Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the army to resume attacks against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, after last-minute hitches scuppered a truce agreement on New Year’s Eve, the army said on Saturday.
From cross-dressing actors to martial arts … From vamps to vampires … From J-Lo to Jude Law … Get your guide to all January’s forthcoming attractions here.
Africa’s prospects for peace brightened yesterday with the signing in Kenya of an accord to bring an end to Sudan’s long-running conflict with southern rebels. "The new year will be a year of peace and democracy in Sudan," vowed rebel leader Yasir Arman, according to Associated Press. "It will be the end of one of the longest wars in Africa."
Quoted by a buddy on my previous column, having described black economic empowerment as ”the insatiable gratification of the gilded holy grail”, my conversant commented, ”You write very nicely, but are you saying you’re for or against BEE?” Writing in the South African landscape can be a tricky thing, with our highly politicised minds automatically arming our cerebral antennae.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the hilarious TV satire <i>South Park</i>, now bring cinema audiences a satirical look at the United States’s role as "world policeman". They spoke to Tom E Rona in Hollywood.
An International Cricket Council XI will play an Asian XI in Melbourne on Jan. 10, with organisers hoping the sport’s biggest stars will help raise millions of dollars for the relief fund for the tsunamis that have devastated parts of Asia.
Supermodel Kate Moss — whose career was severely dented after news reports claimed she was a regular user of cocaine — is in Cape Town, media reports said on Friday. But the slinky model didn’t appear to be the world’s happiest catwalk queen as she verbally attacked photograhers who approached her for a picture at a hotel in the city on Wednesday.
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Survivors of the tsunami in the battered Indonesian province of Aceh expressed frustration with the slowness of aid efforts as emergency workers struggled with a logistical nightmare.
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Zimbabwe’s controversial information minister Jonathan Moyo has resigned from government after being dropped from the ruling Zanu-PF’s party’s central committee and politburo, reports the Financial Gazette.