Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 9th January 2011From 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 & GruesomeSudan: Post-Referendum Security Scenarios for South Sudan
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: By Louise KhabureThe 9th of January 2011 will be a momentous day for all southern Sudanese people. After 22 years of civil conflict between north and south Sudan the country will hold a referendum on (By News Poster)...Liberia: Charles Taylor Monthly Trial Report - October-November 2010
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Jennifer Easterday and Eline HouwenA summary of the Taylor trial for the months of October and November 2010 written by Jennifer Easterday and Eline Houwen at the UC Berkeley War Crimes Studies Cen (By News Poster)...The CIA the KKK and the USA
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: By Sherwood Ross Sherwood Ross is an American who has worked as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News, a columnist for wire services and as the News Director of a national civil rights organization (By Adele)...S.Africa: A message to a reader of Government by Deception - Why the ANC hates business...
Friday 07-Jan-2011: Here is a recent message I sent to a Government by Deception reader:- "I hope you find this book interesting. It will explain the hostility of the ANC towards business & why the ANC makes laws whic (By Jan)...Africa: The Empire Strikes Back - France and the Ivory Coast
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Gary K. BuschGary K. Busch examines the current stand-off between Alassane Outtara and Laurent Gbagbo through a neocolonial lens, calling into question the international response to the crisis.Curr (By News Poster)...Gambia: 13 More Testify At Lands Commission
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Sanna JawaraAs proceedings into the ongoing six-member panel of the Lands Commission, chaired by Justice Basirou Mahoney, continue at the High Court in Banjul yesterday, Thursday January 6th, 2011, (By News Poster)...Sudan: North and South Are Committed to Accept Referendum Outcome - Mbeki
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: By Thabo MbekiKhartoum - Director of Ceremonies, President Pierre Buyoya, Vice Chancellor, Students and staff of the University of Khartoum, Your Excellencies Ambassadors and members of the diplomatic (By News Poster)...South Africa: Interaction With Media by Home Affairs Director-Genreral Mkuseli Apleni Regarding Documentation of Zimbabweans
Friday 07-Jan-2011: Let me begin by reiterating government’s commitment to adjudicating applications from Zimbabweans who wish to regularise their stay in South Africa as soon as possible.As at the end of business (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Elections - Chronicle of a Failure Foretold
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Pierre SanéThey were to be the elections that would put an end to the crisis, to finally turn the page on Félix Houphouet-Boigny's inheritance and to set Côte d'Ivoire on the path of p (By News Poster)...ZIMBABWE: IMPORTANT: MILITARY BESEIGE RURAL SHOPPING CENTRES - My Analysis - How beneficial is MDC rule really?
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: [Robert Mugabe is no fool. Time and again, if you look closely at what he does you will see how clever this guy really is. Mugabe knows one rule which the MDC fail to realize, and which I also think S (By Jan)...USA: The Far Left so-called Liberals ask: Is President Obama the problem?
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: [This is an interesting commentary about Obama but it is from the Left. They want him to be radical and they see him appeasing the Republicans. This is how politics work. A leader realizes that he has (By Jan)...ZIMBABWE USES BIOCHEMICAL METHODS OF ASSASSINATION
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: Many senior members of MUGABE’S ZANU PF government and others who fell out of grace with Mugabe died in car accidents and in illness. Others like General Josiah Tongora, Minister Mahachi, MP Lenmo (By Collen Makumbirofa)...Nigeria: Nine Months of Profits - Are Banks Out of Crises?
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Amaka IfeakanduThe recent third quarter results released by banks have continued to generate a lot of controversies in the financial system. In this report, our correspondent, AMAKA IFEAKANDU, capt (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Help of U.S., Israeli Experts Sought in Abuja Bombing
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Kingsley Omonobi, Sam Eyoboka, Henry Umoru, Victor Ahiuma-Young and Daniel IdonorAbuja - THE Federal Government, yesterday, made good its pledge to seek the assistance of foreign bomb experts to ge (By News Poster)...A Lame GNU, Controversial Diamonds Plus Twists, Surprises
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Kholwani NyathiAFTER a promising year following the formation of the inclusive government, the usual squabbling and uncertainty returned to haunt Zimbabwe's political landscape in 2010.Cracks in th (By News Poster)...South Africa: (Afrikaans) Gemeenskap krap kop oor VN-tentedorp
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: 2011-01-06 05:51 Van die eerste tente is vroeër die week opgerig, maar niemand weet wie die nuwe inwoners is of wie die projek bestuur nie. Die grond is in 2007 deur me. Lulu Xingwana, destydse (By Grazy)...Africa: What!? Secession? Southern Sudan Referendum on Secession
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: [I received this from Dr Peter Hammond. This is very interesting. I have not heard of talk of secession anywhere in ages. In Africa, in 1963, the OAU (Organisation of African Unity) decided to keep al (By Jan)...Nigeria: Bombings - Mark Seeks National Security Review
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Adetutu Folasade-Koyi, Kemi Yesufu And Austin ObohLagos/Abuja - Sympathisers abroad and citizens at home are increasingly agitated about Nigeria's security.They express doubt over the country's com (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Abuja Blast Victims Recount Ordeal
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Senator Iroegbu And Paul ObiLast week's twin bomb blasts at Mammy Market near Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja, which was very similar in tactics used for the October 1 blasts have raised questions on t (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Military Option Won't Work in Abidjan
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Owei LakemfaIN the old Western movies, there were usually the 'good men' who were on the side of the law or justice. On the other hand were the 'bad men' who were usually outlaws.In the mainly line (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Abuja Bomb Blasts - How Safe is the Nation?
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Yochuku Ofoka YobolisaAbuja - Not fewer than 10 persons plus a woman heavy with child were confirmed dead in a bomb explosion that occurred at about 7.00PM Friday night at the mammy market of the M (By News Poster)...S.Africa: Collapsing Infrastructure?? Why are water pipes bursting all across Johannesburg? This might be the totally bizarre answer...
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: I have been experiencing a problem with my water which I had never seen before. I have had my water out now and then and then you see the rust coming out of the tap when they have been working on the (By Jan)...Uganda: Man Kills 12-Member Family Over Land
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Patrick JaramogiA serial killer, said to have murdered 12 people from one family over a land dispute, has been arrested.According to Police, Yosi Okello carried out the murders from 2001 to 2010.Ok (By News Poster)...Africa: Cote d'Ivoire And the Hypocrisy of AU Leaders
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: I have been waiting for the military intervention which African leaders, especially, those of the ECOWAS region pledged, as the only alternative to remove Laurent Gbagbo from office. The reason I am o (By News Poster)...Namibia: Nation Embarks On Nuclear Policy
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Brigitte WeidlichNamibia - Namibia is set to develop its rich uranium resources and intends to pursue uranium enrichment locally. It also plans to build its own nuclear electricity plant.Nuclear en (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Violence, Protest Mar Rulling Party Congresses
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Violence, protests and instant defection in the party signposted the State Assembly congresses of the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) that held nationwide yesterday. This is even as the Nationa (By News Poster)...Uganda: Oil Production Stalls in 2010 As Fuel Prices Stay Up
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Walter WafulaUganda missed an opportunity to join the world's new oil producing countries in 2010 as Ghana accomplished the feat. Oil production was scheduled to start last year, but a tax dispute (By News Poster)...Africa: Serious About Food
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Johannesburg - The record prices of staple grains in 2008 made investment in agriculture an attractive proposition for countries exporting as well as importing food. The African Union (AU), with its m (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: The True Story On the State of Zanu PF
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Rashweat MukunduIN the last two weeks of December, readers of the Zimbabwe Independent were subjected to two lead stories by the weekly, focused on the political vicissitudes and likely fate of Vic (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Jos - Between Politics And Criminality
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Emmanuel OnwubikoChristmas period is usually a very festive season anywhere in the World. However, in the last two years, terrorists both locally and internationally have made the occasion anything (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Jonathan Vs Atiku - Race to the Wire
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: The Peoples Democratic Party will hold its historic presidential primaries next Thursday in Abuja, during which the two leading contenders for the party's ticket will engage in an unprecedented slugfe (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Delta Re-Run - FG Deploys Navy, Air Force
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Ben Agande and Austin OgwudaAbuja - DETERMINED not to leave anything to chance and in demonstration of its readiness to conduct credible elections in the country, the Federal Government, yesterday, (By News Poster)...East Africa: Uranium Being Smuggled Via Region to Iran - Wikileaks
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Kevin KelleyNairobi - Secret messages published by WikiLeaks show great concern on the part of US diplomats with alleged smuggling of uranium from poorly secured mines and nuclear facilities in the (By News Poster)...Nigeria: The Challenge of Specialisation As New Banking Regime Takes Off
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Akoma ChinweokeThe Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi, has again stirred the hornet's nest by stretching his reform agenda to include the scrapping of Universal Banking In its stead banking licen (By News Poster)...Nigeria: How 593 Cows Starved to Death in Ekiti
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Doyin AdebusuyiAdo-Ekiti - One of the priorities of the former governor of Ekiti State Segun Oni was agriculture. It is instructive though when one considers the fact that the state is an agrarian (By News Poster)...Gambia: Tough Fight Awaits Drug Peddlers
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Hatab FaderaThe executive director of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA) has issued a stern new year message to illicit drug peddlers, promising that a "tougher and more aggressive" anti-d (By News Poster)...Kenya: Statement Issued at Launch of Campaign to Combat Corruption and Support New Constitution
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: By Yash Pal Ghai, John Githongo, Davinder Lamba and George KegoroNairobi - Those of us gathered here are Kenyan citizens from different ethnic, religious, racial, regional, gender, professional and g (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Two Killed, Dozens Hurt in Opposition Protests
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: By Zephania UbwaniArusha - Police confirmed yesterday that two people died in Wednesday's demonstration called by Chadema. Meanwhile, the government promised to find a political solution in the wake o (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Two Killed, Dozens Hurt in Opposition Party Protests
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Zephania UbwaniArusha - Police confirmed yesterday that two people died in Wednesday's demonstration called by Chadema.Meanwhile, the government promised to find a political solution in the wake of (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Obama Condemns New Year's Eve Bombing
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Tokunbo Adedoja and Kingsley Nwezeh in AbujaNew York - President Barack Obama yesterday "strongly" condemned the new year eve's bomb blast near an Army Barracks in the nation's capital city.He also (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Heightened Insecurity in the Country
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: The spate of bomb blasts and senseless killings of innocent citizens in different parts of Nigeria is an unfortunate proof of heightened insecurity in the country.It is an ugly development Nigerians a (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Boko Haram - the Borno Saga
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Dauda MbayaMaiduguri - Maiduguri, the Borno state capital has in the recent time, raised the feeling of fear and insecurity with the recent attacks and insurgence by members of the Boko Haram who c (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Country to Earn More As Oil Prices Near $100
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Jibrin AbubakarOn the heels of Nigeria's preparation to approach the International Capital Market (ICM) with its $500million bond that would help in mitigating its infrastructural deficit, succour (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Ogonis Want UN Saro-Wiwa Probe
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Chika Amanze-NwachukuThe United Nations has been called upon to commission a rapportuer to investigate the culpability of Royal Dutch Shell in the death of former president of the Movement for the (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Military Action Questioned
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Mawuli DakeAs the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), France, the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) continue to beat war drums over Cote D'Ivoire, they are pushing the (By News Poster)...Nigeria: FBI Links Al-Qaeda to Abuja Blasts - Bomb Scare in Lagos, Motorways Building Evacuated
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Chinedu Offor, Femi Ogbonnikan And Ekene OkoroLagos/washington D.C. - America disclosed on Tuesday that Al-Qaeda, the Islamic terrorist network, was the financier, the planner, and the executor of (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Descent Into Anarchy
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: The nation was yet to recover from another episode of violence through explosions suspected to be bomb blasts in Jos, the Plateau State capital on Christmas Eve, when exactly a week later, on New Year (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Gbagbo Seeks Diplomatic Solution to Crisis
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: By Hugo OdiogorHopes of a diplomatic resolution to the lingering political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire appeared on the horizon last week when recalcitrant Laurent Gbagbo hinted of leaving office without p (By News Poster)...South Africa: HIV Stalls Progress On MDGs
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: Johannesburg - The HIV/AIDS epidemic is severely hampering South Africa's ability to achieve several Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).Nearly 800 South Africans died every day from AIDS-related illn (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Nation's Yuletide Gifts of Bomb Blasts
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Timawus MathiasSeveral people were killed by a bomb blast at the Mammy Market, Mogadishu (formerly Sani Abacha) Barracks, a military cantonment in Abuja. A more cautious President Goodluck Jonathan (By News Poster)...South Africa: No Zimbabwean Deportations Before March
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Johannesburg - Undocumented Zimbabwean migrants were given until 31 December 2010 to regularize their stay in South Africa, but this has been extended to 31 March, and problems with issuing passports (By News Poster)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (07-01-2011)
Friday 07-Jan-2011: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- The photograph above was taken at 0905hrs this morning and, as you can see, it is snowing again. Gee, what fun - not! But I also note th (By The BeardedMan)...ROBBER OF PASSPORT AND IDENTITY IN POLICE CUSTODY
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: Two weeks back l posted articles about theft of my Passport and Identity document. I have been informed by sources that the suspect has been arrested outside Johannesburg but for another crime. If the (By Collen Makumbirofa)...Nation Takes Up Its Seat on the United Nations Security Council
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: South Africa on 1 January 2011 began its second term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the period 2011 and 2012. South Africa will serve alongside the Permanent Five (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bombs, New Year Wishes And Horses
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Bisi DanielsWith lightning speed, security breasted the tape on New Year Eve to beat other demons competing to stall Nigeria's development. Clearly, the others in the race are corruption, selfishne (By News Poster)...East Africa: East African Countries Likely Al Qaeda Targets, Says Report
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Jeremiah KiplangNairobi - East Africa remains a fertile ground for terrorism, says a new report. The report by a Maplecroft, a UK-based risk advisory consultancy, finds that Kenya, Uganda and Tanza (By News Poster)...Liberia: Did President Sirleaf Tell The Truth?
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: The 2005 presidential and legislative elections were watershed elections intended to put Liberia back on the path to prosperity, following decades of warfare, poor governance, and economic slump. Five (By News Poster)...Kenya: Politicians Walk a Tightrope As Courts Swoop in for the Kill
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Oliver MathengeNairobi - With investigations of the suspects of the post-election violence by the International Criminal Court moving to possible trials and a renewed fight against corruption, a nu (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Short-Changed And Angry
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Harare - People in Zimbabwe are becoming angry about the lack of small denominations in circulation and tempers are fraying as a result: A policeman recently shot dead a taxi assistant for failing to (By News Poster)...[3 Graphs] US: Stock Markets: My Technical Indicator in 2010 - Dumping Gold tactically, now trading in hellish Oil market as it goes UP!!
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: I am very pleased with the way My Technical Indicator The time has come to jump around with regard to Gold – as priced in US Dollars. (This does not apply to the Rand price – I do not have the figure (By Jan)...Tanzania: Blood, Tears As Police Stop Opposition March
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Zephania UbwaniThe Leader of the Official Opposition in Parliament, Mr Freeman Mbowe, was among four Chadema MPs detained by police after a demonstration called by the opposition party was violentl (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Dutch Parliament Probes Shell Activities
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Lagos - Royal Dutch Shell Plc will this month be grilled by Dutch lawmakers for the first time over its operations in the Niger Delta, reflecting growing concern in the West about oil spills in West A (By News Poster)...Uganda: Police Blames Kasubi Fire On Terrorists
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Francis KagoloTHE Kasubi royal tombs could have been set ablaze by terrorists, the Police counter-terrorism director, Abbas Byakagaba, has said.The anti-terrorism chief was testifying before the ju (By News Poster)...USA: The Economic Meltdown - Deep Hole Economics - Unemployment in America is not going away soon...
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: [Some very interesting thinking here from a democrat. He is saying that the troubles need to be inflated away! But his logic about unemployment seems very sound. I will bet it is due to the effects of (By Jan)...Nigeria: U.S. Seeks Speedy Prosecution of Jos Violence Culprits
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: Abuja - United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Terence McCulley, has called on Abuja to speedily arrest and prosecute the perpetrators of the latest mayhem in Jos, the violence-prone city in the North, (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Election Reforms Clip Police Powers
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: By Alfonce MbizwoJUSTICE minister Patrick Chinamasa has proposed to dilute police powers by limiting their involvement in elections, tackling political violence and granting comprehensive powers to th (By News Poster)...South Africa: Nation Prepares to Head Into the BRIC Fold
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Kim CloeteCape Town - South Africa's (SA), inclusion in the BRIC group of powerful emerging economies has sparked intense debate, with some saying it has done itself a disservice by trying to punch (By News Poster)...Somalia: Horn of Africa Could Become New Launch Pad for Global Terrorism, Ban Warns
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the international community to provide urgent military and other support to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to stop "foreign fighters and ot (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Uduaghan Leads Five Out of Seven LGs
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Asaba - Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan is leading in Five (5) local governments out of the 7 local governments so far declared by the INEC. He is trailed by Chief Great Ogboru of the Democratic Peoples Party, (By News Poster)...Nigeria: FBI Agents Dispatched to Help Investigate Bombing
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Habeeb I. Pindiga, Misbahu Bashir, Mohammed S. Shehu And Abbas JimohAgents of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have been dispatched to Nigeria to help authorities here invest (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: South Africa Blocks Early Elections
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: By Clemence ManyukweHarare - SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma forced ZANU-PF to backtrack on plans to hold polls before the institution of far-reaching reforms required to guarantee a free and fair (By News Poster)...Mauritania: Activists' Trial Puts Spotlight On Anti-Slavery Law
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Nouakchott - Six anti-slavery activists are in prison in Mauritania in a case rights experts say points to the challenges of ensuring a 2007 law criminalizing slavery is more than just words on paper. (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Abuja Blast Unsettles New Year Celebrations
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Preparations for the New Year celebration were cut short in Abuja after a bomb exploded at the Mammy Market located directly opposite the Mogadishu Cantonment formerly known as Sanni Abacha Barracks i (By News Poster)...Ethiopia: Directors of Awash International Bank Fire President
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Hailu TeklehaimanotThe board of directors of Awash International Bank have dismissed Leikun Berhanu, the longest serving president of the bank, on Friday, December 31, 2010.It is the first time a s (By News Poster)...Mauritius: Sex Workers Demand Rights
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Nasseem AckbarrallyPort-Louis, Mauritius - "Sex workers rights are human rights", close to a hundred people shouted during a recent march in Rose-Hill, a major town in Mauritius. Their aim was to s (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Diamond Group Warned Against Setting 'Dangerous Precedent'
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Alex BellThe international diamond trade watchdog, the Kimberley Process (KP), was on Tuesday warned against setting a "dangerous precedent" over its handling of Zimbabwe's diamond crisis.Leading d (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Courage Under Fire
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Ijeoma NwogwugwuSanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Central Bank governor, must be everybody's man of the moment. Well, if we exclude the 469 excitable oddballs in the federal legislature and their co-conspi (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: 2011 Could Be Politically Intriguing
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Nqobile BhebheTHIS year promises to be interesting as different parties gear up for a hectic political calendar which will see the two MDC formations holding their second congresses since they spli (By News Poster)...Economy to Stay On Recovery Road
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyTHE Namibian economy should continue to pick up in 2011, although the pace of the recovery might just be slower than that of last year when the gross domestic product (GDP) bounced bac (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Human Rights Getting Ugly - Briefing
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Dakar - IRIN has produced a series of briefings exploring the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire triggered by contested elections in November 2010. Both Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara are laying clai (By News Poster)...USA: Economics: Now the Rich Get Richer Quicker - But is that really a bad thing? Is the Wealth gap really bad?
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: [What this person is whining about is that the rich are getting richer faster. Well, if he had read the book, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" he would have realised that the rich always fight back. But is this r (By Jan)...South Africa: ‘Engele beskerm’ toe rowers aanval
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: 2011-01-06 05:51 Fanie van Rooyen ’n Egpaar van Derdepoort, noordoos van Pretoria, meen dit is net genade dat die drie rowers wat hulle Maandagaand sowat 40 minute lank aangehou en wreed aangerand (By Grazy)...Zimbabwe: Chinamasa's Electoral Law Proposals Likely to Hit Brick Wall
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Tichaona SibandaJustice Minister Patrick Chinamasa's proposed changes to the electoral laws are likely to hit a brick wall, following suspicions that the new set of rules will only benefit ZANU PF. (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Boko Haram Sect Attempts Jailbreak in Yola
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Matthew Onah With Agency reportYola - At least 10 prison officials narrowly escaped being lynched yesterday morning, when some prisoners attempting jailbreak started a riot at the Jimeta prisons.Th (By News Poster)...Kenya: CEOs See 2011 As Year of Growth
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Mwaniki WahomeNairobi - As Kenyans resume their everyday activities after the December festivities, economic analysts and business leaders say that 2011 is a year pregnant with great hopes but equa (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Connection to Cocaine Seized in South Africa
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: Maputo - Three Mozambicans are among six people arrested in South Africa after the seizure of 312 kilos of cocaine, with an estimated street value of 316 million rands (47.7 million US dollars).Accord (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bombings - Jonathan Plots Opponents' Arrest - Atiku
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Former Vice President and Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday alerted Nigerians of the alleged President Goodluck Jonathan's desperation of ma (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Crowd Attacks Police in Magude
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Maputo - An angry crowd in Magude district, in Maputo province, attacked three police officers, included the Magude district commander, early in the morning of New Year's Day.The three men were seriou (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Onslaught on NGOs Ahead of Elections
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Caiphas ChimheteZANU PF has resolved to embark on an outright onslaught on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) believed to be sympathetic to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as well as oiling its (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Jonathan Holds Emergency Meeting On Security
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Wisdom Patrick and Osby Isibor in AbujaLagos - President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday held an emergency national security meeting in Abuja where three vital decisions were taken. In attendance at th (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Jos Crises - 62 Bodies Get Mass Burial
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Achor Abimaje And Gonji PalangJos - 62 bodies of victims of the Christmas Eve bomb blasts in six places in Jos, the Plateau State capital, have been given a mass burial at Dong village, close to th (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Mutambara's Political Star Dims
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Leonard MakombeWHEN Arthur Mutambara, who had left local politics as a student leader in the 1990s, dramatically strutted back onto the political scene some five years ago, it was hard to envisage (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Teen Sex Workers at the Centre of HIV/Aids Storm
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Ignatius BandaBulawayo - Teenage commercial sex workers are finding themselves at the centre of the HIV/AIDS storm amid concerns of widespread lack of condom use and a spike in the number of infect (By News Poster)...Food Security is Possible - Expert
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Catherine RiunguNairobi - Africa can feed itself. It can make the transition from a hungry importer to a self-sufficient continent in a single generation, argues Harvard University professor Calest (By News Poster)...Africa: Terrorism, Election Drag Obama to Nigeria, Other Countries
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Kalu UdumaLagos - President Barack Obama of the United States is expected in Nigeria this year. The president is also billed to visit other African countries.The reason for his visit has been linke (By News Poster)...Nigeria: More Killed in Jos Intercommunal Violence
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Christian youths attacked a car full of Muslims returning from a wedding in Jos, Plateau State, seven people inside the vehicle and sparking retaliatory violence that left one other person dead, AP ha (By News Poster)...Nigeria: I Am the Nationally Accepted Presidential Candidate - Ribadu
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: By Shuaib ShuaibNUHU RIBADU BECAME FAMOUS FOR HUNTING NIGERIA'S MOST CORRUPT PERSONS IN HIGH PLACES WHILE HE WAS EFCC CHAIRMAN. NOW, THAT HE IS A POLITICIAN, IN THIS INTERVIEW WITH SHUAIB SHUAIB, HE S (By News Poster)...Confusion Reigns Over Elections
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Taurai MangudhlaCONFUSION reigns over the proposed holding of elections in the first half of this year after Zanu PF insisted that the polls should go ahead despite growing internal and external re (By News Poster)...Journey of Hope Ends in Deportation for Somalis
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Nairobi - Hawa Aden left Bosasso, a Somali port city in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, in 2009 on a dangerous boat journey across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen, and then trekked 20 days (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Banks Seek New Cash Deal
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Ndamu SanduBANKERS Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has recommended that statutory reserves owed by the central bank be converted into treasury bills, which banks can use as security to tap into the U (By News Poster)...Gambia: More Complainants Testify Before Lands Commission
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Lamin SanyangMany complainants have appeared at the High Court in Banjul to testify before the Lands Commission on the allocation and demarcation of government, private, individuals and Company lan (By News Poster)...Egypt: Egypt Sees Qaeda Link to Blast
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Egyptis screening people who arrived recently from countries where al-Qaeda is known to recruit after early findings suggested the militant network was behind a New Year's church bombing, security sou (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Power Struggle Continues
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The Gbagbo vs. Ouattara power struggle over who sho (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Country Considers Dumping West African Franc
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Honore KouaAbidjan - As embattled Cote d'Ivoire leader Laurent Gbagbo digs in his heels, there is intensified talk fuelled by private and state-owned media that the country could pull out of the CF (By News Poster)...USA Arizona: US politician, several others shot
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: 2011-01-08 22:41 Arizona - US Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head on Saturday when a gunman opened fire in an area where the lawmaker was meeting with constituents, of (By Grazy)...Gambia: CDS Impressed With GAF Joint Services Field Exercise
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Musa Ndow and Omar WallyLieutenant General Masanneh N Kinteh, the chief of Defense Staff (CDS) of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) has said he is impressed with the conduct of the ongoing Joint Servic (By News Poster)...Govt Empowerment Rules Deflate Investment Hopes
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Ndamu SanduTHE year 2010 was laden with hope but Zimbabweans wish government had not announced the empowerment regulations which killed the little confidence the country had gained since the format (By News Poster)...Nigeria: European Airlines Unfazed By Oil Price Hike
Friday 07-Jan-2011: European airlines, hit in 2010 by strikes, the volcanic ash cloud and an early onset of snowy winter weather, are taking surging oil prices in their stride thanks to fuel hedging.Crude oil prices, the (By News Poster)...Charles Davy Threatens to Sue Website
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Lance GumaControversial commercial farmer Charles Davy has threatened to sue a Zimbabwean website, for publishing a story accusing him of 'aiding and abetting' the ZANU PF regime. Davy is father to (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Two People Killed in Arusha Protests
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Zephania UbwaniNairobi - Police confirmed on Thursday that two people died during the chaos that rocked Arusha city on Wednesday.Regional police commander Thobias Andengenye told reporters the two (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Dutch Parliament to Hold Hearing on Oil Corruption
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Chika Amanze-NwachukuDutch Parliament will this month commence hearing on the activities of Royal Dutch Shell in the Niger Delta.The hearing scheduled for January 26, according to the Wall Street J (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Why Biofuel is Highly Barricaded
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Timothy KitunduDar es Salaam - The production of biofuel in Tanzania has been meeting obstacles day come day go. Critical thinkers, academicians and experts have in most cases discovered that nonch (By News Poster)...Egypt: Save African Asylum-Seekers, Say Activists
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Cairo - Egyptian activists are calling on the government to take action to save African asylum-seekers from what they call the "systematic torture" they are being subjected to by their Bedouin captors (By News Poster)...Gambia: Oceanic Bank Winds-Up Operations
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Hatab FaderaOceanic Bank Gambia Limited, a subsidiary of its parent company in Nigeria has began winding up its operations in The Gambia, following its failure to meet the Central Bank of the Gambi (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Mugabe Under Pressure to Accept Election Delay
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: Robert Mugabe's hopes of having a parliamentary election by June this year could be dashed, following reports that Zimbabwe is likely to postpone the poll in order to make constitutional reforms first (By News Poster)...Africa: Food Prices Reach Highest Levels Since 2008
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Johannesburg - Food prices are at their highest since the 2008 crisis, according to new figures released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).In mid-2008, international food prices reache (By News Poster)...Namibia: Economists Share Rosy 2011 Outlook
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Jo-Maré DuddyBETTER than expected domestic economic growth, an interest rate increase only at year-end and "relatively stable" global recovery are some of the positives FNB Namibia economist Daniel (By News Poster)...South Africa: Teenager arrested for rape, murder
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: 2011-01-05 19:15 Johannesburg - Free State police said on Wednesday that an 18-year-old man was arrested in the Monontsha Village in QwaQwa in connection with the murder of a Bloemfontein woman in (By Grazy)...Kenya: Police Grapple With Influx of Poor Ethiopians
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By John NjagiNairobi - For quite a long while, Kenya has become a haven for illegal Ethiopian immigrants fleeing their country in search of a better life.The immigrants are entering Kenyan in droves, (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bomb Blasts - We're Closing-in on Perpetrators - Police
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Kingsley OmonobiAbuja - THE Police has said yesterday that they have uncovered clues that would lead to arrest of the perpetrators of the New Year eve bomb blast at the Mogadishu Barracks which kil (By News Poster)...Uganda: LRA War - Was Besigye Making a Confession in Kitgum?
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Capt. Henry OloboWHILE campaigning in Kitgum recently, IPC presidential aspirant Dr. Kiiza Besigye said the war against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) was deliberately prolonged for individual be (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Anger in SA Over Nationals' Passport Freeze
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Alex BellZimbabweans in South Africa have expressed their anger over their government's decision to suspend issuing new passports, after a small fire in Harare's Registrar General's office.Registra (By News Poster)...USA: Stock Markets - My Technical Indicator - Are we getting close to selling Gold - tactically? Wall Street going up 2,000 points?
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: I have been watching the markets with interest. According to the P&F charts, the DOW is now heading for a target now of 1,000 points higher than the previous target. The DOW is only at 11,500 but t (By Jan)...Mozambique: Pirates Seize Mozambican Fishing Vessel
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: Maputo - A gang of Somali pirates has seized a fishing ship belonging to the Mozambican company Pescamar.The Ministry of Fisheries announced the disappearance of the vessel, the "Vega 5" on Friday. It (By News Poster)...Police Thugs at Booysens
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: Herein below is a statement that my son gave me after being released from the Johannesburg Central Police Station cells. It is totally unbelievable and unacceptable that innocent people are being rou (By Adele)...Grisly Cattle Find At Otjiwarongo
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Jana-Mari SmithTHE spotlight this week was cast again on stock theft and the gruesome methods used to disable animals and prevent them from fleeing, after a farmer found three live cows in the veld (By News Poster)...South Africa: Nation to Push African Agenda on United Nations Security Council
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Pretoria - South Africa intends using its position as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to elevate the African agenda and bring peace to the continent.To achieve thi (By News Poster)...Somalia: Puntland Accuses Somaliland of Having Links With Al Shabaa
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: The semi-autonomous state of Somalia's Puntland on Saturday accused the break away republic of Somaliland of having links with Al shabaab, which the United States charges to be Al Qaeda's proxy in the (By News Poster)...Locals Want Polls This Year - Survey
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: By Wongai ZnangazhaA SURVEY commissioned by Afrobarometer, an African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in the continent, shows that a majority of Zimbabweans (By News Poster)...Southern Africa: Chinamasa's Electoral Law Changes Against SADC Guidelines
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Tichaona SibandaProposed changes to the electoral laws in Zimbabwe go against Southern African Development Community (SADC) guidelines on holding free and fair elections, SW Radio Africa learnt on (By News Poster)...Rwanda: 2010 Agriculture Output Foundation for Food Security
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Gertrude MajyambereStrong performance of agricultural sector in 2010 that saw the sector expand by 8.2 percent in the first half of last year is expected to boost food security around the country t (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Second Bomb Explosion Rocks Abuja
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Aliyu AdekunleTwo bomb explosion have rocked the capital Abuja at the Eve of the New Year celebrations. In one of the explosion explosion that rocked the city of Abuja saw several people injured .T (By News Poster)...Nigeria: 11 Killed in Jos Violence
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: By Seriki AdinoyiAt least 11 people were killed in Jos yesterday amid fresh tensions linked to a political meeting and an attack on buses carrying some passengers, a military commander said."We have c (By News Poster)...Ghana: When Fuel Prices Go Through the Roof
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Ebo QuansahStrange might not be the exact word. The latest happening in this land of our birth though, could not be normal either. In a country of several contradictions, it might not be exactly st (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: UN Seeks to Boost Peacekeeping Force
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: The United Nations is seeking up to 2,000 additional troops for its nearly 9,000-strong peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire where the outgoing president's refusal to step down despite his oppo (By News Poster)...Kenya: Kibaki, Odinga Plan Local Trial for Polls Violence Suspects
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Bernard NamunaneNairobi - President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Thursday discussed the establishment of a credible local tribunal as an alternative to trial at The Hague for the six K (By News Poster)...South Africa: Sanef Protests Arrest of Sowetan Journalists
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: The SA National Editors' Forum (Sanef) on Tuesday added its voice to those condemning police for arresting two journalists while they were carrying out normal reporting duties."Even more alarming was (By News Poster)...Niger: Gunmen Abduct Two Frenchmen, Security Forces Say
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Niger security forces are combing the capital Niamey for traces of two Frenchmen who were abducted from a restaurant on Friday evening. Armed men burst into a restaurant in the city centre when it was (By News Poster)...Algeria: Two Killed in Clashes Over Rising Food Prices
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Two men have been killed in the recent wave of violence over unemployment and the rising cost of food in Algeria, according to national media. Youths have clashes with riot police in Algiers and sever (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Boko Haram - Police Introduce Operation Black Scorpion
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: The Police in Borno State said yesterday that it has introduced Operation Black Scorpion (Duhu) to combat the onslaught of the "Boko Haram" militants in the state.The Commissioner of Police Alhaji Moh (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Firm Sues RBZ for U.S.$ 35 Million
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Leonard MakombeAN international minerals auditing firm, Alex Stewart International (ASI), is suing the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for US$34,99 million over unpaid fees for services rendered bet (By News Poster)...Swaziland: Deluge Leaves Farmers With Weed-Infested Fields
Friday 07-Jan-2011: Mbabane - Heavy rain since November 2010 has ensured crops in the traditionally dry parts of food-insecure Swaziland have enough water, but for the 80 percent of the population who are subsistence far (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Unions Warn Oceanic, Intercontinental and Unity Banks
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Victor Ahiuma-YoungLagos - THE National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees, NUBIFIE, and its Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions, (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Sanusi Named World's Best Central Bank Gov
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Emele OnuThe global financial intelligence magazine, The Banker, has conferred double awards on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.The awards are: World (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Prosecutor Calls for 33-Year Jail Term for Editor
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Edmund KagireKigali - Two journalists of the controversial weekly tabloid, Umurabyo, Agnes Nkusi Uwimana, the editor and her co-writer, Saidath Mukakibibi, were yesterday charged before the High Co (By News Poster)...Africa: MDGs - Donors Hold Key to HIV-Free Generation
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Top UN health officials are confident that an HIV-free generation is possible by 2015, but have warned of the need to fully fund HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programmes to ensure that steady prog (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Informal Trade Oils Underground Economy
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Kudzai ChimhangwaA walk around the streets of Harare will reveal a hive of activity as people hurriedly move from one street corner to another oblivious of the unfriendly weather or lurking municip (By News Poster)...USA: Stock Markets - My Technical Indicator... Its time to sell Gold and buy into...? A Note for non-American Investors...
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: I have been checking my graphs and there is no question about it. My Technical Indicator has, after months, broken through the crucial line indicating that it is time to dump Gold on monday. NB: Th (By Jan)...Nigeria: House-Helps - What to Know About Employing Under-Aged Children
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Ojoma AkorPopularly called boi-boi, omo odo inYoruba, dan aiki in Hausa, odibo in Ibo and a wide range of appellations in other languages in the country and worldwide, some of them highly demeaning (By News Poster)...Liberia: Nation Needs to Cut Resources That Could Fuel Conflicts, UN Panel Warns
Friday 07-Jan-2011: Liberia, a country once torn asunder by civil war, has made some progress in seeking to cut off the illegal supply of diamonds, timber and other natural resources that have been used to finance wars i (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Govt Asked to Use Latest CCTVs
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Efem NkangaChief Executive Officer of Global Corp, a security consulting firm, Jimie Enobong, has advised the Federal Government to use the latest technology in security surveillance to fight insec (By News Poster)...Namibia: Utopia in the Wilderness a Dream Holiday Destination
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Chrispin InambaoKatima Mulilo - Endowed with pristine environs and majestic herds of elephant, buffalo and hippo, Caprivi has all the unique qualities for a dream holiday.Elephants aside, it is a p (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Airtel Plans Transformation of African Mobile Market Economy
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Princewill EkwujuruIn 2011, Bharti Airtel Limited says it has plans to move the transformation of African mobile communications and positively impact the speed of economic development across the Af (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Monoline Banking Will Catalyze Boom in 2011-Olatokunbo
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: As Nigerian banks warm up to embrace the 2011 financial year, a finance expert and shareholder activist, Alhaji Gbadebo Olatokunbo has said that the year would mark a better beginning for the proposed (By News Poster)...Uganda: Hoima Worries Over Oil Land Pay
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Francis MugerwaMs Beatrice Kyomuhendo is a worried woman. The mother of 11 is uncertain of her next destination after receiving news that the government intends to construct an oil refinery in Kaba (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Battle Lines Drawn As Major Party Congress Looms
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Caiphas ChimheteHarare - A Cabinet minister distributed some "holy water" from a renowned African prophet at the party's women council meeting recently as jostling for positions reach feverish leve (By News Poster)...Kenya: IDPs Express Fears Over Disputed Narok Land
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: Nairobi - Some of the 850 families living at Pipeline camp for the Internally Displaced People in Nakuru on Saturday said that they will not move to a land designated for them in Mau Narok because of (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Gbagbo Seeks Zimbabwe Support Over Crisis
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: By Kitsepile NyathiHarare - An envoy of embattled Ivory Coast leader Mr Laurent Gbabgo was in Zimbabwe on Thursday to meet government officials, sparking rumours that the strongman is seeking Presiden (By News Poster)...Gambia: Businessmen, Driver Reportedly Tortured by Members of the Gambia Armed Forces
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Fabakary B. CeesayInformation reaching Foroyaa from Kampasa Village, in the Foni Jarrol District has it that on Sunday 2nd January, two soldiers of The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) were seen by some v (By News Poster)...East Africa: Tanzanian Financial Sector Most Rigid in Region, New IMF Study Reveals
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Adam IhuchaNairobi - Some two years ago, Tanzanian investors interested in buying into the massive initial public offering of Kenya's largest mobile telecommunications company, Safaricom, were lock (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Eleweomo - Senate Leader, Three Others Remanded
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Dele OgunyemiIbadan - SENATE Leader Teslim Folarin and three others were yesterday remanded in Agodi Prisons, Ibadan, Oyo State, in connection with the last Thursday's murder of the factional leade (By News Poster)...Gambia: Armed Forces Seeks to Recruit Specialists
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Abubacarr SaidykhanLieutenant Omar Bojang, the Public Relation Officer (PRO) of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), on Friday 31st of December 2010, invited a cross- section of journalists to the Army H (By News Poster)...Sudan: Arab And African Committee Calls to Make Doha Only Venue for Peace in Darfur
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Doha - African and Arab ministerial committee on Darfur renewed today its support to the peace process sponsored by the State of Qatar to end the seven year conflict in western Sudan and called to bri (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Labour Threatens to Shut 3 Banks
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Linda ErokeOrganised Labour has vowed to shut down the operations of Oceanic, Intercontinental and Unity Bank over alleged non-procedural dismissal of about 200 staff members by management of the b (By News Poster)...Egypt: Worshippers Return to Church After Suicide Bombing
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: Worshippers have returned to the Coptic church in Alexandria, one day after an apparent suicide bomber killed 21 people.Egyptian newspapers have called on Christians and Muslims to stand together amid (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Succour at Last for Widows of Air Force Plane Crash Victims
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Olasunkanmi AkoniFriday September 26, 2010 made it exactly 18 years after the death of military officers in the C-130 plane crash on September 26, 1992. That air crash at Ejigbo, Lagos shook Nigeri (By News Poster)...Namibia: Pohamba Deplores Violence Against Women in 2010
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has expressed grave concern about the escalating incidence of violent crime against vulnerable members of society.In his New Year's message Pohamba lashed out at domestic (By News Poster)...Sudan: Govt Commits to Darfur Talks
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Khartoum - Sudanese government has reaffirmed today its commitment to Doha process to end Darfur conflict and dissociated it from an internal strategy it intends to launch.Presidential Adviser Ghazi S (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Sanusi Bags the Banker's Awards
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Lagos - The renowned global financial intelliegence magazine, The Banker, a publication of the Financial Times of London, has conferred on the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lam (By News Poster)...Uganda: Panic As Produce And Beef Prices Hit Roof
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Ibrahim KasitaANY conversation on the streets of Kampala easily turns to the cost of living, particularly foodstuffs.Stuck in a traffic jam, Lincoln Katambuka complains about the exorbitant rent on (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Assbifi, Nubifie Draw Battle Line With Banks for Disobeying Laws
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: The Association of Senior Staff of Banks Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI), and the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) have drawn a battle l (By News Poster)...South Africa: Fugitive Nabbed in Namibia
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Denver KistingA SOUTH African right-wing fugitive, Louis George Rademeyer, who has been on the run since 2006 and finally nabbed in Namibia on New Year's Eve, will be extradited to the neighbouring (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: UN Tight-Lipped On Use of Military Force
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: By Thalif DeenUnited Nations - As the continuing political stalemate threatens to unleash a civil war in Cote d'Ivoire, the United Nations is taking an increasingly aggressive stance in the widening s (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Unexplained Delay in Passing Petroleum Industry Bill
Friday 07-Jan-2011: The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was submitted to the National Assembly for it action over a year and half ago. To date, that piece of vital legislation is still awaiting passage into law by the lawm (By News Poster)...Nigeria: As Dutch Parliament Probes Activities of Shell in the Niger Delta
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: It is intriguing that the Dutch Parliament has ordered a probe of the activities of the Shell Petroleum Development Company [SPDC], the Anglo Dutch multinational oil company in the Niger Delta, ostens (By News Poster)...Tanzania: How CRDB Shares Provide a Lifeline to DSE Trading Activities
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Fortius RutabingwaAs the year 2010 draw closer to history books, CRDB Bank Plc shares will as well boast an enviable record of providing much of the trading activities on the Dar es Salaam Stock Ex (By News Poster)...Sudan: Goss Committee for Food Security Tours Western Equatoria
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: Yambio - On Thursday 30th December 2010, a Ministerial delegation from Government of southern Sudan (GOSS) on food security toured Western Equatoria state (WES) to assess the food security in the Stat (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Abuja Bomb Blast - Atiku, Ribadu Blame Jonathan
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Andrew Oota And Sani Muh'd SaniAbuja/Bauchi - The Northern consensus candidate of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the forthcoming presidential primaries and former vice-preside (By News Poster)...Uganda: Oil to Create 120,000 Jobs
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has said 120,000 jobs will be created in the oil and gas industry as a result of the oil discovered in Western Uganda.In his New Year message to the nation, Museveni said the (By News Poster)...Welshman Ncube Wants Polls Deferred to 2013
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: By Paidamoyo MuzuluMDC-M secretary-general and the man expected to take over as party president at its third congress which gets underway tomorrow, Welshman Ncube, has called for elections to be held (By News Poster)...Kenya: Cash Centres Cut Earnings for Security Companies
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By George NgigiThe move by Central Bank to establish cash centres in major towns outside Nairobi is denying security companies that transport money for commercial banks millions in monthly revenues.Th (By News Poster)...South Africa: Polokwane - What will Zuma Say
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Giordano StolleyPolokwane is the city that became synonymous with the ousting of former president Thabo Mbeki from the helm of South Africa's ruling African National Congress in 2007.When Preside (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Significant Rise in Government Revenue in 2010
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Maputo - Mozambican government revenue in 2010 was significantly higher than planned, Finance Minister Manuel Chang announced on Wednesday.Speaking at a Maputo press conference, Chang said that the ta (By News Poster)...Kenya: Coffee Thefts Threaten to Derail Efforts to Revive Ailing Industry
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Mwaniki Wahome and Muchiri GitongaNairobi - Theft of coffee from factories and farms is posing a serious threat to an industry just recovering from years of low production, mismanagement and poor e (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Country As Dumpsite for Cheap Technology
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Peter Onochie-IgbiduTechnological advancement has brought about positive and negative effects on the economies of the world, and most countries have overpowering tendency to dictate the choice of w (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Expose Bombers, Cleric Tasks Security Chiefts
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Muhammad KabirKano - THE Reverend Ebenezer Osadeyi, of First Baptist Church, Kano in his sermon to mark New Year, has said unless security operatives embrace true and equal justice in the country a (By News Poster)...Fund Rejection Worries Campaigners for HIV/Aids
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Lameck MasinaBlantyre - Health rights activists in Malawi are expressing concern over the recent rejection of the country's proposal for close to six hundred million dollars to the Global Fund to f (By News Poster)...Man Spears Brother to Death Over Blankets
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By George MapongaMasvingo - A 26-year-old Chikombedzi man last week allegedly killed his brother after attacking him with a spear before stabbing him all over with an Okapi knife following a row over (By News Poster)...Sudan: FAQ - Referendum Voting Process
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: BackgroundQ: What is the 2011 Southern Sudan Referendum about? A: The 2011 Southern Sudan Referendum will give the people of Southern Sudan the opportunity to vote for either:- Confirmation of the uni (By News Poster)...USA: Stock Markets: My Technical Indicator: Will Wall St peak in March 2011? Is it time to tactically sell Gold? Oil through the roof?
Friday 07-Jan-2011: Some extremely interesting things are happening very quietly on the stock markets and I just want to comment quickly on them. With regard to the DOW Jones index, the P&F charts are showing a target (By Jan)...Mozambique: Victims Mistaken for Pirates
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Maputo - In a bizarre twist of events, the crew of a vessel from Madagascar who say they were hijacked by Somali pirates, are being held in the central Mozambican city of Beira as if they were crimina (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Kimberley Process Denies Clearing Diamond Sales
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Alex BellThe international diamond watchdog, the Kimberley Process (KP), has reportedly denied giving Zimbabwe permission to carry on selling diamonds from the controversial Chiadzwa fields.Accordi (By News Poster)...Sudan: Payne Calls for Peace and Security as South Sudan Takes Historic Vote
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Washington, DC - Today, ahead of the January 9, 2011 referendum on self-determination for Southern Sudan, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, a (By News Poster)...Sudan: Southern Army Kills Six Rebels
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: South Sudanese troops have killed six rebels in two days of clashes in Unity state near the north-south border, while one civilian has been killed in Jonglei state in fighting between the army and for (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Oyakhiome Advocates Bomb-Free Nation, Counsels Militants
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Founder of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has advocated a country of intelligent people who resort to dialogue than through bombings and hefting guns in settling disputes.Coming on the heels (By News Poster)...Côte d'Ivoire: Testing Time for the African Union - Briefing
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Dakar - IRIN has produced a series of briefings exploring the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire triggered by contested elections in November 2010. Both Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara are laying clai (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Sanusi Emerges World's Central Bank Governor of the Year
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Betrand NwankwoAbuja - The governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has emerged the World's Central Bank Governor of the Year for 2011. The award was conferred on him by (By News Poster)...Egypt: Egypt Churches to Have Security Barriers, Cameras After New Year's Eve Bombing
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Admin AcoThe Anglican Bishop of Egypt has said all Anglican/Episcopal churches in the country are having to strengthen their security measures following the New Year's Eve bombing that killed 19 an (By News Poster)...Tanzania: Security for Rhinos to Include Aerial Patrols, More Rangers
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Zephania UbwaniThe security of the remaining endangered rhinos in the Serengeti National Park has received a boost and will now include aerial patrols, the government has revealed.More armed ranger (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Trust Links With International Banks
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Ndamu SanduTRUST Banking Corporation says it has re-established its relationships with regional and international banks to access lines of credit that will enable the institution to offer loans wit (By News Poster)...Kenya: Fuel Prices Start to Bite in Rural Areas As Cartels Emerge to Beat New Rules
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Joseph BonyoNairobi - Motorists and other consumers up-country have started feeling the pinch of the government's decision to regulate prices to reign in the oil marketing companies.A number of mot (By News Poster)...Eritrea: Opposition Group Vows to Overthrow Afewerki
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Tesfa-Alem TekleAddis Ababa - An Eritrean rebel group, Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO), has vowed to step up military attacks this year to overthrow the east African nation's governmen (By News Poster)...Angola/Togo: Soccer Bus Attacker Sentenced to 24 Years
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: An Angolan court sentenced a man to 24 years in jail Wednesday for committing "armed rebellion" in a deadly attack on Togo's soccer team during the Africa Cup of Nations in January, a lawyer said.A se (By News Poster)...Somalia: Haatuf Newspaper Reports Somaliland Link With Al Shabaab
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: A newspaper in Somalia's separatist region of Somaliland has published a report stating that the spokesman of an insurgent group has appealed for military assistance from Somaliland, Radio Garowe repo (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Accounts' Update - Bank Customers Not Keen
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Chris AgabiLagos - Banks yesterday recorded low customers' turnout in updating their accounts following the Central Bank's shifting of the deadline to January 31st 2011.Customers had besieged the b (By News Poster)...Kenya: Shopkeepers Will Soon Offer Banking Services
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Catherine RiunguNairobi - The shop near you could become your neighbourhood bank, if the agency banking model launched by Equity Bank takes root.The model, which has been developed over a period of (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Abuja Bombing - Govt Vows to Punish Perpetrators
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Bethrand NwankwoAbuja - The Federal Government has vowed to bring to book those responsible for the bombings at the Mogadishu Barracks in the Federal Capital Territory on New Year Eve.Minister of I (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Police Urges Public to Hand in Illegal Firearms
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Bosco AsiimwePolice has urged people who still posses illegal firearms not to dump them in public places, but instead surrender them to local authorities or to the nearest police station.Police Spo (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Uncertain Future for Undocumented Nationals in SA
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Alex BellThe future of Zimbabweans without legal documentation in South Africa is uncertain, after a brief window to regularise their stay in the country slammed shut last week.The South African go (By News Poster)...Sudan: Nation Will Remain Fragile After South's Vote, Say Experts
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Jim LobeWashington - Amid growing certainty that the much-anticipated weeklong referendum on independence for south Sudan will indeed begin Sunday as scheduled, U.S. officials and independent exper (By News Poster)...Uganda: Why Sacco-Led War On Poverty Has Yielded Limited Success
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Joel OgwangAS charming as the morning star, they emerge. Yet, like dew, they vanish, leaving no trail. Money lenders!When Moses Kiryapao borrowed sh500,000 from Dutch International, a money lending (By News Poster)...Rwanda: In the Land of Potato Millionaires, Women Jealously Safeguard Their Men's Virility
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Frederick Golooba-MutebiNairobi - Rwanda's Northern Province has a central place in the country's history, for many reasons.For the more than 20 years during which Major-General Juvenal Habyarimana (By News Poster)...Nigeria: 'Govt Needs New Strategies to Encourage Oil, Gas Development'
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By By Ibilola AmaoIn humble gratitude to God we are in Abuja, for the fifth consecutive year since 2006, to bring the message of the abundance of career opportunities in high technology industries whe (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Cleric Arrested Over Gun Running
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Ayegba Israel EbijeMinna - The Deputy Imam of the Jamatul Izala mosque ( Kaduna group) in Minna, Malam Abubakar Gidado, has been arrested by the Niger State police command over alleged gun running. (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Two Civil Servants Arrested Over Kidnap Attempt
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Dayo JohnsonAkure - Two Civil Servants working with the Ondo State Property Development Corporation (OSPDC) and one other person have been apprehended for attempting to kidnap the two children of t (By News Poster)...South Africa: Ten Die in New Year's Tavern Crush
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Miranda Andrew and Maryke VermaakJohannesburg - Ten people died in a horrific stampede at a New Year's day celebration in Ipelegeng with North-West police calling for calm as it feared rising tensi (By News Poster)...Ghana: No Cash, No Gas, No Light as Increased Fuel and Transport Prices Grace New Year
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Daniel NonorJust after managing with a cashless Christmas, spiced with acute gas and water shortages, and erratic power supply during the festive season, Ghanaians have again been snared with fuel (By News Poster)...Namibia: Baby Dies in Bungled Delivery
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Irene !hoaësWindhoek - A young father became a midwife by default when he had to help his partner deliver their baby in a hospital where there was reportedly no medical personnel when the woman wen (By News Poster)...Gambia: The Country's Soldiers Are Competent to Face Any Security Threat Says Deputy CDS
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Musa NdowThe deputy chief of Defence Staff of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) Major General Ousman Badjie says he is confident Gambian soldiers are competent enough to face any security threat, wheth (By News Poster)...Africa: Namibia, Home Sweet Home
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Jo-MarÉ DuddyTHE cost of living in Namibia, together with the relative freedom and safety its inhabitants enjoy, has made the country the second most sought-after place in Africa to live in - and t (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Nigeria, Others for Urgent Meeting As Oil Prices Soar
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Adeola Yusuf With Agency ReportsLagos - Nigeria and other oil producing nations are billed for an emergency meeting before its regular meeting in June as oil prices continued a drift towards $100 (By News Poster)...South Africa: 100,000 Zimbabweans Still Waiting For Passports
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: An estimated 100,000 Zimbabweans still need passports to enable them to receive permits to stay in South Africa, People Against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression and Poverty (Passop) said on Wednesda (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bomb Scare - Israel Shuts Borders Against 1,000 Pilgrims
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Daniel IdonorIT was a bad New Year Day for some over 1,000 Nigerian pilgrims performing the 2010 pilgrimage to the holy land in Israel as the Israeli authority on Saturday shut its border against t (By News Poster)...Gambia: GAF to Conduct Special Recruitment
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Musa NdowThe Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) is set to conduct special recruitment under the command of the Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Masanneh Kinteh.This special recruitment is inline w (By News Poster)...East Africa: Who is Working With These Terrorists?
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Nairobi - As 2010 comes to an end, the East African countries, especially Kenya, must take the security threats by terrorist and pirates, seriously.The past year saw more incidents of bombing and gren (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Minister - Abuja Bombing is Political
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Abubakar Yakubu, Ogechi Ohalee and Abubakar Sadiq IsahMinister of the Federal Capital Territory, Sen. Bala Abdulkadir Muhammad, Saturday exonerated the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (By News Poster)...Niger: Govt Forces Exchange Fire With Frenchmen's Abductors
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: Security forces in Niger have exchanged fire with the kidnappers of two French hostages who were snatched at gunpoint from a restaurant in the capital Niamey.Government spokesperson Laouali Dan Dah sa (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Member Escapes Death Amid Zanu PF Feud
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Brian ChitembaTHE long-running Zanu PF Bulawayo intra-party feud has turned nasty after the newly appointed provincial coordinator Callistus Ndlovu escaped death in an accident he claims was engine (By News Poster)...Nigeria: 2010 - Sterling Bank's Stock Leads With 87.8 Percent Growth
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Peter EgwuatuInvestors in Sterling Bank Plc had a rewarding 2010 as the bank's shares led others in the banking sector to close the year as the highest price gainer.The equity recorded a price appr (By News Poster)...South Africa: Five Killed, Scores Displaced in Floods
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Floods in KwaZulu Natal have claimed five lives by Wednesday as heavy rains continued to soak large parts of the country.Scores of people were without shelter after their homes were flooded.Others wer (By News Poster)...Kenya: Addicts Reveal Tactics Used to Peddle Drugs
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Anthony Kitimo And Bob OdaloNairobi - The drug war received a major boost after peddlers and addicts opened up and disclosed crucial information on drug trafficking.The addicts publicly narrated ho (By News Poster)...Sudan: Kiir Rules Out Return to War
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: By Charles Omondi and AFPJuba - Southern Sudanese President Salva Kiir has ruled out a return to war with the North irrespective of the outcome of his region's independence referendum which begins tod (By News Poster)...South Africa: Young Blood Joins Military Programme
Friday 07-Jan-2011: Pretoria - More than 5 000 youths have been accepted to the South African National Defence Force's (SANDF) Military Skills Development System (MSDS) and start their six months of training this weekend (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Allegation of Arms Supply - I'm Ready to Hand Myself Over to Police - Oni
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Gbenga AriyibiAdo Ekiti - The ousted governor of Ekiti State, Engr. Segun Oni has said he is ready to submit himself to the police if the investigation being carried out indicts him as responsible (By News Poster)...Rwanda: France to Transfer Hutu Rebel for Trial
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: A French court on Tuesday ruled that an exiled Rwandan Hutu rebel leader arrested in France in October will be transferred to the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes in the Democratic (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Victims of Bomb Blast for Psychiatric Therapy
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Abdulkadir Badsha Mukhtar and Misbahu BashirThe National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has promised to assist the discharged victims of the recent bomb blast at Magadishu barrack, Abuja, to un (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Economist Harps on Need for Increased Energy Supply
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Increased energy supply is crucial to the economic advancement of Nigeria in the 2011 fiscal year, an economist, Mr Friday Udoh, has said.Udoh, who is the South-South Coordinator of the Institute of C (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Country Risks National Disaster Over Cyber Crime Law Delay - Ekuwem
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Lagos - The immediate past president of Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem has declared that the nation risks national disaster on the delay in the passa (By News Poster)...Kenya: Independent Petrol Dealers Hit By Controls
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Kennedy SenelwaNairobi - The price control regime slapped on petroleum products has allegedly precipitated a wave of closures among independent fuel retailing stations, due to profit margin erosion (By News Poster)...Uganda: Army Explains Why LDU Was Shot Dead
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: A Local Defence Unit (LDU) person shot dead on Tuesday last week in Moroto municipality planned to grab guns from his colleagues, an army officer has said.Deo Akiiki, the UPDF 3rd division spokesperso (By News Poster)...Sudan: 9 Killed in Abyei As Referendum Vote Continues
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: By Emmanuel OnyangoMilitiamen have killed 9 warriors in a key oil- producing region in Southern Sudan, overshadowing a referendum vote on independence for the region.The militiamen attacked Makere vil (By News Poster)...Namibia: Lessons From a Tragic Democratic Comedy in Côte d'Ivoire
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Alfredo Tjiurimo HengariThe involvement of the United Nations was to provide a modicum of legitimacy and competence.In line with the Constitutional provisions concerning the role of the Constitutio (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Bank of Kigali to Raise Investment Capital Through Share Sale
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Berna NamataProceeds from the sale of government's 25 percent stake in Bank of Kigali (BK) from the Initial Public Offer (IPO) planned mid this year will support the expansion of the bank's credit (By News Poster)...South Africa: Home Affairs DG Says Department is Committed to Finalising Abjudication of Zimbabwean Applications
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Pretoria - Let me begin by reiterating government’s commitment to adjudicating applications from Zimbabweans who wish to regularise their stay in South Africa as soon as possible.As at the end o (By News Poster)...Rwanda: Rebel Leader Faces Charges in Hague and Kigali
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By James KaruhangaKigali - Despite the decision by France's highest court to sanction the extradition of Callixte Mbarushimana to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the government has said that o (By News Poster)...Mali: Bomb Injures Two At French Embassy in Mali
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Two Malians were hurt when a professed member of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) exploded a gas cylinder at the French embassy in Malian capital of Bamako on Wednesday. The alleged culprit was (By News Poster)...French 'Fraudster' Escapes From Custody
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Denver KistingBARELY two months after the country was rocked by the seemingly effortless escape of a foreign fraudster, another suspected crook has vanished while in Police custody in Windhoek.Stef (By News Poster)...Somalia: Blast Kills Two in Mogadishu
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Mogadishu - At least two people have been killed and another wounded after grenade blast targeted to government vehicle traveling around Banadir intersection in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses (By News Poster)...Ethiopia: Banks Pay 794 Million Birr Windfall Tax Before Weekend
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Hailu TeklehaimanotCommercial banks are required to pay 75pc of the profit from the devaluation of the Birr against a basket of major currencies, following Parliament's legislation of a windfall ta (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Seasonal Greetings From Jos
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: ON Christmas eve, riots broke out in Jos, after blasts that have so far claimed 84 lives. Every month last year, there were killings in Jos or surrounding villages. Every such incident in Jos is relig (By News Poster)...Sudan: Southerners Flock to Polls for Independence Vote
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: Khartoum - Southern Sudanese have flocked to the polling stations across the country to cast their votes in an emotional exercise on the future of the semi-autonomous region that is widely expected to (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: 'Truth Commission Essential for National Healing'
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Paidamoyo MuzuluTHE Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) has said that for national healing to take place in Zimbabwe, there should be a truth and reconciliation commission that has power (By News Poster)...Namibia: Pohamba Ranked Fifth Best in Africa
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has been ranked as the fifth best-performing African head of state by an international magazine published in Kenya.The East African magazine released its first Annual Afr (By News Poster)...Kenya: Banks Slash Loan Limits in Race for the Mass Market
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By David MugweBanks have slashed the minimum loan to as low as Sh700, in what industry players say is a sign of an intensifying battle for the lucrative mass market currently dominated by Shylocks and (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Delegates From Mashonaland Threaten to Boycott MDC-M Congress
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Tichaona SibandaSharp differences have surfaced in the MDC-M over the party's decision to sideline incumbent President Arthur Mutambara from seeking re-election.The party's hardliners from the thre (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Hijacked Fishing Ship Heading North
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Maputo - The Mozambican fishing vessel, the "Vega 5", seized by Somali pirates last Friday, has been located in the Mozambique Channel heading north, and thus away from its home port of Beira.Despite (By News Poster)...Nigeria: CBN Extends Deadline On Bank Accounts Data
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Lagos - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the information update of bank accounts from December 31, 2010 to January 31, 2011.CBN Head of Corporate Communications, Mohamme (By News Poster)...Nigeria: S'korean Firm to Build U.S. $734 Million Coal-Fired Power Plant
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Ejiofor Alike With Agency ReportSouth Korea's Daewoo Engineering Construction Company Limited said on Monday that it was chosen as the preferred bidder for the N828 billion ($733.8 million) order t (By News Poster)...Nigeria: NBA Cries Out As Gunmen Kidnap Lawyer's Wife at Church Premises
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Harris-Okon EmmanuelWarri - The wave of kidnapping has continued in Warri with the latest victim being the wife of Charles Ajujah, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).But the Nigerian Bar, Associati (By News Poster)...Somalia: Al Shabaab Claims 15 AU Soldiers Killed in Mogadishu Overnight Fightin
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: Mogadishu - As bitter combat between Al shabaab and Somali forces backed by African union forces, on Friday night, took place in Mogadishu, Al shabaab movement claimed victory over the fighting.In pre (By News Poster)...Sudan: South Sudan - 1,000 Police Graduate to Provide Security in Referendum
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: By Bonifacio Taban Kuich And Manyang MayomBentui & Rumbek - Southern Sudan has seen the graduation of 1,000 police and security officers, 600 in Lakes state and 400 in Unity state, ahead of the region (By News Poster)...Sudan: MTV Joins with George Clooney, Google, the United Nations and Others to Help Deter War
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: MTV and mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, are teaming up with George Clooney and the Satellite Sentinel Project– along with Not on Our Watch, the Enough Project, Google, the United Nati (By News Poster)...Kenya: Livestock at Risk as Drought Worsens
Friday 07-Jan-2011: Marsabit - Millions of heads of livestock in northern Kenya could die because of drought unless urgent action is taken to mitigate water shortages and stem the spread of disease, say officials.La Ni&n (By News Poster)...Mozambique: Government Promises Dignified Funeral for Malangatana
Friday 07-Jan-2011: Maputo - Mozambique's Minister of Culture, Armando Artur, has promised that the government will provide the country's greatest painter, Malangatana Valente Nguenha, "with a funeral appropriate to his (By News Poster)...Africa: Sanusi Emerges World's Best Central Bank Governor
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has been named the world central bank governor of the year by The Banker, a publication of the Financial Times of London.He was with double (By News Poster)...West Africa: Jonathan - More Dialogue Needed to Resolve Ivorian Crisis
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Anthony AilemenAbuja - President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said more dialogue was necessary to ensure amicable settlement of the Ivorian political impasse.President Jonathan, who is also the Chai (By News Poster)...South Africa: Former Idols Star Pays Stiff Fine
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Jana-Mari SmithAFTER intense negotiations with immigration, Police and court officials yesterday, South African Idols singer Andriette Norman and her boyfriend Marcel Olivier were released after th (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Mend Denies Bomb Attacks
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has denied any involvement in the bombings that rocked Abuja on Friday, December 31, 2010.The group, in an email said, "Bombings and attacks (By News Poster)...Sudan: Darfur Mediators Hand Over Compromise Proposals
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: Doha - Darfur peace mediators have handed compromise proposals to the Sudanese government and rebel groups on the pending issues in order to present a final peace and ceasefire agreement in the upcomi (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Discord Ahead of MDC-M Congress
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: By Levy MukaratiHarare - DISCORD has gripped the smaller faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-M) ahead of its weekend congress with the party's Masvingo provincial executive saying it wi (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Police Warns Against Use of Weapons During Campaigns
Saturday 08-Jan-2011: By Lawan Danjuma AdamuKano - Political party leaders in Kano State have been warned by the state police command against arming their supporters with dangerous weapons during electioneering activities. (By News Poster)...Namibia: Newborn Burnt at Hospital
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Jana-Mari SmithSEVEN-day-old Angelo Songolo sustained serious burns at the Grootfontein State Hospital shortly after his birth, allegedly due to the negligence and inexperience of a doctor.Accordin (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Zamfara - PHCN High Tension Cables Serve as Campaign Posters' Lines
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Shehu Abubakar and Sadeeq AliyuAbuja - The 2X30 40MVA, 132/33 KV transmission substation commissioned at Talata Mafara in Zamfara State by President Goodluck Jonathan on October 12, with the hope o (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Magazine Names Central Banker for Award
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Kingsley IghomwenghianLagos - Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi, has been conferred double awards by the The Banker magazine, a publication of the Financial Times of L (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Police Arrest Boko Haram Financier in Maiduguri
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Ahmed MariMaiduguri - A suspected financier of the outlaw Islamic sect Boko Haram, Alhaji Bunu Wakil, has been arrested in Maiduguri with 91 other suspects during a routine check.The Borno State Co (By News Poster)...Uganda: Dfcu Bank Slows Down Land Loans
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Walter WafulaKampala - Dfcu Bank has applied brakes on the issuance of land loans to some of its customers three years after it introduced the product to ease property ownership.Mr Aaron Aguma, the (By News Poster)...Swaziland: 'Even the Children, They Call a Person With Aids a 'Rotten Potato'
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Sipofaneni - Thembi (last name withheld) is a 33-year-old HIV-positive mother of three who has lived in rural poverty all her life. She lives alone with her children amid the low green hills of Swazil (By News Poster)...Kenya: Silent Killer That Continues to Claim Children's Lives
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Miriam GathigahNairobi - Medical experts have warned that malaria and HIV have monopolised interventions geared towards curbing child mortality in Kenya, thus ignoring the equally deadly killer, di (By News Poster)...Uganda: 2010 - a Good Year for UPDF in Somalia
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Joshua KatoAT the beginning of 2010, the AMISOM forces in Somalia, largely composed of Ugandan troop controlled less than 30% of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The AU force now controls around 60% (By News Poster)...Nigeria: ASSBIFI Writes Minister, Vows to Picket Banks Over Retrenchment
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Sylvester EnoghaseThe Association of Senior Staff of Banks Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI), has written a protest letter to the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka (By News Poster)...South Africa: Suspected Mend Leader Okah Denied Bail
Friday 07-Jan-2011: By Jean-Jacques CornishExiled rebel leader Henry Okah, who is wanted on terrorism charges in Nigeria, has failed in a further bid to get bail. He has been held in a Johannesburg prison since his arres (By News Poster)...Zimbabwe: Short-Changed And Angry
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Harare - People in Zimbabwe are becoming angry about the lack of small denominations in circulation and tempers are fraying as a result: A policeman recently shot dead a taxi assistant for failing to (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bomb Blasts - President Identifies Two Sources
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Quoting from the front page lead story of This Day newspaper of Sunday January 2, 2011, under the heading "Jonathan Links New Year Eve Bombing to Jos Blast; Traces October 1 Explosion to Niger Delta", (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Muslim Youths Allege Silent Killings in Jos
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: By Mahmud LaloJos - The Plateau State chapter of the National Council of Muslim Youth Organizations (NACOMYO) yesterday complained over reported silent killings and missing persons in some parts of Jo (By News Poster)...South Africa: ANC provincial chief whip killed
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: 2011-01-05 16:14 Johannesburg - The ANC chief whip in the Ehlanzeni district municipality in Mpumalanga was killed in the Mhala district in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. Johan Holme N (By Grazy)...South Africa: Financial Services Charter Draft Welcomed
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Pretoria - The new draft of the Financial Services Charter (FSC), gazetted by Department of Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies, has been welcomed by Keith Levenstein, CEO of EconoBEE.The draft of (By News Poster)...Sudan: Bashir Reassures Southern Sudan on Visit to Juba
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Khartoum - The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir on Tuesday vowed to resolve all outstanding issues relating to post-referendum issues before the end of the interim period on July 9th.Bashir ma (By News Poster)...Uganda: We Can't Achieve Peace By Flexing Our Military Might
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: By Samuel LubegaOur Great Lakes policy is embedded in the overall foreign policy aiming to renew Uganda's regional cooperation to confront our most pressing threats, not through the perpetual provocat (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Forced Shutdown of Refineries
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: A couple of weeks ago, three of the nation's four refineries in Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt were shut down because militants vandalised pipelines through which crude oil is supplied for refining. (By News Poster)...Nigeria: Bomb Blasts - Atiku Alleges Plot to Frame Up Opponents
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Fidelis Mac-LevaFormer Vice President and presidential aspirant of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has alerted Nigerians on what he termed "President Goodluck Jonathan's heighte (By News Poster)...Kenya: Banks Rush to Tap Eldoret's New Wealth
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Gerald AndaeNairobi - A sharp increase in businesses has triggered fierce competition for clients in the banking sector in Eldoret Town.Different banks have set up a total of 18 branches in the tow (By News Poster)...Nigeria: FG Raises Global Oil Output by 90,000 BPD
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Adeola YusufLagos - Nigeria has boosted global oil supplies by 90,000 barrels per day (bpd) through higher output from crude streams, including Qua Iboe and Bonny Light, which pushed prices near a (By News Poster)...Namibia: More Die On Roads in 2010
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: By Denver KistingNAMIBIA'S road deaths in 2010 outnumbered those of 2009 by six deaths.Police spokesperson Inspector Kauna Shikwambi said 531 people were killed on Namibian roads in 2010, whilst the n (By News Poster)...South Africa: SA model bust for drugs in Indonesia
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: 2011-01-05 12:00 Johannesburg - A South African model was arrested for drug possession in Jakarta, Indonesia's largest city, a Jakarta newspaper reported on Wednesday. Cara Lachelle was arrested a (By Grazy)...South Africa: Dube calls for lightning probe
Monday 03-Jan-2011: Hie hie, sniff sniff njack njack, we need some scientist here to come and help us to work out where lightning come from. Eishhhhhhhh... 2011-01-03 14:26 Eshowe - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for co-operat (By Grazy)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (05-01-2011)
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- I was deeply saddened this morning to learn of the death of singer/songwriter Gerry Rafferty at the age of 63 after a long illness. We all (By The BeardedMan)...South Africa: Hawks bust Joburg drug lab
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: 2011-01-05 13:39 Johannesburg - A drug manufacturing laboratory was discovered by the Hawks in Chiawelo in Soweto in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Gauteng police said. Drugs and drug manuf (By Grazy)...South Africa: Flood warning issued as more rain forecast
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: With all the rain the farmers will start moaning about the catfish that eat the mielies(corn). :-) 2011-01-05 13:39 Johannesburg - The water affairs department issued a flood warning on Wednesday (By Grazy)...USA: My Trip to America: Jeff Nyquist & a Psychologist - we discuss personalities in Politics - Lions Versus Foxes
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: I want to introduce you all to a fascinating old historical concept which psychologists discuss even now. This is the concept of the Lions and the Foxes - the Definites and the Flexibles. In ancie (By Jan)...Sout Africa: Municipal official held for corruption
Monday 03-Jan-2011: I jusst have to include a comment at the bottom that explain how it works. Grazy. 2011-01-03 08:31 Johannesburg - A 57-year-old senior municipal official in Vryburg, North West has been arrested (By Grazy)...Latvia: Latvia’s unique new residency program
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: January 4, 2011 Santiago, Chile by Simon Black Latvia is broke… I’m talking flat broke– more than Spain, Greece, California, etc. And because this small Baltic, former Soviet republic is not in (By Grazy)...South Africa: Matric results riddle
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: 2011-01-09 15:42 Carien Kruger and Gershwin Chuenyane Johannesburg - Concerns over the validity of the matric results continue to mount amid quality assurance body Umalusi’s refusal to explain h (By Grazy)...More on my visit to Orania - June 2009
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: I was extremely impressed by everything I had heard of Orania even before I got there. First of all, the far-seeing vision of the founders of the town. The idea of an Afrikaner resurgence in anticipat (By Yoel Lerner)...USA: Stock Markets: My Technical Indicator: Why losing 54% of your investment is quite acceptable...
Sunday 09-Jan-2011: I am a subscriber to Jason Kelly's newsletter and I read his book which is an excellent intro into stock markets. He updated it recently and I bought that. He is also the only author I know to ever ha (By Jan)...South Africa: 18 schools get zero matric pass rate
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: 2011-01-06 11:05 Pretoria - No pupils passed the 2010 matric exams at 18 schools, according to figures released by the basic education department on Thursday. Five of these were in the Eastern Cap (By Grazy)...USA: Humor: Joke: A Farmer in the city...
Wednesday 05-Jan-2011: [An American friend sent me this. Hillarious! Jan] A farmer comes to the big city for the very first time. He goes to his very first bar and tries his very first drink. He finds he likes to drink (By Jan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (06-01-2011)
Thursday 06-Jan-2011: Howzit Simply put, Mugabe believes that anything that is 'Zimbabwean' is his to use as he sees fit to promote his own candidacy for elections and to further the aims and aspiration of his rowdy, vi (By The BeardedMan)..."Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (04-01-2011)
Tuesday 04-Jan-2011: Howzit As promised, this is the first posting of the new year and it is late because of a dental appointment I had earlier this morning. Not much has been happening in Zimbabwe as the country wa (By The BeardedMan)...
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