NOMADS from neighbouring Chad killed 11 villagers including a baby in the north of the Central African Republic (CAR) in attacks last week, state radio reported on Monday. The assailants torched 65 homes at dawn and shot arrows at those who attempted to flee, then headed back to Chad, the radio said. Police on both […]
SAMIA NAKHOUL, Beirut | Tuesday ISRAEL has sparked further fears of a regional war in the Middle East after its airforce knocked out a Syrian radar base in Lebanon, killing three soldiers and prompting Damascus to put its 35_000 troops in the country on high alert. The attack, 35km east of Beirut in the early […]
CITIGROUP, the biggest US financial services group, on Monday bore witness to the effects of the economic slowdown in its home economy and the worldwide stockmarket slump, with first quarter earnings falling below expectations and levels achieved in the same period last year. The bank, insurance and consumer finance group’s earnings per share fell 6,6% […]
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ZIMBABWE’S multi-million dollar new international airport, whose construction has been mired in controversy, has been officially inaugurated by President Robert Mugabe. The airport cost some US$81m to build and was constructed by a consortium of a local and international firms. The awarding of the tender to build the new airport was clouded in controversy over […]
A MISSILE-throwing crowd brought a premature end to the African Champions League match between Highlanders of Zimbabwe and Young Africans of Tanzania on Sunday. Frustration at seeing favourites Highlanders trail 2-0 in the second leg of a first-round tie boiled over with five minutes left when the visitors were awarded a penalty. There was no […]
THE Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund has provided funding for a year to a controversial anti-rape organisation in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. The Greater Nelspruit Rape Intervention Project (Grip), a volunteer organisation, faces eviction from two provincial hospitals at the end of the month for providing free anti-Aids drugs to rape victims. “It’s absolutely fantastic that the Mandela […]
SOUTH Africa is considering opening an embassy in Iraq, where an official delegation has just completed a visit to discuss bilateral relations, says deputy minister for foreign affairs, Aziz Pahad. “I think opening an embassy in Baghdad would contribute to the strengthening of bilateral relations”, said Pahad, who led the delegation. Iraq inaugurated its embassy […]
NORTHERN Province police have opened a murder docket following the discovery of a body on a rugby field outside Pietersburg. The victim – a white man – was found by members of the Noordelikes Rugby Club when they went for their daily practice. The club made headlines recently when nine of its members were arrested […]
JOHN GROBLER, Windhoek | Monday NAMIBIAS growing number of prostitutes must be registered as “a matter of national urgency” to prevent their clients spreading HIV to their families, Health Minister Libertine Amathila says. “Men often refuse to use condoms,” Amathila told AFP in an interview. “It seems they feel if they pay, they have the […]