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/ 13 November 2005
An uneasy calm holds in Addis Ababa this week as Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi feels the weight of his triple-decker troubles. The death toll from a week of violent demonstrations in the capital against the alleged rigging of elections nearly six months ago approaches 50. The opposition has called for a week-long strike and the police presence in the city has been increased dramatically.
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/ 13 November 2005
At least 57 people were killed and more than 100 injured when suicide bombers blew themselves up at three hotels in Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Wednesday night. The hotels — the Grand Hyatt, Radisson SAS and Days Inn — were popular with foreigners and many of the guests were involved in work in Iraq.
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/ 12 November 2005
Senegal extended their unbeaten streak against South Africa to three matches as they controversially won 3-2 in the Nelson Mandela Cup played at the Epru Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. However, South Africa produced a near-flawless and clinical performance.
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/ 12 November 2005
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Axed deputy president Jacob Zuma sang and danced with his supporters in Durban on Saturday morning shortly after hearing that his corruption trial would start in the high court on July 31 next year. Speaking in Zulu, Zuma explained the judicial process to the crowd.
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/ 12 November 2005
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Axed deputy president Jacob Zuma appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Saturday. He was formally served with an indictment. Earlier on Saturday, hundreds of people danced and sang to the sounds of trumpets and drums outside the court as they prepared for Zuma’s arrival.
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/ 12 November 2005
African women on Friday acclaimed Liberia’s Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as a beacon of greater influence for their sex and a source of new hope for peace in a continent wracked by male-dominated conflict. Activists hailed the presidential vote in favour of Johnson-Sirleaf, who held an unbeatable lead in the West African state.
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/ 12 November 2005
Fourteen children have died from food poisoning in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, in recent weeks, an official newspaper reported on Saturday, a day after reports of an outbreak of dysentery in Harare and its satellite town of Chitungwiza. The children were all under the age of five.
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/ 12 November 2005
Left-arm spinner Paul Harris wreaked havoc with the Dolphins’ batsmen after lunch on the second day of the four-day Supersport Series cricket match at Kingsmead on Friday and earned the Titans an unexpected lead of 48 runs before bad light again caused an early stoppage.
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/ 12 November 2005
Ryk Neethling was once again a regular visitor to the podium on the first day of the Fina Swimming World Cup in Durban on Friday. Last year saw the Olympic gold medallist picking up a total of 21 World Cup medals in the eight-leg series and taking the overall title. This year, it seems, will be no different.
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/ 12 November 2005
The Warriors enjoyed an excellent second day of their Supersport Series cricket match against the Free State Eagles at St George’s Park on Friday, ending play on 153 for one in reply to their opponents’ first-innings 391. The Warriors will be feeling much happier after they had watched the Eagles soar to 329 for five on Thursday.