ERITREAN troops are still occupying “Ethiopian terrority” and digging in to hold their positions in defiance of an Organisation of African Unity peace plan, the Ethiopian government said on Saturday. The Addis Ababa government said: “Eritrean troops continue to occupy the [northern] Zala Anbesa-Aiga region, [northeastern] Bada-Bure region and [northern] Egala region. The Eritrean army […]
UGANDA’S coffee exports declined in February when the country shipped 402710 bags of 60kg each, compared to 428020 bags exported in January, an official report said on Friday. However, the February figure is still more than that forecast by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority of 300000 bags. According to authority, the state body managing the […]
THE leaders of Ghana’s Ashantis formally announced the death of their king on Friday, more than a week after the 79-year-old monarch died.Asantehene Otumfo Opoku Ware II will be buried on March 25, one month after his death. According to tradition, the funeral will be held in private around midnight.Otumfo Opoku Ware II ruled the […]
THE army in Congo announced on Friday its recapture of the Nganga-Lingolo district from rebels just south of Brazzaville, thereby completing its control of the capital’s outskirts.Forty-two Ninja militiamen, who backed former prime minister Bernard Kolelas ousted in a 1997 civil war, were killed and many wounded in the fighting.The Ninjas have been fighting government […]
SOUTH Africa’s new rugby boss, Silas Nkanunu, won the Herald Mayor’s Port Elizabeth Citizen of the Year award at a glittering banquet at the Feather Market Centre in PE on Saturday night. The 65-year-old attorney, who replaced controversial Louis Luyt as president of the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) last year, is the 10th […]
NEITHER Stephen Msimanga nor Mawanda Sineko went home with the IBO mini-flyweight title Saturday night. After twelve rounds referees called a draw. Both fighters showed limited range of technique and inexperience, as Msimanga kept looking for a one-punch fight and Sineko retreated without counter-attacking. Each fighter put the other in trouble at one stage, but […]
NATIONAL Council of Provinces chairman Patrick “Terror” Lekota announced on Thursday that he is to take part in the gruelling 105km Argus cycle tour in a bid to raise money for the aged. Should Lekota finish the race, his sponsor — Hollard Insurance — has agreed to donate R25000 towards programmes for the aged, and […]
NIGERIA has applied to stage next year’s African Nation’s Cup finals, originally scheduled in Zimbabwe, a top Nigerian official said late Friday. “We have asked CAF (the Confederation of African Football) to host the 2000 Nations Cup” Chief of General Staff Vice Admiral Mike Akihgbe said at the draw for the World Youth Championship here. […]
AUSTRALIA pulled their game together in the second hockey test of the five-match series to beat South Africa 3-1 at Pretoria Technikon on Sunday after leading 2-1 at half-time. Goals by Scott Webster (2) and Lachlan Vivian Taylor gave the visitors the advantage after the tourists lost the first Test 3-2 in an upset on […]
THE Safety and Security Minster Sydney Mufamadi released government plans on Thursday to curtail the widely abused lending of firearms by changing gun-lending laws in terms of the Arms and Ammunition Act. The Act allows people over 16 to borrow guns with a letter of permission from the owner. The amendments will stipulate that borrowing […]