Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 13th June 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 & GruesomeS. Africa: The Smit murders: Re-examined
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: James Myburgh on the ‘lost theory' of SA's greatest unsolved political crime JOHANNESBURG - The assassination of Dr Robert Smit, and his wife Jeanne-Cora, on November 22 1977 is perhaps South Af (By JanOlifant)...[Pics] Destitute Afrikaners denied food-aid, medical care by ANC-gov't VIDEO
Monday 07-Jun-2010: [Look at what Adriana Stuijt uncovered. Jan] Sent: 05 June 2010 04:04 PM To: Jan Lamprecht Subject: Destitute Afrikaners denied food-aid, medical care by ANC-gov't VIDEO Importance: High Dest (By Jan)...S.Africa: KILL THE BOER: The 'Insane' Afrikaner who enraged the ANC Youth League with Hague Genocide charges - Afrikaner Genocide my thoughts...
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: The ANC Youth League is apparently extremely angry with the Afrikaner who is taking them to the Hague on Afrikaner Genocide charges. One friend of mine tells me The Hague only deals with internatio (By Jan)...S. Africa: The International Banking Sector's Hand in Destroying South Africa
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Mike Smith 9th of June 2010 I was going to jump to the UN and show how SA became a skunk amongst Nations, but in the light of new evidence in the form of admission and confirmation from none ot (By JanOlifant)...S.Africa: Orania is definitely the safest place in crime-ridden South Africa... The Myth of Safe Village Complexes in Johannesburg
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: When we arrived at Orania at our guest house, we were informed that we did not have to lock our cars. We did not have to lock our rooms and that nothing would be stolen. When I show you photos of (By Jan)...S.Africa: EXCELLENT: Afrikaner GENOCIDE: ZimbabweMail Expose: Julius Malema incited Blacks to rape, torture & murder Afrikaans farm owners...
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: [Thank God for the ZimbabweMail. The South African mass media only whispered about this quietly in about 1 paragraph. Thank goods for the Zimbabweans who have hunted down the full news story and given (By Jan)...S.Africa: ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT: Afrikaner Farmer lays charges of Genocide at International Court against Julius Malema - Kill the Boer!!
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: [This is just the best!! YES! YES! The ANC did absolutely stuff all with respect to Malema's race baiting! (We know of course the ANC was behind it all anyway... but "officially" they weren't). Ma (By Jan)...IMPORTANT: Israel is walking the path of Ian Smith's Rhodesia - The Starving Palestinians of Gaza
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: [What you are all seeing in this story below is pure PROPAGANDA. This is part of the war against Israel. This is the same sort of stuff they would have blamed the Afrikaners of or the Rhodesians of. W (By JanOlifant)...S. Africa: Brutal Murder Linked to Malema's Incitement to Genocide
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Durban - Four men were detained on Monday in connection with the farm attack which left a farmer seriously wounded and his wife dead in Colenso on Sunday night. "Four men have been detained and the (By JanOlifant)...S.Africa: KILL THE BOER: Is the West gunning for Julius Malema as I predicted?
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: I hear that Julius Malema is now claiming that someone is going after him. It might be true. In South Africa the ANC has for decades liked to lie about "The Third Force". In my book, Government by (By Jan)...[Pics] World Cup 2010 Horror: And the Crowd Goes Wild! STAMPEDE!!!!
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: [What can I say other than secretly laughing to myself at this typical african behaviour. Fact is that for those tourists from all over the world coming to watch the soccer so naively, those that are (By JanOlifant)...Zanu PF Sabotages PM in Power Plot
Friday 11-Jun-2010: THOSE countries in the Fishmonger Group who have been deliberating in Oslo on what measures can be undertaken to assist Zimbabwe without fortifying President Mugabe's supporters will have seen the cal (By News Poster)...USA: [Pics] Awesome... the anti-Obama Bumper Stickers Get Angrier!
Monday 07-Jun-2010: [This is doing the rounds in the USA among annoyed Americans. Jan] BUMPER STICKERS ARE GETTING ANGRIER THESE DAYS... They are starting to reflect j us t what is really happening. (By Jan)...S.Africa: My Black CoWorkers... Jan, you're a workaholic.... One day we'll buy the farms back with BEADS...
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: The other day I was chatting to one of the black ladies who does our testing. It was a friday afternoon and she sent me some requests. I sent her some replies. She then wrote back to me saying, "Its a (By Jan)...S.Africa: What some Afrikaners in Orania think of Jan Lamprecht.... after they met me...
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: I had such a laugh yesterday when I met an Afrikaans writer and author, Andries Lombard. I will post some of his stuff, and I told him that if he wants to write or publish anything on AfricanCrisis in (By Jan)...[3 Pics] S.Africa: Orania: My Pics: White Afrikaners doing manual labour... Like blacks...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Here are 3 photos I took today showing white men doing manual labour in Orania just like the blacks do in the rest of S.Africa. I saw quite a lot of white males doing work in Orania for R120-R160 p (By Jan)...Jan Lamprecht... you're utterly RUTHLESS... Oops... those who want to fire me...
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: I had a day of ups and downs. I have sometimes wondered if my success could also be my undoing. Could I, in the midst of my success find myself being fired, or resigning? It might sound bizarr (By Jan)...Kenya: It Could Be That Charming Man in the Choir
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Muchiri KaranjaNairobi - The face of Philip Onyancha, a former watchman who says he still has 83 more women to kill, has been in every newspaper and TV channel this week.But before you start glanci (By News Poster)...Africa: China's Complex View of the Continent
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: The increasing role of China in Africa’s infrastructure building and the management of the continent’s economy has become a subject of intense discussion not only by Africans but from peop (By News Poster)...[7 Pics] S.Africa: My Pics: Orania - Miscellaneous cool pics from Orania....
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Here are other photos from Orania that I took with my cell phone. Those cool double-storey buildings are from the holiday resort at the Orange river. There's a wooden building being built on sti (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (10-06-2010)
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Howzit I received a very interesting document by email yesterday which would appear to fall in line with the idea that there will be serious violence after the world cup. Obviously, from 6000 miles (By The BeardedMan)...Africa: Continent's Continued Response to Gaza Flotilla Attack
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Dana WagnerTen days after the Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla that left nine activists dead, the response from African governments and civil society groups is unrelenting. Organisatio (By News Poster)...Ancient Egypt: King Tut's DNA was 99.6% European - Was Cleopatra white?
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: [Here's something really interesting from TRP. Also, take note of the comments by readers that Cleopatra was very probably white. Its all most fascinating. At the source link on TRP are maps and other (By Jan)...S.Africa: Its GO... Jan Lamprecht off to Orania this weekend...
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: My friend has given the go-ahead... he is free and the two of us will be travelling to Orania on friday and staying until sunday. I'll take my laptop with and will see if I can post some news and p (By Jan)...S. Africa: State Incapacity Creates Security Risks - State of ANARCHY?
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Afrikaans version follows below: TAU SA's Executive Committee has noted with concern the growing list of incompetent actions of government, which creates a substantial security risk profile: · T (By JanOlifant)...South Africa: 'Crooked Timber of Humanity' Includes the ANC
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Jacob DlaminiJohannesburg - IT IS one of the many ironies of South African politics that the bitterest battles of our age have been waged within the ranks of the anti-apartheid movement itself - no (By News Poster)...S.Africa: KILL THE BOER - Julius Malema the coward - when he visited the Afrikaners in Orania...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: I heard today more details about Julius Malema's visit to Orania. Take note, this was before he went on his totally racist rampage for weeks on end insulting the whites and calling for genocide ag (By Jan)...Mugabe's U.S. Propaganda Man Goes Berserk
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: THE abhorrent behaviour by Robert Mugabe's propagandist ambassador in the United States, Machivenyika Mapuranga, in heckling like a drunkard the US undersecretary of state for Africa, Johnny Carson, w (By News Poster)...Analysis: Defending Food Sovereignty
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Ashley Fent, Katie Talbot and Phil BereanoAGRA Watch formed in 2008 to challenge the Gates Foundation's participation in the problematic Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, and to support su (By News Poster)...S.Africa: The Zuma Dynasty: President Jacob Zuma is a hypocrit... his wife has sex with a bodyguard... His Sex life is a liability to South Africa..
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: I must say, I watch President Zuma's sexual shennanigans and totally bizarre personal life and I think it is costing us in so many ways. Firstly, Zuma makes South Africa look more like complete mor (By Jan)...Somalia: Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
Friday 11-Jun-2010: The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia met at United Nations Headquarters in New York on June 10, 2010, and agreed upon the following statement.The statement follows.The Contact Group on (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Wema, Unity Bank Make Further Progress Ahead of June 30 Deadline
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Kingsley IghomwenghianIt is exactly 22 days to the June 30, 2010 deadline set for Wema Bank and Unity Bank, two institutions previously with heavy public sector shareholding, and which following th (By News Poster)...The Black African human Vampire & Serial Killer from Kenya who wanted to murder 100 women and dink their blood...
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: Kenya: Serial Murderer Targeted 100 Girls Date Posted: Thursday 10-Jun-2010 By Maxwell Masava and Joseph Kariuki Nairobi - On the sixth day of every month, 30-year-old Philip Onyancha would get t (By Jan)...S.Africa: 2010: FIFA World cup - the NOISIEST world cup opening ever...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: [These blacks with their vuvuzelas (a plastic trumpet) make one hell of a racket. It got mention in the news story below. What they don't mention is how empty the stadium was at the opening ceremony. (By Jan)...Nigeria: Day Robbers Met Their Waterloo in Anambra
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Vitalis Okaforletter day in the annals of Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, which I have the privilege of representing in the National Assembly. It was the day the confidence of the pe (By News Poster)...Liberia: Drug War Deepens
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: If we follow our sixth sense, the full establishment of the rule of law and the attainment of functional judicial reform are two drawback factors that stand standing between Liberia and full internat (By News Poster)...No World Cup Buffet for Hotels
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Harare - With 24 hours to go before the opening match of the 2010 World Cup between South Africa's Bafana Bafana and Mexico, questions hanging in the minds of the majority are whether dishonesty and i (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Drugs - Revisiting Recent History
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Paul FauvetWhen, on 1 June, US President Barack Obama named Mozambican businessman Mohamed Bachir Suleman as a drugs baron, the overwhelming reaction in the Mozambican media was surprise, shock - a (By News Poster)...South Africa: New Law Will Keep Much Hidden
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Johannesburg - THE government is about to clash with the courts again, which can only serve to further undermine public confidence in the justice system and put unwelcome political pressure on our alr (By News Poster)...AfricanCrisis brought to you by 3G modem... and my 19 year old car... GET OUT OF DEBT!!!
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: I happen to be posting on AfricanCrisis this morning while sitting at a car repair shop in Randburg. I sent in my 19 year old car for its first engine rebuild. My car has served me well. But event (By Jan)...S.Africa: 2010: The ONLY Good thing that will come out of the FIFA World Cup....
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: I was driving on the N1 highway yesterday from Randburg. There were 4 lanes open... the tar was absolutely new... the road was wide and largely empty. It was a pleasure to drive. All across Johanne (By Jan)...Science: The Sun is waking from a deep slumber… trouble is coming…
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Earth and space are about to come into contact in a way that's new to human history. To make preparations, authorities in Washington DC are holding a meeting: The Space Weather Enterprise Forum at the (By JanOlifant)...Sierra Leone: 'Ecomog Mobilized Ulimo to Attack RUF Rebels' - Former Ulimo Fighter Testifies
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Alpha SesayFreetown - Charles Taylor's 15th defense witness commenced his testimony yesterday, telling the Special Court for Sierra Leone judges that Nigerian-led West African peacekeepers mobilize (By News Poster)...Kenya: Serial Murderer Targeted 100 Girls
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Maxwell Masava and Joseph KariukiNairobi - On the sixth day of every month, 30-year-old Philip Onyancha would get the urge to kill.When he could not fight off the urge, he would lure his victim-- - (By News Poster)...[Pic] S.Africa: Orania - A special notice from the Freedom Front about an Afrikaner homeland...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: In Orania, in one of the streets is this interesting message from the Freedom Front. It reads: "Die VRYHEIDSFRONT is eerstens onherroeplik verbind tot did verkryging van die Afrikanervolk se vryhei (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Ministers Fight Over Diamonds
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Dumisani MuleyaCABINET ministers have clashed over the controversial Chiadzwa diamond mining activities and secret sales of gems by state-run agencies which have only given government a paltry US$8 (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Chikane Slams Diamond Activist
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Takunda MaodzaHarare - THE Kimberley Process monitor to Zimbabwe, Mr Abbey Chikane, has slammed Centre for Research and Development director Mr Farai Muguwu for illegally sourcing and giving him a (By News Poster)...S.Africa: Will you just shut the hell up? South Africa kicks out at media's World Cup critics...
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: [Stick around... S.Africa takes this seriously. People will talk about this weird FIFA world cup for years to come. I still look at this and ask myself whether Bafana Bafana's matches won't be rigged (By Jan)...South Africa: Apartheid-Era Docs Shed Light on Israel's Worst-Kept Secret
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Hannah RubensteinNew York - A U.S. author is standing by claims that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to South Africa during the apartheid regime, despite denials by Israel's then-defence mi (By News Poster)...Kenya: As Nation Locks Up People Without Condoms, Aids And TB Are Breaking Out of Prisons
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Joseph AmonNairobi - Kenya has shown an impressive commitment to combating HIV and tuberculosis. It developed an ambitious programme for voluntary HIV counselling and testing, and was the first cou (By News Poster)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (07-06-2010)
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- So this week sees the kick-off of the FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa. I am not a football fan so will not be watching any of it, (By The BeardedMan)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Party Says Army Heightens Tensions
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Caiphas ChimheteHarare - THE Movement for Democratic Change led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called for the immediate withdrawal of soldiers deployed in the rural areas countrywide sayin (By News Poster)...AfricanCrisis from Orania - Meeting the people who run it - plenty of journalists - blacks make a nuisance...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Just a quick note. I've met one of the people who run Orania and we had a long conversation about Orania and the concepts behind it. Its actually very fascinating and goes back to a study done in the (By Jan)...Liberia: An Interview With President Sirleaf
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: Exclusive Interview Conducted by the Editorial Team of The Analyst newspaper With President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, June 8, 2010The Analyst (TA): You were out of the country for about three weeks in th (By News Poster)...ECOMOG Mobilized ULIMO Fighters To Fight Taylor (news)
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor’s 15th defense witness commenced his testimony today, telling the Special Court for Sierra Leone judges that Nigerian led West African peacekeepers mobilized several (By News Poster)...A pretty cool security idea from Canada...
Monday 07-Jun-2010: [I received this idea from a lady in Canada. But this sounds like a pretty neat idea that could be used in South Africa too. Jan] What to take to bed with you - not a joke. Pr (By Jan)...Somalia: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold Issues Statement on the Continuing Crisis in Somalia
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: The following is the complete statement by U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on the continuing situation in Somalia, as submitted to the congressional record.“Once again, I wish to express my concern a (By News Poster)...S.Africa: 2010 FIFA World cup... on my way to Orania... masses of black taxis heading to the soccer...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: My friend and I left for Orania at 4am in the morning. I was absolutely smashed from this week's workload at work and at home. I was feeling decidedly sick and tried to head off more problems by sleep (By Jan)...Nigeria: Checking Menace of Child Rape
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Yetunde BadaLagos - In all lands and climes, rape is a social ill heavily frowned at and in the African cultural setting, it is particularly a great taboo. Nigeria is, however, facing a frightening (By News Poster)...Namibia: David Soggot - Human Rights Lawyer (1931 to 2010)
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Catherine SasmanWindhoek - David Soggot was a South African lawyer, who spent a large part of his career defending the human rights of others and, in particular, stood in defence of many protagonis (By News Poster)...[Pic] S.Africa: Orania has its own radio station...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Orania now even has its own radio station. White kids in Orania are well disciplined and well mannered. The kids aren't miserable, they're actually quite outgoing and fun. In Orania the kids are (By Jan)...S.Africa: My Visit to Orania: The Children of Orania impressed me the most....
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: When I was in Orania I had a chance to observe the children a bit. Orania has a population of 730 people of whom 200 are children. You might think that in Orania you will find nothing but an ol (By Jan)...South Africa: Civil Rights Body Seeks Action on Zimbabwe Land Grabs
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Hopewell RadebeJohannesburg - CIVIL rights body AfriForum has threatened legal action against the government for failing to protect South African farmers in Zimbabwe, saying its members are being s (By News Poster)...Kenya: 'I Killed 17 People,' Kidnapper Tells Police
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Fred Mukinda and Macharia MwangiNairobi - A man has confessed to 17 murders across the country, police said on Tuesday.The former watchman with G4S told police he did not act alone but kidnapped, e (By News Poster)...S.Africa: Johannesburg - An unbelievable Driver's License renewal experience...
Monday 07-Jun-2010: [I appears, you no longer have to work any more. A good friend of mine sent me this note of his recent experience renewing his wife's driver's licence. We are now like any other African country where (By Jan)...Andre Visagie: Why I Left The AWB (Hello, Africa! Exclusive Interview)
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: Andre Visagie: Why I Left The AWB In an exclusive interview with The Right Perspective, Mnr. Andre Visagie explains why he left abruptly left his post as Secretary General at (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...Zimbabwe: More Divisions in Government as Mugabe Undermines Tsvangirai
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Alex BellMore cracks in the already shaky coalition government are appearing, after a trade agreement authorised by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was reversed this week, apparently on Robert Mug (By News Poster)...S.Africa: Will Jan Lamprecht be in Orania this weekend?
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: Just a quick note. A friend and I have been planning to go to Orania this year. We nearly went in January, but we aborted. He sms'd me tonight to say that he might have a chance to make it this wee (By Jan)...South Africa: Driver Was Drunk in Crash That Killed Mandela Great Granddaughter
Friday 11-Jun-2010: The great granddaughter of Nelson Mandela has been killed in a car accident after a attending a World Cup concert Thursday night. The driver of the car, which overturned, was drunk, police said Friday (By News Poster)...Orania - The Monkey crossing...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: After the rotten town of Luckoff.... we saw a sign that said "Monkey crossing". I have never seen anything like that before... and lo and behold lots of monkeys were running across the road!!! The (By Jan)...On the road to Orania...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: I am posting this from my cell phone. We are about 40 minutes from Orania in the black town of Luckoff which looks as if the first letter of the name should have been an F. We made a wrong turn. (By Jan)...Nigeria: On the Proposed Fuel Price Hike
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Lagos - Nigeria, available facts indicate, is the only major exporter of crude oil that is a net importer of the refined products. Similarly, the pump price of N65 per litre of premium motor spirit (p (By News Poster)...South Africa: Integrate TB-HIV Services!
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Kerry CullinanSeven out of 10 South Africans with TB also have HIV, yet they have to get their TB and HIV treatment in different clinics.The buzzword at this week's national TB conference in Durban (By News Poster)...South Africa: A Bishop's Pursuit of Justice for Shack Dwellers
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Emma PomfretThe first black South African to hold the position of bishop of the Anglican diocese of Natal, and chairman of the KwaZulu-Natal Christian Council (KZNCC), Rubin Phillip, is currently i (By News Poster)...Sudan: Civilians Still in Firing Line in Darfur, Security Council Hears
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: Sudanese Government-sponsored attacks against civilians continue in Darfur, with thousands of people freshly displaced from their villages and sexual violence against women also widespread, the chief (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Mugabe and Tsvangirai Clash as Korean Deal Cancelled
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Kitsepile NyathiHarare - A fresh turf war has emerged between Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai after the veteran ruler reversed a bilateral Investment Protectio (By News Poster)...Burundi: Election Fraud Claims Polarize Nation
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Bujumbura - Allegations of massive fraud during May's local elections in Burundi have cast a shadow over the country's democratic transition, prompting international calls for compromise rather than c (By News Poster)...South Africa: Fraud Syndicates a Threat to World Cup Supporters
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Sanchia TemkinJohannesburg - FRAUD is on the increase as the World Cup approaches, yet few companies have taken steps to combat it, say forensic analysts."In fact the opposite is taking place," say (By News Poster)...South Africa: Gold Mines a "TB Factory"
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Lesley OdendalThe gold mining sector came under heavy criticism from clinicians, ex-miners, advocacy groups and the Minister of Health for the TB crisis it faces at the recent South African TB Conf (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Robbers Threaten to Invade Banks in Abia
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Emmanuel UgwuUmuahia - A rash of security beef up has commenced at commercial banks in Umuahia, the capital of Abia state, following a threat letter allegedly sent by armed robbers asking the banks (By News Poster)...Namibia: Murdered Mother Was Stabbed 39 Times
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Werner MengesMURDER victim Phenny Ipinge, who died at the hands of her own son near the end of 2006, was stabbed 39 times in the attack that ended her life.A report on the autopsy done on Ipinge's (By News Poster)...South Africa: South Africa Sets Up Cabinet Committee to Deal With Xenophobia
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Tichaona SibandaThe South African government has set up a ministerial task force to closely monitor 'xenophobic hotspots' following reports there was a high risk of renewed attacks on political and (By News Poster)...Sudan: Oil Consortium Behind War Crimes - Aid Agencies
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By SearchFrank Mulder - The entry of a Swedish-led oil consortium into southern Sudan in 1997 triggered civil war and crimes against humanity, claims a European coalition of aid agencies.The European (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Four Killed in New Jos Trouble
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Andrew Agbese & Mahmud LaloJos - At least four persons were killed while two others were seriously injured in Jos yesterday when commercial motorcycle riders known as okada clashed with men of the (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Four Killed in New Jos Trouble
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Andrew Agbese and Mahmud LaloJos - At least four persons were killed while two others were seriously injured in Jos yesterday when commercial motorcycle riders known as okada clashed with men of th (By News Poster)...Kenya: 'I Still Have 83 More Women to Kill'
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Nairobi - Philip Onyancha, the 32-year-old former watchman, had a busy day on Wednesday.In the morning he took police officers, with the media in tow, to the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company offices (By News Poster)...Uganda: Pro-Govt Militia Attack Opposition Protest
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Gerald BareebeDr Kizza Besigye, the Forum for Democratic Change president, was yesterday flogged by policemen and members of the Kiboko Squad vigilante group as he led a demonstration against the E (By News Poster)...Nigeria: One Year of Sanusi's Operation Full Disclosure
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Babajide KomolafeThe first year of Mallam Lamido Sanusi as Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been not surprisingly turbulent with unprecedented radical developments in the nation's finan (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Why Adequate Power Will Remain Elusive!
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Les LebaInadequate power supply has choked the development and growth of Nigeria's economy, particularly in the last two decades. The Punch Newspapers editorial of 22/3/2010 explicitly paints this (By News Poster)...South Africa: Govt Urged to Intervene on Harassment of Citizens in Zimbabwe
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Alex BellThe South African government is being urged to immediately intervene in ongoing attacks against South African farmers in Zimbabwe, where at least 16 people have faced aggressive land seizu (By News Poster)...SA 2010 - Who Will Steal the Show?
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Opimist Y. HabilaLagos - Is it foolish, or silly, to ask "who, in your own opinion, you think will steal the show at South Africa 2010? Of course, there is no doubt you are very much aware that wor (By News Poster)...Egypt: Brutal Police Killing of Young Man Must be Investigated
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Amnesty International is calling for an immediate, full and independent investigation into the brutal killing of a 28-year-old Egyptian man, Khaled Mohammed Said, while in the hands of Egyptian securi (By News Poster)...USA: Stock Markets: WORLDWIDE RECESSION FEARS: Gold trades at record prices on recession worries
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: [So folks... remember all that talk of "The Recession is over...?" What a load of nonsense... as I and others said all along. I was looking at the latest Point-and-Figure charts are pointing to a fall (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Declaration By Friends of Zimbabwe Group in Oslo
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Declaration by Friends of Zimbabwe GroupThe following statement was agreed upon by the countries attending a meeting of the Friends of Zimbabwe held in Oslo on June 1, 2010.Participants: U.S., Austral (By News Poster)...South Africa: ATMs Under Siege
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: Cape Town - With thousands of cash-flush visitors pouring into the city for the World Cup next week, ATMs in many prime tourist spots are being targeted by slick syndicates.A senior police source sa (By News Poster)...Ethiopia: Government Denies Food Aid 'Manipulated' for Political Gain
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Addis Ababa - After harvesting just 50kg of grain last year from his tiny plot in an arid corner of Ethiopia's Amhara region, Asmenaw Keflegn knew he would have to ask for help.But when the 44-year-ol (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Stadium Crush Sends Warning
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Joseph OpioApril 11, 2001, in South African football, is as traumatic a date as any. In fact, it is a date that is supposed to serve as a cautionary tale to the perils of football and the near-fata (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Israel Inciting Violence in Nation - Iran
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Raliat AhmedAbuja - Ambassador of Iran to Nigeria, Khosrow Rezazadeh, has alleged that Israel, through its diplomatic mission, was using some religious organisations in Nigeria to cause a sectarian (By News Poster)...Changing Economics Require a New Agricultural Revolution
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Hopewell RadebeJohannesburg - THE country's agricultural business sector needs to lobby the government to reposition the industry and reassess the viability of markets that have been importing most (By News Poster)...Africa: South Africa Bars 'Unconstitutional' Leaders from World Cup
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Sydney KawadzaJohannesburg - PRESIDENT Mugabe arrived here yesterday afternoon to join other African leaders for the official opening of the historic Fifa 2010 Soccer World Cup at Soccer City Stadi (By News Poster)...Sierra Leone and Guinea Helped In The Formation of LURD (news)
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor’s defense lawyers presented two witnesses before Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today. One, a former fighter in Liberia and Sierra Leone, told the court tha (By News Poster)...South Africa: Reports Shows 33 Journalists Have Been Killed So Far This Year
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Chantelle BenjaminJohannesburg - A REPORT reveals that 33 journalists have been killed so far this year, with those deaths that took place in South America largely linked to coverage of drug traffi (By News Poster)...USA: Stock Markets: Buyers take a shine to new gold ETF - Gold still lifting off for the moon...
Monday 07-Jun-2010: [Great stuff! And today, Gold exploded upwards. It is at $1200 ... but the P&F's show the next target as: $1600... so stick around. Jan] BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Strong demand for a closed-end fund (By Jan)...Uganda: Museveni Orders Trial of CHOGM Suspects
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By John NjorogeKampala - The success of CHOGM [Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting] notwithstanding, I do not condone the actions of those public officials who abused procedures and mismanaged an (By News Poster)...Somalia: Puntland President Praises Anti-Piracy Raids, Condemns Clan Rebels
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: The president of Somalia's Puntland State Dr. Abdirahman Mohammed Farole has returned to the administrative capital of Garowe from long trip to some foreign countries where he also attended UN-sponsor (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Diamond Watchdog Charged, Plus Two MDC MPs in Custody
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Violet GondaFarai Maguwu, the Marange diamonds watchdog who was arrested last Thursday was formally charged by police in Harare on Monday. One of his lawyers, Trust Maanda, said the activist is yet (By News Poster)...South Africa: Making the Most of the Power of Concentration
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Hilary JoffeJohannesburg - IT WAS the beginning of the end of a marathon process, which began more than five years ago with widespread complaints about high bank charges, and reached the final stre (By News Poster)...Nigeria: CBN Jerks Up Capital Base of Micro-Finance Banks By 500 Percent
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Babajide KomolafeThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to increase the minimum paid-up capital of Unit Micro-Finance Banks (MFBs) by 500 per cent to N100 million. It also increased that of State (By News Poster)...Kenya: Onyancha Leads Police to Five More Murder Scenes
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Dominic WabalaNairobi - Self-confessed serial killer Philip Onyancha on Friday led detectives from the Special Crime Prevention Unit to five more locations around the city where he says he committe (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: State Debt to Hit U.S.$8,6 Billion
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Paul NyakazeyaTHE International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees Zimbabwe's domestic and foreign debt increasing by US$1 billion to US$8,6 billion by year-end.The debt will be close to thrice the Gross Dom (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Deadlocked Unity Govt Leaders Call in Zuma
Friday 11-Jun-2010: POLITICAL principals of the stumbling coalition government on Tuesday failed to agree on issues recently referred to them by their party negotiators, in a move which left them with little choice but t (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Principals Declare Deadlock, Refer Stalemate to Zuma
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Tichaona SibandaSouth African Foreign Affairs officials in Pretoria are making frantic efforts to squeeze in a meeting between President Jacob Zuma and the three principals who will be at the offic (By News Poster)...Somalia: America Can't Ignore Somalia Any Longer
Monday 07-Jun-2010: On Saturday, US law enforcement officers arrested two men at Kennedy International Airport who were on their way to join the Somali Islamic extremist group, Al Shabaab.Mr Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, 20, a (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Ghanaian With Arms and Ammunition Arrested in Lagos
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: By John IworiLagos - Men of the Nigerian Customs Service have arrested a Ghanaian with arms and ammunitions in Lagos.The suspect who is a middle-aged man was arrested with the assorted dangerous impor (By News Poster)...Zambia: Food Security for HIV-Positive Farmers
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Gethsemane MwizabiI cannot remember the last time I bought a bag of mealie meal from a shop. I have enough maize to see me all year round, says Mary Chanda 38, of Chifubu Township in Ndola.Ms Chand (By News Poster)...Nigeria: How Policemen Asked for Money to Investigate Robbery
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Abdulwahab AbdulahLagos - An Ikeja High Court was Thursday,told how two policemen demanded money from a community to investigate an alleged armed robbery case.The revelation was made by Chief Adeni (By News Poster)...S.Africa: 2010: FIFA World cup - opening ceremony... a big flop? FIFA will investigate...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: While I was in Orania a friend of mine in Johannesburg sent me some SMS's. He said that a family member of his in Australia asked why the stadium was empty during the opening ceremony of the FIFA worl (By Jan)...South Africa: Banks Pleased Global Tax is Axed
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Sure KamhungaJohannesburg - BANKERS and tax experts in SA said yesterday common sense had prevailed when the Group of 20 (G-20) countries agreed a global bank tax was not a good idea.They said they (By News Poster)...South Africa: Fleet of Nuclear Power Stations 'Will Limit Costs'
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - SA SHOULD build a fleet of nuclear power stations in order to limit costs and build a local manufacturing industry, the integrated resource plan stakeholder session hea (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Fugitive Nabbed At Border Post
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Innocent RuwendeHarare - ONE of the two suspected robbers who took advantage of the absence of prison officers to escape from custody at the Rotten Row Magistrates' Courts last week has been arrest (By News Poster)...South Africa: Plan to Keep Economic Migrants at Home is Bearing Fruit
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Loyiso LangeniJohannesburg - A THREE-year project, costing R45m, to help ensure food security in poverty-stricken Guinea in west Africa is showing positive results, says the Department of Internati (By News Poster)...Nigeria: House Raises Alarm Over Fuel Tank Farms
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Chika Amanze-Nwachuku and Ejiofor AlikeLagos - The House of Representatives Committee on the Downstream Sector has raised concern over the poor state of tank farms in Lagos, particularly as it rela (By News Poster)...West Africa: Government Hosts EBID Board Meeting
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Sheriff JankoThe Gambia yesterday played host to the 8th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Ecowas Bank for Investment and Development (Ebid) at the Kairaba Beach Hotel.Ebid was establ (By News Poster)...Angola: Censorship Shrouds Journalist's Killing
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Rafael Marques De MoraisOn 8 January, while Angola was hosting the African Cup of Nations, the country made worldwide headlines after a deadly attack on the Togolese national soccer team, which lef (By News Poster)...Kenya: Online Portals Raise Banks Spending on IT Systems Security
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Immaculate KarambuBanks are fast turning to online transactions to expand their customer reach and step in line with modern financial trends.Globally, this recent way of banking is not only being u (By News Poster)...Africa: Africa Needs Investment in Infrastructure to Maintain Economic Growth - AFDB
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Goddie Ofose With Agency ReportLagos - Chief Operating Officer of African Development Bank (AfDB), Nkosana Moyo, has said that Africa needs investments of at least $93 billion in power plants and r (By News Poster)...This Week in the Khuta - 2010 Fifa World Cup a Reality, but Beware
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: By Nyasha NyaungwaThis Friday the 11th of June South Africa stands at the threshold of making history as the first-ever African nation to host the FIFA World Cup.I have never doubted South Africa's ab (By News Poster)...Ethiopia: Final Report On Five-Year Plan
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Zekarias HaddushThe Ethiopian economy has been growing for the last four years at an average of 11.8pc, Sufian Ahmed, minister of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED), told members of Parliamen (By News Poster)...Activist: ICC Gives Africa Hope
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: As the first Review Conference of the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court takes stock of the ICC's achievements and considers amendments to strengthen the pursuit of justice (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Militant Group Claims Oil Pipeline Attack
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Segun JamesYenagoa - A militant group yesterday claimed it has attacked an oil pipeline in the Niger Delta area that is operated by a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, which said no such assault (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Multichoice Relaunches DSTV Mobile
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: By Ovwe MedemeLagos - As part of initiatives to enable subscribers optimise the quality of their TV viewing time, Nigeria's premium pay-TV operator, MultiChoice, has re-introduced DStv Mobile, a tripa (By News Poster)...Judges Grant Prosecution Request (news)
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Alpha SesayToday, judges pushed back the cross-examination of a former Liberian fighter for another 11 days, as prosecutors prepare to challenge his account of the role foreign agents played in try (By News Poster)...Kenya: U.S. Vice-President Biden Arrives for Three-Day Trip
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Kevin Kelly and Walter MenyaNairobi - US Vice-President Joe Biden's three-day visit in Kenya is expected to cost American taxpayers at least US $ 2 million or Sh 160 million according to estimates (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans in South Africa Cash in on World Cup Merchandise
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Lance GumaThere are an estimated 3 million Zimbabweans in South Africa who fled political and economic strife in their homeland. With the FIFA World Cup set to kick off on Friday thousands of Zimba (By News Poster)...Uganda: EU Seeks Obama's Support On Crime of Aggression
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Cyprian MusokeKampala - After meeting resistance from the United States International Criminal Court (ICC) delegation over the crime of aggression, the European Union has turned to President Barrac (By News Poster)...Namibia: Woman Remembers 1999 Caprivi Killings
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithAFTER he allegedly shot her brother six times and then slit his throat, the alleged executioner, Captain Henry Mwilima of the Namibia Defence Force, then ate tinned beef while family (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Diamond Researcher 'Snatched' From Jail
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: By Sandra MandizvidzaHarare - THE intrigue surrounding the detention of a researcher whose organisation has exposed serious human rights violations at the notorious Chiadzwa diamond fields deepened af (By News Poster)...Liberia: Criminal Court 'D' Indicts 7 Armed Robbers
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Marcus ZolehSeven alleged armed robbers were yesterday indicted by the Government of Liberia for the crime of armed robbery.The men, under heavy security protection were taken to Criminal Court "D" (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Group Rejects Claim That Diamonds Are Clean
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Violet GondaThe saga surrounding Zimbabwe's controversial diamonds took a new twist on Wednesday. An organisation which is a member of the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition has denounced a (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Microbicides Vital Weapon Against Aids Pandemic
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Elizabeth Mataka and Zeda RosenbergHarare - African women are no strangers to overcoming adversity. Everyday across Zimbabwe, women perform small miracles, working long hours or travelling great di (By News Poster)...Gambia: Electric Power Market Forum Kicks-Off
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Amadou JallowThe Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) is currently hosting a five-day forum on the Organisation of the electric power market structure for members of the African Forum for U (By News Poster)...Kenya: Five Dead in Nairobi Blast
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: By Lucas Barasa, John Njagi and John NgirachuNairobi - Five people died and more than 70 others were on Sunday hurt after two explosions caused a stampede at a 'No' rally in Nairobi's Uhuru Park.The e (By News Poster)...Rwanda: A Country That Embraces Environmental Conservation - Energy Globe
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Fred Oluoch-OjiwahKigali - Energy Globe Foundation, an Austrian Not for Profit Organization, recently hosted its annual Energy Globe Awards in Rwanda. The awards is one of the most prominent enviro (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Navy Promises Oil Thieves Hell in Niger Delta
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Omon-Julius OnabuWarri - Nigerian Naval Ship (NNS Delta) has promised to make life uncomfortable for all those engaged in illegal bunkering and other acts of economic sabotage against the oil and g (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Didymus Mutasa Behind Fresh Wave of Farm Seizures
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Alex BellZANU PF henchman Didymus Mutasa is believed to be behind the latest wave of farm seizures across the country, after ordering land invaders to ignore court orders protecting commercial land (By News Poster)...Sierra Leone: After Success at Home with UN, Sierra Leonean Police Officer Helps Women in Darfur
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Having seen first-hand how United Nations female peacekeepers helped her own country rebuild, Sierra Leone's highest-ranking female police officer is now hoping to duplicate those successes in the war (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Floating Islamic Bond is Long Overdue - Sheikh Muhammad
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Sheikh Ziyaad Muhammad is an Islamic finance scholar from South Africa. He is the founder and CEO of the Islamic Finance Institute of South Africa (IFISA), the only dedicated Islamic finance training (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: State Drops Reference to KP Monitor in Diamond Researcher's Charge
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Violet GondaFarai Maguwu finally appeared in court on Tuesday, six days after his initial arrest in Mutare, which was in violation of his constitutional rights.The Director of the Centre for Resear (By News Poster)...Nigeria: SS1 Student Killed, 16 Injure as Ex-Militants Go on Rampage
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Dayo JohnsonAkure - EX-Militants in the Ese- Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State recently went on the rampage in Akpata Community.In the aftermath, an 18-year-old JSS1 student, Posowei Obiko, w (By News Poster)...South Africa: Ruling Party Backs Off Union Leader
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Karima BrownJohannesburg - THE African National Congress (ANC) yesterday quietly dropped all discussion about sanctions against Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwe (By News Poster)...Namibia: Cocaine Suspects Fail With Acquittal Bid
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Werner MengesTHE legal burden carried by the two Angolans facing charges of dealing in a Namibian record quantity of cocaine at Keetmanshoop between the end of 2007 and September 2008 lightened by (By News Poster)...Rwanda: U.S. Lawyer's Trial Not Political, Says Govt
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Edmund KagireKigali - The Minister of Foreign Affairs Louise Mushikiwabo yesterday issued a stern warning to revisionists and ideologues who engage in Genocide denial that they will be prosecuted a (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Chief Imam, 14 Others Killed As Fulani Herdsmen, Farmers Clash
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Chinwendu NnadozieMinna - About fifteen persons, including a Chief Imam and village head of Yelwa town, Alfa Sani, lost their lives when hostilities broke out on Sunday between Fulani cattle herdsm (By News Poster)...Kenya: Top Banks Attack Costs in Battle for Earnings Momentum
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Emanuel WereNairobi - Kenya's top banks are starting to show strong signs of recovery in a year that is expected to see rising competition to expand lending.After a tough fourth quarter in 2009 tha (By News Poster)...Uganda: Pro-Govt Militia Attack Opposition Protest
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Rodney Muhumuza & Andrew BagalaKampala - Men wielding sticks yesterday besieged the Clock Tower precincts in Kampala and, along with uniformed police officers, successfully disrupted a planned rall (By News Poster)...South Africa: ARV Vaginal Ring Next Prevention Hope
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Lungi LangaResearchers have started testing the safety a vaginal ring containing an antiretroviral drug in South Africa in the hope that it has the potential to prevent HIV infection in women.The c (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: State Meets KP Criteria
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Takunda MaodzaHarare - ZIMBABWE has satisfied the minimum Kimberley Process Certification Scheme requirements to trade in rough diamonds and the KPCS is ready to supervise export arrangements, KPCS (By News Poster)...West Africa: Niger Delta - Five Oil Firms Reject ECOWAS Court
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Davidson IriekpenLagos - Five oil companies in the country led by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have rejected the power and jurisdiction of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justic (By News Poster)...Africa: International Criminal Court Accused of Bias
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Charles KazoobaNairobi - Parliamentarians from member-countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa are accusing the Court for selectively pursuing justice by focusing on investigat (By News Poster)...Nigeria: NAFDAC Impounds Consignments of Fake Drugs Valued At N500 Million
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Florence UdohLagos - The National Agency of Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted and impounded consignments of Fake Drugs imported through NAHCO Shed of Murtala Mohamm (By News Poster)...Africa: How Will Continent's Sides Fare in World Cup?
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Nick SaidAfrica will have a record six representatives at the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals, but just how will they fare amongst a field that is the strongest ever put together for the global showpiec (By News Poster)...Kenya: New Mobile Product Heats Up Rivalry Among Telecom Agents
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Victor JumaFamily Bank's launch of another mobile-based bank account (Pesa Pap) that links up with M-Pesa sets the stage for a renewed competition among telecom agents, especially in urban areas, a (By News Poster)...Property Price Boom at Coast
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Desie HeitaWindhoek - Prices of property at the coast are still appreciating, which together with the development of new houses in Windhoek's Cimbebasia suburb, have pushed up the house price index (By News Poster)...Africa: World Court Review Decides On Crime of Aggression
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: By Patricia Okoed BukumunheA two-week review conference for the International Criminal Court has ended with delegates failing to agree fully on what was considered the most crucial objective of the me (By News Poster)...Africa: African Gov'ts Urged Not to Rely on Foreign Funds to Cambat HIV/Aids
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Khopotso BodibeThe majority of countries in sub-Saharan Africa rely on foreign funding to run their national AIDS programmes. But this over-reliance on donor agencies is now proving unsustainable a (By News Poster)...Nigeria: On Dansadau Committee and Agis Cleansing
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Nasir ImamOn 15 April, 2010, Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, suspended further allocation due to what he described as gross abuse of delegated authorities, defic (By News Poster)...Uganda: Police Chief Tackles Fresh Rebel Scare
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Police chief Maj.Gen. Kale Kayihura, has gone to Kyanamukaka Sub-county in Masaka District to ascertain reports that there is a rebel group operating in the area.This followes the murder of Scovia Nak (By News Poster)...Nigeria: President Supports Banking Reforms, Says Governor
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Ayodele AminuLagos - Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has said that he has no problem with President Goodluck Jonathan and that the President is in support of the banking (By News Poster)...Uganda: Government Jobs Not Fairly Distributed - Poll
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Tabu ButagiraKampala - A majority of Ugandans feel that government jobs are not distributed proportionally, a Daily Monitor opinion poll shows. Of 2,000 respondents across the country interviewed b (By News Poster)...Gambia: Twelve Alleged Drug Dealers Arraigned Plead Not Guilty, Remanded
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Sanna JawaraThe 12 suspects who were arrested by the Gambian authorities for allegedly dealing in illicit drug (cocaine) Wednesday appeared at the Banjul Magistrates Court to face charges levelled (By News Poster)...Mushonga Estate Dispute - Gender Activists Join the Fray
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Sandra MandizvidzaSTORIES of bitter squabbles between widows and their in-laws over property left behind by deceased spouses are very common in Zimbabwe.But still the battle for the late orthopaedi (By News Poster)...Nigeria: N500 Billion Bailout Package for Domestic Airlines?
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Daniel OmaleLike wildfire, the news of a N500 billion bailout package for airlines spread to every stakeholder in the aviation industry in Nigeria, last week.While some claimed to have read the sto (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Dubai Police Revoke Former governor's Bail
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Paul Ohia With Agency ReportLagos - Former governor of Delta State, James Ibori would have to remain in jail while awaiting the result of his extradition hearing in Dubai, United Arab Emirate as th (By News Poster)...Diamond Researcher Denied Bail (news)
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Violet GondaA Harare magistrate on Thursday denied bail to Farai Maguwu and remanded him in custody. Maguwu is the diamond researcher who was arrested last Thursday, shortly after giving evidence t (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Drugs - U.S. Treasury Defends Action Against Bachir
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Paul FauvetMozambican businessman Mohamed Bachir Sulemane, named last week by US President Barack Obama as a drug baron, "imports heroin from south-east Asia and cocaine and marijuana from Latin Am (By News Poster)...PM Tsvangirai's Korea Deal 'Null and Void'
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Mabasa SasaHarare - Zimbabwe and South Korea do not have a bilateral investment protection and promotion agreement (BIPPA) contrary to claims by the Prime Minister's Office, it has emerged.It is al (By News Poster)...Somalia: Contact Group on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia Meets in New York
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: The United States will join partners from more than 50 countries and international organizations at the United Nations in New York June 10 for a plenary meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: End Harassment of Monitor, Improve Accountability
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) today expressed grave concern regarding the June 3 arrest of Farai Maguwu, director of the Mutare-based Centre for Research and Development (CR (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Nation May Become a Failed State - Waziri
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Louis AchiAbuja - The consequence of not fighting corruption to its logical conclusion would be the failure of Nigeria as an important, emerging nation state. Chairman of the Economic and Financial (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Court Denies Bail to U.S. Defense Counsel
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Edmund KagireKigali - The embattled American lawyer Peter Erlinder was yesterday remanded by the Intermediate Court of Gasabo on grounds of "serious indices of culpability" in his case of genocide (By News Poster)...Uganda: Should a Politician Found Guilty of Electoral Malpractices Be Allowed to Stand Again?
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Kampala - What are the views of the NRM and the opposition on the topic of the week? Sunday Vision pits opposition columnist Wafula Oguttu against Government representative Ofwono Opondo.WAFULA OGUTTU (By News Poster)...Nigeria: One Year in Office Sanusi's 'Difficult Decisions'
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Last Friday Nigeria's central bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi marked a year in office.He was appointed by the former President Umaru Musa Yar'adua on June 3, 2009.Perhaps the most earthshaking deci (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bank Robbery - Orji's Aide Reassures Aba Residents
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Stove OkoUmuahia - Abia State Government has re-assured residents of Aba, the commercial nerve centre of the state of their maximum security and protection.This is coming on the heels of weeks of i (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Drugs - Dhlakama Reacts to Bachir Case
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Maputo - Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has claimed that the naming of Mozambican businessman Mohamed Bachir Suleman as a drug baron " (By News Poster)...East Africa: U.S. Vice-President's Visit Underlines Strategic Interest
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Fred OluochNairobi - Why does US Vice-President Joe Biden all of a sudden want to visit Kenya, when his boss refuses be seen in public together with the two leaders of this East African nation?As K (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Rwanda Buries Bodies From 1994 Genocide
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: The bodies of 79 victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide discovered in the past few days have been buried. The remains, which were found after new information was given to authorities, were interred at t (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Biti Reinstates Time Bank Licence
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Leonard MakombeFINANCE minister Tendai Biti has reinstated Time Bank Zimbabwe Ltd's licence erroneously cancelled by the registrar of banks four years ago.Time Bank's licence was cancelled in 2006, (By News Poster)...Angola: China Exports Surge But Europe Debt Crisis Looms
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Beijing - China's exports surged by nearly 50 percent in May but analysts warned Europe's debt crisis is likely to hurt the recovery in trade.Exports rose 48.5 percent in May, while imports were up 48 (By News Poster)...USA: Stock markets: Gold price hits new record as it breaks through $1,250
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: [As I said... Jan] The price of gold rose to an all-time high point above $1,250 an ounce on Tuesday, as investors nervous about the weak state of the global economy sought safety in the precious m (By Jan)...Fire Killer Jailed for 35 Years
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Werner MengesAROAB resident Paul Steenkamp, who murdered his wife five years ago by throwing petrol over her and setting her on fire, could spend the rest of his days in prison after he was sentenc (By News Poster)...Namibia: Seal Activists Ready to Prevent 2010 Culling
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichThe annual fur seal culling season in Namibia, which is set to start on July 1, might possibly escape the international limelight due to the Fifa World Cup in South Africa, but ani (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Interfin, CFX Bank Merger Nearly Done
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Golden SibandaHarare - INTERFIN Merchant Bank and CFX Bank Limited could complete merging their operations later this month to form Interfin Banking Corporation, paving the way for reverse listing (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mining Output Rises Except for Gold, Copper
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Simon MundyJohannesburg - SA's mining industry continued its recovery from the global economic downturn in April, with output growing 2,7% year on year, although there were lower production figures (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - Lessons for Jonathan
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Timawus MathiasThe Gulf of Mexico Deep Water Horizon oil spillage has garnered international attention for most of the past 6 weeks. Today respite is in sight as the oil giant BP appeared to have s (By News Poster)...Somalia: Fresh Mogadishu Violence Claims Dozens
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: At least 13 people have been killed and several others injured in heavy clashes and roadside bomb blast that rocked Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said.A landmine explosi (By News Poster)...Uganda: Plays Hardball With Tullow Over U.S.$1.3 Billion Windfall
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Michael Wakabi and Ester NakkaziNairobi - The Ugandan government has refused to allow Tullow to gain full control of Heritage Oil and Gas until it looks at the production shareholder agreement (PSA (By News Poster)...Kenya: Poor Livestock Disease Monitoring Confines Herders to Poverty
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Steve MbogoLivestock diseases have put Kenya under siege.This sorry state of affairs is a creation of a combination of factors that have complicated animal and disease surveillance in "an agricultu (By News Poster)...Somalia: Two Peacekeepers Killed in Mogadishu Clashes
Monday 07-Jun-2010: A spokesman for African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) confirms that two Ugandan soldiers serving the mission have been killed in last week's clashes that rocked Somalia's capital Moga (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Drugs - US Embassy Contradicts Interior Minister
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Maputo - The US embassy in Maputo has told reporters that the US government's decision to name Mozambican businessman Mohamed Bachir Suleman as a drugs "kingpin" was duly transmitted to the Mozambican (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Super Eagles Tackle Argentina
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: By Yemi Adebowale, with Duro Ikhazuagbe in Johannesburg and agency reportsLagos - Nigeria will today take on South American football power house, Argentina, in Group B as both countries commence thei (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Absence of Cyber Crime Law, Threat to ICT Investment
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Christopher AdedejiAbuja - National Information technology Development Agency (NITDA) has attributed low investments in Information Technology (IT) to absence of cyber crime law in NigeriaThe Direc (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Vices And Their Impact in Nation
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: IN Nigeria a sudden twist and trend toward the use of vice to acquire wealth took its toll during the early '90s this began with the formation of dubious banks which drained investible money from the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Grain SA's Plea to Export Surplus Maize
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Hopewell RadebeJohannesburg - THE South African grain industry is to apply to the Competition Commission for an exemption that will enable it to set up a pool to export 5-million tons of excess mai (By News Poster)...Namibia: EPA Talks Resume
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Desie HeitaWindhoek - Talks have resumed over the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and European Union's interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).Central to the discussion was the i (By News Poster)...Africa: TB Patients Not Getting HIV Counselling
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Durban - Too many tuberculosis patients are not receiving counselling about the link between TB and HIV, according to new research.A study by South Africa's University of the Free State (USF), involvi (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Sect Leader Resists Immunisation, Attacks Cop
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By George MapongaTHE leader of a Johane Masowe Chishanu Apostolic Sect in Gutu is accused of brutally assaulting an armed policewoman who tried to convince him to get his seven children immunised agai (By News Poster)...Nigeria: AGF - We'll Protect EFCC From Corrupt Individuals
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Kunle Aderinokun and Abimbola AjaniAbuja - The Federal Government yesterday assured that, it will continue to support, strengthen and protect the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) fro (By News Poster)...South Africa: Robust Rand Reaches Fresh High Ahead of World Cup
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Mariam IsaJohannesburg - THE robust rand has taken a bow on the eve of the Soccer World Cup, rallying to a near three-and- a-half-year peak against the euro and clawing back some of its recent loss (By News Poster)...Global Witness rejects claim that diamonds are clean (press release)
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: State-sponsored violence and human rights abuses are still taking place in the diamond fields of eastern Zimbabwe, in contrast to claims made in a leaked report from the Kimberley Process Certificatio (By News Poster)...Swaziland: After Cyclone, Alien Seeds Cause Environmental Problems
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: Mbabane - The effects of Cyclone Demonia are still being felt a quarter of a century after it ripped through landlocked Swaziland. The once-in-a-generation storm system swept in from the Indian Ocean (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Country Seeks Solutions to Marine Pollution
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican authorities are preparing a contingency plan to deal with marine hydrocarbon pollution.This National Contingency Plan to Fight Against Hydrocarbon Pollution was drafted by the (By News Poster)...Uganda: UN Rights Chief Urges Probe Into Army Gun Seizure Operations
Monday 07-Jun-2010: United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay today urged Ugandan authorities to investigate violations of human rights during army operations to disarm residents of the remote north-eastern region of (By News Poster)...Egypt: Brotherhood in Line for Power?
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Sara PerssonFor half a decade political power in Egypt has tried to neutralise the Muslim Brotherhood ahead of the change of President next year. Some say, therefore, that it is against this backdr (By News Poster)...Africa: African Religious Leaders Warn About HIV During World Cup
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Fredrick NzwiliNairobi - A group of African Christian and Muslim leaders is warning of increased vulnerability to HIV infections during the soccer World Cup in South Africa which runs for a month f (By News Poster)...Details Emerge On Shaduka's Defence
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Werner MengesTHE fatal shooting of Selma Shaimemanya was an accident that happened when she fell against her husband, businessman Lazarus Shaduka, while he had a loaded pistol in his hands, it was (By News Poster)...Somalia: Senior Al-Shabaab Commander Injured in Mogadishu Clashes
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Confidential reports that reached Garowe Online suggest that a senior Al-Shabaab commander has been seriously wounded in last week's clashes that rocked northern Mogadishu districts.Sheikh Mukhtar Rob (By News Poster)...South Africa: UN Lauds South African Travel Industry's Signing of Code Denouncing Sex Tourism
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: South Africa's travel and hotel industries have signed a code of conduct designed to protect children against sex tourism, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today, praising the ethical (By News Poster)...Namibia: Staple Food Prices On the Rise As Winter Hits
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyLEAN times will continue through the winter with food price analysts expecting more expensive meat, maize meal, fruit and vegetables.Releasing the latest First Capital Food Price Index (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: No Bail for Diesel Theft Suspects
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Harare - Plastic making company Pro-Plastic last month allegedly lost 1 900 litres of diesel worth US$2 000 to two employees who connived with a truck driver to steal the fuel.Graffin Mambiravana (43) (By News Poster)...Uganda: Cocaine Woman on Police Wanted List
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Patrick JaramogiKampala - The Ugandan woman who was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya with narcotics worth sh2.2b (Ksh85m) was on Uganda's list of most wanted pe (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Government Ordered to Release Hidden Election Report
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Alex BellThe South African government has been ordered to release a hidden report on the 2002 elections in Zimbabwe, after a successful court bid by a local newspaper.Since 2008 the Mail & Guardian (By News Poster)...Africa: Developed World Inhibits African Trade - Report
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Cape Town - Developed countries have responded to the global financial crisis by adopting protectionist measures which have damaged Africa's chances of boosting its exports, according to a major new r (By News Poster)...Kenya: Lucky Escape from Serial Killer
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Dominic WabalaNairobi - Two women have told of their lucky escape from self-confessed serial killer Philip Onyancha.Ms Philis Okumu lived with her husband at the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company (By News Poster)...Uganda: Hunger Looms As Cassava Streak Hits Teso Fields
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Frederick WomakuyuKampala - On a sixty-acre farm in Karewu, Bukedea district, the lower leaves of the cassava crop have turned yellow and the tubers are brown and hard when peeled. Experts say thes (By News Poster)...Nigeria: British Court Jails Governor's Sister, Associate
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Achilleus-Chud UchegbuA Southwark London Crown Court yesterday jailed Christine Ibori-Ibie, sister of former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, and his mistress Udoamaka Onuigbo Okoronkwo 21 (By News Poster)...Namibia: One Heist Suspect Charged, 'Kingpin' Still At Large
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Denver KistingTHE alleged kingpin in the largest cash-in-transit-heist in Namibian history, Simson Matias, has in all likelihood fled to Angola.His colleague, who claimed to have been handcuffed by (By News Poster)...Namibia: Keharanjo Denies Kidnapping
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichTHE young traditional chief of the Ovambanderu community, Keharanjo II Nguvauva, yesterday denied that he was kidnapped on Saturday from his older brother's Katutura house and said (By News Poster)...Somalia: Puntland President Returns from Trip Abroad
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: The president of Somalia's Puntland state Dr. Abdirahman Mohammed Farole has returned to the administrative capital of Garowe from long trip to some foreign countries where he also attended UN-sponsor (By News Poster)...Central Africa: Unicef Seeks to End Use of Child Soldiers Across Region
Monday 07-Jun-2010: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is helping to find ways to ensure that children do not serve as soldiers in Central Africa, a region plagued by conflicts in which minors have been fighting (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Izuogu Invents New Tool to End Energy Crisis
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Achilleus-Chud UchegbuLagos - The new invention will offer uninterrupted power supply at no cost, says the inventor.This was the view expressed by most of those who attended an investor's dinner in (By News Poster)...Namibia: No, Jackson Kaujeua's Voice is Not Quiet!
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro"JACKSON'S voice is quiet," screamed a headline in one local daily earlier this week week, announcing the passing of one of Namibia's freedom fighters.Indeed, a freedom fighter (By News Poster)...Namibia: Battle of the Solar Systems
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithTHE Namibian solar water heating industry is engaged in a battle of solar technologies, as a relatively new technology in the local market, the evacuated-tube technology, makes inroa (By News Poster)...Africa: Will South Africa 2010 Be Messi's World Cup?
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Jonathan IsaiahAbuja - Lionel Messi is one of the finest players ever to have played the game. At just 22 years of age, he has achieved more at club level than Maradona, Ronaldo da Lima, Luis Figo, (By News Poster)...Locals Prisoners of Zanu PF
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Constantine ChimakureWE live in a surreal country where anti-reformists from the Zanu PF element in the inclusive government work overtime daily to keep the nation and its people under subjugation (By News Poster)...Business Leaders Believe Economy Must Be Managed Better
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Windhoek - The objective of this exercise was to contribute to the dialogue between business leaders and government on key economic issues. The intention was definitely not to stigmatise or demonise p (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Fortune Favours the Bold - Mangudya
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Paul NyakazeyaCBZ Bank CEO John Mangudya says his bank is a leader in the market because "fortune favours the bold". He says at a time when competitors took a wait-and-see approach in the market, C (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: Ugandan Rebels Force Thousands From Homes
Friday 11-Jun-2010: The notorious rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is carrying out ever more deadly attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and also continues to abduct children to use (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Dubai Revokes Ibori's Bail
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Abdulwahab AbdulahLagos - DUBAI Police authorities, yesterday, revoked the bail granted the former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori.He was granted bail, 13 May, a day after he was arrested b (By News Poster)...Kenya: U.S. Nudges Country Towards Reforms
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Dave OpiyoNairobi - The United States on Tuesday encouraged Kenyans to press on with the reform process, saying it will strengthen democracy and open doors for more American aid and investment.Spea (By News Poster)...Tobacco Addiction Among Women
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: Lagos - The recently released statistics by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of an increasing global trend of women and girls who have taken to the deadly habit of tobacco smoking is scary. Of the (By News Poster)...Super-busy Jan... 6 computer systems in 8 months... The Youth are hide-bound... My mother's super-positive attitude...
Monday 07-Jun-2010: This weekend I actually took a bit of time off for the first time in months to visit some old friends from Rhodesia. Its the first time in months that I actually put part of a day aside in order t (By Jan)...Sudan: Unsettled Prospects for Jonglei State
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Nairobi - Continuing conflict has displaced thousands of people in Jonglei State, Southern Sudan, while poor crop production and the lean season have led to extreme levels of food insecurity, especial (By News Poster)...Namibia's Peace Ranking Improves
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: NAMIBIA is ranked as the 59th most peaceful country in the latest Global Peace Index released yesterday.The index ranks countries based on 23 peace indicators and was launched in 2007 and surveyed 149 (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Reps Give Bankole Seven Days to Resign
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Abiodun Adelaja and Adekunle AdesujiAbuja - Clamour for the removal of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Dimeji Bankole, heightened yesterday, as a group under the aegis of Progressi (By News Poster)...South Africa: Diversification Cushions Sanlam From Recession
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Sure KamhungaJohannesburg - SANLAM 's core earnings in the first four months of the year were up 8% on the comparative period last year, and normalised headline earnings were up 70%, the group anno (By News Poster)...Liberia: U.S.$10,000 Corruption Scheme Bursts at MOF-Ngafuan - More 'Crocodiles' at Finance
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Three officials of the Ministry of Finance are in the custody of the National Security Agency (NSA) after they were caught red-handed in the act of corruption I the tone of US$10,000, Finance Minister (By News Poster)...S. Africa: World Cup Host President Involved in Another Sex Scandal
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: You’re the leader of South Africa, taking one of your three first ladies on a trip to India to try to boost investment ties and south-to-south cooperation, and to remind one of the world’s emerging po (By JanOlifant)...Nigeria: Lingering Effects of Nation's Terror Status
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Stevens A. Wisdom OkoroThe fear of terrorism is the beginning of wisdom. 'Terrorism is not in our culture'. Meaning what? Whose culture, then, is terrorism? How do Nigerians classify the letter bom (By News Poster)...Uganda: Somali Militants Kill UPDF Soldiers
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Barbara Among and AgenciesKampala - THE bodies of two Ugandan peacekeepers, killed by Somali terrorists in Mogadishu on Thursday, were flown home on Saturday night. The two were killed during fight (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Suspected Militant Hideout Uncovered
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Chinedu WosuYenagoa - A suspected militant camp operating in the creeks of Epebu community, accused of unleashing terror on youths of Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has been discove (By News Poster)...Uganda: Army Most Trusted Public Institution
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Tabu ButagiraKampala - Majority Ugandans say the UPDF is the best performing institution in the country over the past four years and rate fighting the Lord's Resistance Army rebels as NRM's top ach (By News Poster)...South Africa: Investigations Into Empty Seats Underway - Fifa
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: By Chris BathembuJohannesburg - Investigations as to why certain seats were unoccupied at the opening match between Bafana Bafana and Mexico on Friday are still underway, FIFA said on Sunday.It said t (By News Poster)...Uganda: To Stop Aids, We Must Empower Women
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Elizabeth MatakaAfrican women are no strangers to overcoming adversity. Every day across Uganda, women perform small miracles, working long hours or travelling great distances to provide for their (By News Poster)...Cotton Prices - Govt Ropes in Chinese Firms
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Harare - Government has roped in some Chinese companies to buy cotton this season as it seeks to increase competition in an industry that has been affected by poor prices.This follows an impasse betwe (By News Poster)...Namibia: Police Not Responsible for Robbery
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Denver KistingNAMIBIA'S largest cash-in-transit heist last week should be used to measure the performance of security companies contracted to transport large amounts of money.This was the reaction (By News Poster)...Uganda: Govt to Train More Oil Experts
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Ibrahim KasitaKampala - The Government has shifted its focus in the oil and gas sector from exploration to training of experts, making of policies and laws to regulate the emerging industry.This co (By News Poster)...Africa: Africa Would Be Better Off Not Joining the ICC
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By David HoileLast week in Kampala, state members of the International Criminal Court began their first ever review conference of the court since its establishment in 2002.There is certainly a case fo (By News Poster)...Kenya: Bank Lending Rates to Stay High Despite CBK Intervention
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Kevin MwanzaBank customers are expected to continue incurring high borrowing costs despite lowering of interest rates in the recent past.Speaking at the launch of Consolidated Bank's new-look logo, (By News Poster)...South Africa: Miner to Use Bacteria to Increase Gold Production
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Simon MundyJohannesburg - MINING entrepreneur Peter Skeat yesterday vowed to use technological advances to more than triple gold production at the Agnes mines near Barberton by the end of next year (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Swiss Banks And Looted Funds
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: Lagos - Arguably, Switzerland has one of the best banking systems in the world. Predictably, this quality has attracted to that country's banks a chunk of global foreign financial lodgements. But unfo (By News Poster)...Sierra Leone: RUF Abductee Confesses of Killing in-Law
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: Freetown - Former Revolutionary United Front (RUF) abductee, Momodu K has asked family members of the late Madam Danka Kamara to forgive him.During Fambul Tok's bonfire in Mamuduya village, Kamba sect (By News Poster)...Africa: South Africa Here We Come, By Road
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Emmanuel OnyangoNairobi - Soccer fanatics travelling by road from east and central Africa to attend the 2010 FIFA World Cup perhaps best underline the scale of sacrifice Africans are making to have (By News Poster)...Zanu PF 'Illegally Occupying Zapu Properties'
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Loughty DubeA RECENTLY compiled inventory of Zapu properties has revealed that some senior Zanu PF officials and former PF Zapu members are illegally occupying the revived party's assets.Zapu has c (By News Poster)...South Africa: Straight Talk With Fifa's Social Responsibility Head
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Johannesburg - South African AIDS organisations have issued a statement lambasting FIFA, the world soccer body, for ignoring their requests to distribute HIV prevention information in stadiums and fan (By News Poster)...Terre’Blanche Accused Claim Self Defense
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: The two Black farm workers accused of savagely murdering AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche have claimed they acted in self defense during a bail hearing at the Ventersdorp Magistrate's Court Thursday. (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...Mozambique: Maringue 'Not a Disturbed Area' - Police Commander
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Maputo - The central Mozambican district of Maringue is no longer a "disturbed area", according to the General Commander of the Mozambican police, Jorge Khalau, despite the presence there of an illega (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: UN Experts Welcome Steps Taken in Wake of Murder of Rights Defender
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: A group of United Nations experts today welcomed the suspension of the chief of the national police of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the arrest of several officers in the investigatio (By News Poster)...Namibia: "Bullet" Off to World Cup
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Irene !HoaësWindhoek - Namibia might not have succeeded in sending its Brave Warriors to participate in the 2010 World Cup, but the country will be represented in a different discipline, with "Bull (By News Poster)...Uganda: HIV Transmission Criminal Liability Counter-Productive
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Dora K.musinguziThe HIV/Aids Prevention and Control Bill 2009 has been tabled for the first reading in Parliament. The Bill provides for criminal penalty for risk and intentional transmission of th (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Death of Policeman in Shoot-Out Denied
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican police on Tuesday denied claims that one of its officers died in a shoot-out with criminals in Beluluane, on the outskirts of Maputo.Last week, the police raided a luxury house (By News Poster)...Mauritian: Cabinet Fails Gender Test
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: The new Mauritian government announced by Prime Minister Navichandra Ramgoolam fails to address the gender gap in terms of women's participation in positions of authority. Only three women have been a (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Imports Squeeze Life Out of Local Retailers
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Bernard Mpofu and Leonard MakombeGOVERNMENT should protect the stuttering retail sector until it is on its feet again as high operating costs wipe out revenue, analysts have said.Economic analysts (By News Poster)...Africa: 'Aid Must Also Aid the Giver'
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By David CroninAid to poor countries should be tailored more towards benefiting European firms, a top-level Brussels official has recommended.Andris Piebalgs, the European Union's commissioner for dev (By News Poster)...South Africa: Bank of America Backs Merrill Lynch SA's African Drive
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Sure KamhungaJohannesburg - BANK of America would make a significant capital injection into the SA-based subsidiary Merrill Lynch to strengthen its balance sheet ahead of a major push to diversify (By News Poster)...Somalia: Thousands Displaced by Rains and Clashes
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Nairobi - Renewed militia fighting and heavy rains in Somalia's central regions of Hiiraan and Galgadud have forced thousands of people to abandon their homes, say officials.Locals told IRIN fresh fig (By News Poster)...Somalia: Thousands Displaced By Rains And Clashes
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Nairobi - Renewed militia fighting and heavy rains in Somalia's central regions of Hiiraan and Galgadud have forced thousands of people to abandon their homes, say officials.Locals told IRIN fresh fig (By News Poster)...East Africa: New Airlines Expand Network to Smaller Centres
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Victor JumaMid last month low cost carrier Fly540 made its maiden flight to Kakamega, the first such flight to the airport in years.The airline and its peers are boosting their investments by flyin (By News Poster)...Uganda: Survivor of Technical College Attack Sells Bags for a Living
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Felix BasiimeMr Simon Mwesigwa, 30, is the only known student who survived after the rebels set three dormitories ablaze. Mr Mwesigwa escape through the window of a burning dormitory. He talked to (By News Poster)...Bottom of Global Peace Index Heap
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Leonard MakombeZIMBABWE and South Africa are ranked among the least peaceful societies in the world, the Global Peace Index (GPI) has said.In its report for 2010, GPI ranked Zimbabwe 135th and its (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Industrialized Economy by 2010?
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Oscarline OnwuemenyiAbuja - THE World Bank said, yesterday, that Nigeria needed to develop at more than three times its present rate if it hoped to become one of the most industrialized economies i (By News Poster)...Mobile Phone Operators Face Off
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Chris Muronzi and Bernard MpofuZIMBABWE'S mobile phone operators have rolled up their sleeves to tap into the lucrative market rejuvenated by the dollarsation of the economy and an increasing appet (By News Poster)...Uganda: Pension Sector On Brink of Monumental Change
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Patrick KagendaKampala - Interview with Kenneth Kitariko, Chief Executive of African Alliance Investiments Bank,Executive of African Alliance Investment BankWhat is an investment bank?Its a financi (By News Poster)...Sudan: Unamid, Darfur Police Continue Combating Violence Against Women
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Yesterday marked the beginning of a ten-day workshop held in El Fasher, North Darfur, by UNAMID's Human Rights component to increase the capacity of police officers in investigating violent crimes aga (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Make Passports Available
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: Harare - THE temporary or emergency travel document is now obsolete and ever fewer countries are willing to accept it in the modern world with all the dangers of international terrorism.Almost every c (By News Poster)...Uganda: ICC Should Handle Aggression Crime
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Kampala - The definition of the crime of aggression and its applicability remains a thorny issue at the International Criminal Court review conference in Kampala.Aggression is one of the crimes within (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Ecobank Extends ATM Services to South Africa
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Amaka IfeakanduLagos - Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has extended its regional Automated Teller Machine (ATM card) services to South Africa to enable holders of the card to withdraw cash withi (By News Poster)...Zambia: South African Editors Condemn Jailing of Journalist
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Statement by the South African National Editors' Forum SA National Editors' Forum condemns the imposition of an extremely severe four months' jail sentence -- with hard labour -- on legendary (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Ecobank Extends Regional ATM Card to South Africa Via Nedbank
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Ecobank has extended its Regional Card (ATM Card) services; enabling holders of the card withdraw cash within South Africa from any Nedbank ATM. The inclusion of South Africa in the usage of the Ecoba (By News Poster)...Gambia: Drug Squad Officers, Others Visit Drug Hideouts
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Musa NdowA high-powered team comprising top brass of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA); representatives from sister security forces and agents from the UK Serious Organised Crime Agency ( (By News Poster)...Angola: Police Arrest Murder Suspects
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Huambo - Two people alleged to have committed murder were arrested by the National Police in central Huambo province in the last seven days, Angop learned on Friday.They are Leonardo Bongombali, suspe (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Trust Holdings Gets Nod to Recapitalise
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Bright MaderaHarare - TRUST Holdings Limited directors have been given the nod to recapitalise the company through a private placement and scout for strategic partners - amid revelations that a num (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Power Supply - Nation to Partner U.S.
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Tokunbo AdedojaWashington DC - Efforts to solve the country's power generation and distribution problem were stepped up yesterday when Nigerian and United States government officials inaugurated an (By News Poster)...Uganda: Country Backs Iran Nuclear Sanctions
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Tabu ButagiraUganda on Wednesday voted at the UN Security Council in favour of fresh sanctions against Iran, showing President Ahmadinejad's trip on April 23 to court Kampala officials was fruitles (By News Poster)...Mobile Operators Implement Per Second Billing
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Harare - MOBILE phone operators have started implementing per second billing in response to a directive by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe for a billing system that (By News Poster)...Sierra Leone: National Kimberly Process Dialogue Ends
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Theophilus S. GbendaFreetown - A one-day national dialogue on smuggling and enforcement of the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPSC), ended Wednesday at the Hill Valley Hotel in Freetown, wi (By News Poster)...Sierra Leone: National Kimberly Process Dialogue Ends
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Theophilus S. GbendaFreetown - A one-day national dialogue on smuggling and enforcement of the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPSC), ended Wednesday at the Hill Valley Hotel in Freetown, wi (By News Poster)...South Africa: Eskom Role in Power Plan Defended
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - DEPARTMENT of Energy director-general Nelisiwe Magubane yesterday leapt to the defence of Eskom's role in the development of SA's long-term energy plan, amid concern th (By News Poster)...Africa: HIV/Aids Patients Can Now Donate Blood - Study
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Joy WanjaNairobi - People infected with HIV can now donate blood, according to a new study.The research paper says that, using simple and inexpensive technology, infected blood can be cleaned of th (By News Poster)...Defense Witness Questioned About The Death Of Sam Dokie (news)
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Alpha SesayProsecutors today questioned a defense witness for Charles Taylor about the death of Liberian politician Samuel Dokie ,who was allegedly assassinated alongside his family in 1997 by figh (By News Poster)...Namibia: More Power Hikes Coming
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyIF Namibia wants to solve its power crisis, consumers must be prepared to pay at least three times more for electricity in the next five years than what they are paying now, NamPower M (By News Poster)...Uganda: Kichwamba Rises From the Ashes
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Felix Basiime and Joseph MugisaJune 8, 1998 is a day still fresh in the minds of many Ugandans. On that fateful day, rebels of the Allied Democratic Front raided Uganda Technical College Kichwamba (By News Poster)...Somalia: Al Shabaab Seize Strategic Town in Central Somalia
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: Somali Islamist group Al Shabaab has peacefully seized control of Beledweyne, a strategic town in central Somalia located near the Ethiopian border, Radio Garowe reports.Beledweyne residents said they (By News Poster)...Kenya: Kenya - World Cup And HIV Aids?
Friday 11-Jun-2010: NAIROBI, June 11, 2010 ( CISA) -A group of African Christian and Muslim leaders is warning of increased vulnerability to HIV infections during the soccer World Cup in South Africa which runs for a mon (By News Poster)...Stock Markets: Scary: US Economist Fears Greek Debt Default in August
Friday 11-Jun-2010: [Wild stuff coming... Jan] Greece will eventually default on its debt because the country is highly indebted and the euro zone's approach towards saving it is the wrong one, Carl Weinberg, chief ec (By Jan)...South Africa: Union Calls for Boycott of World Cup Concert
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: As the football World Cup festivities kick-off with a concert in Johannesburg on Thursday night, the Creative Workers Union of South Africa has called for a boycott of the musical celebration at Orlan (By News Poster)...Sierra Leone: EU 'Fights' High Food Prices
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Victoria SaffaFreetown - The European Union country representative, accompanied by two representatives of the minister of education, youth and sports and the United Nations World Food Programme (WF (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Man Kills Son to 'Bewitch' Wife's Lover
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By George MapongaA 39-year-old Chivi man allegedly killed his three-year-old son during a ritual to eliminate a fellow villager he suspected of having an affair with his wife.Donnius Marume of Mhokore (By News Poster)...South Africa: Will Eskom Cut Its Costs As Promised?
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Siseko NjobeniJohannesburg - APART from the R3,6bn profit, the most positive thing to emerge from Eskom's annual financial results last week was an undertaking to shave R20bn off the electricity ut (By News Poster)...Uganda: UN Calls for Kony Arrest
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Barbara AmongKampala - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights wants Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony and his commanders arrested and prosecuted."It is my fervent (By News Poster)...Kenya: Woman Held Over Sh85.6 Million Cocaine Haul
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Fred MukindaNairobi - Cocaine worth millions of shillings concealed as office materials destined for the United Nations staff in Uganda has been seized at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.Ai (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Poison Wipes Out 163 in Zamfara
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Lagos - Lead poisoning caused by illegal gold mining has killed 163 Nigerians, most of them children, since March in several remote villages in northern Nigeria, a senior government official said on F (By News Poster)...South Africa: FIFA Fan Fest Enjoys Resounding Kick-Off Success
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: More than 400,000 fans celebrated together at the 16 official FIFA Fan Fest venues yesterday, on the opening day of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.The opening match between South Africa and Mexi (By News Poster)...Somalia: Asylum-Seekers Drown in Bid to Reach Mozambique
Friday 11-Jun-2010: The United Nations refugee agency expressed sadness today after learning of the deaths of nine Somali asylum-seekers who drowned while attempting to reach Mozambique, an increasingly popular route for (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Hwange Strikes New Deal With Coal Merchants
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Harare - Hwange Colliery Company Limited has renewed its acquaintance with its official agents with the appointment of a new executive for the Coal Merchants' Association that will be responsible for (By News Poster)...S. Africa: South Africa Recalls its Ambassador in Israel
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: South Africa on Thursday announced that it was recalling its ambassador to Israel for consultations over the Gaza flotilla incident earlier this week. SA embassy spokesman Judika Tladi told The Jer (By JanOlifant)...A Case for Rural Water Subsidies
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Catherine SasmanWindhoek - Namibia is reported to be more focused on sustaining the institutional structures and resources to provide rural communities with drinkable water. Now, however, it is con (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Fresh Riot Erupts in Jos
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Seriki AdinoyiJos - Another pandemonium broke out in Jos, Plateau State, yesterday when parts of the palace of Gbong Gwom Jos was razed by fire.Two persons suspected to be policemen were feared dea (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe/Mozambique: Blow for Nation As Japan Opt for Mozambique Friendly
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Petros KausiyoHarare - ZIMBABWE'S Warriors have missed a dream friendly international date against Japan with the Asian nation having a last-minute change of heart and deciding to play Mozambique i (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Embargo On Fuel Supply to Imo, Abia Remains
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Victor Ahiuma-YoungNATIONAL Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, weekend, insisted that its embargo on fuel supplies to Abia and Imo states over insecurity of members, especially tan (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: HIV Vaccine - Keeping Hope Alive
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Bertha ShokoIT took 105 years for researchers to develop a vaccine against the deadly typhoid disease and 89 to get one against polio.This is what Mitchell Warren, the executive director of the AID (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mobile Internet Service to Assist Football Fans
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: Pretoria - Government Communication and Information Systems (GCIS) has extended its 2010 FIFA World Cup website onto a mobile platform allowing fans access to football information from their cellphone (By News Poster)...Liberia: Who is to Blame for 'Ghosts' Workers?
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: No Liberian disagree that corruption is a huge hurdle between economic stagnation or slump and progress in postwar Liberia. For instance, some think abandoning public duty to “run behind salary& (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Parties Threaten to Sue if House Speaker Bankole is Not Arrested
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Chris OchayiAbuja - The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, yesterday threatened to sue the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, if she fails to (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Save Power to Avoid Load-Shedding
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Harare - THERE is no way Zesa Holdings can avoid load-shedding during World Cup games without some serious co-operation from consumers, especially domestic consumers.Many games will be played during p (By News Poster)...South Africa: National Pride Boosts Bafana Against Confident Mexico
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Nick SaidJohannesburg - Hosts South Africa open their 2010 FIFA World Cup Group A campaign against a strong Mexican side at Soccer City in Johannesburg on Friday.The doom and gloom that surrounded (By News Poster)...Econet Share Price Tumbles
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Bright MaderaHarare - MOBILE phone operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe's share price tumbled 9 percent on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange after a five-day losing streak, dropping from a record US540c to (By News Poster)...Tanzania: International Prices of Key Food Staples Drop, Says FAO
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Austin BeyadiDar Es Salaam - INTERNATIONAL prices of key food staples have dropped during the first five months of 2010 according to the latest edition of Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) (By News Poster)...'You Lied to the Court Deliberately' Shaduka Trial - Defence Grills Investigating Officer
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Roland RouthWindhoek - The defence counsel for businessman Lazarus Natangwe Shaduka, who stands accused of murdering his wife, Saima Shaimemanya, by shooting her in the back of her neck at the coup (By News Poster)...Kenya: Koinange Kin Vows to Fight Land Seizure
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Simon SieleNairobi - The family of former Cabinet minister Mbiyu Koinange is blaming last week's attack on their kin to a group laying claim to their land.Mr Koinange's son, Mr George Kihara was as (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Somalis Die in Shipwreck Off Mozambican Coast
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: Maputo - At least nine people died on 31 May when a boat containing 82 passengers, all of them of Somali nationality, sunk off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, near the t (By News Poster)...East Africa: Agronomist Look to Cassava for Food Security
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: Nairobi - Perishable, poisonous if mishandled and reputedly fit only for the plates of the poor, the cassava plant is set for an east African makeover by agronomists who hope to unlock its potential a (By News Poster)...Somalia: Hizbul Islam Warn of Air Raids on Rebel-Held Areas
Monday 07-Jun-2010: A high ranking Somali insurgent official has warned of air raids on rebel-held areas in the war-torn country.Ma'alin Hashi Mohammed Farah, the governor of Hizbul Islam in Mogadishu said the raids are (By News Poster)...Kindness Repaid With Violence
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Jana-Mari SmithA DISPLAY of empathy and a desire to help backfired when a 73-year-old woman was attacked on Monday by a man she had given a job.Although the attack left Jeanette Thompson, a former (By News Poster)...Angola: "Kwanza 2010" Military Exercises Officially End Today
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Cabo Ledo - The official closing ceremony of the "Kwanza 2010" military exercises of militaries and police officers and civilian staff of member countries of the Economic Community of Central African (By News Poster)...Somalia: '90 Al Shabaab Fighters Killed' - Ahlu Sunna
Monday 07-Jun-2010: A spokesman for pro-Somali government militia, Ahlu Sunnah Wal-Jamaa has claimed that more than 90 fighters from the rival insurgent group Al-Shabaab have been killed and over 170 others injured in he (By News Poster)...Security Forces Ready to Protect African Leaders
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Loyiso LangeniJohannesburg - SECURITY forces have been put on high alert to ensure the safety of 20 African heads of state who have confirmed their attendance at today's World Cup opening ceremony, (By News Poster)...Namibia: NUNW Eyeing Weatherly
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Desie HeitaWindhoek - Umbrella union body, the National Union of Namibian Workers, is set for ownership in Weatherly's copper mining operations, after Mineworkers Union of Namibia abandoned talks l (By News Poster)...Gambia: Gansa Representative Returns From Training On Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Isatou BittayeMr Emil Touray, a representative of Gambia Action Network on Small Arms and Light Weapons (GANSA) has returned from a two-week training course on control Small Arms and Light Weapons. (By News Poster)...Madagascar: Right Time, Place and Food
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Tulear - Getting hold of food and reproductive health services are probably the two most difficult things for women in rural southern Madagascar, so it makes sense for UN agencies to combine food aid (By News Poster)...Mandela Tragedy on Eve of World Cup
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Cape Town - Nelson Mandela's family was struck by tragedy on the eve of the opening of the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament, forcing him to withdraw from the opening ceremony.The Nelson Mandela Founda (By News Poster)...Namibia: Jail Term for Stealing From Tourists
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Denver Kisting"AN accused who robs or steals from tourists who come to visit Namibia and boost the tourism industry commits a serious crime."So said Magistrate Benhardt Tjatjara before he sent a th (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Season Records Low Winter Wheat Hectrage
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Harare - Farmers have this winter wheat season so far planted 7 000 hectares compared to 11 000 last year.This year's national target was set at 60 000 hectares.There are fears farmers might fail to s (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: No World Cup Load Shedding - Mudzuri
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Felex ShareHarare - ENERGY and Power Development Minister Elias Mudzuri has ordered Zesa Holdings to stop any power load-shedding and disconnections to defaulting customers during the 2010 Fifa Wor (By News Poster)...Africa: IDB Mobilises Over FCFA 6,600 Billion For Africa's Dev't
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Godlove BainkongThe Bank has earmarked FCFA 2,200 billion of its own resources for the new development programme to project Africa.The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is bracing up to disburse US$4 (By News Poster)...South Africa: Insurers Adapt to Clients' Needs by Going Mobile
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Chantelle BenjaminJohannesburg - INSURANCE companies are looking to mobile technologies and digital marketing in the future to get their product messages across, according to a global survey of 125 (By News Poster)...Namibia: Meatco Records N$17 Million Loss
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichNAMIBIA'S largest meat company and exporter of meat has recorded a net loss of N$17,9 million for the past year, which ended on January 31, due to the impact of the global economic (By News Poster)...Africa: Fifa Denies Blocking HIV/Aids Campaign
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Lagos - As part of the HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign, millions of condoms and HIV information will be distributed during the FIFA World Cup.In statement made available to subscribers of FIFA me (By News Poster)...Uganda: Dealing With Land Wrangles as Former IDPs Return Home
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Steven TendoAmuru - As internally displaced persons in northern Uganda leave camps for their villages, thoughts of how to resettle and face the future, is what preoccupies their minds. Sitting on t (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Governor Promotes Urban Agiculture
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Harare - HARARE Metropolitan Governor Cde David Karimanzira has urged residents to make use of open spaces around their communities to carry out farming activities to supplement their incomes and stab (By News Poster)...Tunisia: Nation's Central Bank Governor Receives IMF Delegation
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Tunis - The Governor of Tunisia's Central Bank (BCT), Mr. Taoufik Baccar received, on Wednesday, a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) currently on a work visit to Tunisia as part of (By News Poster)...World-Class African Line Up for Opening Showpiece
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Johannesburg - The 2010 FIFA World Cup is set to kick-off in colorful, energetic, distinctly African musical fashion with a dynamic Opening Ceremony which is expected to be watched live by hundreds of (By News Poster)...West Africa: Banks Move to Ease Cash Access At World Cup
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Walter WafulaWest African banking group Ecobank and South Africa's Nedbank have signed a deal that will give their customers easy access to their accounts during the 2010 World Cup that starts on F (By News Poster)...Namibia: Farming Customs Add to Land Degradation, Desertification
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Absalom ShigwedhaREDUCING the number of cattle during droughts could curb over-grazing, land degradation and desertification, the Ministry of Environment and some conservation organisations are adv (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Learning to Survive the Mean Streets
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Ignatius BandaBulawayo - Twelve-year-old Tapuwa Bakare* darts through the traffic as irate motorists hoot at him and the tyres of speeding vehicles screech to a halt to avoid hitting him. Miraculou (By News Poster)...GPA Principals Meet
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Harare - The three principals to the Global Political Agreement met in Harare yesterday to review their negotiators' report on implementation of the concord that led to the inclusive Government's form (By News Poster)...Liberia: Ellen Creates New Battle Front on Corruption - Ministers Drawn in
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: The battle against corruption in Liberia has continued unabated with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ordering members of her cabinet to become more assertive in dealing with corruption and other probl (By News Poster)...Prosecutors Agrees with Defense Witness that Taylor Lied Under Oath (news)
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Alpha SesayCharles Taylor lied in his testimony when he told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague that he had not negotiated to have a senior Sierra Leonean rebel commander, who was b (By News Poster)...Kenya: Centum Embarks on Cash Retention to Grow Asset Base
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By James MakauCentum Investment shareholders could do without dividend for a given period as the firm embarks on an aggressive cash retention with eyes on private equity and real estate.The firm is fo (By News Poster)...Many Reasons for Lack of Development in Chad
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: N'djamena - BET, the acronym for the three northern regions of Chad - Borkou, Ennedi and Tibesti - comes up regularly in meetings of international aid agencies frustrated by the lack of information an (By News Poster)...Namibia: Citizens Struggle to Pay Banks On Time
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyOVERDUE loans at local banks spiralled by about 33 per cent to N$2,8 billion in the last six months of 2009 because of "weak domestic economic conditions", the Bank of Namibia (BoN) sa (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Will Local Content Really Achieve Its Purpose?
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Bunmi IbraheemLagos - Bunmi Ibraheem who attended last week's Maritime Seminar for Judges in Abuja examines compliance issues for International Companies in light of the Cabotage Act 2003 and the r (By News Poster)...Kenya: Kenya Turns to Diplomacy to Boost Trade
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: By Lucas BarsaNairobi - The Kenya Government has initiated a new strategy that will use diplomacy to attract and boost investments and forge closer links with the West.It has shifted its policy to emb (By News Poster)...S.Africa: My visit to Orania - The Blacks who made a nuisance of themselves among the Whites...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Today while my friend and I were driving around Orania we observed whites going about their work including doing all their own manual labour. I observed 2 supermarkets in Orania where blacks go whe (By Jan)...Nigeria: Banks Shut Down in Abia Over Robbery Threats
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Umuahia - Some commercial banks in Aba, Abia have since Monday closed their doors to customers following threats from unknown bandits to the banks.However, the state government has urged the banks to (By News Poster)...South Africa: Government Tries to Outflank Soldiers on Issue of Unions
Friday 11-Jun-2010: By Wyndham HartleyJohannesburg - The government has stopped short of an outright ban on soldiers joining trade unions but is clearly trying to outflank the existing military unions through the creatio (By News Poster)...Mozambique: U.S. Embassy Denies Involvement in 'Terrorist Base' Claim
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Maputo - US ambassador Leslie Rowe has denied that any US government agency is behind claims that there are "terrorist bases" in northern Mozambique.According to a Thursday press release from the Moza (By News Poster)...West Africa: UN - Poverty Threatens Stability in West Africa
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Aisha Umar AgaieIncreased social and political tensions due to worsening poverty and deteriorating living conditions have become worrisome trends in a number of West African countries, United Natio (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Kidnap - Jonathan Okays Soldiers for South East
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Tony AilemenAbuja - President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday ordered for joint military operations to flush out kidnappers in the South East.This was as the police came under criticism at the weekly m (By News Poster)...South Africa: Where is Zuma's Boot When We Really Need It?
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Patrick BulgerJohannesburg - TALKING of elephants in the room, I sincerely hope the absence of Benni McCarthy against Mexico tomorrow night isn't too apparent, and that we produce a result that doe (By News Poster)...Sierra Leone: CSPEC Cautions Government On Bambay Inquest
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Regina PrattFreetown - The civil society peace building engagement committee (CSPEC) last Thursday made a cautionary statement to the government concerning the decision to hold a commission of inqu (By News Poster)...South Africa: Search for Missing Link Between Economics and Football Success
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Tim CohenJohannesburg - CAN a growing economy boost a country to World Cup victory?There appears to be an elusive and tentative link between sporting prowess and the state of national economies - b (By News Poster)...Rwanda: ICTR Prosecutor Refers 25 Cases
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Felly KimenyiKigali - The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Hassan Boubacar Jallow has referred to Rwanda case files of 25 Genocide suspects.According to Pro (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Nigeria's Q1oil Exports Hit 200.12 MBBD of Crude , Condensate
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Sopuruchi OnwukaLagos - Oil and gas companies operating production agreements with federal government exported a total of 200,120,265 barrels of crude oil and condensate to the export markets in th (By News Poster)...Africa: Study Says Health Aid Mostly Ineffective
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: A study released Wednesday has revealed that billions of dollars for health programs in sub-Saharan Africa by the World Bank and other development agencies over the past decade have been largely ineff (By News Poster)...Beira Blast Was Caused by Explosives
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican police have concluded that the blast which destroyed a shop in Beira last week, and damaged 23 others, was caused by explosives.The police have thus ruled out the theories that (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Kimberley Monitor Approves Diamonds
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Ryan TruscottIn a surprise announcement, the Kimberley Process, the body set up to combat the trade in blood diamonds, has said that Zimbabwe complies with its minimum requirements and should be al (By News Poster)...Liberia: Agriculture Industry On Good Footing
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Sallu SwarayLiberia’s agriculture prospect continues to receive windfall opportunities in its graph to sustain self sufficiency in food production as well as gaining food security.To actualiz (By News Poster)...South Africa: Fractious Opposition to Look at Neutral Interim Leader?
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Sibongakonke ShobaJohannesburg - CONGRESS of the People (COPE) deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa is expected to propose that a neutral party leader be appointed until his power struggle with party (By News Poster)...Uganda: UN Envoy Stresses Need for Rehabilitation of Ugandan Children War Survivors
Monday 07-Jun-2010: Survivors of the brutal conflict that has wracked northern Uganda for two decades, most of them young people, must be helped back on their feet by supporting their efforts to acquire skills that will (By News Poster)...Africa: Continent Has Taken a Vow of Poverty, So Why Not Be Honest About It?
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Joachim BuwemboNairobi - If you have not been to Israel and your knowledge of the country is based on media reports, you are likely to imagine the only activities going on there are about conflict, (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: New Independent Newspaper Hits Streets
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Alex BellTwo staff members from Zimbabwe's first independent daily newspaper in seven years, were arrested on Friday when the paper hit the streets for the first time.The NewsDay staff members and (By News Poster)...South Africa: Investors in Reserve Bank 'Have the Wrong Expectation'
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Linda EnsorJohannesburg - The Reserve Bank was a unique type of entity that was governed by the constitution and its own act of Parliament and was not subject to the strictures of either the Compan (By News Poster)...Sierra Leone: Country Rated 53rd World Peaceful Nation
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Fidelis AdeleFreetown - Sierra Leone has been ranked the 53rd most peaceful country in the world out of 149 countries surveyed by the Global Peace Index (GPI) for 2010.Figures of the report release (By News Poster)...Niger: Thirsty as Well as Hungry
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Zinder - A bad harvest season has punished the rural and urban poor across Niger, but food insecurity has been compounded by a critical lack of water in the worst-hit southern province of Zinder."The (By News Poster)...Niger: Thirsty As Well As Hungry
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: Zinder - A bad harvest season has punished the rural and urban poor across Niger, but food insecurity and livelihoods have been compounded by a critical lack of water in the worst-hit southern provinc (By News Poster)...Namibia: State Loses Confessions Appeal
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: By Werner MengesAN attempt by the Prosecutor General to widen an appeal against a ruling given in the main Caprivi high treason trial at the start of March ended in failure in the Supreme Court yester (By News Poster)...Sierra Leone: EU Boosts Food Security in Country
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: By Mohamed MassaquoiFreetown - The European Union (EU) through its implementing partners in Sierra Leone has engaged residents of Kamboya and Bagba chiefdoms in the Bo district to promote agriculture, (By News Poster)...Zuma's Wife Cheated On Him With Bodyguard
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: By Lance GumaTalks aimed at resolving the political deadlock in Zimbabwe might take a back seat in the coming weeks as chief facilitator and South African President Jacob Zuma battles to contain a maj (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Asset Management Bill Ready for President's Assent
Monday 07-Jun-2010: By Onwuka NzeshiAbuja - The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Bill, which proposes a company to buy the toxic assets of some ailing commercial banks in the country, is ready for Presiden (By News Poster)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (09-06-2010)
Wednesday 09-Jun-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- For anybody that reads regularly on events in Zimbabwe, the release on a US$500 bail of Ian Kay is the epitome of anti-MDC activism. Con (By The BeardedMan)...S.Africa: 2010: FIFA World cup - The Opening Ceremony flop with Shakira - Did you see it on TV? - Bizarre & strange Vuvuzela facts...
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: I heard via my grape vine that at the opening of the FIFA World cup, that there was so much noise from the vuvuzelas (plastic trumpet) that they could not broadcast Shakira's singing during the openin (By Jan)...S.Africa: 2010: FIFA World cup - the Big Flop Opening ceremony...
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: While I was in Orania a friend of mine in Johannesburg sent me some SMS's. He said that a family member of his in Australia asked why the stadium was empty during the opening ceremony of the FIFA worl (By Jan)...Scientists wait in Outback for Japanese spacecraft
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: ADELAIDE, Australia – Scientists will be eagerly scanning the night sky over the Australian Outback this weekend for the long-delayed return of the first spacecraft to complete a round-trip journey to (By Jan)...S.Africa: 2010: FIFA World cup: US players stuck in traffic jam caused by elephant!!!
Friday 11-Jun-2010: RUSTENBURG, South Africa – Forget getting past England. The U.S. soccer team had to get past the elephants first. The U.S. team was delayed on its way to its training session Friday night by a hung (By Jan)...[3 Pics] S.Africa: Brazillian journalists in Orania - Journalists from across the WORLD come to Orania...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: In Orania they get journalists from all over the WORLD!!! The South African Mass Media, being on their Govt induced propaganda mission aimed at minimising white success and pooh poohing anything done (By Jan)...S.Africa: 2010: FIFA World cup: Will our useless Soccer team, Bafana Bafana have their matches rigged to perform better?
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: I hear that Bafana Bafana, worthless bastards that they are, have managed not to lose the last 12 matches and that a lot is riding on their friday match. They were promised R1 million per goal scor (By Jan)...S.Africa: Jan Lamprecht on my way back from a good visit to Orania - Where the future is made...
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: I'm sitting in the car with my laptop and my 3G connection posting this to all of you. We had quite an intense time in Orania. We were taken around Orania by one of the senior people there and sho (By Jan)...[Pic] S.Africa: My pics: Another new building in Orania
Friday 11-Jun-2010: This is a photo I took of one of 6 houses being built in Orania. All the labour is done by whites. My friend who came with me looked closely and told me that he is very impressed with the accurate bui (By Jan)...[3 Pics] Orania - My Pics - Cool house designs... Wind power...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Here are some photos I took in Orania today. These photos are of one of 2 houses I saw being built with straw. Apparently this type of building is popular in Europe. The secret is to keep the straw (By Jan)...Andre Visage EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - TONIGHT on The Right Perspective
Friday 11-Jun-2010: In an exclusive interview, Andre Visage returns to Hello, Africa! tonight to tell us why he abruptly left the AWB (Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging) and start his own group to defend the Boer in South (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...Visage Quits AWB
Thursday 10-Jun-2010: AWB (Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging) Secretary General Andre Visage has resigned from the South African far-right group, effective Thursday. Members of the organization have confirmed his rather abru (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...[Pic] [Humor] My Pic: Weather forecast for the Weekend...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: I spotted this very cool poster at work. This was on the desk of a young which guy... Hillarious...(Photo) (By Jan)...Jan Lamprecht now in Orania... with 3G connection working...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: I got my laptop to connect to the 3G network. I am now in my guest room in Orania. So... we're connected and ready to go driving around. I will see if it is possible to post photos later. Stick (By Jan)...Orania - over the Orange river...
Friday 11-Jun-2010: We jus drove across the Orange river into the Cape and near Orania. We crossed a long single lane bridge. We are close now. (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (12-06-2010)
Saturday 12-Jun-2010: Howzit DESIDERATA Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (13-06-2010)
Sunday 13-Jun-2010: Howzit I have written about Zimbabwe now for over five years and work as an individual. I don't expect accolades or awards, but I do expect to be recognised as the author if a website chooses to us (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (11-06-2010)
Friday 11-Jun-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- Okay, so today the world watches the first game in the FIFA World Cup tournament for 2010. And with it, I see a slow-down in the amount of (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (07-06-2010)
Tuesday 08-Jun-2010: Howzit A few people have emailed me to ask who was it that died - and yesterday the story was all over the 24-hour news stations and this morning I also heard it on the radio. This is the SkyNew (By The BeardedMan)...
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