From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 21st November 2010From 1994-Present over 3,000 Farmers have been murdered in S.Africa.
Many thousands of their farm workers have also been murdered too.
Click here for Photos & Updates - WARNING: Very Graphic & GruesomeSierra Leone: Analysis - National Situation Report
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Lansana GberieAddis Ababa - It is over three years since Ernest Bai Koroma, leading the All Peoples Congress (APC), became President of Sierra Leone, and less than two years to elections that will (By News Poster)...
[6 Pics] My Trip to America - The Shutting down of Nuclear Power stations by Environmentalists - The most Dangerous people in America: Eco-Terrorists
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: I must thank Captain Joseph Smith who made a special trip to show me this amazing thing. This is one of the greatest things I saw on my trip to the USA. Here in South Africa, we are so steeped in (By Jan)...Nigeria: Electoral Violence in Nigeria
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By John CampbellIntroductionNigeria is a country of overlapping regional, religious, and ethnic divisions. Rifts between the North and the South of the country, ethnic groups, and Islam and Christiani (By News Poster)...Africa: Apartheid in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Andrew M. MwendaOn October 24th, I went to Entebbe Airport to catch a South African Airways flight via Johannesburg to Namibia. Airline officials said I needed a transit visa through South Africa. (By News Poster)...[10 Graphs] Stock Markets: TOP SECRET: What they don't show you... Why Gold will go through the roof... The NEW CRASH nobody is noticing...
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Here is something extremely important that I have been meaning to show you for quite a long time. Below is the first graph I want to show you. This is the DOW Jones index. All the graphs below are (By Jan)...Nigeria: Impact of Kidnappers Return on Oil Industries
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Adeola YusufOil prices touched the highest point in two years immediately news of the kidnapped oil workers in Nigeria filtered into the global market. Energy Correspondent, ADEOLA YUSUF, who compi (By News Poster)...Central Bank Cuts Interest Rate
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Gill MarcusSince the previous meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), the outlook for domestic inflation has improved further against the backdrop of a continued negative domestic output (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Offensive Launched Against Militant Camps
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Emma Amaize, Samuel Oyadongha and Emma ArubiWarri - THE Joint Task Force, JTF, yesterday launched a major offensive on the hideouts of regrouped militants in the Niger Delta region, in response to (By News Poster)...My RED HOT WAR rages on... If I am short changed one more time... ram it sideways up your ass...
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: [This is me, in red hot action. There is no background to this. This is me fighting my fight - location unknown. I fight for my little piece of the pie. Some of my friends said to me: Don't do thi (By Jan)...Africa: World Bank Tells China to Create Jobs, Be Transparent in Africa
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaSpeech prepared for delivery to the 2010 China Mining Congress and Expo in Tianjin, China on November 16, 2010. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is Managing Director of The World Bank.H.E (By News Poster)...Africa: World Bank Tells China to Create Jobs, Be Transparent in Africa
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaSpeech prepared for delivery to the 2010 China Mining Congress and Expo in Tianjin, China on November 16, 2010. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is Managing Director of The World Bank.H.E (By News Poster)...South Africa: Currency Wars and the G20 - Who Benefits From the Strong Rand?
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Leonard GentleThe ongoing saga of the United States of America (US) accusations against China - that it is deliberately pushing down its currency - and thereby defeating US attempts to get balance (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Uncertainty Hangs Over 2011 Election
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Dayo Benson & Clifford NdujiheLagos - Five months to the April 2011 general polls, a thick cloud of uncertainty is still covering the exercise.And this is in spite of assurances by President Goodlu (By News Poster)...[3 Photos] My Trip to America - The Amazing Navigable Columbia River - Africa's incredible untapped Water and Lake Systems...
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: The Columbia River is the 2nd largest river in the USA. A navigable river is really amazing. Consider this: Portland is an hour's drive from the Pacific ocean and yet ships are sailing up through (By Jan)...Kenya: Nation's Complicated Transition and the Lessons for Zimbabwe
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Cyprian NyamwamuWhen it comes to Zimbabwe's transition, the experience in Kenya shows that reforms must be on paper and in the real world. And the logic of reform must be for the people and not to (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Elections in Spite of Ourselves!
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Nathaniel ManheruElections are upon us. Were things normal, such a statement would not be made at all, would not be made without courting the risk of stating the obvious.After all, apart from payin (By News Poster)...[2 Pics] History: UNBELIEVABLE! The Germans produced the World's first production (military) helicopter in the world in WWII - Focke-Achgelis Fa 223
Friday 19-Nov-2010: [I could not believe what I was seeing! I was watching a documentary called: Weaponology. It was covering details of how mountain warfare evolved. It mentioned that in WWII the Germans were the fir (By Jan)...Congo-Kinshasa: No Stability in Kivu despite Rapprochement with Rwanda
Friday 19-Nov-2010: The plan to resolve the conflict in the Kivu by emphasising a military solution is failing. Two years after the rapprochement between Congolese President Joseph Kabila and his Rwandan counterpart, Pau (By News Poster)...Southern Africa: SADC - Face of Regional Integration
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Emilia JohannesHarare - PETER MLAMBO is a middle-aged Zimbabwean political science professor, whom I have met in three or four international universities, where he has given incisive lectures on ho (By News Poster)...Nigeria: How Security Was Restored in Aba
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By James UmeAba - The collapsed security situation that pervaded the commercial nerve centre of the South East - Aba, Abia state is a story that has been on the front burner. For months, the city popu (By News Poster)...South Africa: Mob Justice Rules Deprived Areas
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Sandiso PhalisoCape Town - Over five days, from November 2 to November 6, a man was tied up and beaten to death and three other seriously injured in three separate incidences of vigilante attacks i (By News Poster)...Africa: Angola and 16 Other African Missions Facing U.S. Bank Account Closures
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Reed KramerWashington, DC - The Angolan Embassy here cancelled Monday night's celebration planned to mark the country's 35th independence anniversary, following a decision by Bank of America to clo (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Army, Militants in Fresh War
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Emma Amaize, Samuel Oyadongha & Akpokona OmafuaireWarri - A bloody gun duel erupted in the creeks, Wednesday, between regrouped militants and soldiers drawn from the Joint Task Force, JTF, with bot (By News Poster)...China Challenged on Responsible Investment in Africa
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaSpeech prepared for delivery to the 2010 China Mining Congress and Expo in Tianjin, China on November 16, 2010. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is Managing Director of The World Bank.H.E (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Production Drops as Militants Hit Mobil Facility, 8 Workers Kidnapped
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Chika Amanze-Nwachuku, Linda ErokeLagos And Mohammed Bello in Maiduguri With Agency Report - Nigeria has recorded further reduction in its crude oil production as by US oil major, Mobil Producing, (By News Poster)...Can Zanu Pf Survive Without Using Violence?
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Leonard MakombeWhat, besides violence, would help Zanu PF win an election? In the past, Zanu PF has been highly dependent on the army, police, intelligence service, war veterans and its militia to (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Soldiers Capture Militants' Camp, Free 19 Hostages
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Dennis Naku and Dennis UdomaPort Harcourt and Uyo - The military action against militants paid off yesterday, as the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) freed 19 oil workers kidnapped recently from dif (By News Poster)...Nigeria: How We Foiled Ijebu-Ode Bank Robbery -Daura
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Femi OgbonnikanLagos - Ogun State Police Command has cause to celebrate. It has, for instance, smashed an armed robbery gang that attempted to raid a new generation bank in Ijebu-Ode. The operation (By News Poster)...Central Africa: Former DR Congo Vice-President on Trial for War Crimes
Friday 19-Nov-2010: London - The victims of alleged war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR) will get their day in court on 22 November when the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba opens in The Hague.More than two years a (By News Poster)...Southern Africa: SADC Accused of Appeasing Robert Mugabe
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Alex BellLeaders in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have been accused of unlawfully undermining the regional human rights Tribunal, and appeasing Robert Mugabe, over their decisio (By News Poster)...Nigeria: How Mobile Policeman in LASTMA Van Shot Spy Constable
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Femi OgbonnikanLagos - The dust raised by the tragedy which struck in Lagos penultimate Monday, when an armed mobile policeman attached to officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (By News Poster)...Ethiopia: To Be Or Be Gone - Expats Stand Divided on Sudan Referendum
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Tesfalem WaldyesJuba's main road used to be a dusty, bumpy dirt road. Now, many Hummers and the latest model Land Cruisers can be seen driving along the new asphalt road.Juba Bridge Hotel, located (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Arms Shipment - Iran Disagree
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Henry Umoru with agency reportsAbuja - Nigeria yesterday disagreed with Iran that the issue of shipment of 13 containers of arms intercepted at Apapa port where Iran was accused of complicity has b (By News Poster)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (19-11-2010)
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Howzit Let's start with something a little bit different (I love this!)... Macy's in Philadelphia one Saturday - 650 vocalists who, unknown to shoppers, had arranged to burst into song at noon. (By The BeardedMan)...USA: How the Russians control South Africa through the Communist Party of SA - A Million people working to Nuke America...
Sunday 21-Nov-2010: When I visited Jeff Nyquist we also played a lot of wargames for fun, but more on that later. One of the games he really got me hooked on is quite an old one called: Company of Heroes. It is the most (By Jan)...Guinea: The Waiting Game - State of Emergency
Saturday 20-Nov-2010: Conakry - With military authorities having declared a state of emergency, Guineans face an anxious waiting period before confirmation of final results from the 7 November presidential elections by the (By News Poster)...Nigeria: More Trouble for Okah in South Africa
Saturday 20-Nov-2010: Terror suspect, Henry Okah, who is facing trial in South Africa for allegedly masterminding the Independence Day bomb blasts is to remain in security custody after he was denied bail yesterday by a ma (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Sallah - Policeman Killed as Violence Mars Celebrations in Kwara, Oyo
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Chesa Chesa, Oladele Ogunsola, Dele Moses And Baba NegeduAbuja/Ibadan/Ilorin/Kaduna - Violence marred the Eid-el-Kabir in Kwara and Oyo States on Tuesday, with one person dead, despite the plea mad (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Agony of Cotton Farmers in Gombe
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Aliyu M. HamagamGombe - Absence of government policies, poor price pegging, porous security network and unavailability of guinea seeds as well as agro-allied chemicals were identified as the major (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Church And Human Rights Groups Warn Over Elections
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Harare - Church and human rights groups in Zimbabwe have warned against new elections saying the situation in the country is "highly volatile, uncertain and tense" after a bloody presidential run-off (By News Poster)...Kenya: Nuclear Energy And All That Buzz
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Waga OdongoNairobi - I wanted to write an article, in officialese, on Kenya's Official Secrets Act. (Shhh! Don't read this aloud). It would have shone light on the nooks of government obfuscation a (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Competition Helps Tame Inflation
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Zimbabwe's inflation rate is now very low, annual inflation having fallen to 3, 6 percent, just about the lowest in the region, and monthly inflation last month at 0, 2 percent, the equivalent of just (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Inclusive Govt Doomed From Onset, Says Zanu Pf Negotiator
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: The inclusive Government was doomed not to last from the onset because of MDC-T's insistence on giving it a fixed lifespan, one of Zanu-PF's negotiators to the inter-party talks has said.Responding to (By News Poster)...USA: HISTORY: TOP SECRET: The most secret organisation in America - only 2 Tv crews in 50 years - The most American deaths in the Cold War & the first American to die in Vietnam
Sunday 21-Nov-2010: There are important facts worth remembering about the most secret organisation in the USA. I am speaking of course about the NSA - National Security Agency. The NSA is the numero uno spying and eav (By Jan)...Kenya: Loans Demand Lifts Banks to Record 9-Month Profits
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Mwaura KimaniKenya's banking sector is gathering fresh growth momentum on the back of steady economic recovery and soaring appetite for loans after recording historic earnings for the past nine mon (By News Poster)...Sudan: Elements of a Possible Peace Deal
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By George Clooney and John PrendergastWhat would easily be the world’s deadliest war in 2011 could erupt in Sudan around the coming January 9 referenda on self-determination for oil-rich Souther (By News Poster)...Regional Power Link Inaugurated
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Chrispin InambaoKatima Mulilo - President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Friday commissioned the high-voltage 950-kilometre Caprivi Link Interconnector that cost NamPower an astronomical N$3.2 billion.Poha (By News Poster)...Uganda: Police - Our Security On 'Red Alert'
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Hussien Bogere and Gaaki KigamboPolice have suspended issuance of private arms licences to minimise their abuse during the election season and raised security alertness to the highest level, or red (By News Poster)...Kenya: Savvy Investors Diversify Into Structured Products to Secure Higher Returns
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Geoffrey IrunguHigh net worth individuals, pension funds and other private companies that have excess cash are now being received by banks and other financial institutions with both hands - as they (By News Poster)...Africa: Mobile Technology Revolutionizes Healthcare
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Cindy ShinerThe use of mobile technology to help improve health in both the developed and developing world is rapidly gaining momentum. A recent summit on mobile health technology, or mHealthSummit (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Bourbon Coffee Finance Manager Killed
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Eugene MutaraKigali - Panic engulfed residents of Kabuga Sector, Gasabo District, in the wee hours of Saturday morning, after discovering a dead body lying next to an abandoned car.It later emerged (By News Poster)...Angola: Govt Makes Mockery of Democracy, Says Top Journalist
Saturday 20-Nov-2010: By Cindy ShinerAngola received higher marks this year on the Ibrahim Index of African Governance. But veteran Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais does not believe the score is deserved. He say (By News Poster)...Kenya: Aids Still a Mystery Despite Numerous Medical Exploits
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Rose Nyawira Njoroge and DR Matilu MwauNairobi - "Hope is essential to create meaning in life, but it is especially crucial in the depths of a scourge like HIV," wrote Michael Shernoff, a renowned (By News Poster)...Nigeria: What Kind of Corruption Are We Fighting?
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Alhassan IsahThere are many unresolved problems in Nigeria, but the issue of the upsurge of corruption is troubling. And the damages it has done to the polity are astronomical. The menace of corrup (By News Poster)...Return of Pirates Threatens Oil (news)
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Kennedy SenelwaNairobi - Oil marketers are feeling the heat of tanker owners charging higher premiums to sail to Mombasa due to piracy in the Indian Ocean.Somali pirates are back with vengeance, at (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Govt Reports Iran to UN Over Weapons, Ambassador Recalled
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Tokunbo Adedoja, Paul Ohia in Lagos and Adebiyi Adedapo in Abuja, with Agency ReportNew York - In compliance with Security Council Resolution 1929, Nigeria has reported Iran to the United Nations S (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Enhancing Sale of Rescued Banks
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Rotimi DurojaiyeLagos - Two of Nigeria's nine rescued banks are in talks with foreign investors about recapitalisation, but most of the others are more likely to be taken over by local rivals, bank (By News Poster)...South Africa: Interest Rates Cut to Lowest in Three Decades
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Gillian JonesJohannesburg - The SA Reserve Bank (SARB) has cut the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.5 percent, governor Gill Marcus said on Thursday.Standard Bank and Nedbank have already announce (By News Poster)...Liberia: Searching for Solutions to Land Disputes
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Ganta - With close to 25 years surveying land and helping resolve land disputes, J. Patrick Vanie has unrivalled expertise on the nuances of land ownership in Nimba County."I know this county right do (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Niger Delta Adviser's Home Dynamited
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Emmanuel Iriogbe, Osa Okhomina, Yenagoa, And Kola Niyi-EkeAbuja/Asaba - The country home of the special adviser to the president on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Timi Alaibe in Opokuma community of the (By News Poster)...Namibia: No Bail in Omaruru Farm Murder Case
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Werner MengesA BID to be released on bail on Friday ended in failure for one of the men charged with the murder of an elderly Omaruru farming couple in their home in March last year.Gabriel Uazeua (By News Poster)...Kenya: Petrol Price to Rise
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By King'ori ChotoNairobi - Get ready to pay Sh110 for a litre of petrol.That is the warning from the oil companies if their dispute with the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd over discrepancies in fuel s (By News Poster)...Uganda: Police Issue Terror Alert, Call for Increased Public Vigilance
Monday 15-Nov-2010: Nairobi - Uganda's police force on Monday urged the public to be vigilant following a fresh warning by Somali militants that they will carry out new terror attacks in Kampala, the Uganda capital.Idi S (By News Poster)...Africa: Continent Moves to Enforce Nuclear Weapons Ban
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Noel Stott and Amelia BroodrykThe pan-African body responsible for ensuring that African States and States such as the USA, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom comply with the Treaty of Pe (By News Poster)...Zimbabweans in South Africa Facing Deportation Crisis (news)
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Alex BellZimbabwean nationals in South Africa could be facing a deportation crisis in the coming weeks, after warnings that it will be impossible to meet the deadline to regularise their stay in th (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Calls Mugabe a Crook As MDC Says UN Monitors Needed
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has branded Robert Mugabe a crook and has threatened to boycott the elections if they are violent, he told supporters.The MDC would also want monitors from the United (By News Poster)...What Role Does World Bank Have in Africa's Future?
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Claire ProvostThe World Bank's new report on Africa, published this week, concluded that the continent "could be on the brink of an economic take-off, much like China was 30 years ago, and India 20 (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Threatens to Boycott 2011 Election
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Nqobani NdlovuBulawayo - THE main faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has said it will boycott elections scheduled for next year if Zanu PF wages a campaign of violence and intimida (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Military Frees 19 Hostages Held by Delta Militants
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Paul Ohia with Agency ReportsThe joint military task force (JTF) has freed 19 hostages including foreigners being held by militants in the Niger Delta oil region in a land, air and sea operation on (By News Poster)...Africa: Journalists Who Stoke Homophobia
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Danny GlenwrightJohannesburg - As if the good people of Uganda have nothing better to worry about.By now many are familiar with the recent Rolling Stone article calling for Uganda's "top" homosexua (By News Poster)...Liberia: Is Jenkins Scott Crazy?
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: With his case now claiming public attention, former Justice Minister Jenkins Z.B. Scott is slated for mental examination following the intervention of a US-based Liberian medical doctor who read about (By News Poster)...Africa: Are GM Foods a Solution for Continent's Food Problem?
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Michael SsaliThe debate about whether or not Africa should turn to genetically modified (GM) food production as a measure to end hunger has been going on for several years now. The big question is (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Oil Workers Threaten to Shut Down Production Over Eight Kidnapped Colleagues
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Victor Ahiuma-YoungLeaders of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and their Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, counterpart have t (By News Poster)...Zuma Loses Patience (news)
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Clemence ManyukweSouth African President Jacob Zuma has ordered the country's political principals to implement the 24 positions agreed on after a series of inter-party negotiations between ZANU-PF (By News Poster)...My Trip to America - The INCREDIBLE Infantry weapons that the average American Citizen can buy cheaply - American Gun Laws ROCK!!!
Sunday 21-Nov-2010: I was in the USA visiting a friend. Oh, said my friend, I have a little something to show you. I have always wanted to buy myself a little rifle. So my friend then walked and got a plastic case wh (By Jan)...Swaziland: Declining Customs Union Revenues Threaten Aids Response
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Mbabane - An economic meltdown in Swaziland, exacerbated by a major decline in revenue from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), is unlikely to leave the national AIDS response unscathed, say lo (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Nuplanet Clinches Mutirikwi Power Deal
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Dumisani NdlelaA South African hydropower developer, NuPlanet, has been granted an exclusive power generation licence for the five megawatt (MW) Mutitikwi hydro power plant, becoming the second pri (By News Poster)...Uganda: Why UPDF Should Hand Power to Somalia's Pirates And Crooks
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Charles Onyango-ObboI am in Bujumbura attending a conference on, of all places, Somalia. On reflection, however, that should not be a surprise seeing that Burundi and Uganda are the two countries t (By News Poster)...Guinea: Authorities Must Stop Arbitrary Arrests and Killings
Saturday 20-Nov-2010: Amnesty International is calling on the Guinean authorities to stop a series of extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrests and torture as part of a post-election crackdown that has seen several death (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Experts Express Fears About AMCON, Post-Intervention Banking Industry
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Kingsley IghomwenghianWithout doubt, discussions about the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and the possibility of its rejuvenating the nation's financial system have dominated forum (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: We Need to Take Care of Children Living With HIV
Monday 15-Nov-2010: An HIV positive child under your care is still your family and like any other child, your responsibility as their parent.In the beginning denial led to the excessive loss of precious lives. People als (By News Poster)...Derby-Lewis's Leg Could Be Amputated (news)
Monday 15-Nov-2010: Convicted killer Clive Derby-Lewis might have to have his lower right leg amputated because of gangrene, his lawyer said on Tuesday.Derby-Lewis was in surgery on Tuesday to have all the dead tissue re (By News Poster)...Sierra Leone: Implications of Nation's Oil Discovery
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By John MomohFreetown - Some years before Sierra Leone got her independence from Britain on the 27th April, 1961 the news of the discovery of the precious gem stone diamonds shook this nation like a v (By News Poster)...Nigeria: 2011 Elections - Impending Catastrophe or Transformative Moment?
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Richard JosephLetter in response to Electoral Violence in Nigeria, a CPA Contingency Planning Memorandum published in September 2010:On October 1, 2010, Nigeria celebrated its fiftieth anniversary (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Game Over for Niger Delta Militants
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Ahamefula Ogbu And Segun James With Agency ReportsAbuja/Yenagoa - President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday warned that the game was over for kidnappers and criminals who hide under the umbrella of m (By News Poster)...Sudan: UN Envoy Gives Warning of New Darfur Violence
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Khartoum - The recent flare-up of fighting between the Sudanese government and rebels in Darfur as well as tension along shared borders with south Sudan has exacerbated the security situation in Darfu (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Soldiers, Militants in Shoot-Out in Delta, Bayelsa
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Booming sounds of guns and artillery rent the air in the creeks of the Niger Delta yesterday, as soldiers and militants engaged in a duel in Delta and Bayelsa states.The joint military taskforce (JTF) (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Central Bank Rules Out Deflation
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By By Berna NamataFrançois Kanimba, the central bank Governor, has ruled out the possibility of the economy plugging into deflation as consumer prices continue to fall, which may lead to a drop (By News Poster)...Kenya: Equity's Deal With Orange Tilts Banking Landscape
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Mwaura Kimani and Okuttah MarkNairobi - When Equity Bank early this week teamed up with telecoms operator Orange to launch Kenya's latest mobile money platform, the partnership had the hallmark of (By News Poster)...East Africa: Pirates Hold Hundreds of Seafarers
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Paul RedfernFears are growing among the international shipping community that 2010 could see a record number of seafarers kidnapped by Somali pirates.The number of crew kidnapped so far this year s (By News Poster)...Kenya: Take Away the Guns From Policemen Who Can't Pass the Psychological Test
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Peter MwauraNairobi - One thing is certain about the shooting spree in Siakago Town last Saturday.If police had been alert, a police sharpshooter could have taken out the gunman before he could kil (By News Poster)...Elections Present Political Fix for Chiefs
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Clemence ManyukweHarare - Traditional chiefs are supposed to be impartial as they represent everyone irrespective of political orientation. But the chiefs' impartiality has come under intense scrut (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Not the Best of Times in Country
Friday 19-Nov-2010: As the two-year lifespan of Zimbabwe's coalition government draws close to an end, Japhet M. Zwana finds little cause for optimism about the country's future.The Government of National Unity in Zimbab (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Shops in Price Madness
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Retailers across the country have been increasing prices of basic commodities ahead of annual bonuses.The move has received condemnation from the National Incomes and Pricing Commission, consumers and (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Mend Threatens 'Simultaneous Attacks' Across N'delta
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Muhammad BelloPort Harcourt - The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday claimed it was behind Monday's attack on an Exxon Mobil oil facility at Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State, a (By News Poster)...Nigeria: CBN Criminalises Lending, Gifts to Parties by Banks
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Rotimi Durojaiye, Kingsley Ighomwenghian, Adeola Yusuf And Dele MosesIlorin/ Lagos - Nigerian banks have been barred from buying investment properties or offering loans and gifts to political parti (By News Poster)...South Africa: Police Minister Lashes Out at Tourist Killing
Monday 15-Nov-2010: Pretoria - The murder of a British tourist in the Western Cape has drawn outrage from the South African police leadership, with Minister Nathi Mthethwa vowing that his members will find those responsi (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Mozambique Overtakes Govt in SA Trade
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Kudzai ChimhangwaMozambique has taken over a large share of trade and investment with South Africa over the past years owing to Zimbabwe's economic crisis which suffocated exports, a cabinet minist (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai to Call on Region to Avert Election Violence
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Tichaona SibandaPrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is to insist that SADC provides a clear roadmap to a free and fair election, with concrete measures in place to eliminate intimidation and violence (By News Poster)...Congo-Kinshasa: New Strategy Needed in the East
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: The attempt by Congo and Rwanda to end the deadly conflict in eastern Congo by a secret presidential deal and military force is failing and must be changed fundamentally by the Kinshasa government and (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Lack of Transparency Damages Relations With Oil Firms, Says Bank Chief
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Omoh GabrielLagos - Managing Director, World Bank, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said in China yesterday that lack of transparency and secrecy in government award of oil blocks led to the frostier relati (By News Poster)...Arrival of Indians Celebrated
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Durban - The year 2010 is an exceptionally significant one in South Africa. It was the first time that Africa hosted a FIFA World Cup and the second milestone celebrated throughout the year is the 150 (By News Poster)...Nigeria: EFCC Can Do With More Societal Support
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Tonnie IrediaMany societal problems have defied solution in Nigeria. Poor public power supply and failed elections are among those which easily come to mind. But the king of them all is the issue o (By News Poster)...Nigeria: JTF Raids Militants' Camp in Bayelsa
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Osa OkhominaYenagoa - The military action ordered by the federal government against recent acts of terrorism and resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta led to a raid of a militants' camp yester (By News Poster)...Nigeria: DPA Raises Alarm On Police Search of ATM Patrons
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA) has raised an alarm over a new form of harassment that Automated Teller Machines (ATM) bank patrons now suffer at the hands of people purporting to be policemen in La (By News Poster)...Namibia: Interconnector Link Impresses Mugabe
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Chrispin InambaoKatima Mulilo - The commissioning of the Caprivi Link Inter-connector Link bears testimony to regional integration and SADC power agreements.This was said last Friday by President R (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Army to Protect Bullion Vans From Robbery Attacks in Abia, Rivers
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Emmanuel UgwuUmuahia - The military task force on internal security operating in Abia state has taken up the additional responsibility of providing security to banks transferring money between Abia (By News Poster)...Nigeria: FG, Iran And Resolution 1929
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Tokunbo AdedojaLast month's interception by security agencies of what has now been tagged "deadly cargo" by the media has again brought to the fore how Nigeria handles issues that have serious impl (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Expatriate Quota - FG Bans Indiscriminate Approvals
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Yemie Adeoye and Oscarline OnwuemenyiThe Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has stated that companies seeking to get expatriate quota approvals for their operations in the oi (By News Poster)...East Africa: Feared Rebel Group Sows Terror in South Sudan Breadbasket
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Guillaume LavalleeNairobi - With its fertile soils and lush vegetation, Western Equatoria ought to be the breadbasket of south Sudan but deadly attacks by Lord's Resistance Army rebels have left ma (By News Poster)...Prison Transformation Overdue
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Vote MuzaHarare - The deplorable state of our prisons and police detention facilities is a cause for concern to anyone with respect for human dignity.Human rights groups led by the Zimbabwe Lawyers (By News Poster)...Namibia: Fifteen Years Over N$2 Murder
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Werner MengesA MURDER committed because of N$2 left a Windhoek resident with a 15-year prison sentence this week. Duran Xoa-Eiseb (28) received the jail term at the end of his trial in the Windhoek (By News Poster)...Africa: New Drugs To Speed TB Treatment
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Tinus de JagerResearchers are testing a new combination of tuberculosis drugs on patients in South Africa which they are hoping will shorten the treatment term of the disease to six months.“I (By News Poster)...Nigeria: CBN Stops Loan for Banks' Share Purchase
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Amaka IfeakanduLagos - The Central Bank of Nigeria's new Banking regulatory model has barred banks from granting loans to those wanting to invest in the primary issues of any stocks of banks.The ne (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Stern Warning for Illegal Border Crossers
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Ndivhuwo MusethaPolokwane - The police in South Africa and Zimbabwe will join forces this festive season to prevent criminal activity along the Limpopo River, which marks the border between the two (By News Poster)...Oil Marketers Feel Heat as Ship Owners Raise Fees Over Piracy (news)
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Kennedy SenelwaNairobi - Oil marketers are feeling the pinch of rising piracy attacks as ship owners charge higher premiums to sail to Mombasa."Shipping operators will face higher insurance premium (By News Poster)...East Africa Attracts Growing Private Equity Investment
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Cosmus ButunyiNairobi - East Africa, which recorded an over 70 per cent rise in the amount of investments made last year, is increasingly attracting private equity funds destined for sub-Saharan Af (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Americans Laud CBN Banking Reforms - Wish U.S. Did Like Sanusi to Receivers of Bailout Funds
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Kingsley IghomwenghianThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), have spoken of plans to lock out bubble capital from the nation's financial system to ensure (By News Poster)...Madagascar: Coup Attempt Coincides With Referendum
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Johannesburg - A coup attempt, coinciding with a referendum on a new constitution held amid widespread speculation that two exiled former presidents will return within days, is propelling Madagascar i (By News Poster)...Nigeria: CBN Banking Reforms Thrill US Congress - FDI
Friday 19-Nov-2010: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), are putting structures in place to ensure that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nigeria or capital flows do not re (By News Poster)...Namibia: Judgement Reserved in Knife Murder Trial
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Werner MengesTHE High Court murder trial of Okakarara resident Nahson Muvangua, who is accused of killing his girlfriend in a knife attack in September 2006, is set to reach a key point in three we (By News Poster)...S.Africa: Crime - Tourism - The British Couple on their honeymoon from Britain - the wife was murdered - How the Jews of Johannesburg protect themselves...
Sunday 21-Nov-2010: When I got back to South Africa from the USA, there was a huge story about a British couple (who I think were Indians) who came to South Africa. Black criminals attacked them and the wife was murdered (By Jan)...Tanzania: Time to Walk the Talk on Energy
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Samuel KamndayaThe elections are over. It is now time for the new government to make progress on their campaign pledges.Academicians and members of the business community would like to see the gove (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Union Blasts Chinese Firms for Abusing Workers
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Tererai KarimakwendaA workers union in Zimbabwe has threatened to take 'strong' action against Chinese owned companies that are allegedly violating labour laws by abusing local workers.The Zimbabwe (By News Poster)...Death Rate Drops
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Pretoria - South Africa's death rate has showed a decline of 1.8 percent from 2007 to 2008, said Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).The 2008 Mortality and Causes of Death in SA Report, which was relea (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Policeman Killed, 15 Injured, Palace Burnt in Sallah Clash
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Hammed ShittuIlorin - The Id-El Kabir celebrations in Kwara state was yesterday turned into tragedy as one of the mobile policemen deployed to quench the crisis between the two royal families in an (By News Poster)...South Africa: Nation's Coal Reserves Declining
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Johannesburg - The quality and quantity of SA's coal reserves were steadily declining and mining the commodity was becoming harder, Deputy Minister for Mineral Resources Godfrey Oliphant said on Wed (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Rejuvenating the Knowledge Factory
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Luca BussottiFiring up the local production of knowledge is crucial to escaping the 'industry of development', writes Luca Bussotti.Mozambique has been hailed as a model in the application of econo (By News Poster)...Uganda: Can Museveni Fight Corruption When Many of His Top Cabinet Ministers Remain Under Suspicion?
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Tabu ButagiraAt least 10 ministers accused of abuse of office or other forms of improper conduct remain in Cabinet, despite President Museveni's campaign pledge to fight corruption if re-elected in (By News Poster)...South Africa: Finance Minister Urges Economic Restructuring
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Emsie FerreiraCape Town - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Monday called for structural changes to the SA economy, but said there was no single silver bullet to achieve more growth and jobs."We (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Mobil - The Nation Loses U.S.$3.9 Million Daily to Shut in
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Rasheed KomolafeLagos - Following Tuesday's closure of one of Mobil Producing Nigeria's facilities which would result in the shut-in of 45,000 barrels of oil per day due to the attack on its Oso pl (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Sallah Day Tragedy - Robbers Raid Ram Market
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Wisdom PatrickLagos - Armed robbers raided the popular ram market at Meiran Bus-Stop, along Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway, Lagos, yesterday, killing one of the sellers and carting away five rams for th (By News Poster)...Southern Africa: SADC Troika to Meet Friday to Discuss Political Situation
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Tichaona SibandaThe Zimbabwe crisis is on the agenda of a meeting of the SADC Troika on Politics, Defence and Security to be held in Gaborone, Botswana on Friday, SW Radio Africa can reveal.A highl (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Arms Deal - Iran, FG in Diplomatic War
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Wisdom PatrickLagos - There were strong indications yesterday that Nigeria and Iran are embroiled in a subtle diplomatic row.The face-off, LEADERSHIP gathered is connected with the weapons seized r (By News Poster)...Gambia: 'All Hands on Deck in the Fight Against Drugs'
Friday 19-Nov-2010: The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, has urged all Gambians to take a resolute stance and unite efforts towards ensuring that drugs do not take root in our socie (By News Poster)...Namibia: Tough Banking Law Signed
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Jo-Maré DuddyChanges to existing legislation allowing Government to decide on the ownership of banks and giving the Bank of Namibia (BoN) the power to fine banks and regulate their controlling comp (By News Poster)...Nigeria: New Banking Rules Take Effect Today
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Kayode EkundayoLagos - New banking rules that would see to the implementation of a new banking model become operational from today.Titled Regulation on the Scope of Banking Activities & Ancillary M (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Kaukonde in Joint Venture With Face
Monday 15-Nov-2010: A company owned by prominent businessman, Ray Kaukonde, has gone into a joint venture arrangement with Face Technologies of South Africa to provide information technology (IT) solutions in Zimbabwe. O (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Armed Bandits Attack Catholic Cathedral
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Wole AyodeleJalingo - Bandits, armed with various dangerous weapons including guns and cutlasses yesterday invaded the Catholic Cathedral in Jalingo, carting away items and valuables worth several (By News Poster)...Somalia: 20 Killed in Central Somalia Clashes
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: At least 20 people, mainly fighters have been killed and several others wounded after pro-government Ahlu Sunna militia clashed with Al-Shabaab insurgents in central Somalia, Radio Garowe reports.The (By News Poster)...[Pic] My Trip to America - BurgerVille's calories... Jeff Rense's obsession with MSG - Is this secretly in our food to make us fatter??
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: When Captain Joseph Smith and I were in Portland at one point we went to Burgerville to get some fast food... We went to a local outlet called Burgerville which had some good food. But one of the (By Jan)...Nigeria: Four Hundred and Fourty Nine Kidnappers Nabbed in Seven Weeks - JTF
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Nigeria's special joint military force has arrested over 400 suspected kidnappers in four oil-producing states in the Niger Delta within seven weeks, an army spokesman said yesterday. "From the start (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Chihuri Recalls Ex-Cops to 'Help' Zanu Pf's Election Campaign
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Tichaona SibandaThe Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has recalled retired police officers and war vets to take up vacant posts in the force to reportedly direct operations during the 2011 elections.T (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Robbers Nearly Kill 'Mama Kuku'
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Arusha - Armed gangsters have once again robbed the famous 70 year old white lady living in Arusha, eight months after a vicious attack onher during which she was injured by armed thugs.This time arou (By News Poster)...Kenya: Radical Changes On the Way As Land Bills Unveiled
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Murithi MutigaNairobi - Two bills expected to overhaul the system of land management in the country have been forwarded to stakeholders, setting the stage for the implementation of one of the chapt (By News Poster)...South Africa: Dispossessed Limpopo Land Claimants Left Smiling
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Nthambeleni GabaraMakhado - Smiles abounded on Saturday when the surviving direct descendants of the Ribungwane residents, who had been dispossessed of their land, received monetary vouchers from t (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Abuja Bomb Suspect Stays in South African Jail
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Theo NkonkiJohannesburg - Nigerian terror accused Henry Okah was denied bail by the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Friday."Your bail application has been denied," Magistrate Hein Louw said.In h (By News Poster)...South Africa: UN Puts Mercenaries Under the Spotlight
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Fadela SlamdienCape Town - Although government signed legislation in 2007 that would force individuals wanting to work for private military and security companies to get official authorization from (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Arms Shipment - Iran Accepts to Release Suspect for Interrogation
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Chesa Chesa And Kemi YesufuAbuja - Aso Rock has finally secured the permission of the Iranian government to have Nigerian security agents interrogate the suspect behind the arms shipment intercepte (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Police Block MDC Rally and Offer Venue to Zanu PF
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Tichaona SibandaPolice in Manicaland have blocked the MDC-T from holding their 11th anniversary rally in Musikavanhu, saying the same venue had also been booked by ZANU PF.The rally was scheduled t (By News Poster)...South Africa: Ray of Hope for Rural Community
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Nthambeleni GabaraTheir ancestral land was important to them; it was fertile - helping them grow much needed crops, but between 1963 and 1967 they were evicted from their land, their homes bulldoze (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Inflation Declines
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Bright MaderaZIMBAWE'S year-on-year rate of inflation declined by 0,6 percentage points to 3,6 percent last month from the September rate of 4,2 percent as recent price jumps are being diluted.Data (By News Poster)...Kenya: Rising Fuel Costs to Increase Consumer Prices
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Rawlings OtiniManufacturers and transport operators are considering increasing consumer prices to cushion their operations from escalating fuel prices, which the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) (By News Poster)...Somalia: Militant Vows More Attacks On Govt Troops
Monday 15-Nov-2010: Somali's Hizbu-islam leader, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys vowed to re-double the attacks against the Somali government troops backed by African Union forces/AMISOM, Radio Garowe Reports.In his speech, Aw (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Mugabe Moves to Restrict Access to Information
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Alex BellRights groups have warned that Robert Mugabe and ZANU PF are trying to further stifle Zimbabweans' access to information, in a new controversial bill about to be submitted to parliament.In (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Task Force Uncovers Arms in Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa Militant Camps
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Isa Umar GusauPort Harcourt - Sophisticated and dangerous military weapons including anti-aircraft bombs, rocket propeled grenades, dozens of machine guns and AK 47 rifles and over 30,000 rounds of (By News Poster)...South Africa: Economic Outlook Remains Buoyant
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: Pretoria - Despite the difficulties experienced by the global economy and right here at home, economists continue to put South Africa's growth rate prospects at 3 percent and more for 2011."With infla (By News Poster)...Nigeria: 'No Settlement With Iran Yet'
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Paul OhiaForeign Minister, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, has not given his Iranian counterpart Mr. Manouchehr Mottaki a firm promise of visiting his country after an invitation to that effect nor has there (By News Poster)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (17-11-2010)
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- John Pugh's amazing 3D art... -o00o- Regular readers of this page will know of my intense dislike of Arthur Mutambara. Not that I hav (By The BeardedMan)...Stanbic to Support Investment Into the Country
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has proposed to leverage on the banking group's strategic alliance with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to promote investment into the country.This came out of the In (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: National Gold Mining Cycle Weak
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Tawanda MusarurwaThe gold mining sector in Zimbabwe has an almost non-existent conversion rate in terms of the mining cycle, contends the Gold Miners Association of Zimbabwe.The mining cycle functi (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Small Scale Gold Miners Seek Govt for Support
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Small-scale gold miners have implored Government to support them to enhance productive capacity to ensure optimal use of the vast claims they hold.The Gold Miners Association of Zimbabwe has since wri (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Africa Warns KP Over Diamonds
Friday 19-Nov-2010: The African Diamond Producers' Association has demanded that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme's outgoing chair, Mr Boaz Hirsch, withdraw his statement banning the sale of Zimbabwe's diamonds (By News Poster)...Nigeria: The Feud Between the Police And NSCDC
Saturday 20-Nov-2010: In an apparent response to an alleged petition by the Minister of Interior, Emmanuel Iheanacho to him and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Andrew Owoeye Azazi, over claims by the Inspector General (By News Poster)...South Africa: President Jacob Zuma Arrives in Botswana Ahead of the SADC Summit
Friday 19-Nov-2010: President of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Jacob G. Zuma, has this afternoon, Friday 19 November 2010, arrived in Gaborone, capital of Botswana ahead of the Southern African Development Community (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: HIV/Aids - a Collective Responsibility
Friday 19-Nov-2010: The world over, December 1 is dedicated to Aids. Gone are the days when HIV/Aids was non of your business. Today it ceases to be non of your business, whether infected or not it is your business.To co (By News Poster)...Sudan: Referendum in Nation Momentous, but Just One Element of Accord that Ended Bitter War
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council, today, 16 November:Thank you for this opportunity to address you at a moment of critical importance f (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Diamond Monitor Chikane Ignores the Kimberley Process
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Alex BellThere has been a shocked reaction to news that the monitor appointed to Zimbabwe by the international diamond trade watchdog, the Kimberley Process (KP), has gone against the body's standa (By News Poster)...The Wikipedia entry for Rhodesia - An Unrecognised State - which existed and functioned very well!!!
Saturday 20-Nov-2010: I was on Wikipedia when I looked up the entry for Rhodesia. It is not bad. But I saw it was categorised as "an unrecognised state". Well, phooey to them! Rhodesia existed, and it was a very successful (By Jan)...Liberia: I am Angry - Says Minister Tiawon Gongloe
Friday 19-Nov-2010: President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf recently sent her entire cabinet on compulsory administrative leave to accord them the opportunity to reflect on their ministerial responsibilities. She promised to use (By News Poster)...Uganda: Chinese Dragon Bites Local Manufacturers As Importers Laugh Last
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Haggai MatsikoLillian Busingye is a local shoe manufacturer. Her company Buffalo Foot Wear produces over 600 pairs of shoes a week for big shoe stores such as Bata, but like many local, growing com (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Police Detains Reporter on Criminal Defamation Charges
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Mohamed KeitaReporter Nqobani Ndlovu remained in police custody today despite expectations that he would appear in court on criminal defamation charges, local journalists told CPJ. Police in Zimbab (By News Poster)...Uganda: Who is Museveni Fooling On Tullow Oil Tax Dispute?
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Jocelyn EdwardsIn his recent statements on oil, President Yoweri Museveni has wasted no opportunity to boast about his capacity to force multi-national companies into line. Museveni told delegates (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Industry Urged to Refuse Illegally Certified Diamonds
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Alex BellKey players in the international diamond industry are being urged to refuse any diamonds from the controversial Chiadzwa diamond fields, which have been illegally certified by the monitor (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Standard Journalist Arrested and Charged With Criminal Defamation
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Tichaona SibandaPolice in Bulawayo on Wednesday arrested Standard journalist Nqobani Ndlovu and charged him with criminal defamation, for a story he wrote on the cancellation of promotional examina (By News Poster)...South Africa: Govt Recommits to Working With China
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Pretoria - Government has reiterated its commitment to working together with the People's Republic of China to increase the volumes of trade and narrow the trade imbalance, which is currently in favou (By News Poster)...Kenya: Ruto Witnesses Say They Lied
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Geoffrey MosokuNairobi - THREE post-election violence witnesses yesterday said they lied to the Waki Commission and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.The witnesses signed affidavits rec (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Revocation of Licences - CBN On Dangerous Economic Path
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Amaka IfeakanduLagos - The November 2 blanket revocation of licences of the Class A Bureau De Change operators by the Central Bank of Nigeria is generating ripples within the industry with its atte (By News Poster)...Southern Africa: Sex for only $1 - HIV-Prevention for Youth - It's Complicated - AIDS prevention programmes still aren't working...
Friday 19-Nov-2010: [So, in essence, nothing whatsoever has changed. Jan] Johannesburg - When it comes to understanding what drives HIV infections among young people in southern Africa, the epicentre of the global AID (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Survey - Commoners Want Better Life, Not Inflation Rate
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: THE public has received with mixed feelings news on the downward trend of the inflation rate, from 4.5 to 4.2 per cent.A random survey by the 'Daily News' in Dar es Salaamon Wednesday showed that majo (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Abducted Israeli Pays $170,000 for Freedom
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Muhammad BelloPort Harcourt - Six days after he was abducted in Benin, Edo state, an Israeli businessman, Ilan Digauker, has been released unharmed after a ransom of $170,000 was allegedly paid, TH (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: U.S.$1,7 Million Tollgate Tickets Stolen
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Tendai RupapaGovernment reportedly lost almost US$1,7 million in a tollgate ticket scandal that has led to the arrest of two Zimbabwe Revenue Authority officials.Victor Nyathi and Memory Martin, be (By News Poster)...Nigeria: FG Powerless As Darkness Persists in Lagos South West
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Yemi AdebowaleAbout 72 hours after the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress suspended their national strike over the N18,000 minimum wage demand, most parts of the Lagos metropolis (By News Poster)...Namibia: Huge Road Deaths and Injuries - MVA Fund
Monday 15-Nov-2010: The number of deaths and injuries caused by road accidents in the country increased by 91% from 275 deaths in 2008 to 452 deaths in 2009, according to the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund Crash and C (By News Poster)...South Africa: UN Experts Urge South Africa to Strengthen Control Over Private Security Firms
Friday 19-Nov-2010: A group of independent United Nations experts today urged South Africa to strengthen oversight and control over private military and security companies exporting their services abroad, saying regulati (By News Poster)...Madagascar: Rajoelina's Referendum
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By David ZounmenouOn 17 November 2010, Madagascar will be holding a referendum to decide on a new constitution that should pave the way for the transition, following a coup d'etat in this country in 2 (By News Poster)...Somalia: EU Navfor Flagship FS De Grasse Disrupts a Pirate Action Group
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: On 17 November 2010, whilst sailing in the Gulf of Aden, the EU NAVFOR French Flagship FS DE GRASSE intercepted and disrupted a Pirate Action Group comprising of one skiff with seven suspected pirates (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Parliament Urges Ban on Barter Deals
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Nqaba MatshaziThe Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts has declared that barter trade and non-cash transactions should be banned as a form of payment at Government hospitals, saying this was (By News Poster)...East Africa: Transaction Costs Cut Farmers' Earnings
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Allan OdhiamboEntebbe - Food commodity dealers in East Africa are losing up to 80 per cent of their earnings due to high transaction costs and post-harvest losses, a European Union agency said and (By News Poster)...Africa: Media Owners Forge New Path in Cameroon Meeting
Saturday 20-Nov-2010: Yaounde - Media owners from across the African continent today vowed to end reliance on donor funding and rid the industry of corrupt practices."This is a watershed moment that holds out the promise o (By News Poster)...Southern Africa: President Jacob G. Zuma to Lead a Delegation to the SADC Summit in Gaborone, Botswana
Friday 19-Nov-2010: President of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Jacob G. Zuma, will lead a delegation to the SADC Summit scheduled for 19-20 November in Gaborone, Botswana.South Africa participates in the SADC Summit (By News Poster)...Namibia: Bomb Scare at Airport
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Tileni MongudhiBIG drama unfolded at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Wednesday morning when a suspicious looking device was discovered by the Police at the airport outside Windhoek.The Po (By News Poster)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (16-11-2010)
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Howzit Thanks to Mrs T for posting the link on FB - I think these guys are great! -o00o- I woke a little later than normal this morning, and when I went through to the lounge and drew the (By The BeardedMan)...Reserve Bank Slashes Repo Rate (news)
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Pretoria - Christmas has come early for cash-strapped consumers as the South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.5 percent - the lowest in (By News Poster)...Africa: Food Could Cost More in 2011
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Johannesburg - If wheat and maize production do not rise substantially in 2011, global food security could be uncertain for the next two years, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warne (By News Poster)...Sudan: On Darfur, Security Council Focuses On Aid And Security
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Khartoum - The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Tuesday called on the Sudanese warring parties to protect Darfur civilians and to not impede humanitarian access to the affected population.In a m (By News Poster)...Nigeria: U.S. to Assist FG's Probe of Seized Weapons
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Tokunbo AdedojaNew York - The international dimension of the interception of arms shipment into Nigeria from Iran is gradually unfolding with the declaration by United States to assist Nigeria with (By News Poster)...Kenya: Cadbury Shuts Its Chocolate Division
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Jevans NyabiageNairobi - For lovers of chocolate made in Kenya, some bad news for you: Cadbury has moved production to South Africa. In a low-profile restructuring that has left staff anxious, Kraf (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Succeeding Through Mixed Farming
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Stephen RwembehoModesta Zibera is one of the most successful farmers in Rwanda. With reasonable hectares of well prepared land, only a dozen kilometers from the capital Kigali, in Rwamagana distric (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Mines Minister Mpofu Accused of Soliciting Bribes
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Tererai KarimakwendaThe Chiadzwa diamonds saga has taken on a dramatic twist after the daily paper Newsday reported that Lovemore Kurotwi, the director of Canadile Miners, told Robert Mugabe that M (By News Poster)...Renamo Disrupts Assembly Over Mozal
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Maputo - Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, on Thursday disrupted proceedings of the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, by demanding another emergen (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Nation Probes Iran's Claims On the Gambia
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Tokunbo AdedojaNew York - Security agencies are currently investigating Iran's claim that the arms and ammunition seized at the Lagos port last month were destined for The Gambia, Minister of Forei (By News Poster)...East African Trade Talks With European Union Stalled
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By George OmondiThe fate of the region's long running search for a binding preferential trade pact with Europe hangs in the balance after the East African Community refrained from providing direction (By News Poster)...Namibia: Seven Years in Jail Over Cocaine in Underpants
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Werner MengesA LITTLE more than a hundred grams of cocaine that the Police found hidden next to his private parts has left Angolan citizen Francisco Binda with a seven-year prison sentence.A day af (By News Poster)...S.Africa: Electricity - ESKOM - On a knife's edge... the long term - When Whites dump Eskom & Blacks must PAY!
Sunday 21-Nov-2010: I was chatting to one of our regular readers today. He told me an interesting story. He had been chatting to someone from a large business in South Africa that has massive electricity needs and which (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: Massive Army Recruitment Ahead of Elections
Saturday 20-Nov-2010: By Lance GumaSeveral weeks ago ZANU PF admitted its party structures had crumbled and press reports suggested they had recruited the army to help 'rebuild' them, ahead of proposed elections next year. (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Mineral Exports Rake in U.S$807 Million
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Zimbabwe's mineral sales increased by 25 percent to US$807,2 million in nine month to September, up from US$640,8 million in the same period last year, latest official figures have shown.According to (By News Poster)...East Africa: War Against Unlicensed Software Far From Over
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Michael OumaNairobi - The war against unlicensed computer software in East Africa is not about to be won soon especially with Kenya's 80 per cent piracy according to a new report by the Internation (By News Poster)...Somalia: EU Navfor Warship Disrupts Pirate Action Group
Monday 15-Nov-2010: On 13 November, the EU NAVFOR warship SPS INFANTA CRISTINA intercepted a whaler with four suspected pirates on board.The whaler was located 200 nautical miles off the Somali Coast. The SPS INFANTA CRI (By News Poster)...Madagascar: Crisis Heating Up? (press release)
Friday 19-Nov-2010: While the reality and extent of the coup announced yesterday by military officers is still uncertain, the latest events demonstrate the fragility of the situation in Madagascar and the urgent need for (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Investment in Deep Water Exploration Rose Sharply in 10 Years - Mobil MD
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Mr. Mark Ward, the Managing Director of Mobil Producing Nigeria, has said that investments in deep water offshore fields in West Africa rose sharply in the past 10 years.Ward said in a keynote address (By News Poster)...Namibia: Diamond Theft Charge Dropped Against Israeli
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Werner MengesTHE charge against the Israeli national who was the only person so far to have been arrested in connection with the theft of diamonds worth millions of dollars from the NamGem diamond (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: IDBZ Negotiates With Chinese Bank
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Ndamu SanduThe Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) says significant progress has been made on negotiations with a Chinese bank to take up significant shareholding in the institution (By News Poster)...Uganda: Let Him Who's Without Sin
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Joseph KabuletaCRIME is an art. Crime grows and each stratum of growth requires an equivalent level of sophistication.There was a time in the late 1980s when the most common crime in Kampala was pi (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Fina Bank Intensifies Campaign to Mobilise Savings
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Berna NamataIN a bid to support savings culture in the country, Fina Bank has dedicated the month of November to promoting savings.The Bank is promoting its two savings products-Fina Junior, a savi (By News Poster)...East Africa: CEOs Lead By Example, Take Public HIV Tests
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Kampala - At least 40 East African chief executive officers (CEOs) recently took public HIV tests, a move designed to show their commitment to fighting HIV in the workplace in an increasingly integrat (By News Poster)...Namibia: Central Bank Sticks to Guns on Note Scandal
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyTHE Bank of Namibia (BoN) yesterday reiterated that local money was not included in a printing incident which led to the suspension of the chief of the South African Bank Note Company (By News Poster)...Kenya: Bank Caught in Piracy Cash Row
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Eunice MachuhiNairobi - A local bank has been stopped from transferring its client's funds, which was to act as compensation for ransom paid to Somali pirates.Diamond Trust Bank Kenya was ordered n (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe/Mozambique: Dream Strike Force for Warriors
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Grace ChingomaMADINDA NDLOVU will field the hottest attacking combination in Zimbabwean football today when the Warriors battle Mozambique's Mambas in a friendly international in Maputo this aftern (By News Poster)...South Africa: Former National Police Chief to Appeal Against Corruption Conviction
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Bloemfontein - The National Prosecuting Authority was confident on Tuesday that the conviction of former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi would be confirmed in the Supreme Court of Appeal.Th (By News Poster)...Kenya: The Country Praised for Fighting Sea Crime
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By John NgirachuNairobi - Kenya has been asked to continue its efforts to clamp down on pirates off its Indian Ocean coast and that of lawless Somalia.The European Union said on Monday the country sho (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: President Leaves for Namibia
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Morris MkwatePresident Mugabe leaves for Namibia today to attend the official opening of the N$3,2 billion Caprivi Link Interconnector.The interconnector is a transmission line linking Namibia to e (By News Poster)...East Africa: Tanzanian Convicted on Embassy Bombing Charge, Acquitted on Others
Friday 19-Nov-2010: The first former Guantanamo Bay inmate to be tried in civilian court has been cleared of most terror charges, but found guilty on one count concerning the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Africa.After (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Cop Nabbed for Raping Suspect
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Peter MatambanadzoRusape - A policeman has been arrested for allegedly raping a handcuffed teenage theft suspect in exchange for freedom.The alleged rape occurred at Munatsi Police Post in Nyazura. (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Minister Threatens Early Elections Over MDC Protest
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Ryan TruscottA top official from President Robert Mugabe's party has threatened to bring elections forward to even earlier than June next year after senators from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's (By News Poster)...Kenya: Multiple Bank Accounts Could Be Conduits for Looting
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Recent increased activity on corruption and fraud cases involving public assets have given Kenyans hope finally there is the will to confront the scourge.The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (Kacc ) o (By News Poster)...Sudan: Unknown Gunmen Kill Six Workers in Unity State
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Bentiu - Six employees from the Unity state's ministry of Education, Science and Technology were killed during an ambush by armed men on their way back from Koch County on Tuesday.Lumba Mut Guong, an (By News Poster)...Ferment in Africa's Last Colony
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Kayode KomolafeLast Monday's clashes in the Western Sahara have brought into the fore chillingly again the urgency of the resolution of the 35-year-old dispute over the territory in favour of justi (By News Poster)...Sudan: UN Wants More Peacekeepers for South's Independence Vote
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Washington - The United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that "hostile public statements" by politicians in North and South Sudan highlight the risk of a return to violence (By News Poster)...Sudan: South Calls for Improved Security Relations in Abyei
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Khartoum - General Gier Chuang Aluong, minister of internal affairs in the regional government of south Sudan on Tuesday called for peace and improved relations among security forces in the oil produc (By News Poster)...Kenya: Top Officials Linked to Drugs Banned From U.S.
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Peter LeftieNairobi - Four top government officials and a prominent businessman have been banned from setting foot in the US over suspected drug trafficking.US ambassador Michael Ranneberger announ (By News Poster)...Uganda: 13 Dead, as Strange Disease Spreads
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By David Labeja and Sam ObokeTHIRTEEN people have been reported dead in Abim and Agago districts, following an outbreak of a strange disease in Abim.Twenty cases have been reported in Abim district, o (By News Poster)...Nigeria: A Dangerous Proposition
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: There were suggestions by top officials of government earlier this month that a proposal was being made to recruit erstwhile criminals pardoned under last year's amnesty deal for militants in the Nige (By News Poster)...Tanzania: My Conscience - Our Minerals Can Stabilise the Tanzanian Shilling
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Makwaia Wa Kuhenga"Mining companies are now Tanzania's main exporters. For example, gold mining companies during the year 2009 exported gold with nearly 1.2 billion US dollars.Unfortunately, under (By News Poster)...[26 Pics] My Trip to America - My comments on the Roads, Railways and Bridges I saw - We kid ourselves about America...
Monday 15-Nov-2010: We think we are better than the Americans or that we are a match for the Americans, but we kid ourselves. Let me explain why. Recently, I posted an article and I happened to put up a few photos of the (By Jan)...Mozambique: Embassy Accounts Not Frozen
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Maputo - Contrary to reports circulating in some of the international media, neither the Mozambican embassy in Washington, nor its United Nations representation in New York, have had their American ba (By News Poster)...Kenya: Systems Glitch Locks Out Equity Bank Customers
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: A systems glitch dealt a major blow to the operations of Equity Bank at the weekend, leaving thousands of customers stranded.A spot check established that customers were until Tuesday morning experien (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: KPCS Stalls Nation's Diamond Trade - Mpofu
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Reputable diamond dealers from countries as far as Canada and the United States have on several occasions sought to buy Zimbabwe's stones without the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme licence, Mi (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: International Diamond Officials Head to Zim
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Alex BellA 20-member delegation from the Belgian diamond industry, including three top diamond bankers, an insurance broker and a representative of a courier company, on Monday left for a fact-find (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Militants Give Conditions to End Hostilities
Saturday 20-Nov-2010: By Emma AmaizeWarri - Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, John Togo, Friday, gave four conditions for the cessation of hostilities by his group.The group in a statement by its spokesman, "Captain" Mark Anth (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: IFJ Calls for Release of Journalist Detained Amid Media Clampdown in Zimbabwe
Friday 19-Nov-2010: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned in the strongest terms the increasing threats, harassment and arrests against media professionals after the second arrest of a journal (By News Poster)...Kenya: Facebook Helps Family Find Daughter's Body
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Dominic WabalaNairobi - On the morning of September 19, 2010, residents of Umoja estate found a young woman lying naked and unconscious by the roadside near the chief's camp.She had been hit on the (By News Poster)...Nigeria: 2011 - Saraki Targets Food Security, Agric Sector Devt
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Hammed ShittuIlorin - Kwara State governor and presidential aspirant of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said Nigeria has the power and all it takes to transform the (By News Poster)...South Africa: Nation Urged to Use Home Ground Advantage
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Pretoria - South Africa needs to use next year's climate change talks in Durban as an opportunity to fight global warming, says environmental lobby group, Greenpeace Africa.This comes as organisers co (By News Poster)...Nigeria: PPMC, Nosdra Oil Spill Battle Degenerates
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Adeola YusufLagos - The disagreement between the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and the Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC) over oil spill degenerated at the weeke (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Blanket Mine Records U.S.$6 Million Revenue
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Blanket Mine recorded revenue of about US$6,3 million for the quarter ended September 30, as a result of a 45 percent production upturn from the previous quarter.The revenue was achieved from the sale (By News Poster)...Fuel Price Up 10c/L
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyMOTORISTS will have to dig deeper into their pockets from Wednesday when fuel becomes ten cents per litre more expensive. The new pump price at Walvis Bay will be N$7,11 per litre for (By News Poster)...ZBC Faces Collapse as Managers Plunder
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Caiphas Chimhete and Simbarashe ManhangoThe Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), which is paying senior executives "obscene" salaries and allowances, could soon collapse if there is no emergenc (By News Poster)...Public Health Care Workers Get Clinical Information Through Mobile Health Information System Project
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), through its Wireless ReachTM initiative, today announced the Mobile Health Information System (MHIS) project. 3G wireless technology and an Internet-capable mobil (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Abuja Bomb Blast - SSS Recovers Armed Car With Unexploded Device
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Usman A. BelloThe State Security Service (SSS) has recovered one of the electronically wired cars intended to explode during the Independence Day bomb blast in Abuja, but which failed to detonate.S (By News Poster)...Namibia: Stock Theft Up in Omusati
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Oswald ShivuteOutapi - ESCALATING stock theft still continuing in many villages in the Omusati region has the Police now demanding a secure fence or a canal along the Angolan-Namibian border as a " (By News Poster)...Namibia: Electoral Commission, Opposition Relations at Knife Point
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Denver KistingNUDO yesterday distanced itself from the vote of no confidence in the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN).Although the party attended the meeting with the ECN on Tuesday, its admini (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Soldiers Launch Fresh Attacks On Militants
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Osa OkhominaYenagoa - The Joint Military Task Force yesterday deployed troops in the creeks and waterways of Bayelsa State in what could be a cordinated military action against renewed militancy in (By News Poster)...Nigeria: The Legal Battle of HIV Persons
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: In a seemingly comical twist, a group of young men and women who have tested positive to HIV despite the correct and consistent use of condoms recently dragged the Federal government, National Agency (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Harare Water Network Needs Overhaul
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Walter MarwiziA public health scientist has called for a chemical study into the quality of Harare water, warning cancer cases on the rise in the city could be related to the water residents drink (By News Poster)...Southern Africa: Regional Leaders Discuss Political Situations
Friday 19-Nov-2010: THE Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Securi-ty met in Gaborone, Botswana, last night to discuss the political situation in Zimbabwe and Madagascar.Speaking from Gaborone yesterday, Acting Foreign A (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Gunmen Attack Mobil's Offshore Facilities
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: One of the offshore crude production platforms at Qua Iboe oil fields operated by Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) was on Sunday attacked by gunmen.Mrs Gloria Essien-Danner, Executive Director, External (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Rural Roads in Niger Boost Food Production
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Augustine AminuAbuja - The opening up of the nation's rural areas through rehabilitation of old roads and construction of new ones is, no doubt, a great deal of development affecting all fronts of (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Police Sounds Warning Against Illegal Mining
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By James KaruhangaThe Rwanda National Police (RNP) has warned against illegal mining activities in the country, after a miner died in a mining site in Mwurile sector, Rwamagana District, over the week (By News Poster)...Foreign Direct Investment Increases
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Nyasha NyaungwaThe Ministry of Industry and Trade expects the total value of foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the country for the 2010 financial year to surpass that of 2009 if current trends c (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Dad Strangles Daughters in Paternity Row
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Peter MatambanadzoA CUCKOLDED Guruve man reportedly strangled his two daughters to death after his wife told him he was not their biological father.The incident occurred in Chief Chitsungo's area i (By News Poster)...Mozambique: China Pledges Continued Support for Nation
Monday 15-Nov-2010: Maputo - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jibao on Saturday told his Mozambican counterpart, Aires Ali, that China will continue to give material and financial support to Mozambique so that the country can (By News Poster)...South Africa: HIV Prevalence Going Nowhere
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Khopotso BodibeResults of the 20th antenatal surveillance survey, which were released this week, show that South Africa's HIV epidemic is not gaining nor is it slowing down. But does this mean that (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Deadline for Sim Card Registration Extended
Monday 15-Nov-2010: Maputo - The Mozambican government has extended until 7 January 2011 the deadline for the registration of pre-paid SIM cards for all customers of the two mobile operators in the country, namely the pu (By News Poster)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (15-11-2010)
Monday 15-Nov-2010: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- -o00o- I was a little surprised at the vehemence in this article. The writer alleges that Bennett chose to speak in the manner he did, b (By The BeardedMan)...Nigeria: Shell Declares Force Majeure nn Nigerian Oil
Saturday 20-Nov-2010: Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Nigerian venture yesterday declared force majeure on Bonny Light oil exports after a pipeline was damaged, the latest disruption to supply in Nigeria."We can confirm that effec (By News Poster)...Electricity Sector Requires U.S.$10 Billion
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Zimbabwe's electricity sector requires at least US$10 billion to achieve sufficiency for effective production at the country's mines, the Chamber of Mines president Victor Gapare has said.The Chamber (By News Poster)...Namibia: Three Elephants Killed in Caprivi
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Absalom ShigwedhaThree elephants were killed by poachers in Eastern Caprivi in the past few months while three impalas and one reebok were poached in the Mashi conservancy, a senior official in the (By News Poster)...Suspect Charged for Tourist Killing (news)
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: Pretoria - Police have made a major breakthrough in their investigation into the hijacking and murder of a UK tourist - a man has been formally arrested and charged for both crimes.A 26-year-old Khaye (By News Poster)...Rwanda: New Repo Rate Will Boost the Economy
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR), yesterday, slashed the key repo rate by one percentage point to 6 percent.The repo rate, previously at 7 percent, is the interest charged by the central bank on borr (By News Poster)...Kenya: Zambia Intensifies Trade Spat in Fresh Milk Ban
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Allan OdhiamboZambia has extended the ban it imposed on the entry of Kenyan milk into its domestic market in a move that is expected to inflame a long simmering trade dispute with East Africa's lar (By News Poster)...Uganda: Like Oil, the Environment and Lives Are Important
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Doris AtwijukireIt was recently reported in the media that residents and leaders of Nwoya District complained to the State Minister for Minerals, Hon. Peter Lokeris, that about 68 trips of waste du (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Senators' Protest Could Prompt Early Election, Says Mugabe's Minister
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: MDC-T senators' decision to disrupt business in the Upper House could result in general elections being held much sooner than presently anticipated, a Cabinet minister has said.Commenting on the two d (By News Poster)...Guilty Plea in Toddler Murder
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Luqman CloeteTHE suspect accused of abducting, raping and murdering Queen Dausab (4) at Keetmanshoop on October 27 pleaded guilty in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court on Thursday.Easter Michael R (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Militants Threaten More Hostage Takings
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Nigeria's Mend rebels on Friday threatened to kidnap more oil workers after the military freed 19 hostages this week in the country's main oil region.Two French oil workers who were among the 19 arriv (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Indonesians Keen to Invest in the Country
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Sifelani TsikoThe appetite for Zimbabwe's mineral resources among foreign investors keeps growing amid reports that Indonesian firms are also eyeing the local mining sector.This was revealed by Nic (By News Poster)...Tanzania: How the Idea of Promoting Secondary Education Borne a Community Bank
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Samuel KamndayaWhen some residents of Mufindi district established a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) 26 years ago, they had no idea that that was the beginning of a multibillion-shilling (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Interfin, Cfx Union Approved
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Martin KadzereThe Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe this week approved the merger of financial institutions, CFX Bank and Interfin Banking Corporation.The approval by the central bank follows the endorsemen (By News Poster)...Mozambique: No Reason to Delay Start of Coal Exports
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Maputo - Mozambique's Minister of Mineral Resources, Esperanca Bias, has said there is no reason to delay the start of coal exports from Moatize, in the western province of Tete, which are scheduled t (By News Poster)...MDC-T Not Ready for Polls (news)
Friday 19-Nov-2010: MDC-T is not ready for next year's elections and party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai now wants a rethink on the matter, it emerged yesterday.Addressing journalists after meeting the president of the Chi (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: HIV Prevalence Rate Stands at 14,26 Percent, Says NAC
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Paidamoyo ChipunzaKadoma - Zimbabwe's HIV and Aids prevalence rate for the 15 to 49 years age group stands at 14,26 percent, not the reported 13,7 percent, the National Aids Council has said.Speaki (By News Poster)...South Africa: The Sunflower Effect - Living With Aids
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Khopotso BodibeMany Free State children need effective pain management for various conditions. The Sunflower Children's Hospice in the Free State province shows that the vast majority of these are (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Ganmo Crisis - Police Arrest 14
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: By Hammed ShittuIlorin - Fourteen persons have so far been arrested by the Kwara State Police Command in connection with Tuesday's bloody chieftaincy crisis between the two royal families in Ganmo, If (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Country Denies Settling 'Misunderstanding' With Iran
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Abubakar K. MomohInvestigations into arms shipment seized in Lagos port are yet to be concluded and it is after this that Nigeria will be able to say those who are behind it, according to Ministry (By News Poster)...Liberia: Sirleaf 69 Percent, Weah 11 Percent, Others 20 Percent
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Politics is interest and therefore allegiances and alliances often shift in the business of politics.But when these factors hold for a given period, held by prevailing circumstances, analysts say ther (By News Poster)...Nigeria: 'Banks Not Ready to Absorb Amcon Funds'
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Emele OnuA financial expert and former Chief Executive of UBA Global Markets Limited, Mr Sonnie Ayere, has said that some of the local banks do not seem ready yet, in terms of capacity, to absorb f (By News Poster)...Guinea: At Least One Killed in Clashes As Guinea Awaits Election Results
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: At least one person has died and dozens were injured in clashes between security forces and supporters of Guinean presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo, a police source says. The violence comes (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Crisis Over Beira Houses Erupts Again
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Maputo - Once again, the Sofala Provincial Court in central Mozambique is threatening to evict Beira City Council from 15 buildings, and hand them over to the ruling Frelimo Party.According to a repor (By News Poster)...Uganda: Nation's Flower Sector Recovering
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Paul MwijagyeKampala, Uganda - The future of the floriculture industry in Uganda looks promising once again after enduring trying times.The hard times begun with the credit crunch which affected Ug (By News Poster)...Namibia: Fraud Escalating, Bank Warns
Monday 15-Nov-2010: The First National Bank (FNB) reported an upswing in fraudulent activities this week and urged Namibians to remain vigilant against card cloning as well as other surfacing fraudulent activities.Dawn H (By News Poster)...South Africa: Government Supports the Release of Aung San Suu Kyi
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ebrahim Ebrahim, on behalf of the South African Government, acknowledges the dignity and fortitude with which Ms Aung San Suu Kyi bore he (By News Poster)...Nigeria: How Yar'Adua Kept Country in Darkness - El-Rufai
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Stan OkenwaFormer minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FC T), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has finally opened up on the reasons behind the frustrating power situation in the country, saying but for (By News Poster)...Angola: Jurist Highlights Economics Diplomacy in Country's Affirmation
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: Huambo - The head of State's secretary for Political and Parliamentary Affairs, Francisco Queiróz, Wednesday in Huambo city, highlighted the importance of economics diplomacy for the country's (By News Poster)...Madagascar: Coup Bid Another Blot
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: Besides being another blot on the African continent, the attempted coup in Madagascar presents a quandary to those who supported the status quo after the elected government was toppled last year.That (By News Poster)...Malawi: Nation Struggling to Address Paediatric HIV
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Dingaan MithiLilongwe - There are 91,000 children living with HIV in Malawi. A shortage of resources means that many do not receive proper treatment and care.The most recent AIDS Epidemic Update, p (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Police Detain Journalists' Leader
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Tunis - The International Federation of Journalists has condemned the arrest and detention by police in Zimbabwe of Dumisani Sibanda, the President of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists.The IFJ has cal (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Hardest Part of Elections Yet to Come
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Abidjan - Ivorians preparing for a tense presidential run-off on 28 November are hoping the fragile peace of the first round on 7 November will hold, but fear it could easily crumble as cracks begin t (By News Poster)...Kenya: Gun Trade Thrives Despite Directive
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Hassan HukaNairobi - Isiolo is witnessing a return of illegal gun trade in the backdrop of a government disarmament programme.The demand for guns is high among the already disarmed communities in I (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bomb Blasts - SSS Impounds Okah's Car
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Rotimi AkinwumiAbuja - One of the vehicles allegedly wired by Henry Okah for the October 1 bomb blasts in Abuja has been impounded by the State Security Service (SSS).The vehicle was not used for t (By News Poster)...Namibia: Special-School Teacher Accused of Rape
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Denver KistingA TEACHER at Klein Aub Special School has been arrested for allegedly raping at least one pupil and attempting to rape another. Edward Kamwi Mwiya (40) is also suspected of having sex (By News Poster)...Sudan: Mbeki Announces North-South Talks on Abyei
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Thabo MbekiStatement of the Chairperson of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), Thabo Mbeki, to the Security Council:The African Union High Level Implementation Panel for Suda (By News Poster)...Tanzania: We Must Do More to Stop Albino Killings
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Nothing has shamed this country like the barbaric killings of our fellow Tanzanians with albinism. Most horrifying is that these horrendous acts have been fuelled by beliefs in superstition. And quite (By News Poster)...Kenya: CBK Report Faults Mortgage Interest Rates
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By Moses MichiraCharging variable interest rates on mortgages makes the final cost of buying a house unpredictable and turns off potential home buyers, a study by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows (By News Poster)...South Africa: Chinese Vice President Arrives for Talks on Trade, Political Ties
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: Cape Town - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Cape Town on Tuesday afternoon for a three-day visit and the 4th SA-China bi-lateral commission (BNC).He was to be received at Tuynhuys by Depu (By News Poster)...Trafigura, Sonangol Clinch BP Deal
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Jo-Maré DuddyPUMA Energy has partnered up with Angola's state-owned oil company, Sonangol, to buy all of BP's assets in Namibia and Botswana, holding company Trafigura confirmed yesterday.The Socie (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Enjoy your 30 Pieces of Silver
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: On 12 November 2010 we published an article by veteran journalist Geoffrey Nyarota on the boardroom squabbles at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe based on the writer's research and interviews he had with (By News Poster)...Uganda: Hit Men Are Former Convicts
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By John SemakulaTHE thugs who use iron bars according to the Police are the former convicts. The Criminal Investigations Directorate chief, Edward Ochom noted that when former convicts are released fr (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Catholic Church Flays Priest's Arrest Over Kidnapping
Monday 15-Nov-2010: By Emmanuel UgwuUmuahia - The Catholic Diocese of Aba has risen in defence of its priest, Rev. Father Bonaventure Akwarandu, who was arrested by soldiers and branded a suspected kidnaper and said the (By News Poster)...West Africa: Concern Mounts Over Gas Pipeline Project
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Chika Amanze-NwachukuThe West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP), a natural gas project initiated by the Federal Government with the governments of Benin, Ghana, and Togo, has come under intense criticisms (By News Poster)...South Africa: Nation to Use UNSC Seat to Promote Peace
Friday 19-Nov-2010: Pretoria - South Africa will use its second term on the UN Security Council to promote and protect human rights across the globe, said President Jacob Zuma."We are consistent in our support for the co (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Must Walk the Talk
Friday 19-Nov-2010: We could not agree more with MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's assertion of the need to find common ground on national issues, and to discuss problems in the inclusive Government in order to deal wi (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Arms Seizure - Top Security Officials in Crucial Talks
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By Daniel IdonorHIGHEST level security meeting was Thursday staged behind closed doors in Aso Rock with the looming diplomatic row between Nigeria and Iran dominating the proceedings.Feelers from the (By News Poster)...Liberia: Suicide
Friday 19-Nov-2010: By D Kaihenneh SengbehOfficers of the Homicide Division of the Liberian National Police are investigating the astonishing death of a juvenile who was found hanging dead Monday morning next to his pare (By News Poster)...South Africa: Govt Draws the Line On Alcohol Abuse
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: Pretoria - The South African government is taking a fresh approach in dealing with the scourge of alcohol abuse, especially amongst pregnant women.It has challenged the liquor industry to re-evaluate (By News Poster)...Madagascar: Coup Plotters in Talks With Regime
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: Troops who staged a mutiny and claimed to have seized power in Madagascar are reportedly negotiating with the regime from their barracks. There were no signs Thursday of a military presence on the str (By News Poster)...Somalia: Hizbul Islam Forces Conduct Operations, Seize More in Southern Somalia
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Wanlaweyn - More of the Islamist fighters of Hizbul Islam have Tuesday conducted operations in several villages around Bur-hakaba town of Bay region in southern Somalia, capturing many people, accordi (By News Poster)...African Securities Exchanges Encouraged to Integrate
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: By David MugweAfrican stock markets have been asked to join forces to boost liquidity, increase competitiveness and achieve faster growth."Integration will generate more opportunities to position Afri (By News Poster)...South Africa: Defence Minister Receives Commission Report
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: Pretoria - Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has received the Report of the Interim National Defence Force Service Commission, she said on Tuesday.Addressing the National Assembly, (By News Poster)...Kenya: Military Bosses Fail to Answer Query On Jets
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Alphonce ShiunduNairobi - Kenya's military bosses for the first time ever, on Monday, appeared before a parliamentary committee to answer questions on recruitment and purchases of fighter jets and (By News Poster)...Uganda: Besigye - Bunyoro Will Get Oil Money
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Francis Mugerwa and G. BareebeMasindi - Dr Kizza Besigye yesterday promised oil-rich Bunyoro region a share of revenues from the resource if elected president. Dr Besigye, the IPC opposition coalit (By News Poster)...Empowerment Awareness Brought to Mutoko East
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Helen MubvumbiHarare - PEOPLE in Mutoko East constituency have been urged to think strategically so that they facilitate the movement of their area from the periphery to the core economic developme (By News Poster)...Decline of Ugandan Rebel Group
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: By Kevin KellyNairobi - Ugandans now account for less than two-thirds of the roughly 400 surviving fighters of the Lord's Resistance Army, according to a study by a Washington-based research and advoc (By News Poster)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (18-11-2010)
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: Howzit To all of you that are waiting responses from me on email, please bear with me. My ISP email account will not allow me to send any emails out. And having spent the thick end of an hour on th (By The BeardedMan)...USA: Stock Markets: Leveraged ETFs - making even more money out of Gold...
Saturday 20-Nov-2010: I was looking for leveraged ETFs for gold and found four of them. Here they are, and these are their codes:- Leveraged ETFS PowerShares DB Gold Double Long ETN DGP PowerShares DB Gold Doubl (By Jan)...[Pic] WildLife: Crocodile attacks baby elephant...
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: [Here's a fascinating story. Jan] The scene was captured by amateur photographer Johan Opperman while taking pictures of a family of African bush elephants grazing by a water hole and cooling down. (By Jan)...S.Africa: IMPORTANT: Johannesburg - Hostage Situation in Johannesburg CBD - Police want to shut down TWITTER operator
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: I am told that there is a hostage situation in the Johannesburg CBD, on the corner of Jeppe and Simmons Streets at Romans Pizza. This came from a certain Twitter feed that is apparently excellent, (By Jan)...[Humour] Joke: Julius Malema order Guns...
Monday 15-Nov-2010: [A friend of mine sent me this. Its hillarious. Jan] Julius : Hello, I would like to order some guns, please. Gunsmith : Some what? the line is bad. Julius : Guns (louder). Gunsmith : Sor (By Jan)...America's most secret organisation - the NSA's Wall of Honour
Sunday 21-Nov-2010: Take a look at this wall of honour from the NSA's website. This will give you an idea of the military/intelligence people who have been responsible for spying on America's enemies and keeping America (By Jan)...The Right Perspective: 2010.11.19 Archive
Sunday 21-Nov-2010: Charlie Rangel's Blues Frank and John celebrate the utter defeat of Chizzling Charlie Rangel this week, but note the crimes he has been found guilty of, such as tax evasion, warrant a punishm (By Peter the News Guy (TRP))...[Pic] My Trip to America - A new type of Credit Card reader from banks...
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: When I was in the USA I made use of my South African credit cards. I was using my credit cards with no problem at ATMs. I did notice that the chips inserted in the new credit cards which require that (By Jan)...S.Africa: Have I managed to get some money back from a company that cheated me?
Thursday 18-Nov-2010: [I tried a bit of psychological warfare recently. I am on the mailing list of a local company. I had dealt with them before and they were fine. But then they passed into new hands. I contacted the (By Jan)...USA: Stockmarkets: Wall St falls sharply today... edging towards 11,000 again? Municipal Bonds sharp crash
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: I have just taken a peek at the stock markets today and Wall St's DOW Index is down 184 points. That is about 1.8% down so far today. What is interesting is that the market is falling towards that 11, (By Jan)...S.Africa: WRONG! The GauTrain is NOT a high-speed train - The Fastest Train in North America
Saturday 20-Nov-2010: I was watching a documentary about the fastest train in North America. Unlike the Japanese and Europeans, the Americans are more like us, because they focus more on cars and don't have that much publi (By Jan)...Lessons from my Work: The GOOD NEWS is... My work is annoying me intensely...
Tuesday 16-Nov-2010: I have my times when things can annoy me a lot, and today is such a day. Actually some things at my work have been annoying me intensely. I am a funny sort of person. I have a strong desire to be (By Jan)...I really annoyed my superiors...
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: I annoyed my superiors more than you can believe. I pulled out of a photo shoot of 170 people who won awards. I cancelled various requests and appointments. It has annoyed my superiors more tha (By Jan)...USA: My Trip to America - George Bush's memoirs are selling like crazy: 775,000 in the first week - He read over 50 books per year!
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: [When I was on a plane from Portland to Atlanta I met a guy and we spoke non-stop for 4 1/2 hours. He was telling me that George Bush was no fool and that Bush and his Vice President had a little comp (By Jan)...Awesome music: What happened to this AWESOME Dutch band? The Hermes House Band...
Monday 15-Nov-2010: I am forever copying and bumming music whereever I can and I now have quite a large collection. I have been listening to lots of music I've never heard before (even though a lot of it is over 20 years (By Jan)...I really annoyed my superiors... My comments on winning prizes and awards...
Wednesday 17-Nov-2010: [Someone was egging me on to attend a gala dinner and event where I was nominated in 2 different categories. Jan] I wrote this to another staff member:- To be honest with you, sometimes, getting (By Jan)...
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