A SECOND student from the University of Asmara has died while in desert detention for defying government work orders, the university’s president Woldeab Issak told parents on Sunday. Woldeab said that the student, Yemane Tekee, who was undergoing treatment for heat stroke in the intensive care unit at Halibet Hospital, died in the early hours […]

THE Zambian government has shut down Radio Phoenix, a leading privately owned station, Information Minister Vernon Mwaanga announced on Sunday. Mwaanga was quoted by state radio as saying that the government has suspended the broadcasting licence of Radio Phoenix because the station failed to renew its licence in accordance with Zambian law. Radio Phoenix, Zambia’s […]

ABOUT 1 000 activists demonstrated in Durban on Sunday to demand that the government coordinate a campaign to isolate Israel. The rally, called by the Palestine Support Committee in South Africa and the Durban Social Forum, preceded a week-long UN-sponsored conference on racism opening in the east coast city on August 31. The United States […]

THE South African government “will not tolerate” any violent protests at a UN conference on racism starting in Durban on August 31, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Sunday. “We do not see any reason whatsoever for anyone to be violent in Durban on an issue about racism,” she told SABC television. “My message to […]

NIGERIA’S foreign reserves rose to $10,35-billion in May, for a 1,7% rise over the previous month, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Monday. Of the amount, $1,4- billion accrued to the nation’s coffers in May alone, 5,4% above April’s estimate, the CBN said in a statement here. The CBN attributed the positive development […]

SUDAN’S armed forces claimed on Sunday to have killed 15 rebels in the Nuba mountains region of central Sudan, forcing the rest of the attackers to flee, the official Suna news agency reported. Armed forces representative General Mohammed Beshir Suleiman said the army had inflicted “heavy losses” on the rebels, capturing a large amount of […]

A MULTI-national African insurance agency, covering risks ranging from war to repossession and aimed at boosting direct investment in the continent, was born in Kampala on Monday with seven countries coming on board. The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATIA) “is an African-owned agency which was set up with the support of the World Bank at […]

THIRTY-seven Nigerian couples have had their unions blessed by the Catholic Church at a group ceremony in Gwagwalada, near the capital Abuja, official radio reported on Sunday. The unprecedented group wedding ceremony on Saturday, presided over by Abuja Archbishop John Onaiyekan, was attended by some couples who had been together for as long as 50 […]

Harare | Monday A HIGH Court judge on Monday has granted conditional bail to 21 white farmers arrested two weeks ago on charges of inciting violence in northern Zimbabwe. Judge Rita Makarau granted the farmers bail of 100 000 Zimbabwe dollars (about 1 800 US), but said that 20 of the farmers could not return […]

Donald Woods, who died in London on Sunday at the age of 67 of cancer, was an outstanding South African who inspired others by his public example, former President Nelson Mandela said on Monday. ”He was uncompromising in his opposition to racism and racial discrimination,” Mandela said in a statement released by his office. ”At […]