MORE than 5 000 Egyptians gathered after prayers at the al-Azhar mosque, Egypt’s largest, to vent their anger Friday against the United States and Britain. “Down with the United States, down with Britain. Long live the Muslims,” chanted the demonstrators, who included representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood and of the Nasserite movement who had arrived […]

Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi said Thursday that suspected attacks with the anthrax bacillus in the United States, if proved true, would be “the worst type of terrorism.” In a statement carried by the official news agency Jana, Gadaffi said that “if it turns out that anthrax germs have been deliberately spread in the United States, […]

OLA AWONIYI, Makurdi | Friday RESIDENTS driven by troops into the bush from towns in a central Nigerian state where officials said more than 130 were massacred have narrated their heart-rending experiences. “Since I ran into the bush on Tuesday when soldiers attacked Zaki-Biam, I have not seen my two wives and nine children. I […]

MOST retail shop shelves that are normally stocked with washing soap and cooking oil are empty, heralding what looks set to become a serious shortage of basic commodities in Harare. The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries warned early this month that there would be food shortages in Zimbabwe following the gazetting of price control regulations on […]

SUSPECTED war veterans and the police are impounding maize from travelers from rural areas, and ordering them to sell it to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). Passengers and bus conductors yesterday complained of police harassment, saying the maize they carried was in small quantities and had been given to them by their relatives in the […]

THE United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, called on Friday for a pause in the US-led air strikes against Afghanistan so vital aid could reach civilians before winter sets in. The former Irish president said a suspension of attacks would allow the world to focus on saving hundreds of thousands of people […]

Pretoria | Saturday THE New National Party (NNP) announced on Friday night that it is to quit the Democratic Alliance (DA), a move that will leave the Democratic Party isolated in the Western Cape. ”The NNP suspends its participation in the DA with a view to shortly withdraw from the alliance,” NNP leader Marthinus van […]

AXED Cape Town mayor Peter Marais has not backed down on his demand to be allowed to continue his mayoral duties pending the outcome of his court challenge, his lawyer Adri Brand said on Friday. Media reports claiming this was the case were incorrect, he said. Marais’ application for a judicial review of the DA […]

A NORTHERN Province chief magistrate appeared briefly in the Pietersburg Regional Court on Friday on charges of theft, SABC radio news reported. The case against 47-year-old Makhanya Ronald Shimange was postponed to January 18 and his bail of R20 000 was extended. In terms of his bail conditions, Shimange was prohibited from communicating with staff, […]

CONGRESS of SA Trade Unions president Willy Madisha has been receiving death threats, Cosatu representative Patrick Craven said on Wednesday. Madisha is currently in hospital for tests following his collapse at a function on Tuesday night. ”The Cosatu leadership is extremely concerned about the recurrence of yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) incident. It is not the first time […]