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/ 9 December 2007
Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party will on Tuesday begin an extraordinary congress and President Robert Mugabe is expected to be endorsed as its sole presidential flagbearer in next year’s poll, party officials said. The four-day congress is also expected to draw a roadmap for Zimbabwe’s political and economical policies.
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/ 9 December 2007
A suicide bomber killed three people, including a policeman, in an attack on a police checkpost in the volatile Swat valley in north-west Pakistan on Sunday, the military said. The attack came a day after the military said it had cleared the Swat valley, a former top tourist destination, of most militants.
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/ 9 December 2007
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As the African National Congress prepares for its elective conference in Polokwane on December 16, satirists have not run short of gags designed to cut the party’s members down to size. ”The satirist in South Africa today has become probably more of a psychiatrist than an entertainer,” says comedian Pieter-Dirk Uys.
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/ 9 December 2007
Not all voters are created equal. Some are more powerful than others. That was the strangely inegalitarian message that Senator Barack Obama brought to the voters of Mount Vernon, Iowa. They had trudged through the snow-blanketed streets, packing themselves into a gymnasium, to hear Obama appeal for their support.
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/ 9 December 2007
Floyd Mayweather Jr retained his World Boxing Council welterweight title with a 10th round stoppage of Britain’s Ricky Hatton on Saturday, the American setting up the win with two knockdowns. Mayweather dropped Hatton to the canvas midway through the round before the referee stepped in to end the fight.
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/ 9 December 2007
The rainy season is over and the Niger Delta is lush and humid. In the small delta state of Akwa Ibom, the tension and the poverty has delivered an opportunity for a new and terrible phenomenon that is leading to the abuse and the murder of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of children. And it is being done in the name of Christianity.
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/ 9 December 2007
German Chancellor Angela Merkel directly confronted Robert Mugabe over human rights abuses in front of European and African leaders in Portugal on Saturday, putting the Zimbabwean leader under the spotlight at a summit that has been overshadowed by the despot’s presence.
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/ 9 December 2007
The growing promotion of environmentally-friendly biofuels is raising questions for Africa: Are such fuels a threat to food security or a golden opportunity to cut down on fossil fuel bills? About 300 experts gathered earlier this month in the capital of the non-oil producing West African nation of Burkina Faso to debate the pros and cons of biofuel generation on the continent.
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/ 9 December 2007
The Golden Compass, a costly fantasy starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, got off to a slow start at the North American box office and will likely fall short of opening-weekend expectations. New Line Cinema’s -million film sold an estimated ,8-million worth of tickets during its first day in theatres on Friday.
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/ 9 December 2007
Unsuccessful All Blacks coaching candidate Robbie Deans has been granted a late interview for the vacant Wallabies job, the Australian Rugby Union said on Sunday. Deans, who missed out on the All Blacks position when the New Zealand Rugby Union decided to reappoint incumbent Graham Henry on Friday, had now asked to be considered for the Australian job.