A RECENT study by the Organisation for Social Science and Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) has determined that, in comparison to social indicators of other sub-Saharan nations, Rwanda has the highest level of poverty. The report noted that 62% of Rwandans lived below the poverty line. – Irin 16

USaid is granting Angola an estimated $1,5-million next year for the resettlement of the demobilised Unita rebel soldiers, news reports said. The national news agency (ANGOP), said on Sunday that the programme would benefit some 300 families of soldiers demobilised under the Bicesse and Lusaka peace accords, who are based in the Huila, Huambo, Benguela […]

Afghanistan, Washington | Saturday AT least four explosions shook Kabul early on Saturday as US aircraft resumed raids over Afghanistan’s capital after a temporary halt the previous day, the Muslim holy day, residents said. The jets carried three sorties and dropped heavy bombs while Taliban anti-aircraft batteries went into operation, they said. “We heard two […]

THE Unita rebel movement on Friday called for proof of its forces involvement in the recent attack on a church in Kwanza Norte province, during which a group of young people were abducted, Lusa reported. The Bishop of the province told Lusa last week that during an attack on a church near Golungo Alto, about […]

Harare | Wednesday ZIMBABWE could face massive bread and other food shortages as well as labour unrest as a result of strict price controls imposed by the government last week, business leaders have warned. Jacob Dube, president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries, warned that bakeries would suffer losses of 1,8-million Zimbabwe dollars ($32 700) […]

BURKINA Faso aims to vaccinate five million children against polio in a two-day nationwide campaign next week, the director of preventive medicine Clement Zidouemba said on Tuesday. Zidouemba said children under age five would be targetted in the programme, which starts next Monday. The drive is sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO’s representative […]

ZIMBABWE’S opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has suspended eight top officials, including four lawmakers, from party positions amid internal squabbles. Welshman Ncube, the MDC secretary general, said the eight, who include Learnmore Jongwe, the party’s chief representative, and Tapiwa Mashakada, shadow finance minister, were relieved of their duties pending a probe into the in-fighting. […]

A MAN was arrested on Tuesday morning in connection with the murders of a mother and daughter on a farm on the West Rand on Monday, police said. Captain Paula Nothnagel said the man was arrested at Manziville in Krugersdorp. During his arrest he was apparently found in possession of two firearms that belonged to […]