Harare | Thursday ZIMBABWE’S High Court has made a ruling that will allow thousands of dual citizens mainly minority whites to vote in upcoming crunch presidential election, The Financial Gazette reported on Thursday. In what has been seen as a victory for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which enjoys strong backing from whites […]

Luanda | Wednesday ANGOLAN rebels have launched a deadly ambush only days after the killing of their leader, media reports said on Tuesday, clouding efforts by the country’s president to end nearly three decades of civil war. Nine people were killed and 15 seriously wounded in the attack on Monday, the first by Unita rebels […]

Vienna | Wednesday THE spread of HIV and Aids looks likely to accelerate further in parts of Africa with the spread of injected heroin use, especially among younger people, a UN drugs board warned on Wednesday. A growing number of young men and women across Africa are starting to abuse drugs at ever younger ages, […]

KING Letsie III of Lesotho on Monday dissolved parliament in preparation for a general election to be held in May in the tiny southern African kingdom. The move has silenced detractors who claimed that the government was delaying the next elections. Now that parliament has been dissolved, polls to elect members of the lower house […]

Washington | Wednesday THE World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have agreed to support a comprehensive 3.7-billion-dollar debt reduction package for the West African nation of Ghana, the bank announced on Tuesday. Under the agreement, $781-million in debt relief will be delivered to Ghana over a 20-year period and will cover on average 67% […]

Geneva | Wednesday THE UN refugee agency said on Tuesday that it had found evidence of “extensive” sexual exploitation of refugee children in West Africa, allegedly by local aid workers. A team commissioned by the UNHCR and Save the Children UK reported that much of the abuse had allegedly been carried out by workers locally […]

THE FRAUD trial of suspended Eastern Cape Health MEC Dr Bevan Goqwana was postponed to July 22 in the Umtata High Court on Monday. Goqwana, together with Dr Mkhuseli Mashiyi, faces a total of 1493 counts of fraud involving more than R128000. Goqwana is charged with contravening Act 57 of 1974 of the Health Professionals […]

A SENIOR communications officer for the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) will be deported in the next 30 days after she was allegedly found with a fraudulent identification document. Home Affairs representative Leslie Mashokwe on Monday said the woman was being held for allegedly contravening the Aliens Control Act. He said the woman was arrested […]