The African Union needs increased United Nations support if it is to continue its peacekeeping operation in Darfur, European Commission aid chief Louis Michel said on Monday. ”In the current situation, the AU cannot assume completely the job if it does not have an important contribution from the UN.,” Michel told reporters at the AU headquarters.
Parts of the Western Cape can expect heavy rain and snow on Monday, Weather SA warned on Monday. ”Heavy falls of rain are possible in the Overberg, Breede River Valley, Ruens, Garden Route and the Little Karoo,” said Weather SA. ”Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected on the high-ground areas of the Western Cape province and western parts of the Northern Cape province.”
South Africa have recalled former captain Sibusiso Zuma and winger Delron Buckley for Sunday’s African Nations Cup qualifier against Zambia. Caretaker coach Pitso Mosimane has also called up uncapped striker Moses Spandeel for the group 11 clash in Lusaka, the South African Football Association said on Monday.
James Blunt’s Goodbye My Lover is the song most requested at British funerals and remembrance services, closely followed by Robbie Williams’s Angels, according to a survey released on Monday. Research for the Bereavement Register found just over a half (51%) of people ask for a specific song be be played at their funeral.
The stage is filled with a dim, blue light. Six figures, two women and four men, barefoot, all dressed in loose white shirts and trousers, sit motionless on chairs around the perimeter. One of the figures gets up and stands absolutely still to one side of the stage. As the music begins to play, he is gradually surrounded by a pool of light.
Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata appealed for calm on Monday after his supporters went on a rampage when presidential election results showed incumbent Levy Mwanwanasa on the verge of victory. Troop reinforcements were sent into slum areas of Lusaka on Sunday night after supporters of Sata’s Patriotic Front rioted and set fire to a police station, a supermarket and vehicles.
A group of would-be migrants tried to storm a razor wire fence separating Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Monday, officials said. Interior Ministry officials gave no details as to how many people attempted to reach the enclave and would not confirm news reports that five Africans were injured.
All but one of 40 people feared to have drowned in torrential flooding in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state have been found alive and well, officials said on Monday. The local residents were declared missing presumed dead after torrential rains caused a dam to burst on Saturday on the outskirts of the state capital Gusau, sweeping away 500 houses.
South African gold miner AngloGold Ashanti on Monday revealed details of its empowerment transaction with the National Union of Mineworkers, Solidarity, union Usas and Izingwe Holdings. The three unions and the company have agreed upon the architecture of an employee share ownership plan (Esop), to be called the Bokamoso Esop, or "harvesting for the future".
Israel’s recent bombardment of Lebanon was clearly visible with "the naked eye" from space, a Russian cosmonaut based at the time on the international space station said on Monday. "Of course it was visible. You know, all negative human activities, in particular military operations, are immediately visible from space," said cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, during a press conference.