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/ 17 February 2006
Haitians and their neighbours welcomed Thursday’s election of René Préval as president, amid signs aid was in the pipeline to help restore stability in the hemisphere’s poorest country. Haitians had celebrated in the streets after Préval was declared the winner of the February 7 presidential election early on Thursday following a reshuffling of blank ballots.
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/ 17 February 2006
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has urged a new British envoy to help build bridges between their respective countries, Harare’s Herald newspaper reported on Friday. ”We want you here to help construct formidable bridges. We need a bridge with the British,” officials quoted Mugabe as saying at a credentials ceremony.
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/ 17 February 2006
Miles Davis wouldn’t have wanted his out-takes made public. So, asks John Walters, why all the box sets?
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/ 17 February 2006
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The young man at the centre of the drama surrounding the Jacob Zuma trial once faced a similar charge to the one now levelled at his father, media reports said on Friday. Five years ago, Mziwoxolo Edward Zuma, now 29, was arrested for allegedly raping a 17-year-old woman, a fellow student at the University of Zululand.
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/ 17 February 2006
There’s a lizard on the loose in peaceful Cambridgeshire, a 1,2m black and white Argentinian tegu lizard that goes by the name of Gonzo. "I suspect anyone coming across him will be terrified," said Gonzo’s owner James Burfield (22) who suspects the reptile escaped last Saturday after the family dog pushed open the door of its tank when no one was looking.
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/ 17 February 2006
Rival Somali sub-clans battled over pasture and wells just inside Ethiopia leaving at least 12 dead and more than two dozen wounded in a second day of fighting on Thursday as competition for water and pasture heats up in the drought-stricken region, officials said.
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/ 17 February 2006
Matthew Krouse speaks to Preetesh Hirji, one half of the dub duo Mattafix.
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/ 17 February 2006
Anthony Wakaba Mutheki is rapidly ascending the art ladder, writes Alex Sudheim.
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/ 17 February 2006
In an edited extract from his essay in <i>Granta’s The View from Africa</i>, photographer Santu Mofokeng recalls his first moments behind the lens.
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/ 17 February 2006
Darryl Accone attends a gathering for Latin American essayist, literary historian and author Carlos Fuentes.