The United Nations took over Monday the monitoring of the ceasefire in the Nuba mountains, whose people found themselves wedged between the two sides of the civil war who signed a peace accord earlier this year, the world body said. Squeezed between the pro-government northerners and the pro-rebel southerners, more than half of the local population fled.
Michael Campbell may have won the US Open but Tiger Woods underscored the fact that he is the best golfer in the world — by far. Once again, Woods was the only one of the ‘Big Five’ who rose to the challenge when it really mattered — a Major.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s controversial eviction of illegal dwellers will be studied by a United Nations envoy to see whether it has had a humanitarian impact on those affected by the measure, a UN spokesperson said on Monday.
Recriminations flew on Monday over the biggest data breach in United States history as the theft of private information on more than 40-million credit card holders spread to Japan and Hong Kong. About 22-million affected customers are Visa holders and nearly 14-million are with MasterCard.
It passed almost unnoticed when it was published in France last year, but L’amande or The Almond, a slim brown volume billed as the ”first erotic account written by an Arab woman”, has now sold rights in 17 countries, including Britain, where it is to be published next month.
Ethiopians like to look spic and span. Whether in western suits or traditional white cotton shawls, their clothing is kept spotless. The same cannot be said for the sprawling slums of Addis Ababa. In just over a century, Ethiopia’s capital has grown from a royal village founded by an African queen to a metropolis of over three million people.
He admires former United States president Ronald Reagan, respects Bill Clinton and bears no grudge against George Bush senior or junior. But he cannot abide Froot Loops. Saddam Hussein can forgive his enemies but not, say some of his US guards, sweet cereal.
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Former deputy president Jacob Zuma has welcomed the National Prosecuting Authority’s decision to charge him on two counts of corruption. The ANC’s National Working Committee said it had accepted Zuma’s request to ”withdraw his participation from all ANC structures pending the completion of the legal process.” Zuma will however remain ANC deputy president.
Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has emerged as the favourite to succeed Thabo Mbeki as president of South Africa in a survey. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel emerges as second favourite choice of South Africans and official opposition leader Tony Leon is in third place.
A website dedicated to questioning the motives and credentials of Moneyweb journalist Julius Cobbett has been uploaded by investment group Elan Suisse Capital. The site appears in the form of a letter in which the directors of the investment group focus on the journalist’s age, qualifications and experience.