TWO Nigerians suspected of drug trafficking and transferred last year to the United States have challenged their extradition in court. Lanre Shittu and Felix Wagboje asked the Abuja Federal High Court to reverse the transfer order, the official said. Extradition proceedings were still running when the two were flown to the US last year to […]
A COURT in Malawi has finished hearing a case of alleged corruption by sacked government minister Brown Mpinganjira and is expected to hand down its ruling on January 16. Mpinganjira, who says the case against him is based on trumped-up charges, was charged on four counts of corruption amounting to $2_000 when he was education […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday STATE armaments agency Armscor says it will answer allegations of corruption against top officials following reports that it faces a R2bn lawsuit arising from a failed deal to purchase surplus SA Air Force aircraft. Armscors reaction follows weekend reports that military hardware company Quantam International is planning to sue […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday STATE armaments agency Armscor says American company Quantum International Services, which is reportedly planning to sue for R2bn in damages after a failed deal, has no case – and allegations of corruption against top officials are just a smokescreen. Speaking at a news conference in Pretoria, Armscor chief executive […]
ZIMBABWEAN Chief Justice Anthony Gubbay has publicly rebuked Robert Mugabe’s government for “harassment” of Zimbabwe’s judiciary, saying the state had a basic misunderstanding of the rule of law. In his customary remarks at the opening of the legal year – his only speech outside the confines of legal cases put before him – the 69-year-old […]
ONLINE retailer Amazon.com released has preliminary data showing the company reached its sales goals in the last quarter of 2000, despite the slowing economy. Analysts said the news should put to rest concerns the company will need to raise more cash to survive through year’s end. But they also said Amazon’s sales growth was lower […]
FRANCE Telecom has become the majority shareholder in Egypt’s largest mobile telephone company, MobiNil, after buying $252m in shares from the US firm Motorola, the French firm said. Following the transaction, France Telecom increased its stake in MobiNil, or the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services, from 46.1% to 71.25%. Cairo-based Orascom Telecom, which has bought […]
INTERNATIONAL media watchdog Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) is sending a delegation to Algeria next week to investigate the case of five missing journalists and launch a media awareness campaign to try to uncover their fate. RSF says it is practically certain that two were kidnapped by Islamic terrorists and three by the state between […]
SOUTH African pizza lovers who enjoy a generous topping of anchovy are in luck. South Africa’s anchovy population is at its highest recorded level and the government has decided to boost the total allowable catch for the 2001 season by 207% to 378_000 tonnes. The Environmental Affairs and Tourism Ministry said the rising anchovy population […]
POWER supply has been restored to two mines owned by Zambia’s Roan Antelope Mining Corporation (Ramcoz), paving the way for a resumption of copper production, the company’s receivers said. Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) had reduced electricity supply to Ramcoz’s Luansya and Baluba mines in October in a dispute over a $20m debt. The state-owned Zambia […]