OWN CORRESPONDENT, Mwanza | Sunday 4.00pm. PRESIDENTS Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda reaffirmed on Sunday a commitment to demilitarise the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Kisangani. In a joint statement, read to the media by Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa at the end of a one-day summit in the Lake […]
SALARY increases of more than 12% are on the cards for the president, deputy president, Cabinet ministers and long-serving MPs. The commission charged with regulating public representatives’ salaries has proposed a three-tier remuneration structure for parliamentarians and ministers according to their length of service, the highest of which will allot a 15,5% increase. MPs who […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Jolo | Sunday 3.30pm. FEARS that a dozen foreign journalists have been captured by Muslem rebels on a Philippine island subsided on Sunday after the bulk of them returned to base in the regional capital. Eleven out of the original 13 reported missing were back in Jolo town on Sunday, and officials said […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Sunday 3.00pm. FORMER Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith said on Sunday that his cattle and maize farm in central Zimbabwe has been invaded by a group of about 50 people, who have pegged out plots. He however told journalists that he is not concerned about the situation. Speaking outside his house […]
KURT SCHORK, Makolo | Sunday 3.30pm. BRITISH forces in Sierre Leone say the capital Freetown has been secured, despite rebels retaking the strategic town of Masiaka on the main highway to the capital on Sunday. “We have withdrawn and we have taken up defensive positions,” a major in the Sierre Leone Army said. Revolutionary United […]
SUDANESE Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail urged Eritrea and Ethiopia on Sunday to show “self-restraint” in their border conflict, saying he fears its effects will spread across east Africa. “The effects of this war will not be confined to the two states, but will spread to affect neighbouring countries including Sudan,” he said. He called […]
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday he is “very disappointed” by the failure of western nations to set up a rapid reaction force to intervene in the civil war in Sierra Leone. “I am disappointed, I would even say I am very disappointed, and I am not the only one,” Kofi said in an […]
THE New South Wales Waratahs kept the Otago Highlanders on tenterhooks for a Super 12 rugby semi-final place with a gritty 22-15 victory at the Sydney Football Stadium on Friday night. The Waratahs scored two tries in the last five minutes to sink Otago’s hopes of winning points to clinch their place in next week’s […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, FREETOWN | Saturday 2.30pm. PRO-GOVERNMENT forces in Sierra Leone repelled two rebel attacks on Port Loko, 40km northeast of Freetown, late on Friday and are advancing east. “Armed rebels attacked Port Loko twice last night at 5 pm and at 10 pm, the attacks were repelled by loyal governement troops,” according to the […]
NAMIBIA have announced their squad for the Castle Cup Southern Africa quarter-final against Zimbabwe in Harare on Sunday. Namibian team: Goalkeepers: Danzyl Bruwer (Civics), Tiro Thlabanello (Black Africa) Defenders: Rodney Doeseb (Chief Santos), Steven Mbaisa (African Stars), Sylvanus Njambari (Black Africa), Mohammed Ouseb (Kaizer Chiefs/Rsa), Oscar Tjikurunda (Life Fighters), Theodor Tom (Blue Waters) Midfielders: Johannes […]