Wars give noble reasons for why they occur: international security, national dignity, democracy, freedom, order, the mandate of Civilisation, or the will of God. Not one has the honesty to confess: I kill to steal. No fewer than three million civilians died in the Congo during the four-year war that has been on hold since the end of 2002.
Either Democratic Alliance deputy leader Joe Seremane is a new South African who refuses to acknowledge race, or else he is an archetypical victim of apartheid crying out for sessions on black consciousness. Seremane projects himself as one completely exhausted by the politics of race.
Typhoon Longwang was swirling towards south-east China after pounding Taiwan on Sunday, leaving one dead, one missing and 46 injured while disrupting flights and downing power lines. The typhoon made landfall in the east of the island early on Sunday and left in the afternoon, the Central Weather Bureau said.
Supersport presenter Bo Moseneke (26) passed away on Saturday following complications as a result of diabetes. Moseneke was the son of Constitutional Court Judge Dikgang Moseneke. An award-winning presenter, Moseneke was considered to be an asset to the Supersport team.
Supersport presenter Bo Moseneke (26) passed away on Saturday following complications as a result of diabetes. Moseneke was the son of Constitutional Court Judge Dikgang Moseneke. An award-winning presenter, Moseneke was considered to be an asset to the Supersport team.
Google wants to connect all of San Francisco to the internet with a free wireless service, creating a springboard for the online search-engine leader to leap into the telecommunications industry. The company filed an application on Friday to provide a wireless service that would enable anyone in San Francisco to connect to the internet.
El Salvador’s largest volcano, dormant for more than a century, shook the ground as it woke up on Saturday, hurling out hot lava rocks and forcing more than 2Â 000 people to flee. Military emergency sirens blasted, calling for an immediate area evacuation of the hamlets in the coffee-growing area.
The African Union has accused Sudanese government forces of attacking civilians in Darfur, committing acts of ”calculated and wanton destruction” that have killed at least 44 people during the past two weeks. It gave four instances of Sudanese troops conducting ”coordinated offensive operations” with the Janjaweed militia in Darfur.
A banned Algerian Islamic group with ties to the al-Qaeda network has rejected a government amnesty for Islamic militants in a statement on its website. The Salafist Group for Call and Combat issued the statement in an internet posting on Friday, a day after Algerians voted overwhelmingly to approve a government peace plan.
More than 1 000 people fled their homes and stiff rains sparked flooding along main streets of the Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas on Saturday as Hurricane Otis swirled off the coast of western Mexico. Forecasters expected Otis to move ashore along a sparsely populated stretch of desert far north of the city on Sunday.