A REBEL leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday said more than 100,000 refugees from the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) were in urgent need of help. “More than 100,000 Central Africans” have crossed the Oubangui river into areas in northeast DRC controlled by the Congolese Liberation Front (FLC), said the rebel […]
It took a stroke of political genius by Nelson Mandela to tell the world in general and Afrikaners in particular that Ingrid Jonker ”was both a poet and a South African. She was both an Afrikaner and an African. She was both an artist and a human being.”
STATE-run radio Nigeria, which boasts being the largest radio network in Africa, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The radio, established in 1951, is the oldest in Nigeria and has a reputation for employing and training most of the country’s known broadcasters. The radio gave birth in 1962 to the Voice of Nigeria, the international service, […]
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Sunday scolded the Congo-Brazzaville government for excessive spending, massive customs fraud and the slow pace of privatisation, saying the country could not yet qualify for debt relief. An IMF delegation visiting oil-rich Congo said money doled out to the country’s bloated civil service would make it difficult to meet […]
THE Kalashnikov rifle is one of the past century’s greatest inventions, Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi said as he welcomed Mikhail Kalashnikov to Libya, sources quoted by Interfax news agency said. “The Kalashnikov assault rifle is one of the most important inventions of the 20th century and will long remain so for most countries in the […]
HEAVY flooding on Sunday left about 200 families homeless in Nigeria’s central Benue State, official radio Nigeria reported. The affected residents of Ogbadigbo municipality were taking refuge in churches and mosques in the area, the radio said. The rains lasted for about two hours, it said. – AFP
Kampala | Sunday MORE than 240 people have been killed in a violent witch hunt around the town of Aru in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the past two weeks, the Ugandan military said on Saturday. The lynchings appear to have started when a rumour spread in the border area that witches possessed […]
Johannesburg | Monday INTERNATIONAL rating agency Standard & Poor’s said on Monday it was unlikely to upgrade South Africa’s credit rating in the absence of improved economic growth and labour relations. Standard & Poor assigned South Africa a stable outlook rating last year, while Moody’s placed the country on positive ratings watch. Finance Minister Trevor […]
Hansie Cronje’s lawyers went on the offensive on Saturday in search of the indemnity from criminal prosecution the former South African captain is seeking from the South African government. Cronje, banned from cricket for life after becoming involved in a betting scandal, stands to win the indemnity if the government decides he has told the […]
GRIFFIN SHEA, Harare ZIMBABWE’S powerful trade unions on Saturday declared a two-day national stayaway for next week, despite warnings from government that the protest over fuel prices was illegal. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) decided after a special meeting Saturday “to carry out a two-day mass national protest on Tuesday July 3 and […]