ZIMBABWE’S main share index inched up almost 23 points with brokers anticipating little movement for the rest of the week due to a lack of news to give the market direction. Simultaneously the central bank devalued the country’s currency by 3%, its second adjustment of the official exchange rate in a month. Currency markets were […]

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan expects 11 British soldiers being held hostage by renegade troops in Sierra Leone to be released ”in the near future”. Annan told reporters that officials were making progress in their talks with the rebels, known as the West Side Boys. The British soldiers were part of a contingent of about 400 […]

SHARES in African Life Assurance fell sharply in the wake of the unbundling of stakes in the group by Real Africa Holdings (RAH) and Real Africa Investments Ltd (RAI). ”Real Africa Holdings and Real Africa Investments have unbundled their stakes in Aflife and it would seem some of the recipients of the shares are selling,” […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT and AFP, Khartoum | Monday SUDAN has accused the United States of “being one of the main reasons” behind the civil war in south Sudan by supporting and assisting the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA). “The US provides one of the main reasons behind the suffering of the people in the south, […]

BARELY a month after the European Union (EU) a fish export ban on Uganda, there are growing fears that the ban could be reinstated. A local newspaper reported that the country is behind schedule in implementing changes laid down by the EU geared to bring the fishing industry in line with their regulations. Dr James […]

AFRICAN EYE NEWS SERVICE, Nelspruit | Monday MPUMALANGA has launched an inquiry into how South Africa’s largest and most controversial vigilante group, Mapogo-a-Mathamaga, was appointed to guard the province’s glitzy R600m legislature complex just outside Nelspruit. Mpumalanga public works, roads, transport, safety and security MEC Steve Mabona said officials responsible for the appointment would be […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT with AFP, Harare | Monday ZIMBABWE’S war veterans association has voted to oust its firebrand leader Chenjerai “Hitler” Hunzvi for being too dictatorial, and plans to make the often-violent farm invasions that he started “more orderly” – but a defiant Hunzvi has dismissed the challenge as a waste of time. Provincial leaders of […]

SOUTH Africa has been shipping blood contaminated with the HIV virus and hepatitis via Britain to India, China and possibly other countries, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) investigation. A British newspaper reported that thousands of people could face contamination through a multi-million dollar racket, where blood from South Africa was often labelled as […]

A GROUP of rural women who made international headlines when they staged a naked protest last November are praying they won’t have to take their clothes off again to ensure they can grow their crops. The group of 28 women marched naked along the main road of Schoemansdal in Mpumalanga last year to protest against […]