The UN Children’s Fund has granted the Democratic Republic of Congo ,5-million for the implementation of a three-year childrens programme.
The vice-president of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change, arrested in connection with an anti-government strike, appeared in court Tuesday, but was denied bail, a party official said.
The death toll in the rockburst at gold miner AngloGold’s TauTona mine near Carletonville has risen to five, with the recovery of the body of a fifth miner who was missing following the incident on Tuesday.
The Cape High Court granted ANC MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela an interdict on Tuesday to stop National Assembly speaker, Dr Frene Ginwala, from publicly reprimanding her in Parliament.
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa opened in positive territory on Wednesday, buoyed by stronger world markets. Gold stocks, however, tarnished the bourse’s overall performance after bullion lost ground.
The South African government is working on several fronts to reduce the cost of medicines, including antiretroviral drugs to combat HIV/Aids, Deputy President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
George Bush has given the green light to the American commander in the Gulf, Tommy Franks, to launch the battle for Baghdad.
Dozens of Iraqi villagers were killed and injured in a ferocious American air and land assault near the Iraqi city of Babylon, hospital officials in the town said yesterday.
Governments across Asia invoked emergency measures yesterday, including establishing quarantine camps in Hong Kong, to try to contain the spread of the deadly pneumonia-like illness that has killed 63 people.
He came out of a street of white dust curving between mud brick houses, where hobbled, put-upon donkeys gnaw on scraps, scrawny chickens dodge trouble and huge, old date palms make shade: a rare individual in US-occupied territory, a member of the Iraqi middle class.