Washington | Thursday PRESIDENT George W Bush backs a full investigation into the widening Enron-Arthur Andersen scandal, including prison sentences for those found guilty of wrongdoing in the debacle, the White House said on Wednesday. ”The president thinks that it is vital for the Department of Justice to pursue this wherever it goes, to whoever […]

BURUNDIAN Communications Minister Albert Mbonerane suspended on Monday the right of the private news agency Net Press to publish or post news on its Website. “This measure has been taken to ensure that the media law is respected,” he said. “For some time now, we have noted that Net Press editors and management have not […]

Abuja | Wednesday NIGERIAN police on Wednesday arrested the country’s labour leader as he launched a general strike to force down fuel prices and used tear gas to break up a demonstration. Police moved in shortly after 9:00 am (0800 GMT) and detained Adams Oshiomhole, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other union […]

YEMI Taylor-Kuti, the widow of the Nigerian musician Fela Kuti and mother of their musician son Femi, has died at home in Lagos after a brief illness, the family said on Sunday. Taylor-Kuti, who married then aspiring jazz musician Fela Ransome-Kuti in London in the 1960s, was the only legal wife of a man who […]

AT least 33 people were killed last week when a small coltan mine collapsed in eastern DRC, local rebel officials said on Tuesday. Coltan is a mineral used in electronics and especially in the manufacture of mobile phones. ”The mine collapsed at a busy time, burying tens of diggers and traders who, as usual, had […]

Cape Town | Wednesday BALLROOM and Latin dance instructor John Thebus denied having anything to do with Marike de Klerk’s murder, SABC television news reported on Tuesday. The latest allegations that Thebus was involved in de Klerk’s murder were made by 21-year-old security guard Luyanda Mboniswa, accused of the murder. Mboniswa claimed during bail proceedings […]

Paris | Wednesday THE Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will have to be reunified and at peace before its people can enjoy democratic rights, President Joseph Kabila said in an interview published in Paris on Wednesday. Kabila, who took power a year ago following the assassination of his father Laurent Kabila, told Le Figaro daily […]

BETWEEN six and eight men robbed a Fidelity Guard vehicle of 10 cash boxes in Kwa-Thema near Springs on the East Rand on Tuesday morning, Gauteng police said. Superintendent Andy Pieke said the cash heist occurred at Extension 2 around noon. A BMW crashed into the Fidelity Guard vehicle and was blocked by a Ford […]