The manner of Rushdi Magiet’s departure as convener of the South African selectors said much about the man.
Martina Hingis has been ruled out of Wimbledon after it was revealed she will be sidelined for at least six weeks following ankle surgery. She underwent the operation on a torn ligament in Switzerland on Monday.
The United States has urged the government of Swaziland to abide by democratic principles and warned that its continued eligibility for the African Growth and Opportunity Act was subject to constant review.
Zimbabwe on Monday said a decision to recall its high commissioner to Botswana was part of a broader government reshuffle and had nothing to do with President Festus Mogae’s recent criticism of the country’s political and economic policies.
The World Food Programme made a renewed plea to the over-stretched aid community yesterday for funds to feed up to 14-million people facing starvation in the Horn of Africa.
The organisation representing members of Mozambique’s ailing cashew nut processing industry wants the World Bank to help it out of difficulties it claims were caused by the Bank’s liberalisation policy.
Increasing ecological destruction and changes in land use around Mt Kenya, Africa’s second-highest mountain, are bringing severe pressure to bear on the mountain’s rivers, thereby placing millions whose livelihoods depend on their waters at risk.
The lives of more than six-million children are at immediate risk in Malawi, Zambia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique due to a crippling combination of drought, hunger, illness and HIV/Aids.
A peace pact signed between the leaders of the DRC and Rwanda to end four years of warfare is a positive step, but finding peace will be a long, arduous process.
Africa has fared badly once again this year in providing a better life for its people, according to the UN’s latest human development indicators.