At least 28 people, including 17 rebels, were killed on Monday when the second biggest Hutu rebel group in Burundi, the National Liberation Forces, mounted a major attack on the nation’s capital, Bujumbura.
Domestic demand in the South African economy is generally slowing, with companies seeing lower growth in demand for their products, although some pockets of resilience do exist, according to international investment bank Merrill Lynch.
Nedcor Securities’ research team has joined forces with two other top international broking houses to create an international research alliance.
A successful bid by Canadian aluminium group Alcan for French aluminium player Pechiney is likely to affect the establishment of an $2,1-billion aluminium smelter at South Africa’s Coega port.
A total of 115 people were killed when an airliner of the national flag-carrier Sudan Airways crashed in eastern Sudan early on Tuesday, state-owned Radio Omdurman reported.
Six executive members of the Umtata-based Uncedo Taxi Association were sentenced to seven life terms each in the Umtata High Court on Monday for the murder of six members of a rival taxi association and a truck driver.
Iran yesterday claimed to have conducted final tests on a missile capable of reaching Israel and US forces around the Middle East, and was poised to deploy the weapon with its armed forces.
A US motorist drove home with the legless body of a pedestrian in his front windshield before calling authorities to report that he had struck the man with his car, officials said.
President Charles Taylor said he is ready to step down ”in a jiffy” — but only after an international stabilisation force arrives to ensure an orderly transition in this war-divided country.
African trade ministers warned trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt yesterday that the price of a successful conclusion to the new round of global trade talks will be further cuts to Europe’s farm subsidies.