NIGERIAN police on Tuesday shot dead a suspected armed robber, and a mob set ablaze and killed five of his colleagues after they failed in their attempt to rob a bank, Lagos police boss said. The six were a part of a 14-man gang which had attempted to rob a bank at noon in central […]
PRESIDENT Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) arrived in Dar Es Salaam on Tuesday for unprecedented talks with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni, who has troops backing rebels in the DRC. On Wednesday, he is due to have his first meeting as head of state with Museveni. – AFP
PRESIDENT George W. Bush on Tuesday announced he had picked career diplomats Robert Geers Loftis and Michael Malinowski as US ambassadors to Lesotho and Nepal, respectively. Both nominations require US Senate confirmation. Loftis has held the post of deputy chief of mission in Maputo since 1999, while Malinowski has served as Deputy Chief of Mission […]
SWAZILAND sugar tycoon Dumisa Dlamini has filed papers with the Pretoria High Court to sue Absa Bank Limited for over R120-million for the collapse of his hotel empire in South Africa. In court papers filed on June 27, Dlamini claims that Absa debited R12,7-million from his account without authorisation. The bank is also accused of […]
GERMAN Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer and South African Vice President Jacob Zuma met in Berlin on Monday to discuss bilateral relations and developments in the southern Africa. Zuma said he was “very satisfied” by the talks and expressed satisfaction with Germany’s efforts to support the Millennium Africa Recovery Programme (Map) to address the continent’s gravest […]
THE tomb of a priest who served under an Egyptian pharaoh has been found outside the Egyptian capital of Cairo, antiquities officials said on Tuesday. The tomb in Abu Sir, Giza belongs to a priest named “son of Amon” who led the worship of Ptah, a deity of Memphis viewed as creator of the universe […]
SWAZILAND authorities have been urged to shed an age old tribal custom that discriminates against widows. The custom forces widows to wear distinctive black gowns for two years and ostracises them from society. Widows have to sit at the back of public transport buses and churches so as not to cast the ‘shadow of death’ […]
NORTHERN Province’s Elim Hospital, which has earned an international reputation over the past 100 years for its community work and eye treatment, has been revamped at a cost of R14-million. The new hospital complex, called the Centenary Building, was officially opened in Elim outside Louis Trichardt on Tuesday. Until the early 20th Century, Elim Hospital […]
MALAWIS President Bakili Muluzi on Monday ordered the release of 880 prisoners convicted of minor offences. “You are here to be reformed and not to be punished,” Muluzi said when he visited Zomba prison, the biggest in the country, situated about 60 kilometres outside Blantyre. He explained that the gesture was to mark Malawi’s Independence […]
THE Land Claims Commission has moved its offices to Northern Province and Mpumalanga in a bid to speed up the processing of about 11_000 land claims that have been lodged in the region since 1996, African Eye News Service reports. An additional commissioner has also been appointed to help speed up the process. Before, only […]