Liberia’s warring factions were on Monday poised to sign a deal to form an interim government and end 14 years of almost uninterrupted war, a week after warlord turned president Charles Taylor was forced to resign and go into exile.
The Directorate of Public Prosecutions has declined to prosecute cigarette manufacturers British American Tobacco (BAT) over its sponsorship of a smoking venue at a African National Congress conference.
Six leading Algerian dailies were suspended from publication on Monday for not paying debts to state-run printing presses, the newspapers said. Their editors said a sudden call to pay the debts was part of a government move to stifle press freedom.
The director of a play which aroused the ire of animal lovers when a chicken was slaughtered on stage two weeks ago says he does not regret the killing.
A third straight night of gunbattles between ethnic factions and security forces left at least 10 people dead in the Nigerian oil city of Warrim which has been at the centre of a conflict between the Itsekiri ethnic group and the neighbouring Ijaws, who are vying for supremacy in the oil-rich swamps west of the city.
High winds at Marion Island have prevented the South African polar supply vessel SA Agulhas, currently docked there, from joining the chase for the westward fleeing Uruguyan trawler Viarsa 1.
A combination of the stronger currency and weaker resources stocks dragged the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa into the red at noon on Monday.
The government has resolved not to comment any further on the investigation involving Deputy President Jacob Zuma, Justice Minister Penuell Maduna said on Monday.
Former President Nelson Mandela’s laywer Ismail Ayob has answered some questions about an alleged art scam — but carefully avoided some key questions about ownership of a company involved.
Two opposition parties on Monday said it would be inappropriate for former constitutional negotiator and now top businessman Cyril Ramaphosa to mediate in the process of any possible plea bargain involving Deputy President Jacob Zuma and others.