Uganda’s parliamentary defence committee last week proposed hiring South African mercenaries to ”eliminate” rebels who are destabilising parts of the country.
Four Kosovan Albanian children who survived a Serbian massacre and were given the right to live in the northern city of Manchester, in the United Kingdom, went to court in Belgrade this week to tell their story to a war crimes trial .
It may take some time — perhaps even the entire six months of Italy’s European Union presidency — to get over Silvio Berlusconi’s jaw-dropping performance in the European Parliament in Strasbourg last week. But the institution seems destined to quickly return to its normal sleepy ways.
Kazakh rider Alexandre Vinokourov won the ninth stage of the Tour de France, a 184,5km ride from Bourg d’Oisans on Monday in a race overshadowed by the dramatic crash that forced out overnight second-placed cyclist Joseba Beloki.
The Spar South African netball team claimed their second victory of the world championships with a 55-38 win over the USA in Kingston, Jamaica, on Monday.
It may have the look of the biggest mismatch in cricket history but opening batsman Justin Langer says Australia’s two-Test series against modest Bangladesh is important for cricket.
Football is, for once, far from my mind as I sit at the bar of Nairobi University’s faculty of medicine interviewing a young Kenyan doctor engaged in pioneering research into HIV and Aids.
The organisation of South African sport is set to undergo major restructuring aimed at streamlining responsibilities of stakeholders and improving the potential for success in high performance sport, according to a statement by the Department of Sport and Recreation on Tuesday.
A pro-government Hong Kong politician who made an obscene gesture at demonstrators will escape punishment, officials announced on Tuesday.
The New Zealand All Blacks have made three changes for their opening Tri Nations rugby Test against the Springboks at Loftus in Pretoria on Saturday.