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/ 25 October 2007
Police may have killed hundreds of people in a crackdown on Kenya’s notorious Mungiki gang, a rights group said on Thursday, in a growing national controversy ahead of a presidential election in December. Police are furiously denying the new accusations, calling them an attempt to besmirch authorities.
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/ 25 October 2007
A blast tore through a security-forces vehicle in restive north-west Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens more, officials said. The attack in scenic Swat Valley in the North West Frontier Province was the latest in a wave of violence targeting the military since government troops stormed the al-Qaeda-linked Red Mosque in Islamabad in July.
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/ 25 October 2007
South African Andrew McLardy took steps to benefit from a second chance to make next week’s big-money Volvo Masters by taking an early share of the lead in Thursday’s Mallorca Classic first round. McLardy’s four-under 66 was soon matched by Ireland’s Gary Murphy.
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/ 25 October 2007
Russia’s ”Chessboard Killer” Alexander Pichushkin showed no remorse on Thursday when he addressed a Moscow court for the final time after being found guilty of a series of 48 murders. Instead of asking for lenience, he taunted the court, which on Wednesday found him guilty on all charges.
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/ 25 October 2007
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Most South Africans think Jacob Zuma will become South Africa’s next president, TNS Research Surveys said on Thursday — although many also fear a Zuma presidency would be disastrous. Two thousand respondents were asked in a survey who would become the next president of South Africa in 2009.
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/ 25 October 2007
President Abdullah Gul warned Kurdish rebels on Thursday that Turkey’s patience is running out after Turkish forces said they repelled a guerrilla attack near the Iraqi border. Ankara has massed up to 100 000 troops along the mountainous border before a possible cross-border operation.
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/ 25 October 2007
Britain’s Auditor General, the man charged with stopping government waste, announced he is stepping down on Thursday after criticism of his own lavish spending on foreign travel and top-notch restaurants. Sir John Bourn for 20 years served the British Parliament by making sure public money was not frittered away on frivolous projects.
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/ 25 October 2007
Malawi’s anti-corruption agency has arrested the head of the country’s electricity-generating company over allegations of graft, officials said on Thursday. A spokesperson for the Anti-Corruption Bureau said Kandi Padambo was arrested late on Wednesday in the commercial capital, Blantyre.
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/ 25 October 2007
The sixth teenager accused of the murder of King Edward VII school pupil Mfundo Ntshangase was denied bail in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Bail was denied because the state said there were not enough grounds to grant him bail. He had been in custody since his arrest in September.
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/ 25 October 2007
China’s biggest lender ICBC is to buy 20% of South Africa’s Standard Bank for R36,67-billion (,6-billion) in cash, in the biggest foreign investment yet in Africa. The move announced on Thursday comes as Beijing encourages major state firms to expand abroad, particularly in developing countries.