Yearly Archives: 2001

Bujumbura | Wednesday THE head of the UN World Health Organisation’s (WHO) operations in Burundi, Kassi Manlan of the Ivory Coast, was found dead in Bujumbura on Tuesday, police, one of his colleagues and other sources said. “Until proven otherwise, it is very likely that we are dealing with an act of banditry,” state prosecutor […]

Abuja | Wednesday NIGERIA will sell off its under-performing electricity company Nepa next year, the head of the government-appointed privatisation agency said on Tuesday. “The president has directed that Nepa must be sold next year and that is what we will do,” the director-general of Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Nasiru el-Rufai told reporters here. […]

GERMAN condom maker Condomi said on Tuesday it planned to move into the South African market where it would open a factory to turn out 100 million condoms per year. To this end it was setting up a joint venture, Condomi Africa Ltd, with partners Ferrostaal Investments South Africa and the “Black Empowerment” consortium, which […]

Algiers | Wednesday A POWERFUL bomb blast wounded 29 people, four seriously, early on Tuesday at a bus station crowded with students in the Algerian capital, medical sources and witnesses said. The attack, using a homemade bomb which was concealed in a briefcase, came on the fourth day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, […]

A EUROPEAN Union delegation headed by Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel on Tuesday headed for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for a regional tour to promote peace. The team will “sound out the rival parties on the prospects for progress on outstanding issues in the Lusaka process and the Arusha process” — meaning peace […]

Lisbon | Wednesday FANGOLAN rebel movement Unita on Tuesday claimed to have killed 298 government soldiers, police and militia forces in operations between November 8 and 19, according to a statement. The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) said it had taken the town of Gamba in the eastern Moxico province on […]

Islamabad | Thursday PAKISTAN has ordered a special watch on its border with Afghanistan in case terrorist suspect Osama bin Laden tries to slip across, officials said on Thursday. With pressure mounting on the Taliban headquarters in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, next to the Pakistan border, a top Pakistan government official said troops […]

EIGHT prisoners were being treated at the Livingstone public hospital in Port Elizabeth after being injured in a gang fight at the prison on Monday. The eight were among 30 others who were injured in the fight which broke out in the St Albans prison complex around 11pm on Monday. Correctional services department representative Tembisa […]

A 72-year-old priest was killed by a stray bullet in Durban on Tuesday afternoon, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Wednesday. Captain Vishnu Naidoo said the shooting occurred in Brickfield Road, Springfield near the Essendene Temple around 4pm. A 30-year-old man had seen a person trying to steal his Toyota Venture and opened fire. The alleged thief […]

Cape Town | Wednesday CAPE Town’s mayor Peter Marais resigned on Wednesday afternoon, shortly after the Cape High Court restored both his party membership and his mayoral chain. ”The choice I have to make is between a DA (Democratic Alliance) mayoral chair or an uncertain future. However to remain as mayor I would be required […]