Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai pleads for international support ahead of elections
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, also the MDC mainstream party President, has urged the international community to support the democratisation process in Zimbabwe Addressing participants to a United...
View ArticleS. Africa president for Jamaica Independence celebrations
PRESIDENT of the Republic of South Africa Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma will be a guest of Jamaica during a State visit to mark Jamaica’s Golden Jubilee next month. The colourful Zuma is scheduled to...
View Article146 believed dead in Tanzania ferry capsize
Tanzania’s government has halted rescue operations for a ferry accident that appears to have killed 146 people. Government official Ali Juma Shamhuna said 69 passengers were confirmed dead and 77 were...
View ArticleEthiopian woman escaped captivity from Melbourne home
An Ethiopian woman told Melbourne police she escaped abuse Wednesday evening after officers found her at Melbourne First Baptist church on Dairy Road. According to police records, investigators suspect...
View ArticleSouth Sudan accuses Sudan of bombing its territory
South Sudan on Saturday accused Sudan of launching an aerial bombardment on its side of their disputed border, but the Sudanese army denied the charge. The two countries came close to all-out war in...
View ArticleGhana Is Sitting On A Time Bomb
Gargantuan Settlement Debt Coming Ghanaians should brace themselves for another settlement debt scandal that will dwarf the CP, Roschell, Woyomi and Waterville settlements combined. Okudzeto the tawpie...
View ArticlePresident Rawlings Was Right, Ghana Is In Trouble
What do we expect the former Head of State, Mr Jerry Rawlings, to say again in respect to governance of our dear nation, Ghana? What clarification do we need from his comments on the actions and in...
View ArticleDisgraced former S.Africa Cop Chief Jackie Selebi not ill
Disgraced former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi walked around his hospital ward for six months with great ease and climbed off his bed into a wheelchair unassisted when released on...
View ArticleMalema ‘moered’ with Moët – SMS
Johannesburg – Julius Malema was left nursing his wounds after he was reportedly injured at a friend’s wedding earlier this month – by flying bottles of his favourite French bubbly. An SMS was...
View ArticleZimbabwe constitution draft ‘flawed’
Harare – A draft constitution just finalised by Zimbabwe lawmakers as part of key reforms ahead of elections is a flawed compromise that will have little effect, analysts warn. The proposed document,...
View ArticleNigeria: Explosion kills 10-yr-old in northern
Kano – A bomb blast in restive northern Nigeria killed a 10-year-old boy and wounded 10 others on Sunday, police said, in an area repeatedly targeted by a radical Islamist group. The explosion went off...
View ArticleS.Africa: Deputy minister slaps Winnie on Facebook: report
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was not a saint and was wrong to criticise President Jacob Zuma’s polygamous lifestyle, said deputy communications minister Stella Ndabeni, according to a report on Monday....
View ArticleDreams of an Ethiopia in Peace
by Alemayehu G. Mariam President Nelson Mandela turned 94 on July 18, 2012. May he live long with gladness and good health! All who love and revere President Mandela call him Madiba. He is the ultimate...
View ArticleMalian Militias Unite to ‘Liberate the North’
Six armed militias in Mali have joined forces and say they will retake the country’s north from Islamist and rebel groups in control of the territory since April. The Patriotic Forces of Resistance...
View ArticleSAfrica helps Liberia with elections
South Africa is helping Liberia with its elections, the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) said on Monday. The MDB met a 10-person delegation from Liberia on Monday, during a two-week study tour hosted...
View ArticleEU to suspend Zimbabwe sanctions ‘after referendum’
The European Union is to suspend most sanctions against Zimbabwe once it has held a credible referendum on a new constitution, EU foreign ministers say. This would make an “important milestone” towards...
View ArticleThe paradox of the ‘white African’– when white is black and white
“I move that the House take note that tomorrow (Thursday) I will move a motion to nationalise and prescribe all Marange diamond fields.” The year was 2011; the month was October, slightly over the...
View ArticleMoving Zimbabwe forwards despite the politics
If we are to see sustainable development of the Zimbabwean economy, we need to strengthen the generation of income and wealth within the second economy I have had some rather remarkable responses to my...
View ArticlePolygamous husband raped to death by six wives
His fame and financial breakthrough pushed him into having up to six wives. His love for sex equally contributed to his patronage of the most beautiful girls in Ugbugbu Owukpa, Ogbadibo Local...
View ArticleZenawi’s silly daughter spotted enjoying the nightlife of Brussels
By Getahune Bekele Nick named the Queen of bling by the youth of Addis Ababa, the controversial and scandal-prone Shemahal Meles (pictured) has dominated the blissful nightlife of Addis – wood for the...
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