THE government of Congo-Brazzaville has banned shark fishing off its Atlantic coast to prevent depletion of stocks caused by massive demand in Asia for shark fins. Shark fishing in the area took off in 1998, said Augustin Kegui, speaking for Ghanaian fishermen in Pointe-Noire. “You can catch four to five sharks a day,” Kegui said, […]
A TOTAL of 354 Sierra Leonean rebels and 255 fighters from a state backed militia had handed-over their weapons by the third day of a disarmament pact in the war-ravaged north of the country, a UN representative said. Rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) disarmed at several collection points over the past few days […]
ELEVEN African First Ladies held their own summit in Rwanda’s capital Kigali Sunday as part of the fight against Aids which includes 25 million sufferers in Africa. The three-day gathering ending on Tuesday would come up with a plan of action against Aids in Africa by 11 wives of presidents of sub-Saharan Africa, said the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cairo | Monday AN insurance agency specialising in providing political risk insurance to traders doing business in conflict-ridden Africa will be launched on August 31 this year in Uganda, the head of a regional group said on Sunday. Secretary General Erastus Mwencha of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) said […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday ALLAN Boesak, the jailed anti-apartheid leader and cleric, walked out of the Goodwood prison at 6am this morning, after serving a third of his three-year sentence for fraud and theft. Boesak, a flamboyant former leader of the African National Congress in the Western Cape province, was in 1999 convicted […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bloemfontein | Monday A THREE-day hearing is expected to start in London on Monday to determine a final date and processes to be followed for a lawsuit by about 5_000 South Africans suffering from asbestos-related diseases against British mining company Cape plc. According to the claimants’ South African-based lawyer, Richard Spoor, the hearing […]
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THE South African bourse sprinted to a record high on Thursday powered by strong overseas markets and a firmer gold price, dealers said. Shortly after the open the all-share index had surged 2.02% to 9,456.6 on brisk demand across the board, dealers said. The index has risen around 36% from levels seen in April 2000. […]
A WOMAN told police that she bit the testicles off a man attempting to rape her, Chicago media reported over the weekend. The 42-year-old woman from the suburb of Evanston appeared at a police station, reported that she was attacked, and handed over the evidence. Police stored the testicles in a biohazard evidence container. When […]
OIL has been struck offshore from Mauritania, in northwest Africa, Australian exploration company Woodside Petroleum Ltd. announced here on Wednesday. Woodside, operator and 35 percent stakeholder of the Mauritania Area B joint venture, said the Chinguetti-1 exploration well, 80km offshore, intersected several oil-bearing sandstones. A shallower secondary objective contained gas-bearing sandstones, it said. Woodside said […]