TWO university professors have written an open letter to new Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to demand the long-delayed return of the Axum Obelisk, which was looted by the army of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in 1937. “We feel the time has come, under your Excellency’s leadership, to redeem Italy’s reputation by honouring treaty obligations […]
CALM was restored to Cairo’s streets on Monday after six policemen were hurt in clashes with thousands of Christians protesting against a graphic news story of a monk’s alleged sexual relations with a married woman. Between 3,000 and 4,000 Coptic Christians had gathered at the main cathedral in Cairo late on Sunday, with many clashing […]
United Nations | Saturday THE World Food Programme (WFP) has again suspended cargo flights to Angola after a missile exploded near two of its planes on Friday, the United Nations said. The incident occurred at noon local time near Kuito, in the highlands of central Angola, 570 kilometres southeast of the capital, Luanda, representative Manoel […]
AN angry snub by President Thabo Mbeki, who put his hand in the face of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela when she tried to greet him at a Youth Day celebration this weekend was on Sunday slammed by opposition parties. The incident happened at Soweto’s Orlando Stadium, southwest of Johannesburg, on Saturday where Mbeki was due to address […]
THE Central African Republic’s armed forced chief has ordered all troops and police back to barracks on Monday, after announcing the imposition of ”physical controls” following an abortive coup attempt. All troops must present themselves at their barracks and garrisons at 8:00 am General Francois Bozizee said in a statement late on Sunday. Absentees will […]
SOUTH African scientists have come up with an unlikely alternative to prevent eye damage while looking at this week’s solar eclipse — teabag tinfoil.
THE United States on Thursday slammed new restrictions on foreign journalists imposed this week by the government of Zimbabwe, saying the rule was “particularly troubling.” State department representative Philip Reeker said it appeared the government of Zimbabwe ?wants very much to limit media reporting on what goes on inside Zimbabwe,” On Wednesday Zimbabwean President Robert […]
Johannesburg | Sunday SOUTH Africa celebrated Youth Day on Saturday with President Thabo Mbeki honouring the memory of an apartheid-era youth hero and urging the country’s youth to face new challenges with the same zeal. Addressing a national Youth Day celebration at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg’s Soweto township, Mbeki identified the new challenges as […]
A BRITISH court on Friday jailed two Nigerian nationals convicted of selling banned African delicacies such as monkey and anteater meat from a shop in south London. The judge said the illegal trade was causing the extinction of protected species and that the meat could have been a cause of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak which […]
Kigali | Saturday CLOSE on 730 members of an extremist Hutu militia have been killed since May 1 after infiltrating Rwanda from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an army representative claimed here. Another 250 extremists have been captured, according to representative Colonel Jean-Bosco Kazura. Those captured — members of Rwanda’s disbanded Hutu-dominated army […]