AN explosion at a scrap metal yard in a northern city killed its owner and injured six others, four of them seriously, police said on Wednesday. It was unclear what caused the blast in Mzuzu, and an explosives expert had been sent to the scene to investigate. Witnesses said a huge explosion was heard in […]

Kabul | Monday AMERICAN wrath over the worst terrorist atrocities in history was finally unleashed as US and British forces launched air and cruise missile attacks on Taliban targets across Afghanistan. An onslaught that began after nightfall on Sunday, nearly four weeks after the devastating attacks on New York and Washington, continued throughout the night. […]

A 53-year-old man was arrested on Thursday night for allegedly killing his 19-year-old son at their home in Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal police said on Friday. Captain Vishnu Naidoo said the father and the son were arguing at their home in Camp Drive when a shot went off. The son, who was hit in the face, died […]

Washington | Tuesday US authorities are now on their highest state of alert as Americans battened down for possible terrorist reprisals for the military offensive launched in Afghanistan. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the alert as US forces struck at Kabul’s Taliban regime for a second day and Washington served notice it might take its […]

Luanda | Thursday UNITA rebels kidnapped 16 children who attending mass in a Roman Catholic church in Angola’s northern Kwanza-Norte province, Bishop Luis Escarpa said on Thursday, Radio Ecclesia reported. Guerrillas of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) burst into the church at Kiluanji as mass was being celebrated on Sunday, […]

THE United Nations and its secretary-general Kofi Annan won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for ”their work for a better organised and more peaceful world.” – Sapa-AFP Thursday October 11, 2001

Afghanistan | Tuesday BRITISH journalist Yvonne Ridley spoke late on Monday of her delight at being freed by her Taliban captors — and her desperation to return home to see her daughter Daisy. After crossing the Afghanistan border into Pakistan, the 43-year-old Sunday Express reporter told Sky News: ”I’m fine, it’s good to be here. […]

SOUTH African Airways has paid out just over R1-million in 1 283 claims for theft from baggage on the airline’s flights worldwide up to the end of September this year, says Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe. Replying to a question by Rudi Heine (DA), he said SAA had paid out R1,832-million in 3 108 claims […]

ISLAMABAD | Monday AFGHANISTAN’S hardline Taliban regime vowed on Monday to avenge US and British air strikes against its territory which London said caused ”very considerable damage” and the Afghans claimed killed more than 25 people. The Taliban’s ambassador in neighbouring Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef, condemned the air assault as ”horrendous terrorist attacks” that targeted […]

PLAGUE has broken out in Uganda claiming 17 lives, Medinfo reported on Wednesday. It said the deaths were reported in the Nebbi district and were confirmed by State Minister of Health, Mike Mukula. The ministry has sent an emergency medical team to the area to treat victims and assist with measures to curb the disease. […]