Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
Sunday, 19th September 2010
| From 1994-Present over 3,000 Farmers have been murdered in S.Africa. Many thousands of their farm workers have also been murdered too. Click here for Photos & Updates - WARNING: Very Graphic & Gruesome |
S.Africa: President Zuma visited Orania - Orania is the best thing Afrikaners created recently - My Analysis Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: A friend told me President Zuma visited Orania the other day and I saw film footage of him on TV saying what he discussed. It is clear that ever since Julius Malema visited Orania that this little out (By Jan)... | South African Whites: To Be or Not To Be - by Mike Smith - The murder of 3,100 Farmers Friday 17-Sep-2010: [Mike used to be a regular visitor to AfricanCrisis. It is good to see him writing whenever he gets the opportunity. Many times I have sat and thought to myself that *I* have as much right to live (By Jan)... |
| Mozambique: Police And Protesters Monday 13-Sep-2010: Washington, DC - Thirteen dead, at least 300 injured, and 224 arrested is the toll of three days of demonstrations against prices rises and the high cost of living. The main protests were in Maputo an (By News Poster)... | Mozambique: Poverty And Inequality Monday 13-Sep-2010: Washington, DC - "Donors need to believe in the Mozambique success story, so they do not look at anything which would challenge their comfortable picture and would force them to rethink their consensu (By News Poster)... |
| S.Africa: A Lesson for Whites - Blacks REFUSE to work - Don't be like the blacks... just be Worker bees... Saturday 18-Sep-2010: It is interesting observing how things work out for non-whites in South Africa. No matter how little they might like us, or whatever chips they have on their shoulders, it is interesting to observe th (By Jan)... | S.Africa: Times are truly tough - Whites are going to suffer like never before & Blacks are a chaotic mess... Saturday 18-Sep-2010: On friday I was working like crazy getting as many things done as I could before going home. I have a lot to do in my final 2 weeks before I go to America. I hardly have time to even think of that. (By Jan)... |
| Rwanda: Genocide Denial in Minds and Hearts Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Tom NdahiroKigali - On April 8, 2004 as part of the 10th Commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsis, the President of the International Crisis Group (ICG) Gareth Evans and Stephen Ellis, ICG' (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Nationals Face Deportations Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Njabulo NcubeHarare - WITH effect from January next year the South African government will be sending home Zimbabweans illegally staying and working in that country without proper documentation, am (By News Poster)... |
| S.Africa: The Criminals do brisk business... while in Prison.... Saturday 18-Sep-2010: I know someone who had to do some work for Correctional Services (the Prisons) in Pretoria in recent months. This man had to go to do some work on the premises there. While there he discovered tha (By Jan)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (17-09-2010) Friday 17-Sep-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- For a change, there is quite a bit of news on Zimbabwe today, and I have no idea just how long this posting will be. So let's get to it. (By The BeardedMan)... |
| Africa: Honeymoon Ends for South Africa And Rwanda Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Dibussi Tandeouth Africa's post-World Cup return to reality, Rwanda's displeasure at a UN report accusing its forces of the massacre of Hutu refugees in DRC, and the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Puntland Fighting Al Shabaab, Arresting Pirates - UN Report Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: A 17-page report issued on 9 September 2010 by the U.N. Secretary-General's office has noted the ongoing efforts by the Puntland government in northern Somalia to fight against Al Shabaab insurgents a (By News Poster)... |
| Rwanda: The Controversial Exit Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Bonny RwiyamiliraKampala - The chorus of denunciations over a leaked United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCR) report that accuses the Rwandan Army of genocide in the 1990s against Hu (By News Poster)... | Mandela's Legacy and Its Sustainability Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Alexander KanengoniHarare - I AM tempted to contribute towards the huge debate about Ndebele ethnicity that Nathaniel Manheru ignited a week ago, but something else equally compelling has held my a (By News Poster)... |
| Gambia: Police Nab Alleged Cattle Rustlers Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Omar WallyThree men have been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing a bull from Medina Sering Mass Village in Lower Niumi, North Bank Region. The three alleged cattle rustlers are: Nomban S (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Reaping the Fruits of Savvy Farmers Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Hopewell RadebeTALKING to a farmer about how wonderful the weather has been - maize and fruit have had bumper harvests - he drew my attention to the fact that abundance for the nation ironically (By News Poster)... |
| Sierra Leone: DCT-008 Concludes His Testimony And Could Be the Final Witness in the Charles Taylor Trial Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Alpha SesayThe defense witness who concluded his testimony this week could be the final witness to give oral evidence in the Charles Taylor trial, defense lawyers for the former Liberian president (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Rape - What You Need to Know About It Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Monica Saleh DanbauchiRape is when one person wants, and pursues, a sexual act on another person who does not want to participate, and who does not fully and freely consent to take part in the act. (By News Poster)... |
| S.Africa: Mass Media: Journalists only publish about 10% of the horror stories they know about.... Saturday 18-Sep-2010: Some time back I was chatting to a former journalist - a HARD NEWS JOURNALIST about the state of South Africa. During this discussion I heard some really interesting things. The journalist told me (By Jan)... | Africa: China-Africa - an Economic Partnership Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Bernadus Swartbooi and Henny SeibebCHINA is arguably the world's second largest economy, having overtaken Japan recently. China's economy grew at 11,9 per cent in the second quarter of 2010, raggin (By News Poster)... |
| Tsvangirai Meets Zuma Over Poll Roadmap Friday 17-Sep-2010: Harare - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has met Sadc mediator in Zimbabwe Jacob Zuma to push for the immediate implementation of the regional bloc's roadmap towards free and fair elections in the co (By News Poster)... | Madagascar: An Island State Caught in a Cycle of Political Turbulence Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Macharia MuneneMadagascar has lately captured news headlines because of a political feud between two postcolonial players, men with little colonial experience: vanilla salesman Marc Ravalomanana an (By News Poster)... |
| USA:Good News For Our Side!!! - Americans are buying AR-15 rifles at unbelievable pace... Friday 17-Sep-2010: [One of our staunch supporters in the USA, Michael Dean Miller sent us this awesome report. I find it interesting that American citizens probably buy more weapons - and I'm talking serious rifles - (By Jan)... | Requiem for Rhodesia Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: [Thanks for this Jo. Much appreciated. Jan] The Rhodesian Railways train stops for water in the desert. Crowds of ragged Africans mob the train, running hysterically to any white face in the window (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Ruling Party Kicks Into Election Mode With 'Threats' of More Violence Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Tichaona SibandaThe ZANU PF party has kicked into election mode after it recently launched a campaign that many of its opponents view as a coded message to activate its political violence machinery (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: N120/Litre Petrol Imminent , Aganga Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Emeka AginamThe Obasanjo, Yar'Adua and Jonathan administrations have all decried what they consider to be the unnecessary and stifling burden placed on the economy by government's increasing subsid (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Land Invaders Burn Down Farm Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Alex BellA farmer in Chegutu has become the latest victim of the continued onslaught against the commercial farming community, after her property was burned down by land invaders this week.Catherin (By News Poster)... | Africa: Elections in Africa - Limits of Democratisation Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Ronald Elly WandaThe recent awakening wave of civil society in Africa, especially the confrontational and oppositional segment, is in large measure a response to the declining political capacity of (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Jos Crisis; How Female Students Were Raped and Killed - Rasta Murphy Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Ogbonna AmadiMurphy Van - Anthony a.k.a. The Ultimate Murphy lived for more than two decades in Jos, the crisis ridden capital of Plateau State where he plied his trade as a musician. Today, the ma (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Land Reform a Headache Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Irene !hoaësWindhoek - The land reform programme is still a contentious issue in all aspects, according to yet another study carried out by the Land, Environment and Development Project of the Lega (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Twenty-two Percent of Sub-Saharan Africa's HIV/Aids Rate Down Friday 17-Sep-2010: Twenty-two of the most affected countries in sub-Saharan Africa have reduced new HIV infections by more than 25%New UNAIDS data show significant progress towards Millennium Development Goal 6: to halt (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Constructive Re-Engagement Required, Not Disengagement Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Witney SchneidmanWashington, DC - Somalia increasingly represents a direct threat to U.S. national security.On July 25, the U.S. Justice Department indicted 14 individuals, including American citiz (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Nation Still One of Least Competitive Economies Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Paul NyakazeyaA recent report says Zimbabwe has become one of the world's least competitive economies, but analysts foresee growth if the relative stability brought about by the formation of the co (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Diamond Sale Held in Secret to Bypass Targeted Sanctions Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Alex BellInternational diamond buyers who participated in a weekend auction of Zimbabwe's stones, are believed to be bypassing the targeted sanctions placed on Mugabe's inner circle, by having the (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Power Sector Reform - How Far Can Jonathan Go? Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Rasheed KomolafeLagos - It is incontrovertible that inadequate power supply has been the greatest problem of economic development in the country in recent time. With less than eight per cent contri (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Unions Call for Radical Overhaul of Economic Policy Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Mariam IsaJohannesburg - THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) yesterday proposed a radical overhaul of SA's monetary and financial policy, calling for controls over commercial bank l (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Agrees Not to Contest 2011 Poll Result Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Alex BellPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has agreed not contest the result of the nest election, after he and Robert Mugabe agreed that the poll will be held next year.Prime Minister Tsvangirai sa (By News Poster)... | Tanzania: National Arrested Over Kampala Blasts Monday 13-Sep-2010: Arusha - A Tanzanian has been arrested in connection with the July 11 bomb attacks that killed 76 people in Kampala.The suspect was arrested last week in Arusha, where he was questioned before being m (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: The Truths About Africa Sunday 19-Sep-2010: By Rajiv ShahWashington, DC - Remarks by the USAID Administrator to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Foreign Affairs Braintrust 'Africa Forging Ahead'I. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThank you very much. (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Anger Over 'Threat to Deport' Zimbabweans Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Bekezela PhakathiJohannesburg - HUMAN rights organisations in Zimbabwe are up in arms about the South African government's threat of withdrawing the special dispensation given to Zimbabwean migrant (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: New Islamic Tax Laws 'Will Spur Investment' Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Sanchia TemkinJohannesburg - NEW tax laws will level the playing field between Islamic banks and conventional banking, say banking and tax analysts.The new laws are intended to encourage foreign di (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Kenyan Activists At Risk of Torture Friday 17-Sep-2010: Two Kenyan activists working on the cases of suspects charged with terrorism for the July 11, 2010 Kampala bombings have been illegally detained in Uganda and are at risk of abuse, Human Rights Watch (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: COVERUP: Blacks now deny that they murdered Muslims - Arab Massacre in Zanzibar Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: [I received this email from an Arab man in the United Arab Emirates. This has to do with footage on AfricanCrisis. My reply is below his comments. Jan] I am a Zanzibari of Arab Yemen)ancestry. I wa (By Jan)... | Somalia: U.S. Gives 'Thorough' Study to Appeal for More Peacekeepers Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Susan RiceStatement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a Security Council Debate on Somalia, September 16, 2010.Thank you, Mr. President. Let me al (By News Poster)... |
| Gambia: Paedophile Ordered to Pay D1 Million Compensation to Victim Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Sidiq AsemotaJustice Lamin AMS Jobarteh of the High Court in Banjul has ordered one Abdoulie Bahoum of Bakau to pay the sum of D1, 000, 000 as compensation to a rape victim, after the said court fo (By News Poster)... | Sudan: Joint Letter to the UN Human Rights Council on the Mandate of the Independent Expert Monday 13-Sep-2010: To: Member states of the UN Human Rights CouncilRe: Renewal of the mandate for the independent expert on the situation of human rights in SudanYour Excellency,The undersigned human rights organization (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Oyo - Tokyo Escapes Death Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Dele OgunyemiIbadan - Reinstated Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Oyo State Council, Alhaji Abdul Lateef Akinsola Oloruntoki a.k.a. Tokyo, escaped death by the whis (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: INEC DDC Contract - the Twists, the Turns Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Nduka Nwosu , Kunle Akogun And Chuks OkochaLagos/Abuja - The Independent National Electoral Commission is in a mad race against time. To effectively hold credible elections between January 15 and 2 (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Farm Invasions Continue, 2 Years Since Signing GPA Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Alex BellIt has been two years since the Global Political Agreement (GPA) was signed to usher in much needed change in Zimbabwe, but farm invasions are still continuing.Wednesday marked two years s (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: EFCC Forensic Head Killed in Kaduna Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Ibraheem Musa and Ismail MudashirKaduna - Forensic expert for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Abdullahi Muazu, was shot dead yesterday at his Kaduna residence by unknown gunmen su (By News Poster)... |
| Donor-Driven Democracy - Whose Agenda? Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Phil ya NangolohDuring the last 30 years or so and since the collapse of communism, expedited by the Gorbachev revolution in the Soviet Union, there has been a great deal of talk by the 'developed' (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Competition Watchdog Slams Steel Producer Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Linda EnsorCape Town - In terms of the agreement between Kumba Iron Ore and ArcelorMittal SA at the time of the unbundling of Iscor about 10 years ago.The high steel prices charged by ArcelorMittal (By News Poster)... |
| The Salvation Army and Saatchi & Saatchi Use Unusual Tactics to Inform SA Public and Raise Awareness on the Horrors of Human Trafficking Friday 17-Sep-2010: [A Reader in Cape Town sent this. I suspect that the Salvation Army is desperate. I used to donate a lot of my personal income years ago, but in the last 15 years I stopped completely. I am sure that (By Jan)... | Nigeria: Why Babangida Wants to Be President Again Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Jide Ajani, Kingsley Omonobi, Henry Umoru, Chris Ochayi, Luka Binniyat & Victoria OjemeAbuja - AFTER several months of speculations, former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, yest (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Dilemma Over Arming Private Security Guards Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Steve MbogoRegulation of the private security sector is seen as a prerequisite to allowing guards to carry firearms as proposed in the Private Security Regulation Bill 2010, a measure seen as a det (By News Poster)... | Country's Fractious Politics - Who Rules the Roost? Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Kholwani NyathiAnother round of general elections is now almost certain next year and analysts say Zimbabweans must brace themselves for a two-horse race between Zanu PF and the Movement for Democr (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Assassins Kill Top Anti-Corruption Official Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Emman OvuakporieAbuja - Barely five months after five operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, were ambushed by unknown persons in Enugu which led to the death of Sergeant (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Kenyan Lawyers Linked to Al Shabaab, Say Police Sunday 19-Sep-2010: By Emmanuel Mulondo, Oliver Mathenge & Andrew BagalaTwo Kenyan human rights activists arrested on Thursday in Kampala were in the company of a suspected al Shabaab terrorist whom police have been trai (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Hunger Drops Mere Half a Percent over Last Decade Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Matthew O. BergerWashington - Ten years after setting the goal of halving the proportion of people suffering from poverty and hunger by 2015, only mixed success can be found for the U.N.'s Millenni (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: How Boko Haram Members Struck Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Taye ObateruBreaking one's fast is a moment to savour for the respite it provides before another fasting day commences. For many residents of Bauchi, who had just broken their fast last Tuesday and (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: What Became of the Hydrogen Economy? Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Exeviour Tarisayi ShumbaHarare - Friday June 13th 2098. The world cup will begin today and every soccer fan across the globe is excited.People are even more euphoric on account of the fact that the (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Insurgency Undermines Kenya's Security Too Friday 17-Sep-2010: Garissa/Mandera - The Islamist insurgency in Somalia has had a spillover effect on security in the northeast of neighbouring Kenya, affecting livelihoods and the delivery of services, say residents an (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Body Part Thieves Hit Mortuary Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Vincent Agoya/Maxwell MasavaNairobi - Panic struck relatives of the dead with reports of yet another corpse found mutilated at the Nairobi City Mortuary.Dozens of relatives thronged Kenyatta Nation (By News Poster)... | DR Congo: Rape and Plunder Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Jeff OtienoNairobi - The Congo war that sucked three East African Community member states had four conflict stages, all playing a major role in the catalogue of gross human rights violations. The s (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Inflation Continues on Downward Trend Thursday 16-Sep-2010: Harare - Zimbabwe's year-on-year rate of inflation has continued on a downward trend as prices stabilise, shedding off 0,6 percent on the July rate of 4,1 percent to 3,6 percent for the month of Augus (By News Poster)... | Congo-Kinshasa: The Need to Strengthen Protection for Displaced People Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Both the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United Nations peacekeeping mission there should give greater emphasis to the protection of the nearly two million people displaced from (By News Poster)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: Strengthen Protection for Displaced People Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: Amsterdam - Both the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United Nations peacekeeping mission there should give greater emphasis to the protection of the nearly two million people di (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Son Confesses to Killing SSS Officer, Mother, Three Siblings Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Jaafar JaafarKano - The eldest son of the slain assistant director of the State Security Service (SSS) yesterday confessed to the murder of his father, mother three siblings without the help of any (By News Poster)... |
| Gambia: Rapist Jailed for 25 Years Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Sidiq AsemotaJustice Lamin A M S Jobarteh of the High Court in Banjul has convicted One Samba Baldeh of Sinchu Bora Village in the Central River Region and sentenced him to 25years imprisonment for (By News Poster)... | Planting Season - Tips for Farmers Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Martin MwingaNamibia, like other Southern African countries, is entering the "hunger season", a period when resources from the previous harvest are being depleted.It is also a period when farmers a (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Gukurahundi Called 'Genocide' by Watch Group Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Tererai KarimakwendaThe Gukurahundi massacres that saw tens of thousands of innocent Zimbabweans killed by soldiers loyal to the Mugabe regime in the mid eighties, were on Thursday classified as ge (By News Poster)... | S.Africa: Another one of a zillion strikes in Johannesburg... I drive by them... Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: I am so tired of strikes and striking blacks. Today I had to rush from my work in Randburg to the Johannesburg CBD (Inner city) to the head office for an urgent presentation of our system. More on tha (By Jan)... |
| Nigeria: 'Deregulation is an Economic Evil' Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Akoma ChinweokeChief Martin Onovo, a petroleum engineer and national leader of the Strategic Union of Professionals for the Advancement of Nigeria, SUPA, argues, in this interview, that planned der (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Interim Authorities, World Community Must Play Their Part for Somali Peace - Ban Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on war-torn Somalia's transitional authorities to end internal squabbles that are hampering key tasks, and urging the international community to provide the mi (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: CBN to Introduce Three Types of Banks in 2011 Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Omoh GabrielCentral Bank of Nigeria CBN will in January 2011, introduce three classes of banking licences. The licences will be for Commercial Banking, Merchant Banking, Specialised and Development (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Drugs - No Room for Complacency Monday 13-Sep-2010: Harare - Zimbabwe has been saved from serious problems with hard drugs and the new designer drugs largely by accident and by poverty.The main problem has been with less lethal drugs, such as mbanje, a (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai, Mugabe Strike Deal On Polls Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Nqaba MatshaziGokwe - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Saturday said he and President Robert Mugabe had agreed to hold elections next year and whoever lost should not challenge the outcome of the p (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Business Seeks Five-Year Election Freeze Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Bernard MpofuHarare - The Employers Confederation of Zimbabwe (Emcoz), a national grouping of private business leaders, has appealed to principals in the inclusive government to put a five-year mor (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Jonathan Launches Presidential Bid Amid Pomp And Pageantry Sunday 19-Sep-2010: By Chuks OkochaAbuja - In a carnival-like political rally attended by the cream of the nation's political elite, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday at the Eagle Square, Abuja declared his intention (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: FG Blames Soludo Over Bank Crisis Friday 17-Sep-2010: Lagos - Federal government yesterday hit back at the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, saying that his economic policies created the current financial crisis (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Former U.S. Envoy Issues Warning on 2011 Polls Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Idowu SowunmiLagos - Former United States of America ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell has said that the 2011 elections pose a threat to the stability of Nigeria, saying "the end of a power-shar (By News Poster)... | 'Airzim Strike Signals Wider Labour Unrest' Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Kudzai ChimhangwaThe five-day strike by Air Zimbabwe pilots that has crippled the struggling national carrier's operations could mark the beginning of work stoppages across the wider economy as wag (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Gold Fields Eyes Million Ounces for South Deep Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Allan SeccombeJohannesburg - GOLD Fields is working on plans to increase output at its South Deep mine by 20%-25%, to 1-million ounces a year, making it SA's single-largest gold mine.South Deep is (By News Poster)... | Sudan: U.S. Intensifies Diplomacy in Lead Up to Referenda Thursday 16-Sep-2010: State Department Fact sheet outlines U.S. actions in support of Sudan strategy:With fewer than 120 days before the referenda on Southern secession and the future of Abyei, Sudan has entered a critical (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Security Services Officer, Wife, Three Children Murdered Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Jaafar JaafarKano - An Assistant Director of the SSS, his wife and three of their children were slaughtered in the early hours of yesterday in Kano by unidentified assailants, while two other child (By News Poster)... | USA: Stock Markets: Decline of America: Doomsday warnings of US apocalypse gain ground Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: [Take note of those who say that America has peaked, as the British Empire did a century ago. At this time, the markets are still trying to climb. Jan] Economists peddling dire warnings that the wo (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Cabinet Approves Changes to Lethal Force Law Saturday 18-Sep-2010: By Wyndham HartleyCape Town - The long-awaited changes to the law governing the use of lethal force have at last been approved by the Cabinet and will shortly be made public, chief government spokesma (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (14-09-2010) Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: Howzit "Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has agreed not contest the result of the nest election, after he and Robert Mugabe agreed that the poll will be held next year. Prime Minister Tsvangirai (By The BeardedMan)... |
| There is No Money - Kadzura Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: Harare - With the introduction of the multi-currency regime in February last year, Air Zimbabwe started deferring part of retention allowances for pilots and engineers as a way of managing cashflows a (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Unending Cement Wars Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Ijeoma NwogwugwuLagos - Local cement producers and importers of cement are at each others throats again. This time around both sides are threatening to wipe each other out over the imposition of a (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Banks Still Sceptical of Each Other - Bank Boss Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Dumisani NdlelaHarare - A BANKING institution has revealed that deep-seated mistrust among the country's banks has hamstrung interbank activity in a liquidity-strapped domestic market, saying the a (By News Poster)... | History: Did Britains greatest explorer, Captain James Cook become a Racist & die because of it? Saturday 18-Sep-2010: I was watching a documentary recently about Captain James Cook who was Britain's greatest explorer. In his time the man was a genius. He refined the art of navigation and was an excellent map maker. T (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Will Not Rule, Even if Elected, Says Minister Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Tichaona SibandaZANU PF will never handover power to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, even if he wins next year's elections, Presidential Affairs Minister Didymus Mutasa said on Wednesday.'Who is Tsva (By News Poster)... | Net Closing in On Corrupt Police Friday 17-Sep-2010: Pretoria - Deputy Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has warned that the days were numbered for police officers who abused the positions and dabbled in crime.Speaking at an Anti-Crime Summit in Pretoria o (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Insufficient Resources to Battle Continent's Health Needs Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Susan Anyangu-Amu*Nairobi - Campaigners for increased health financing welcome the commitment by African Union member states to direct more resources to health. But the needs of the continent seem (By News Poster)... | Africa: Is Gaddafi Edging Closer to Conquering Africa? Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Toivo NdjebelaTripoli, Libya - Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is a clever man. He is also, in equal measure, very ambitious and is used to getting what he wants, when he wants it.For a third year running, (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Sheikhs Condemn Al-Shabaab Attacks Monday 13-Sep-2010: Kampala - Muslim leaders in Uganda yesterday condemned terrorists attacks by Somali Islamic insurgents, the Al-shabaab, saying they had departed from the true message of Prophet Muhammed and began fig (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Storm Over Veterans' Benefits Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Toivo NdjebelaWindhoek - A storm is brewing between the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and a section of former liberation struggle combatants who were captured by the then South African forces and ar (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Govt Halts Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Project Friday 17-Sep-2010: Pretoria - Government has decided to no longer invest in the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) project, says Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan."Without going into too much detail right now, go (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Senior Cop Hires Out Service Rifles Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Harare - The officer-in-charge of a police station in Kariba has been arrested for allegedly loaning out three service rifles to a safari operator and a local authority.This emerged as three men were (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Zulu King Dresses Down Ruling Party Youth Leader Saturday 18-Sep-2010: ANC Youth League firebrand Julius Malema was forced into a humiliating retreat on Friday - hours before the start of the ANC's national general council (NGC) in Durban.After a week of veiled and later (By News Poster)... | Ageing Politicians Manifest Leadership Renewal Failure Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Leonard MakombePicture this: Zimbabwe's top three politicians, President Robert Mugabe and his two deputies Joice Mujuru and John Nkomo, have been in senior government posts for a combined total of (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda's Ruling Party in Chaos Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Isaac MufumbaKampala - In the run up to the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in January 2010, a group of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) elite vigorously lobbied for support agains (By News Poster)... | South Africa: FNB to Use a 'Combination of Tactics' to Broaden Client Base Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Sure KamhungaJohannesburg - FIRST National Bank (FNB) said yesterday an aggressive customer acquisition strategy will underpin the growth of its market share in SA, where the client base grew about (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Eskom Seals the Case Against Nationalisation Saturday 18-Sep-2010: By Itumeleng MahabaneJohannesburg - THERE is an elephant in the room. It is a giant of a thing, its embedded legs are the pillars of the economy, while the body wavers like a faltering colossus.Eskom (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Arrive in Somaliland to Hunt Down Rebels Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: A group of rebels who were reportedly "surrounded" by security forces in Somalia's separatist Somaliland region have successfully crossed the border into Ethiopia, while Ethiopian troops have entered (By News Poster)... |
| East Africa: Another Tanzania Gold Mine Opens 2011 Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Ally HamisiDar Es Salaam - The London-listed Shanta Gold Mine has announced it will commence production of gold at its Chunya Gold Mine in the southern highlands of Tanzania starting the last quart (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Five Soldiers Killed, Suicide Attack Foiled in Mogadishu Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: Five Somali forces have been killed after a bomb erupted apart their vehicle in the capital Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.Witness said the first blast ripped at around the areas of Ali Bulay mosque (By News Poster)... |
| Sudan: Critical Engagement Needed in Runup to January Referendum - Salva Kiir Friday 17-Sep-2010: Washington, DC - Keynote Address on the Occasion of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation 40th Annual Conference Foreign Affairs Brain Trust Event at the Washington Convention Center by Gen Salva (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (15-09-2010) Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- This is hardly a surprise. As expected, Mugabe has ignored the 30 deadline set by SADC and now the ball lies in their court. And there is n (By The BeardedMan)... |
| Sierra Leone: Mogbindi Echo - President Koroma's 36 Months of Turn Around Sunday 19-Sep-2010: By Pel KoromaFreetown - Fellow citizens, President Koroma's words are his evidence. He told the whole nation that he is not a 100 days man like the case may be for most leaders, but that he promised t (By News Poster)... | Nullification and Secession - Rebellion in America Friday 17-Sep-2010: [Michael Dean Miller in Florida sent us this. Jan] REBELLION IN AMERICA 5th state exempts guns. Is Washington noticing? 'I think they're going to let it ride, hoping some judge throws out case' (By Jan)... |
| Affirmative Action Farmers in Big Struggle Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Staff ReporterWindhoek - Affirmative Action Loan Scheme (AALS) farmers have indicated that they are experiencing constant cash-flow problems.This was revealed by a recent study done by the Land, (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Numerous Challenges for Land Reform Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Brigitte WeidlichGOVERNMENT faces challenges to implementing land reform such as poor and old farm infrastructure on land bought for resettlement, low production due to a lack of skills and knowled (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: TA Mulls Coal-Gasification Plant Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Shame MakoshoriHarare - TA Holdings Limited, the Zimbabwe-headquartered Pan African investment giant, says it plans to assemble its own coal-gasification plant at the Kwekwe-based Sable Chemical In (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Return of Banks Will Lead to Dog Fight - Tetrad Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Bernard MpofuThe re-emergence of more Zimbabwean banks will result in a serious dogfight over deposits as banking institutions struggle to sustain operations, a Tetrad Group report says.A weekly ma (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Union Call for Weaker Currency Sparks Debate Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Mariam IsaJohannesburg - OF ALL the proposals put forward by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) this week, the call for measures to curb rand strength will trigger the most debate. (By News Poster)... | Africa: HIV/Aids - Intellectual Property Rights Or Human Rights? Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Riaz K. TayobThe 18 to 23 July International AIDS Conference held in Vienna this year, subtitled 'Rights Here, Right Now' was a platform to raise, yet again, the values-based universal and indivisi (By News Poster)... |
| Govt Explains New Plan for Zimbabwe Migrants (news) Monday 13-Sep-2010: A statement from the Director-General of Home Affairs, Mkuseli Apleni, on the implementation plan for the documentation of Zimbabweans:Cabinet recently decided to approve the proposal to end the Speci (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Hints at Re-Unification of MDC Factions Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Lance GumaPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai used a panel discussion in Harare on Thursday to hint at possible attempts to re-unite the two MDC formations, which split acrimoniously in October 2005.A (By News Poster)... |
| Botswana: Why South Africa's Media Fight Matters to Us Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Thapelo NdlovuFor Batswana journalists, news that their South African colleagues are busy warding off a proposed statutory media tribunal from the ruling African National Congress sounds all too fa (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: MDC Says ZPF Deliberately Delaying Implementing GPA Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Tererai KarimakwendaThis week the coalition government that is currently running Zimbabwe reached two important milestones.Tuesday was the end of the 30 day deadline, suggested by South African Pre (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Listening to a Divine Voice On the Anniversary of the Terrorist Attacks Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Kwamchetsi MakokhaNairobi - During the year of the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attack on America, the lord spake unto his servant Terry Jones while he prayed at the Dove World Outreach Ce (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Police Arrest Two Escapee Inmates From Bauchi Prison Monday 13-Sep-2010: By IsahTwo men believed to be among hundreds of inmates who escaped when suspected Islamists attacked a prison in Bauchi State recently have been arrested in an area notorious for religious violence, (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Contract Row Threatens 1,000MW Alaoji Power Plant Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Ejiofor AlikeLagos - Nigeria's power sector roadmap, a comprehensive plan to ensure adequacy of electricity supply in the country recently unveiled by President Goodluck Jonathan, has come under a (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Hollow Promise of Permits for Zimbabweans Thursday 16-Sep-2010: Johannesburg - South Africa is to resume the deportation of Zimbabweans on 1 January 2011, on the basis that conditions in their home country have improved sufficiently, while those with valid documen (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Criminalising HIV Will Not Work Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By James LutaayaA German singer was recently found guilty of causing bodily harm to a former partner by having unprotected sex with him despite knowing she was HIV positive.Nadja Benaissa, a member of (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Rivers - Tendering a Garden of Intolerance Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Owei LakemfaABOUT two years ago, I got a text message from somebody who said he was Soboma George. He wanted to react to a column I had written but could not reach me. I called him. He sounded surp (By News Poster)... |
| Gambia: Rongo in Land Dispute Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Sanna JawaraMomodou Lamin Jarju alias Rongo, a renowned cultural artiste and a resident of Banjulinding Village in the Kombo North, has filed in an injunction at the High Court in Banjul restrainin (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: Court Jails Opposition Leader for Life Saturday 18-Sep-2010: A Rwandan court on Friday sentenced an opposition leader to life in prison for recruiting rebels to fight President Paul Kagame's government.Meanwhile, French investigators concluded a visit to Rwanda (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Electoral Observatory Calls for Smaller CNE Friday 17-Sep-2010: Maputo - The Electoral Observatory, Mozambique's main coalition of domestic election observers, on Thursday called for the National Elections Commisison (CNE) to be slimmed down to no more than seven (By News Poster)... | Sudan: Stepped Up Pressure Ahead of Referendum Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Jim Lobe*Washington - Less than four months before a scheduled referendum on independence for southern Sudan, the administration of President Barack Obama is intensifying pressure on both Khartoum (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: No Reforms for ZANU-PF Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Clemence ManyukweHarare - ZANU-PF Mashonaland West provincial Inter District conference held over the weekend endorsed President Robert Mugabe as the party's candidate in the next election, sending (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Land Reform Aiding Nation's Economic Recovery - Shamu Monday 13-Sep-2010: Harare - Zimbabwe is on the economic recovery path following the success of the land reform programme initiated by Government in 2000, Media, Information and Publicity Minister Webster Shamu has said. (By News Poster)... |
| East Africa: Pirate Action Group Disrupted Sunday 19-Sep-2010: On 17 September, while executing a patrol along the Somali coastline, the crew of EU NAVFOR ship FS DE GRASSE located and disrupted a Pirate Action Group comprising of six boats. She thus prevented th (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Opec Worried About World Economy Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Chika Amanze-NwachukuLagos - The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has expressed concern about the world economy, saying the rest of this year and first half of next year would b (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Elections Look Increasingly Likely to Be Held in 2011 Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Tichaona SibandaIt's looking increasingly likely that the adoption of a new constitution next year will trigger fresh elections after Robert Mugabe this week asked the Finance Ministry to set aside (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Prison Search Reveals Phone Scams Still Rife Sunday 19-Sep-2010: By Ouma WanzalaNairobi - An impromptu search at Kibos GK Prison on Friday reveal that the mobile phone scam soliciting cash from unsuspecting members of the public is alive and kicking. This is despit (By News Poster)... |
| USA: Stock Markets: Gold hits another new high - despite the recession being over... Saturday 18-Sep-2010: [Despite all the stock markets rising and even indicating newer highs to come... Gold... is itself rising. Gold should be rising when the others are falling... This suggests to me that despite all the (By Jan)... | Niger: France Suspects Al-Qaeda Holding French Hostages Friday 17-Sep-2010: France suspects that seven people kidnapped while working for French companies in Niger are in the hands of Al-Qaeda and are now being taken to a remote part of Mali, according to Foreign Minister Ber (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Call to End Child Deaths From HIV Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Khopotso BodibeInternational donors and African governments have been called upon to commit financial resources for the elimination of HIV infection in children, which still remains high. In South (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Body Parts Saga Deepens As Woman's Body Found Without Genitalia Thursday 16-Sep-2010: Nairobi - A woman's mutilated body has been found in Nairobi's Uthiru area.The body, which was without its private parts had been dumped by the roadside, in yet another shocking incident involving mis (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: 'Jealous Harare Aids Charity' Blamed for American Arrests Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Irene MadongoThe lawyer representing four Americans arrested on charges of distributing HIV drugs without licenses says a jealous Zimbabwe Aids charity is to blame for the saga.Four American citize (By News Poster)... | Weak Surveillance Spreads Cholera Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Kano - Poor diagnostics and weak surveillance are hampering government efforts to stem cholera in Nigeria says a government health worker.The disease is most severe in the north; as of 8 September 781 (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: In the Spirit of Resource Control Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Hamisu MuhammadAs the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) celebrated its golden Jubilee yesterday, the world energy demand is currently increasing rapidly as a result of the indust (By News Poster)... | Africa: Early HIV Treatment May Be Cheaper Than Thought Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: Manzini - Research by South Africa's University of the Witwatersrand and Boston University in the US, has found that starting HIV-positive people on antiretrovirals (ARVs) earlier, and at a higher CD4 (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Roadmap On Power - Korean Investors Lured to Invest Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Akoma ChinweokeNigeria is inviting Koreans in electricity generation and distribution including construction of new hydro plants, coal power plants, solar and wind power plants.The invitation to fa (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (19-08-2010) Sunday 19-Sep-2010: Howzit People who know me will also be aware of my love of music. And a couple of days ago, whilst surfing the 'net, I found an incredible video of the Kruger Brothers playing at a show - messing a (By The BeardedMan)... |
| Nigeria: 'Robbers Seized Police Station Before Raiding Bank' Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Austin OgwudaAsaba - Fresh facts emerging from Tuesday's bank robbery at Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, showed that apart from the robbers carting away over N28 million, they also damaged the police sta (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Slain in the Country He Wanted to Help Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: A Cape Town woman holds up a picture of her brother, Wesley Craig Daames, sitting on the step of a house in Liberia surrounded by smiling children from the local village."That's Wesley - always wantin (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Local ATMs, Depositors at Banks' Mercy - Political Analyst Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Andrew OotaA political analyst, Dr. Al-Mustapha Ussiju Medaner has called on the National Assembly and the authorities regulating the activities of banks in Nigeria to ensure the amendment of the e (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: Forgery Suspect Arrested Previously, Wanted for Seven Other Accounts Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Bosco AsiimweKigali - Police has arrested another suspect who has been on the run and is believed to be the ringleader in forging the stamp and the signature of the Minister of Health, Dr. Richard (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Govt Blames Former Central Bank Chief For Poor Economy Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Kunle AkogunAbuja - Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Chukwuma Soludo's warning of an impending economic crisis for the country yesterday drew the flaks of the Federal Government, which (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Civil Society Urges Binding Commitment on Socio-Economic Rights Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Kristin PalitzaCape Town - A grouping of six civil society organisations (CSOs) has called on the South African government to ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Righ (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Turkana Oil Search Raises Hope of the County Striking It Rich Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By George WachiraOur recent memory of Turkana County is through 2008/09 pictures of hungry families feeding on wild berries with carcasses of cattle strewn all over.This was during the recent devastat (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Supreme Court Calls Time on Treason Trial Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Werner MengesTHE main Caprivi high treason trial - already the largest and longest criminal trial in Namibia's history - must come to an end as soon as possible, according to the Supreme Court."I m (By News Poster)... |
| S.Africa: Lessons from my work - We make the Semi-Finals out of 7,000 competing ideas... Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: My life just gets crazier at my work as I try to wind things down to go to the USA and yet, I have to train people, keep an eye on things and still finish off important work. This week we got over (By Jan)... | South Africa: Spain to Ask South Africa for Extradiction of Ex-Rwandan Army Chief Sunday 19-Sep-2010: By Jean-Jacques CornishSpain is going to ask for the extradition of former Rwandan army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa who has political asylum in South Africa. Kigali has already sought Nyamwasa's re (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Mixed Progress on Development Goals Saturday 18-Sep-2010: By Chris SteinJohannesburg - With five years left till the Millennium Development Goals' 2015 deadline, civil society groups say South Africa has made progress on some goals but regressed on others.Pa (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: NNPC Acquires 55 Percent in Shell's Oil Blocks Friday 17-Sep-2010: Abuja - The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) through its subsidiary, the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) has acquired 55% of Shell Petroleum Development Company's (SPDC's) o (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Elites Meet in Bid to Guard Country From 'Predator State' Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Franny RabkinJohannesburg - SA's political tumult loomed large at Liliesleaf Farm in Johannesburg yesterday as a group of business, legal and intellectual leaders came together to form a new civil (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Afgoye IDPs Forced Out As 'Pirate' Landlords Move in Thursday 16-Sep-2010: Nairobi - Property owners in Somalia's Afgoye corridor, near the capital Mogadishu, are selling the land on which thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been settled for years, displaci (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Woman Killed in Delta Bank Robbery Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Austin OgwudaAsaba - It was a bloody day at Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday as a gang of armed robbers raided a first generation bank in the town.Ironical (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Country Eyes Increased Share of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Cape Town - Naledi Pandor, the Minister of Science and Technology, wants South Africa to achieve 25 percent of the global market in the production of hydrogen and fuel cell catalysts, using novel plat (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Halving Global Hunger Off-Track But Still Possible - Oxfam Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Washington, DC - Ten years after world leaders committed to halve world hunger by 2015, little progress has been made to reduce the number of people who go to sleep hungry, and many hard-won achieveme (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Africom Ploughs U.S.$30 Million in New Technology Monday 13-Sep-2010: One of the country's biggest internet service providers, Africom on Friday unveiled its mobile broadband platform after investing US$30 million into the project in a development that would improve the (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Hwange Power Station to Raise Generating Capacity Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Golden SibandaHarare - Zesa Holdings' Hwange Thermal Power Station is expected to raise its suppressed power generating capacity to 920 megawatts by June next year.The power plant is currently unde (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Pollution Law Will Add to Landowners' Costs Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Jocelyn NewmarchJohannesburg - RESIDENTIAL and industrial property owners and polluters will soon be forced to clean up contaminated land when new sections of the National Environmental Management: (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Eight Killed As PDP, ANPP Supporters Clash in Zamfara Friday 17-Sep-2010: Gusau - Eight people were killed and several others injured as supporters of Governor Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and those of Senator Ahmed Sai Yarima of All Nigeria Peop (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: N5.2 Billion Alleged Fraud - CBN Clears Spring Bank's GMD Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Kelvin EgerueLagos - Reprieve may have come the way of managers of Spring Bank Plc as authorities of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday exonerated them of any complicity in the raging N5.2 bil (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Spring Bank Denies Fraud Allegations Friday 17-Sep-2010: Lagos - Spring Bank Plc has debunked fraud allegations against its current management saying that the bank is on the desired platform for recovery.A recent report had alleged involvement of Spring Ban (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Small Amounts of Cash Make a Big Difference Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Busani BafanaTshwane - After being diagnosed HIV-positive Margaret Bikyele could not even manage the simplest of household chores, let alone being able work to generate an income for her and her tw (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Banks Tighten Loan Recovery Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Sylvia JuukoKampala - Financial institutions are aggressively recovering monies from loan defaulters as they clean up their balance sheet ahead of their end of year reporting, experts have said.The (By News Poster)... | Angola: Cracking the Market Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Nelly NyagahAngola's existing multi-billion dollar infrastructure and vast mineral resources are some of the aspects that are drawing investors to the southern African country, despite the less tha (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: Food Prices Continue to Stabilize Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Austin BeyadiDar es Salaam - FOOD prices in Dar es Salaam have continued to remain stable since June this year as traders are now linking the trend with the good harvests and the improvement of the (By News Poster)... | South Africa: New Dawn Plans to Be Mid-Tier Gold Firm in Zimbabwe Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Allan SeccombeJohannesburg - NEW Dawn, the company that has taken an 89% stake in Central African Gold, is embarking on a strategy in Zimbabwe that could see it become a 200 000 oz-a-year gold prod (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Nzimande Snipes At League's 'Autonomy' Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Sibongakonke ShobaJohannesburg - THE public row between the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League continued at the weekend as SACP general secret (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Former Crimes Commission Boss Declares Presidential Bid Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Imam Imam, Paul Obi And Chineme OkaforLagos/Abuja - Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC), Mallam Nuhu Ribabu, has finally confirmed his intention to contest in the (By News Poster)... |
| Somalia: UN Envoy Urges Authorities to Complete Remaining Tasks Friday 17-Sep-2010: With less than two years to go before the end of the transition period in Somalia, a top United Nations official on Thursday stressed the need to consolidate the fragile peace in the Horn of Africa na (By News Poster)... | Africa: The Paradox of Food Insecurity in Africa Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Michael SsaliThe issues discussed in this column so far have mainly centred on food security, the environment, poverty reduction through farming, and the need for gender equity and women empowermen (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Firstrand 'Not Looking for an Equity Partner' Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Sure KamhungaJohannesburg - FIRSTRAND is not aspiring to have an international investor as an equity partner even though it will not slam the door shut if opportunity knocks, says group CEO Sizwe N (By News Poster)... | Sudan: Rights Experts Calls for Govt Probe Into Darfur Attack Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the Sudanese Government to urgently probe a recent attack in North Darfur that left dozens of civilians dead.Mohamed Chande Othman, th (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: 'No Regrets Over Land Reform' Friday 17-Sep-2010: By George Maponga in MasvingoHarare - Government does not regret embarking on the land reform programme to address historical land ownership imbalances in Zimbabwe, Minister of State for Presidential (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: SSS Officer, Wife, Three Children Slaughtered in Kano Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Abdulaziz AbdulazizKano - It was sorrows, tears and blood yesterday in Kano as daredevil assassins slaughtered a State Security Services (SSS) operative, his wife and three of his children - in an (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: PLHA's Involvement Critical Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Monica Cheru-MpambawasheHarare - When the National Aids Council hit the news last year amid allegations of not channeling the requisite minimum of 50 percent of the Aids levy towards the procuremen (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Borrowing Rates Thaw Monday 13-Sep-2010: Harare - LOCAL banks have revealed that market interest rates have thawed in the recent past, even though they remain significantly under pressure from excess demand for working capital by local indus (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Govt Snubs Africa-Europe Energy Indaba Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Nqobile BhebheVienna - Zimbabwe blew an opportunity to lure international energy investors when it snubbed the first high-ranking Africa-European Union Energy Partnership (AEEP) meeting in Vienna, (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Family - 'Kano Murder Suspect Forced to Confess' Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Jaafar JaafarKano - A new twist was added to the story of the slain assistant director of State Security Service (SSS) who was murdered in Kano alongside his wife and three children when family mem (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Thousands Protest Corruption Body's Actions Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Dennis NakuPort Harcourt - At least 10,000 indigenes of Rivers State stormed the Port Harcourt office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) protesting the alleged commission's inte (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Spring Bank Alleges Death Threats, Debunks Fraud Claims Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Mojeed JamiuLagos - The management of Spring Bank Plc has debunked fraud allegations against the current top management of the bank. A newspaper report not LEADERSHIP, had alleged the involvement o (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: New Electoral Laws Expected By May 2012 Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Maputo - Alfred Gamito, chairperson of the Commission on Public Administration of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, announced on Tuesday that he expects the Assembly plenary to (By News Poster)... | Gambia: In Gamtel Economic Crime Case Charges Against Suspect Dropped Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Sidiq AsemotaThe Attonery General's Chambers and Ministry of Justice has dropped criminal charges against one Mournir Elkarni, a Moroccan national in the alleged Gamtel economic crime case.Mournir (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Trust Bank Set to Roll Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Bright MaderaHarare - Trust Banking Corporation Limited, which recently got back its banking licence, says it will start operating in January next year.Group company secretary, Mrs Florence Matambo (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Communist Party Backs Nationalised Mines 'If Majority Benefits' Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Bekezela PhakathiCape Town - South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande yesterday said the party supported the nationalisation of mines "as long as it benefits the overwh (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Rescued Banks - CBN Will Not Accept Some Bids - Sanusi Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Amaka Ifeakandu With Agency ReportLagos - The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Lamido Sanusi Lamido, has said that the apex bank had received bids for some of the nation's rescu (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Mogadishu Clashes Kill 15 Friday 17-Sep-2010: At least 15 people were killed and 50 other injured Thursday when fired mortar exchanged between government troops and Somali insurgents around the government buildings and Main Bakara market in Somal (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Cabinet Approves 'Shoot to Kill' Bill Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Nickolaus BauerJohannesburg - Cabinet has rubber stamped a controversial law that will enhance the power the South African Police Service (SAPS) has in using lethal force when arresting suspected c (By News Poster)... | Somalia: President Denies Dispute With Prime Minister Thursday 16-Sep-2010: Somalia's interim resident, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, had a meeting with more than 300 Somali lawmakers at the centre of parliament in Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.President Sharif talked about the disa (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Lead SA And Brand SA's Revolution Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Sean MccoyJohannesburg - AN "aha" moment from a security supervisor manning the gates at the University of Johannesburg is exactly what Brand SA needs from each of its citizens right now.He was par (By News Poster)... | Uganda: There Was No Army Involvement in Budadiri Poll Chaos Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Capt Deo AkiikiThis is in response to the Daily Monitor article of September 10, titled "Army cited in Budadiri West poll chaos". I would like to clarify that the army was not in any way involved i (By News Poster)... |
| Rwanda: Hutu Rebels Warn UN Over Kigali 'Tactics' Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Rwandan Hutu rebels urged the United Nations Tuesday not to succumb to Kigali's threat to withdraw troops from Sudan if the world body publishes a report accusing the country's troops of crimes.The De (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Banks Unscathed by New Global Rules Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Johnstone Ole TuranaCommercial banks operating in Kenya have little to worry about on complying with the new global banking capital regulation following the agreement that core capital be raised to (By News Poster)... |
| West Africa: Sahel's Axis of Oil Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Sanusi AbubakarLast week we were talking about trans-border cooperation and efficient resource utilization within and between us and our neighbours, namely Chad and Niger Republics. We highlighted (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Army Investigates Claims of Intimidating Budadiri Voters Monday 13-Sep-2010: By David MafabiMbale - The army is investigating allegations that soldiers beat up voters in Budadiri West, Sironko District, forcing them to vote for Presidency Minister Beatrice Wabudeya during the (By News Poster)... |
| SK Moyo Adverts Raise Furore in Zanu Pf Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Dumisani MuleyaA political row has erupted in Zanu PF over controversial newspaper adverts placed in the local and South African press by party chairman Simon Khaya Moyo.The issue has raised disqui (By News Poster)... | Ethiopia: Boat Migration Season Off to Deadly Start Friday 17-Sep-2010: The United Nations refugee agency reported today that one person has been killed and others have drowned crossing the Gulf of Aden to start new lives in Yemen, indicating that mixed migration across t (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Banks to Gain From Strong Business Confidence Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Johnstone Ole TuranaKenyan banks are expected to post a strong performance on the backdrop of the ongoing economic recovery as businesses and households increase borrowing to finance capital expend (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Violence Disrupts Constitution Consultations Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Tichaona SibandaA total of 23 constitutional outreach meetings were cancelled in the last week in some districts of Manicaland province, after ZANU PF supporters resorted to using guns to disrupt t (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Let's Be Wary of West's Agendas Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Harare - Zimbabwe appears determined to forge ahead with reforms of its political and governance systems in keeping with the Global Political Agree-ment.It has partially dealt with the media environme (By News Poster)... | Sierra Leone: Electoral Fraud - The Guinean Experience Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By John MomohFreetown - The role of national and international electoral observers and monitors in Africa in rendering authentic and truthful verdicts of the outcome of elections in African countries (By News Poster)... |
| S.Africa: CORRUPTION: German arms dealer had to bribe 22 people associated with the ANC Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: [Look at the corruption among the South Africans. What is the bet that the Germans also had no choice but to "grease palms". In Africa, it is a standard that Govt officials get a bribe of 20% of the t (By Jan)... | Ghana: Family of Missing Pastor Petitions IGP Monday 13-Sep-2010: Members of the Amedzro family at Battor have appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Paul Tawiah Quaye, to help investigate circumstances leading to the disappearance of their son, Past (By News Poster)... |
| Ethiopia: Bank Presidents Coining It in Monday 13-Sep-2010: The banking sector, comprising a total of 15 banks, is the highest performing in the country, showing a record performance every year, through boom and bust. As such, Fortune takes a look at some of t (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Fund Calls for BEE Model That Creates New Businesses Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Linda EnsorCape Town - A paradigm shift is needed to identify gaps in economic sectors to create new capacity and develop true black entrepreneurship,National Empowerment Fund (NEF) chairman Ronnie (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Big Brother Africa - the Fast And the Furious! Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Natasha UysEISH BBA peoples, what's going on in this season of Big Brother Africa? Seems like almost all of the housemates either have some serious issues or they need to go for anger-management co (By News Poster)... | Man Repeatedly Rapes Stepdaughter Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Helvy ShaanikaOshakati - Police in the Omusati Region have arrested a man from Ondukuta village for raping his stepdaughter on numerous occasions.The grandmother of the 13-year-old victim opened a (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Kidnapping - FG Mulls Strike Force Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Kingsley NwezehAbuja - Following rampant kidnappings and threats to national security ahead 2011 general elections, Federal Government said yesterday it was considering setting up a strike force ou (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Opposition Premier Holds Talks With Ruling Party Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Andisiwe MakinanaTop ANC leaders met their DA counterparts to discuss conflicts between the two parties, especially those relating to the Western Cape.Tuesday's meeting, which dealt with issues ran (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Man Kills Wife, Commits Suicide Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Albertina NakaleWalvis Bay - A Kuisebmond woman was shot in cold blood allegedly by her husband who then turned the pistol on himself on Sunday.Exact details of what happened are not available yet, (By News Poster)... | Somalia: UN, AU And Regional Bloc Urge Somalis to Reject Violence Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: The head of UNPOS and the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia, called on all Somalis to reject violence and use peaceful means to restore security and stability to their conflict-wr (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Cosatu Calls for a State Bank Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Nickolaus BauerJohannesburg - Labour federation believes that the introduction of a state owned bank will stimulate growth and help regulate the economyThe Congress of South African Trade Unions (C (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Country to Focus on Biggest Export Markets China, India Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Loyiso LangeniJohannesburg - SA WOULD prioritise China and India as export destinations of choice as these countries were now its biggest export markets, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said (By News Poster)... |
| Ethiopia: Western Gambella Region Faces Risks Head-On Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: Gambella - Officials in Ethiopia's western Gambella Region have scored conflict and erratic rainfall a dead certainty this year, potentially affecting more than 150,000 people. Floods and disease outb (By News Poster)... | International Commission Hits Out Over African Trade Talks Monday 13-Sep-2010: Cape Town - A high-profile international commission which advocates for Africa has criticized the "glacial" progress of talks on world trade reform that would enable the continent to take more respons (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Diamond Monitor Arrives in Ahead of Auction Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Alex BellThe diamond trade monitor appointed by the international watchdog, the Kimberley Process (KP), arrived back in Zimbabwe on Thursday evening, ahead of an anticipated second diamond auction. (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Rivers - Doctors Threaten Strike Over Colleague's Abduction Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Anayo OnukwughaPort Harcourt - Medical practitioners in Rivers State, under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), have threatened to withdraw their services from all hospitals in the (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Son Confesses Killing SSS Operative, Mother, Siblings - Family Contests Security Claims Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Ibrahim ShuaibuKano - Bello Garba Bello (Baba), the eldest surviving son of the murdered State Security Service (SSS) operative, Garba Bello, told the police yesterday in Kano that he killed his pa (By News Poster)... | Election Fraud Trial Moved to 2011 Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Toivo NdjebelaWindhoek - A week-long trial of former director of elections, Phillemon Kanime, and two others with whom he is co-accused of election fraud has been set for May and June 2011.Kanime, (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Power - FG to Transform Agric Dams for Electricity Generation Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Oscarline OnwuemenyiAbuja - The Federal Government has disclosed plans to convert all the dams originally built for irrigation and water supply purposes across the country for use in electricity ge (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Police Shoot Schoolgirl During Protest Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: Pretoria - The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) has launched an investigation into the shooting of 17-year-old schoolgirl, Nontsikelelo Anna Nokela.According to the ICD, Nokela was shot when a (By News Poster)... |
| Ghana: 'Make Your Loan Facilities Flexible' - Otumfuo Osei Tutu Tells Financial Institutions Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Issah AlhassanKumas - BANKS AND other financial institutions in the country have been urged to make their conditions for accessing credits more flexible, in order to the pave way for individuals to (By News Poster)... | Retailers Cash in on Coin Woes Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Fortious NhamburaHarare - Zimbabweans are feeling in more ways than one the effects of a heat wave in Russia that has seen Moscow banning wheat exports.The Baker's Association Zimbabwe's decision t (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Teen Finds Murdered Mother's Body in Bathroom Monday 13-Sep-2010: A Stellenbosch teen came home from school on Friday to find her mother dead on the bathroom floor, apparently strangled.The 18-year-old matric pupil grew suspicious after she rang the doorbell at thei (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Stop Killing Children in the Name of Riches Monday 13-Sep-2010: By William KibaalyaKampala - It is very saddening to receive news of cases related to unexplained murders of adults and children. In majority of the situations, the murders are suspected to be human a (By News Poster)... |
| Sex Trade Thriving Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Alvine KapitakoWindhoek - The number of girls and women that enter the sex trade has increased so much that the prices they charge clients have decreased terribly, a Roman Catholic Priest, Father H (By News Poster)... | OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF RWANDA Friday 17-Sep-2010: [An African student in the UK sent this to us. Jan] OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF RWANDA Your excellence Mr.Paul Kagame Appeal on behalf of Pr. Peday Ntihanabayo I wish to tha (By Jan)... |
| Africa: Maternal Deaths Decline, Says World Health Body Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Susan Anyangu-AmuNairobi - The number of women dying from pregnancy related causes around the world is falling. Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the most dangerous place for pregnant women, despit (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Jonathan Tasks New Service Chiefs On Internal Security Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Kunle AkogunAbuja - President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday charged the new service chiefs to work hand in hand with the police to tackle the internal security challenges currently facing the country (By News Poster)... |
| Sierra Leone: Koroma's Three Years in Office - Energy and Infrastructure! Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Rachel HornerFreetown - On assumption of office in September 2007, President Ernest Bai Koroma promised a progressive turn around for Sierra Leone in 36 months through his 'Agenda for Change', high (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: Fuel Prices Drop Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Saul ButeraKigali - Fuel Pump prices on the local market have dropped by 0.5 percent for petrol and 0.4 percent for diesel, i.e., from Rwf 925 to Rwf 920 and Rwf 917 to Rwf 913 respectively as a re (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: AGRF to Transform Africa's Agriculture Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Joseph OlanyoKampala, Uganda - A series of outcomes from the inaugural African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) has moved a united Africa forward in the quest to transform agriculture and tackle food (By News Poster)... | Sweden: Leftists Cuts Swastika Into Forehead Of Far-Right Politician Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: IMO the guy who was attacked should sue Quintin Tarantino for inspiring this! -NG - - - - - - - - - A Swedish far-right politician is recovering from a shocking hate crime attack from Leftists, (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))... |
| Zimbabwe: Country Holds Secret Marange Diamond Sale Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: Zimbabwe held a secret auction of diamonds from its Marange fields, where the army has been accused of forced labour and torture, an official said Tuesday."Yes, the sales were carried out this weekend (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Opposition Challenges Arms Deal Offset Benefits Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Linda EnsorCape Town - The industrial offset programme that was used as partial justification by the state for the expenditure of about R48bn on arms purchases had failed to deliver the promised re (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Property Owners in Joburg Victims of 'Fraud' Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Sarah HudlestonJohannesburg - ABOUT 1000 property owners in southern Johannesburg, fearing losing their homes in a land claim, have been persuaded to pay R360 each to a claimants group, in what a c (By News Poster)... | South Africa: More Visible Policing in Rural Areas Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Ndivhuwo MusethaLouis Trichardt - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has promised more visible policing in South Africa's rural areas during the opening of two police stations in Limpopo.The minister o (By News Poster)... |
| Kenya: Supply Hitches Push Pump Prices to Two-Year High Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Zeddy SambuPetrol prices have touched the Sh100 mark - last seen in October 2008 - as a biting fuel shortage hits Kenya following a supply constraints arising from contamination of storage tanks in (By News Poster)... | Zambia: Economy Performing Well, Says IMF Thursday 16-Sep-2010: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited Lusaka September 2-15, 2010 to conduct discussions for the fifth review under the Extended Credit Facility.The mission had fruitful discussions wit (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Resgen in 20-Year Coal Deal With Indian Group Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Alistair AndersonJohannesburg - JUNIOR coal miner Resource Generation (Resgen) announced yesterday that it had secured its first coal off-take contract, allowing it to supply an Indian group with c (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Al Shabaab And Hizbul Islam Leaders Vow More Attacks Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: Al-Shabaab leaders Ahmed Abdi Godane also known as Sheikh Abu Zubyer released a recorded audio tape, appealing to his fighters to redouble their attacks against Somali government troops and African Un (By News Poster)... |
| Congo-Kinshasa: Civil Society Protests Harassment of Rights Activists Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Emmanuel ChacoKinshasa - Civil society is calling for an end to impunity for the harassment of human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The renewed call comes as an activist kidn (By News Poster)... | Uganda: Fuel Prices Increase As Scarcity Bites Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Ismail Musa LaduSeveral parts of the country are facing fuel shortage, with the two biggest dealers- Shell Uganda and Total Uganda, being the notable casualties so far.A number of Shell and Total f (By News Poster)... |
| Tanzania: Take Steps to Curb Campaign Violence Monday 13-Sep-2010: Reports of parliamentary and civic candidates being attacked and their campaign rallies disrupted by hired goons are cause for grave concerned as the clock steadily ticks towards the October 31 Genera (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: Rwamucyo Release Disrespectful - Ngoga Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Edwin MusoniKigali - Prosecutor General, Martin Ngoga, has said Wednesday's decision by a French court to release Eugene Rwamucyo, suspected of involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, i (By News Poster)... |
| Gambia: Another Murder Suspect in Police Net Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Omar WallyAlhagie Conteh,Gambian national is currently in police custody at the Major Crime Unit at the police headquarters in Banjul, for allegedly killing one Asanatou Barry, a Guinean national.S (By News Poster)... | Ethiopia: Anti-Govt Rebels Suspected of Landing in Somaliland Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: A senior government minister in Somalia's separatist region of Somaliland has admitted that a group of rebels fighting against the Ethiopian government have secretly landed along Somaliland shores, Ra (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Halving World Hunger Possible by 2015, Says Report Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: The world can halve global hunger within five years says a new Oxfam report launched today. The launch of "Halving World Hunger: Still Possible?" coincides with an announcement by the UN Food and Agri (By News Poster)... | South Africa: New Mines Charter to Speed Pace of Change Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Allan SeccombeJohannesburg - THE mining industry had not met its interim social, labour and black economic empowerment targets, prompting the Department of Mineral Resources to issue a more defined (By News Poster)... |
| Rwanda: Region Improves in Food Security Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Nasra BishumbaKigali - RWANDA has beaten food secure regional heavyweights Tanzania and Kenya to emerge 11th among developing nations in ActionAid's annual Hunger Scorecard report.The report, a cop (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Boko Haram - U.S. Embassy Cuts Travels to North Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Segun AwofadejiGombe - The United States Embassy has announced that it is suspending travels to northern Nigeria following an attack on the Bauchi Prison by Boko Haram, a radical Muslim sect, durin (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Court Ruling Overturns 167 Death Sentences Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Emmanuel MulondoKampala - At least 167 inmates on death row have had their sentences reduced to life imprisonment, following a Supreme Court ruling.Some of the inmates include former Tooro kingdom (By News Poster)... | Sudan: Global Day of Action for Diplomacy Sunday 19-Sep-2010: New York - Thousands of activists are gathering at events in 14 countries in a coordinated global day of action, calling on world leaders to take urgent steps to prevent a collapse in diplomacy in Sud (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Amaechi is Shielding Corrupt Officials - EFCC Saturday 18-Sep-2010: By Peter OnochieIgbidu - Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, Farida Waziri yesterday condemned the sponsored protest against the works of the EFCC in Rivers State, saying that g (By News Poster)... | Namibia: Forest Fires Destroy 250 000 Hectares of Land in Kavango Friday 17-Sep-2010: SOME 250 000 hectares of land was scorched by forest fires raging in various parts of the Kavango Region since last week.The fires were fought at places like Ncuiba in Ndiyona Constituency, at some vi (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Museveni Warns Oil Companies Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Francis KagoloKampala - The Government will not tolerate foreign oil companies evading taxes, President Yoweri Museveni has warned.In his first public criticism of the multinational oil companies o (By News Poster)... | Africa: Summit Failure on Water, Sanitation Would Be Recipe for Disaster Sunday 19-Sep-2010: By Thalif DeenStockholm - A weeklong international conference here has transmitted a strong political message to next week's U.N. summit meeting of world leaders: what good is the fight against povert (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Group Charged for Illegal Organ Transplants Saturday 18-Sep-2010: By Jean-Jacques CornishTop South African private hospital group Netcare and its chief executive Richard Friedland have been charged with offences related to organ transplants.The company, which runs h (By News Poster)... | Mali: Kidnap Threat Throws Spotlight On Local Aid Staff Friday 17-Sep-2010: Dakar - A kidnap threat blocking Western aid workers from travelling to parts of Mali is hampering aid operations and underscoring the importance of local NGOs, humanitarian experts say.Several intern (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Judges Among Corruption Accused Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Wongai ZhangazhaHigh Court Judges are among judicial officers who could be receiving bribes, according to a senior Anti-Corruption Commission official who has revealed that graft has pervaded virtu (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Global Institutions Must Be Reformed - Minister Friday 17-Sep-2010: Cape Town - The world's global financial institutions as well as UN organisations must be overhauled if developing nations are to tackle poverty, says the Minister of International Relations and Coope (By News Poster)... |
| Côte d'Ivoire: Germany and NGO in Debt Swap Agreement to Build Aids-Fight Resources Thursday 16-Sep-2010: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Germany and Côte D’Ivoire today signed a debt swap agreement that supports HIV/AIDS programs in Côte d’Ivoire.Under the (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: US Court - Abdulmutallab Can Defend Self Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Paul Ohia With Agency ReportLagos - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a plane in the United States can fire his court-appointed attorney and defend himself, a j (By News Poster)... |
| Rwanda: Nation Continues Pursuing War Criminal Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Edmund KagireKigali - RWANDA has vowed to continue pursing genocide suspect, Dr. Eugene Rwamucyo, as well as other genocide suspects on European soil despite yesterday's setback whereby France refu (By News Poster)... | Zambia: Govt Agro Vision to Focus On Food Security Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: THE Government's vision for the agriculture sector up to 2015 and beyond will be promoted taking into account the comparative advantage in crops, livestock, and fisheries production.The long term visi (By News Poster)... |
| Rigid Laws Reduce Jobs in Africa Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Loyiso LangeniJohannesburg - Unemployment and a growing informal sector in Africa are slowing economic progress in the continent, a United Nations (UN) report said yesterday.Aggressive investment i (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: 50 Years of OPEC Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: The Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC) is 50 years old today. Easily one of the most successful of the developing world's commodity cartels, OPEC was founded on 14 September 1960 in Bagdad (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Big Market, Bigger Challenges for Matabeleland Farmers Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Busani BafanaBulawayo - Most fruits and vegetables sold in Bulawayo are imported from South Africa, because farms immediately around Zimbabwe's second city cannot meet demand. Locals are paying hig (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Break the Loud Silence Over the Women Killers of Kisii Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Otieno OtienoNairobi - Last month, reports that European explorer Henry Morton Stanley's villagemates in Wales were planning to immortalise him with a bronze statue triggered a high-minded exchange (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Harvesting Water to Save Crops and Lives Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Isaiah EsipisuNairobi - Peter Kivuti, a 51-year-old farmer from Eastern Kenya, never relied on meteorological weather predictions all his life - until three years ago. It was then that rainfall in (By News Poster)... | Gem Theft Suspect Gets Bail Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Tileni MongudhiNamGem production manager Erez Ben Shushan was released on bail of N$ 100 000 late Thursday afternoon in the Okahandja Magistrate's Court.Shushan is the only person arrested so far i (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: President Jacob Zuma Welcomes Media Letters Monday 13-Sep-2010: President Jacob Zuma has welcomed the letters he has received from various media groupings locally and internationally, raising their concerns about the Protection of Information Bill, as well as the (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Insecurity a Threat to Kenya, Says Wetang'ula Sunday 19-Sep-2010: By Kevin J KellyNew York - The worsening security situation in Somalia poses a direct threat to Kenya, Foreign minister Moses Wetang'ula has told the United Nations Security Council.The al-Shabaab ins (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: News Anchor Beaten to Death With Metal Bar Friday 17-Sep-2010: On 13 September 2010, Dickson Ssentongo was waylaid by unidentified metal-bar welding men in Nantabulirirwa village. They reportedly beat him to death at 5:00 a.m. while he was on his way to his radio (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: 'In China, Soludo Would Have Been Shot' Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Oloruntobi OmotolaAbuja - The Movement for Defence of Nigerian Economy (MDNE), being led by an elder statesman, Alhaji Shehu Ahmed, has blamed the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CB (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: CBN Gives Banks December Deadline On Auditors Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Emele OnuLagos - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given all deposit money banks up to December 31, 2010 to replace external auditors that have been appointed for more than 10 years, including (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Murray and Roberts Disposes Loss-Making Malawi Subsidiary Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Harare - Listed construction giant, Murray and Roberts (Zimbabwe) Limited has sold one of its two Malawi subsidiaries while the disposal of the remaining operation awaits approval from the Reserve Ban (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: African Cashew Alliance Meets in Maputo Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Maputo - The cashew processing industry in Africa has the potential to produce over 300 million US dollars in added value and create over 200,000 new jobs in rural areas, according to Carlos Costa, th (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: $6 Billion Debt - NNPC's Payment Plan Fails Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Hamisu MuhammadA plan by the NNPC to pay off a significant portion of billions of dollars in backlog to importers by the end of August has failed as the corporation settled only $150 million while (By News Poster)... |
| Energy Ministry Meets With Donors Monday 13-Sep-2010: Maputo - During the period 2005-2009, a further 40 of Mozambique's 128 district capitals were linked to the national electricity grid, bringing the number of Mozambicans with electricity in their home (By News Poster)... | Renamo Denounces Government Measures Monday 13-Sep-2010: Maputo - The parliamentary group of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, on Friday dismissed as "insufficient" the measures announced by the government on Tuesday to d (By News Poster)... |
| Angola: Armed Forces Tell People to Report Landmine Areas Monday 13-Sep-2010: Ondjiva - The Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) called on the residents in suburban and rural zones for greater collaboration in denouncing of the areas suspect of landmines.The commander of De-mining Brigad (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Endangering Power Sector Reform Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Ikeogu OkeMy 15-year career as a maintenance crewman in the defunct National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) was only in its second year the penultimate time the staff of the organisation embarked (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: World Financial Houses Called to Reform Thursday 16-Sep-2010: Pretoria - World leaders have been called on to use the economic crisis as a launch pad to make meaningful changes in global financial institutions.National Planning Commission Minister, Trevor Manuel (By News Poster)... | Angola: First Journalist Murdered Since 2001 Thursday 16-Sep-2010: Neighbours and friends found Angolan journalist Alberto Graves Chakussanga at his home with a bullet in his back on 5 September. The radio journalist worked for Radio Despertar, a station that has bee (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: National Oil Company's Board Fights Minister Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Desie HeitaWindhoek - A bitter tussle has ensued between Minister of Mines and Energy, Isak Katali, and board of directors of the State-owned petroleum company, Namcor, over ways to stop the financ (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Firstrand Posts 'Impressive' Profit Recovery Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Sure KamhungaJohannesburg - FIRSTRAND announced a major recovery in profit in the year to June yesterday, finally scotching the bad memories of its volatile performance in the past, particularly in (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Petinrin, New CDS Takes Over From Dike Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Kingsley OmonobiAbuja - The new chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin and the new Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Umar, yesterday took over command of the DHQ and NAF H (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: A Second Look at EFCC's Operation in Jigawa Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Tijjani Ibrahim KiyawaTo most discerning political observers in today's Nigeria, the renewed Gestapo style of Farida Waziri-led Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against selected stat (By News Poster)... |
| Nigeria: Universal Banking Ends in October - CBN Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Amaka IfeakanduLagos - As part of the blue-print for reforming the Nigerian financial system, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in compliance with the statutory provisions of the Banks and other F (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Doctors from America, New Zealand, Zimbabwe Charged Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: Harare - FOUR doctors - - two Americans, a New Zealander and a Zimbabwean - - yesterday appeared in court for allegedly contravening sections of the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act by trea (By News Poster)... |
| Pupkewitz in Thick of Carbon Tax Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Desie HeitaWindhoek - Pupkewitz Motors stands accused of "unpatriotic actions" for deciding to charge Namibian motor vehicle buyers the newly introduced South African carbon emission tax, instead o (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Agric Benefits of Waste Water Listed Sunday 19-Sep-2010: Lagos - Recycling urban wastewater and using it to grow food crops can help mitigate water scarcity problems and reduce water pollution, but the practice is not being as widely implemented as it shoul (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: 'No HIV Drugs, No Vote' Campaign On Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Ephraim KasoziKampala - People living with HIV have started a "no HIV drugs, no vote" campaign ahead of the 2011 general elections to propel candidates to prioritise HIV/Aids treatment in their man (By News Poster)... | South Africa: All Systems Go for Global Biodiversity Meeting Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: By Nthambeleni GabaraPretoria - Preparations are in full swing for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), with Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Rejoice Mabudafhasi jetting off (By News Poster)... |
| East Africa: Trade in Counterfeit Goods Affects Us All Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Charles GoredemaThe influx of counterfeit goods in formal and informal Southern African markets came under the spotlight again at a recent workshop held in Harare, Zimbabwe. The Interpol Regional B (By News Poster)... | East Africa: Ugandans Yet to Acquire Oil Skills Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Mark MuhumuzaKampala - Ugandans have a role to play in the oil and gas exploration industry but are challenged by limited skills, Tullow oil genreal manager has said.Mr. Brian Glover revealed this (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: Mushimba Courts Namcor Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyTHE Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL), Swapo Women's Council (SWC) and the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), are all part of a consortium vying to supply 50 per cent of all fuel (By News Poster)... | East Africa: Thumbs Up to East African Police Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: The arrest last week of a Tanzanian suspected of involvement in the July 11 twin bombings in Kampala, Uganda, should be commended.That the man is now providing the police with leads that could lead to (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: Carbon Storage Atlas a Milestone Monday 13-Sep-2010: Johannesburg - The newly launched South African Carbon Geological Storage Atlas is an important milestone in capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the country, says Energy Minister Dipuo Peters."This Atla (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Former Anti-Corruption Official Enters Race for President Friday 17-Sep-2010: By Abdulmutallib a AbubakarThe race for the presidency of the Federal Republic widened yesterday with the formal entry of former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] Malam N (By News Poster)... |
| Namibia: The Politics of Beans Friday 17-Sep-2010: Just as President Hifikepunye Pohamba was launching the Agriculture Investment Conference in Windhoek on Wednesday, a group of farmers in Epukiro was meeting councillor Brave Tjizera on the same day t (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: FG, U.S Sign Pact On Regional Security Thursday 16-Sep-2010: By Abiodun OluwarotimiWashington D.c - In the bid to further strengthen the security system in the Niger Delta region, the United States of America (USA) has signed a bi-national agreement on regional (By News Poster)... |
| Africa: Free Trade Area for East, Southern Africa Making Progress Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: Significant progress has been made by COMESA, EAC and SADC to establish an enlarged Free Trade Area encompassing 26 countries in east and southern Africa by 2012.A report presented to recent summits o (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Minister - 28 Remained, 120 Returned After Bauchi Prison Break Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Abdulkadir Badsha MukhtarMinister of Interior Capt. Emmanuel Ihenacho has confirmed that only 28 inmates remained following recent attack on Bauchi prison by members of the Boko Haram sect.The mini (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Italian Job - How Eni Could Take Country's Oil Fields Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Michael WakabiNairobi - Italian oil firm, Eni, is back in contention in the hunt for oil in Uganda. This follows the expiration of the exploration license to the prized block 3a last week.If indeed (By News Poster)... | Mourning Africa's Che Guevara Monday 13-Sep-2010: By Lee MwitiNairobi - Rarely could two leaders be so far apart as Thomas Sankara and Blaise Compaoré.Both soldiers, they ascended to power through coups d'etats, and were for a time, staunch al (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Controversy Erupts Over Text Message Role in Unrest Monday 13-Sep-2010: Maputo - The independent newsheet "Mediafax" on Friday accused the Mozambican Minister of Transport and Communications, Paulo Zucula, of lying when, on Tuesday, he denied that there was any government (By News Poster)... | Somalia: Combating Impunity Key to Building Peace, Says UN Official Thursday 16-Sep-2010: Condemning the recent attacks on civilians in Somalia, a senior United Nations human rights official on Wednesday urged greater efforts to tackle decades of impunity, which she described as one of the (By News Poster)... |
| Liberia: Seven -Year Unbroken Peace UN Envoy Applauds Country Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) in Liberia, Ellen Margrethe Løj, in a briefing to the UN Security Council September 8, 2010 congratulated Liberians for seven y (By News Poster)... | Rwanda: Man Stabbed to Death Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Paul NtambaraHuye - Police in Huye District are holding a man suspected to have stabbed to death a fellow resident during a fight in Matyazo Cell on Sunday evening.According to Police sources, the (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: LRA Wants Peace Talks Resumed Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Henry MukasaKampala - The residual LRA rebels' delegation to the stalled Juba peace talks has written to the secretary general of the UN, Ban Ki-Moon, appealing for the resumption of negotiations w (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Irrigation Transforms Lives in Southern Region Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: By Busani BafanaGwanda - More than a million people will need food aid in Zimbabwe this year. As the government looks to boost agriculture production, one rural community is leading the way by using i (By News Poster)... |
| Zimbabwe: Power Cuts Expected Till December Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: Harare - Major power cuts are expected across Zimbabwe until December following the reduction of generation at Kariba Power Station for the annual maintenance exercise that began last Friday.Kariba wi (By News Poster)... | USA: From Germany: De Spiegel says: Obama Has Underestimated the Frustration in the Country Sunday 19-Sep-2010: [An interesting commentary from the noted German magazine Der Spiegel regarding another advance by the Tea Party. The Tea Party is clearly a good idea... and perhaps... given enough time it might muta (By Jan)... |
| [2 Pics] S.Africa: Two excellent Obama posters modified for Jacob Zuma & Julius Malema Friday 17-Sep-2010: [Jason, thanks a stack for this. Its excellent. Well said on both of those. Its the truth, especially the one about Malema. COSATU and the South African Communist Party are talking HARD COMMUNISM at t (By Jan)... | AfricanCrisis hack attacks? Denial of Service? How is your response? Sunday 19-Sep-2010: I am experiencing excruciatingly slow response from my own website this last while. I am noticing vast amounts of traffic which do not appear to be "human". I need to study it closer, but I have been (By Jan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (13-09-2010) Monday 13-Sep-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- "Three MDC-T officials died on Saturday afternoon while 12 others were injured after two vehicles travelling in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangi (By The BeardedMan)... | S.Africa: Apparently President Zuma is visiting Orania... Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: My Liberal friend sms'd me to tell me that the news shows President Zuma visiting Orania... the Afrikaner enclave. Orania is a brilliant advert for Afrikaners. It is a "colony" if you will... that (By Jan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (18-09-2010) Saturday 18-Sep-2010: Howzit Yet another day with the internet awash with stories on Zimbabwe. Obviously it would be very difficult to cover them all, but we will give it a go... -o00o- "Zimbabwe's President Rober (By The BeardedMan)... | USA: Stockmarkets: My Technical Indicator: Gold's next target: $1400 - and Wall St heading for new records? Thursday 16-Sep-2010: I need to post some graphs urgently. Some strange stuff. Gold is cool. Gold is doing what we said it would. Gold has finally broken through its current pattern and the P&F charts indicate the next (By Jan)... |
| [Pic] S.Africa: A banner from a strike by Teachers... Friday 17-Sep-2010: A friend sent me this. This seems to be a banner that was displayed at a strike by teachers. So many strikes have gone on .. I lose track of it all. I don’t even notice these things any more. Everybo (By Jan)... | S.Africa: ANC: MK - Some truths about Umkhonto We Siswe Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: [A reader sent me this but I have not had a check it out. Jan] (By Jan)... |
| The Right Perspective: 2010.09.18 Archive Saturday 18-Sep-2010: Frank broadcasts live from his latest Solutrean Vision Quest in Cahokia, and talks about the revelations his Solutrean Ancestors have given him. Plus: What the conservative victory of Christine (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))... | Should we use Buzz & Twitter for AfricanCrisis? Wednesday 15-Sep-2010: [I would like your opinion on using Buzz and Twitter. Social networking is interesting but I'm not too impressed with Facebook. It seems to be more for dating and friends. Twitter seems more inter (By Jan)... |
| Some postings from me shortly... Saturday 18-Sep-2010: I have just been recovering from a very tiring week and have tried to rest a bit... I just needed to relax a bit... There is so much to tell you. I have had fascinating and shocking discussions with p (By Jan)... | USA: Stock markets - My Technical Indicator... markets rising again... Tuesday 14-Sep-2010: A quick note, I may have to abandon my bear position again and sell out again. The markets are rising quite a lot in an unexpected way. The P&F charts are also still indicating a target of 11,500. (By Jan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (16-09-2010) Thursday 16-Sep-2010: Howzit Mugabe will not let the idea of Roy Bennett being a member of cabinet rest. His police force have now launched a manhunt for Bennett, although his lawyers are unaware of what is supposed to (By The BeardedMan)... |
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