One of Zimbabwe’s busiest hospitals was having to give away unclaimed corpses in its mortuary to a medical school because the mortuary was overcrowded, a hospital spokesperson reported on Friday.
The economic history of the Afrikaner held many lessons for South Africa’s future growth, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday. Of particular interest was the manner in which they tackled the problem of the poor white Afrikaner — brought about by English domination.
Liberia veered between hope and fear last night as fresh fighting flared in Monrovia amid expectations of the imminent arrival of peacekeepers. Mortars and heavy machine-gun fire resounded across the capital but civilians racing for cover cast glances skyward for the helicopters due to ferry the vanguard of a Nigerian-led intervention force.
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The US is planning to create a tribunal of Iraqi judges to try Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity rather than prosecuting him before an international court.
Can entertainment be measured? It certainly seems tricky in a world where George Lucas and Oprah Winfrey — jointly responsible for doubling the amount of schlock currently swilling about — were the two highest-earning ”personalities” of last year. Indeed, the couple responsible for Jar-Jar Binks and Dr Phil took home a combined -million last year.
A suspected Islamic group which abducted 14 European tourists in the Sahara desert is demanding a ransom of ,2-million for each hostage, German television station N-TV reported on Friday.
West African leaders flew into bloodied Liberia under heavy military guard on Friday, opening a mission to press warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor to step down as promised, and leave his war-ruined nation for exile.
The saga of South Africa’s ambassador to Indonesia, found guilty by the department of foreign affairs of 21 cases of sexual harassment, dragged on this week; 19 months after the matter first came to light.
An Australian company said on Friday it was preparing for human trials of a hi-tech gel that had been 100 percent effective in preventing HIV infection in monkeys.
South African men are depressed, grumpy, irritable, and humourless, according to the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag).