The contractor who built the dormitory building which disintegrated into dust during the Bingol earthquake, killing at least 66 children, was in hiding yesterday as grieving and angry relatives stepped up demands for him to be prosecuted.
For 15 years, the three al-Ani brothers have run a taxi business from their adjacent houses, opposite the local school. It was a nice place to live, recalls Raid al-Hati, their neighbour and cousin, a quiet part of town.
British diplomats have called for a full investigation into the fatal shooting of an award-winning journalist by Israeli troops.
The United States congratulated Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo on his re-election in the country’s April 19 poll, which it hailed as ”largely peaceful”.
The impact of the deadly Sars virus in Africa would be devastating and the continent cannot afford to see the disease spread there, warns the World Health Organisation.
The Brazilian government on Saturday expressed an interest in manufacturing antiretroviral drugs in Mozambique, a Brazilian lawmaker said.
New fighting broke out between government forces and rebels in the west of Ivory Coast on Saturday, only hours after a peace agreement had been signed in the main city of Abidjan, officials on both sides said.
In an apparent move to avert a strike by organised labour over the restructuring of South Africa’s ports, the government has requested an urgent meeting with the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu), to discuss concessioning.
With the rand seemingly determined to break through the R7 to the dollar limit, some South Africans may smile at the prospect of overseas travel again becoming affordable. Three economists give their perspectives on the fall and rise of the rand.
South Africa’s "national flower" and "roadside daisies" face extinction
as the deadline draws close for shops to stop providing consumers with free thin plastic bags.