THE UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sought answers Friday as to why one of its helicopters came under fire in a rebel zone this week despite a ceasefire accord. The UN helicopter was hit by 14 bullets on Thursday during a routine flight between Uvira and Kalemie in eastern DRC, […]
THE trial of an Egyptian businessman accused of having too many wives and of corrupting under-age girls resumed in Cairo on Saturday. The trial was adjourned until August 22 for Sayed Ragab al-Sawarki (51) a self-professed devout Muslim who was arrested in May on his return to Cairo from a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. […]
Namibia’s Ministry of Health and Social Services received a donation of 100 bicycles and 100_000 condoms from the People’s Republic of China. The donation is to enable the government to educate people in the remote parts of the country about the disease. Health Minister Dr Libertina Amathila said that her ministry had considered providing house-to-house […]
A WORKER from southern Egypt forced his daughter to swallow poison to kill herself, deeming she was dishonoured, the al-Ahram daily reported on Thursday. The woman, Enaan Mohamed (23) had fled to Cairo a year earlier after a failed marriage. She was then taken against her will to the family home in Sohaq in Upper […]
BRITISH officials denied reports on Thursday the former colonial power had plans to evacuate British citizens from strife ridden Zimbabwe. The British Embassy released a statement denying a report in an independent Zimbabwean newspaper that Britain was planning the mass evacuation of some 25 000 white Zimbabweans with British citizenship in the face of the […]
FOUR survivors of a deadly ambush last week by Angola’s Unita rebels of a passenger train east of Luanda have died in hospital of their wounds, a medical doctor said on Thursday. Their deaths bring to 256 the number of people killed in the attack. More than 160 people were wounded. Doctor Waldemiro Diogo said […]
Paris | Saturday ACCORDING to information gathered by Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF – Reporters Without Borders), members of Malawi’s youth league of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) assaulted Brian Ligomeka, correspondent of the South-African agency African Eye News Service, on 12 August 2001. The journalist was covering the arrival of foreign heads of state […]
Harare | Saturday ZIMBABWE may declare a state of emergency if a bill is passed in Washington that threatens sanctions against the country, Foreign Minister Stan Mudenge said on Friday. He told state television in an interview that Zimbabwe would campaign against the bill, but if it failed to stop its passage into law, a […]
An HIV/Aids state of emergency should be declared in all African countries, the Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, said on Thursday. The recommendation formed part of a plan developed at the All Africa Anglican Conference in Boksburg. ”As in a state of war, all government agencies should be in a state of alert,” he […]
Johannesburg | Sunday SOME Alexandra students may not have the smartest uniforms and latest textbooks, but they have a link to the world of technology through their newly opened Cyber Lab Project. Minerva High School in Alexandra north of Johannesburg on Saturday celebrated the official opening of their fully equipped computer centre which will give […]