England completed a seven-wicket win over the West Indies in the second Test in Trinidad on Tuesday to go 2-0 up in the four-Test series. The win means that England have avoided a series defeat in the Caribbean for the first time since 1968. They also retained the Wisden Trophy.
”There are six boreholes in this camp between 60 000 people — that’s one for each 10 000. Each family gets only two jerry cans full per day, and sometimes you have to wait 24 hours to get yours.” Many of the children at the Pabbo Internally Displaced Persons camp have never known anything other than life inside the parameters that house 60 000 people.
World leaders on Monday condemned as unlawful the killing of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, and warned Israel may have buried the peace process along with any hope of resolving the bloody Arab-Israeli conflict.
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In a hard-hitting address to thousands of African National Congress supporters in Rustenburg, President Thabo Mbeki on Monday told them not to vote for ”silly parties” like the New National Party, the Democratic Alliance or the African Christian Democratic Party.
Zimbabwe government lawyers said on Monday that prison authorities were unable to ferry 70 alleged mercenaries, accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, from jail to a magistrate’s court because the jail only had one functioning truck.
It should be clear to coup plotters and mercenaries that their day in Africa has ended, said Intelligence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Sisulu said the fact that the combined intelligence and security services of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea had stopped a coup in its tracks should make it clear that an era had gone.
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UDM leader Bantu Holomisa has described local politics as ”nauseating”, saying the ANC, DA and NNP have failed to deliver on their promises and continued to campaign for votes on racial lines.
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Human rights are not fundamental for President Thabo Mbeki, but flexible depending on the political interests and allegiances of the ANC, says Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Tony Leon.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s special envoy for HIV and Aids in Africa has slammed authorities for turning a blind eye to the pandemic, resulting in a record 40% prevalence rate.
Tens of thousands of furious opposition party supporters staged an illegal rally outside the presidential palace in Taiwan yesterday to demand an investigation of allegations that president Chen Shui-bian staged his own shooting in order to win re-election on Saturday.