By Sherlissa PetersUshering in 2010 for the majority of KwaZulu-Natal's New Year revellers is bound to be a noisy affair, if the sale of fireworks in Pietermaritzburg is anything to go by.Local firewo (By News Poster)...South Africa: Man caught with gold
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: A 31-year-old man was arrested for unlawful possession of gold and impersonating a police officer in Thabong, Free State police said on Wednesday.The man and two accomplices went into a house on Tuesd (By News Poster)...South Africa: 'Technology Must Be Shared'
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Hopewell RadebeJohannesburg - THE difficult climate change negotiations in the Danish capital of Copenhagen have shown that developed nations need to share the latest alternative nonfossil energy t (By News Poster)...South Africa: Boy, 13, is 6th drowning victim
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: By Lyndon KhanSix drownings and several near drownings have occurred in the city since December 26 and authorities fear the number could rise.Two of the six are believed to have drowned in rough water (By News Poster)...South Africa: Couple's argument ends in tragedy
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Sherlissa PetersPolice officers in Pietermaritzburg are struggling to understand what drove their colleague to apparently attack his fiancee and then kill himself on Sunday.A police spokesman, Seni (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Terrorists - PFN Tasks Security Operatives Over Looming Attacks
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Seriki AdinoyiJos - Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Plateau State chapter, has appealed to Governor Jonah Jang and security operatives to be on full alert following the rumour making the r (By News Poster)...South Africa: Big buzz over Zuma 'wedding' plans
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: By Sipho Khumalo and political staffKwaZulu-Natal was abuzz with rumours on Monday that preparations were well under way for President Jacob Zuma to marry his fiance, Thobeka Mabhija, at Nkandla next (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Constitutional Council Criticises CNE
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's Constitutional Council on Monday sharply criticised the National Elections Commission (CNE) for the way it had handled the procedures leading up to the 28 October general and pro (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Constitutional Council Validates Election Results
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Maputo - The Constitutional Council, the body with the final word in electoral disputes, on Monday validated the results from Mozambique's general and provincial elections held on 28 October.The Counc (By News Poster)...Uganda: Karamoja 10-Year-Old Kills Friend
Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Henry MukasaKampala - KARAMOJA registered a bizarre incident on Christmas day when a 10-year old boy strangled a seven-year old, Mobing Apacuco, over a Christmas meal.The boy (name withheld because (By News Poster)...Somalia: Yesterday's Fighting Casualties Rise in Mogadishu
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Yesterday's fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen, just after heavy clash between the Islamist fighters of Hizbul Islam and AMISOM troops which left more than 15 dead in the capital, offi (By News Poster)...Kenya: Two Shot Dead With Arrows in Ethnic Feuding
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Nairobi - Two people were on Sunday killed and several others injured in fresh fighting on the Rongo Trans Mara border. Those killed were shot with arrows in the incident, said to have been sparked by (By News Poster)...YouTube Video: Gotta Love Old Cold War Style Misinformation
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: [It seems that Russia Today is running a piece on how Obama is like Bush. Along with stating how the USA is an "empire" pushing an overtly Leftist-Marxist slant that the President isn't Left enough. (By Lone Wolf)...The Right Perspective: 2010.01.01 Archive
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: The Right Perspective starts its second decade with a full-frontal assault on how Obama has bungled his handling of the Underpants Bomber terrorist attack - and how the Republicans have dropped the ba (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...Chevron Corporation Helping Out Angola?
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: [It's always quite hypocritical for a Communist to decry how "evil" Capitalism really is, but it seems here the Chevron Corporation is more than happy enough to lend Angola a helping hand. Lone Wolf. (By Lone Wolf)...[Video] USA: Funny: Steven Crowder satire: Change Player Size Watch this video in a new windowTorture and Gitmo! (Featuring Stevens Beheading)
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: [This gave me a really good laugh. It shows how utterly pathetic the West has become. Well-said Steven! Jan] (By Jan)...Senegal's President's New Year's Resolution, Being Tolerant Of Other Faiths?
Friday 01-Jan-2010: [Even though I distrust Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade, as his country has aligned itself with nations such as Iran. It seems here Wade is making a rare move...being tolerant of members of other (By Lone Wolf)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (28-12-2009)
Monday 28-Dec-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rate updated. As expected, the number of stories coming out of Zimbabwe has slowed to just a trickle, - and most of the articles are opinion pieces, which I don't hav (By The BeardedMan)...[Video] USA: Stunning: Steven Crowder's War on Peace? ... War DOES solve a lot of problems...
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: [This guy is brilliant. I am delighted to see a young guy like this taking up some conservative ideas and firing some broadsides into the Left and the junk concepts they propose. Listen to this. Jan] (By Jan)...Blast from the Past: Fascinating: Racial IQs and other statistics....
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: [Here is an article from 2005 that has some interesting facts. It comes from a Finnish website that deals with Darwinism. Jan] Click on this link: Fascinating: Racial IQs and other statistics (By Jan)...[Video] USA: Brilliant: Steven Crowder on: GUNS, GUNS, GUNS! (Featuring Michael Moore)
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: [I really enjoy this guy. This is too funny. As for Michael Moore, let me say this: I spit on him. He is nothing but a propaganda artist. But check this one out. Jan] (By Jan)...USA: Fight for equal rights for... MEN!!! The Female threat to America...
Saturday 02-Jan-2010: I like Marc Rudov and what he's saying. The USA is being taken over by women... and if it were a good thing I would support it, but I think a lot of the WRONG WOMEN are getting into high positions of (By Jan)...James Cameron, A Leftist Millionaire Hypocrite? Avatar Comes In First Third Consecutive Week
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: [There was some admission from James Cameron, that the entire new Avatar movie was based on attacking Capitalism and also imperialism, specifically targeting the USA's war in Iraq. But why does it se (By Lone Wolf)...S.Africa: The Cape Party - Secession! Let the Western Cape secede....
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: A friend sent me this. I don't know the Cape Party nor who is behind it, nor who is part of it. I quite enjoy the idea of secession. The ANC will hate it. I said this to my friend:- On the topic of (By Jan)...What is the most expensive fluid in the world?
Thursday 31-Dec-2009: [Now, at first thought, one might think oil or petrol, WRONG! The answer: HP Black Ink #45 You can view the graph here: (By JanOlifant)...S.Africa: Need Home Services? Here's a directory...
Monday 28-Dec-2009: I stumbled on this website while looking urgently for some good carpet cleaners to help with a dust mite problem I have. I've never seen this before. See the link. (By Jan)...Coming soon.... AmericanCrisis... in 10 days... or less... AND...
Sunday 03-Jan-2010: Hi All, The first of the new websites will be coming online in less than 10 days. I've been working away feverishly at it. But... thereafter... I will be adding new websites with consumate ease!! (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (29-12-2009)
Tuesday 29-Dec-2009: Howzit A friend of mine in the US of A kindly sent me a link with the note, "Your blog does make a difference!" Thanks DB... -o00o- Mugabe and his band of brigands are banned from travel (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (30-12-2009)
Wednesday 30-Dec-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- Another good friend - this time living in Scotland - sent me a link to a video of the Black Eyed Peas singing "I Gotta Feeling". I am no slou (By The BeardedMan)...
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