Monrovia | Thursday FEAR of rebel attack has sent some 7 000 people in northern Liberian scattering for cover in already-crowded shelters near the city of Gbarnga, an official said on Wednesday. Programme Officer of the Liberia Refugee Agency (LRRRC), James Youquoi, said sounds of shooting around the St. Paul River, which separates the northern […]

Nairobi | Thursday RESEARCHERS in Kenya Thursday announced the launch of clinical tests of a trial vaccine for malaria, one of Africa’s most deadly diseases. “The trial, launched this month in adult volunteers in western Kenya, ultimately will test whether the vaccine can help children fight the infection before it causes illness,” said a statement […]

Pretoria | Wednesday RWANDAN-backed Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebels have warned that government troops now allied with former rebels backed by Uganda were reinforcing front lines, and pleaded for a resumption of talks on the future of the huge central African country. “It’s time for us to sit down and sort out our problems,” […]

Abuja | Thursday THE Nigerian government warned on Wednesday it will prosecute foreign journalists who publish “malicious falsehood” about the country following a report in US news magazine Time linking the government with corruption. Last week’s issue of Time reported that Information Minister Jerry Gana called a meeting with foreign journalists in the capital, Abuja, […]

Lagos | Wednesday A DELEGATION of the west African regional grouping Ecowas is scheduled to meet in Washington with representatives of the European Union, Bretton Woods institutions and African Development Bank (ADB) on cooperation, a statement said on Tuesday. The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) said in the statement sent from Abuja that […]

Donwald Pressly Foreigners have found ways of robbing the state of millions of rands in social welfare grants to which they are not entitled, including old age pensions meant for the poor. This emerges from Auditor General Shauket Fakie’s general report on government spending up to March 31 2001, presented to the public accounts committee. […]

So it has finally come to this. A R40 000 bronze bust of Durban poet Douglas Livingstone bolted to its cement pedestal in our beloved Kwasuka Theatre has been stolen and will probably fetch less than R1 000 when melted down as scrap! While it may be easy to see this outrage as yet another […]

Mail & Guardian journalist Khadija Magardie is among four South African finalists in this year’s CNN African Journalist of the Year award. Magardie was last year’s runner-up in the Duma Nokwe Human Rights in Journalism award and a recent recipient of the Ameen Akhalwaya Journalist of the Year award. The M&G’s rugby columnist, Andy Capostagno, […]

Estimated worldwide HIV infections: 46 496 650 at 12.58 pm on Thursday April 25 A testing time: AngloGold says its research data estimates that 29% of its workforce is HIV-positive. The company estimates this will increase its costs in its South African operations by between $4 (R44) and $6 (R66) an ounce. The company says […]