AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, Dar es Salaam | Monday 11.30pm. A TOTAL of 10,367 refugees from fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrived in western Tanzania since the start of fighting there two months ago, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Monday. A group of 147 were registered in Kigoma on […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT | Monday 8.30pm. TANZANIAN police and FBI investigators uncovered a vital clue in their inquiry into the August 7 bomb blast in Dar es Salaam on Monday when they stumbled on a piece of metal with the vehicle’s chassis number on it. The Tanzanian Daily Mail claims that Tanzanian and FBI investigators have […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.30am. AUSTRALIAN veteran John Fitzgerald beat five-time Wimbledon champion Bjorn Borg 7-5, 6-3 to take the R240000 MTN Champions title at the University of Pretoria on Sunday. Fitzgerald’s victory marked his first Champions Tour singles title, his previous best being a final berth in Saudi Arabia a few years back, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Arusha | Monday 8.30pm. THE subject of economic sanctions against Burundi will not be discussed at talks aimed at ending the civil war in the country, organisers said on Monday. The talks, due to start on Monday, have been postponed to Tuesday. “Sanctions are not on the agenda,” General Hashim Mbita of the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Monday 9.30pm. THE Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell has evacuated staff from the most volatile parts of the Niger Delta after a previously unknown group threatened the safety of foreign oil workers, Shell officials said on Monday. Armed youths last week seized 15 flow-stations belonging to the oil giant, which is the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Freetown | Monday 11.30pm. A MILITARY court in Sierra leone has condemned 34 officers to death by firing squad for crimes linked to the coup that toppled the elected government last year. The 34 were found guilty of treason, murder and other crimes committed by the junta, which held power for 10 months […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 12.30pm. AFRICAN runners swept the board at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, taking the top three palces in both the men’s and women’s races. Kenyan Ondoro Osoro, running in his first marathon ever, blitzed through the field to finish in two hours, six minutes and 54 seconds, the third-fastest marathon […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kampala | Friday 7.00pm. THE Commonwealth has announced the lifting of santions against Nigeria and a partial return to the fold of the organisation’s most populous member-state. At the end of their two-day conference at the Commonwealth secretariat, members of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (Cmag) said they had reached their decision “in […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Midrand | Sunday 9.00pm. A PRESIDENTIAL summit to discuss farm attacks has ended with all parties in agreement on a 10-point plan to tackle the problem, the Sunday Independent reports. Delegates adopted a resolution committing all parties — government, opposotion parties, labour unions and farmin organisations — to co-operation and mobilisation of their […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, N’djamena | Sunday 9.00pm. The Sudanese government has meanwhile announced that it wants a ceasefire with southern rebels. However it stopped short of agreeing to a truce declared by the rebels a few days ago. The SPLA said on Thursday that it will extend by another three months a cease-fire set to end […]