http://mg.co.za/feeds/rss_afrikaans.aspx RSS Feed for the Mail & Guardian Online: Africa en-gb Wed, 22 May 2013 03:17:39 +0200 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:17:39 +0200 http://mg.co.za editor@mg.co.za (Chris Roper) 15 http://cdn.mg.co.za/global/mgonlinelogo.jpg http://mg.co.za/feeds/rss_afrikaans.aspx http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-21-malawi-sells-presidential-jet/Malawi's presidential jet has been auctioned off to a Virgin Islands company for $15-million after the government disposed of it to raise funds.Tue, 21 May 2013 15:50:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-21-malawi-sells-presidential-jet/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-21-nigerias-military-takes-back-five-rebel-strongholds/Pressing on with a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants, Nigeria's military says it re-established control in five remote areas.Tue, 21 May 2013 11:12:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-21-nigerias-military-takes-back-five-rebel-strongholds/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-21-uganda-police-shut-down-newspaper-radio-stations/Police in Uganda's capital have shut down the country's leading independent newspaper after it published an incriminating letter about the president.Tue, 21 May 2013 10:01:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-21-uganda-police-shut-down-newspaper-radio-stations/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-20-paul-kagame-i-asked-america-to-kill-congo-rebel-leader-with-drone/Rwanda's president has denied backing accused Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda, saying his challenge to a senior US official proves his innocence. Mon, 20 May 2013 14:53:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-20-paul-kagame-i-asked-america-to-kill-congo-rebel-leader-with-drone/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-19-life-under-zims-mutilated-rule-of-law/As Zimbabwe approaches elections this year a human rights lawyer has vowed never to give up - even after her own arrest.Sun, 19 May 2013 06:22:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-19-life-under-zims-mutilated-rule-of-law/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-18-tunisia-security-forces-deployed-in-strength-as-salafist-vow-to-defy-ban/Forces have been deployed after Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia called on hardline supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.Sat, 18 May 2013 18:58:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-18-tunisia-security-forces-deployed-in-strength-as-salafist-vow-to-defy-ban/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-18-zambia-police-arrest-31-students-protesting-over-food-subsidies/Police say they have detained at least 31 students protesting against the government's decision to scrap staple food subsidies.Sat, 18 May 2013 16:18:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-18-zambia-police-arrest-31-students-protesting-over-food-subsidies/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-18-many-flee-dozens-dead-as-nigeria-military-attack-insurgent-stronghold/Nigeria's military has enforced a round-the-clock curfew in parts of the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, the home base of Boko Haram.Sat, 18 May 2013 15:25:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-18-many-flee-dozens-dead-as-nigeria-military-attack-insurgent-stronghold/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-18-zim-lecturer-jailed-to-labelling-mugabe-rotten-old-donkey/A lecturer at a university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for three months for calling President Robert Mugabe "a rotten old donkey," say lawyers.Sat, 18 May 2013 14:42:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-18-zim-lecturer-jailed-to-labelling-mugabe-rotten-old-donkey/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-18-clashes-at-cairo-protest-calling-for-morsi-to-resign/Demonstrators calling for Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi to resign and demanding early elections clashed with riot police in Cairo.Sat, 18 May 2013 07:44:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-18-clashes-at-cairo-protest-calling-for-morsi-to-resign/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-tsvangirai-confident-hell-oust-mugabe-in-election/Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says he is poised to sweep to victory in upcoming presidential elections.Fri, 17 May 2013 19:42:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-tsvangirai-confident-hell-oust-mugabe-in-election/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-nigeria-military-attack-on-camp-kills-at-least-21/Soldiers in Nigeria have shelled suspected camps of extremists in the first military action of a new offensive against insurgents, says an official.Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-nigeria-military-attack-on-camp-kills-at-least-21/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-zambian-govt-risks-ire-by-scrapping-food-subsidy/A decision by Zambia's president to slash a key food subsidy threatens to hit the poor, stoke inflation and spark a revolt against his government.Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-zambian-govt-risks-ire-by-scrapping-food-subsidy/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-mdcs-appeal-for-reform-comes-too-late/At the eleventh hour before the Zimbabwe poll, the Movement for Democratic Change is only awakening to issues it may have forgotten.Fri, 17 May 2013 05:00:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-mdcs-appeal-for-reform-comes-too-late/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-monitoring-group-in-zimbabwe-irks-zanu-pf/The Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee's proposal to oversee polls has Zanu-PF insisting its role in the government must end.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-monitoring-group-in-zimbabwe-irks-zanu-pf/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-access-to-hiv-treatment-for-zimbabwe-prisoners-challenged/Zimbabwe's Supreme Court will be asked to compel police and prisons to provide antiretroviral treatment to detainees.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-access-to-hiv-treatment-for-zimbabwe-prisoners-challenged/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-how-coke-is-getting-up-zim-governments-nose/Zimbabwe's state media is celebrating the "exposure" of a sinister campaign for the opposition by Coca-Cola.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-how-coke-is-getting-up-zim-governments-nose/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-zimbabwe-voter-registration-process-flawed/A large number of potential first-time voters unregistered after the three-week process.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-zimbabwe-voter-registration-process-flawed/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-zimbabwe-wants-sa-to-keep-its-citizens/The cost of deporting illegal Zimbabwean immigrants is huge and has prompted calls for South Africa to legitimise their stay.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-zimbabwe-wants-sa-to-keep-its-citizens/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-security-sector-defies-edict/Zimbabwe's unity government agreed to stop hiring public servants, but some departments are adding staff.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-17-00-security-sector-defies-edict/