Monday 8th February, 2010
UK soft on curbing corruption in Africa
Sudan News.NetCorruption in Africa is raging while the UK and the U.S. seemingly turn a collective blind eye.
Steyn's seven-wicket haul rips India apart in Nagpur Test
Sudan News.NetNagpur, Feb 8: A seven-wicket haul by South African fast bowler Dale Steyn in the first innings forced India to follow-on in the first Test being played here. Steyn's piercing line and length overshadowed an exciting counter-attacking century (109) by Virender Sehwag on the third day of the match on Monday.
England WAGS refuse to go to World Cup in S. Africa
Sudan News.NetLondon, Feb.8 : The England WAGS are refusing to "here we go" to this summer's World Cup because manager Fabio Capello won't let them spend extra time with their men.
CRPF women contingent heads for Liberia UN peace mission
Sudan News.NetNew Delhi, Feb 8 : The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Monday flagged of its fourth women contingent to Liberia for a United Nations Peace Keeping assignment.
Madonna's new Malawi school drives villagers off their lands
Sudan News.NetLondon, February 8 : African villagers have claimed they are being forced to relocate to give way to a new school in Malawi funded by Madonna's Raising Malawi charity.
Chad's leader travels to Sudan to smooth relations
Sign on San DiegoSudanese President Omar el-Bashir, right receives Chadian President Idris Deby upon his arrival in Khartoum, Sudan Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Chadian President Idris Deby is visiting Sudan for the first ti...
Ivory Coast Elections Could be Delayed Again
VOAInternational Community Urges Ivory Coast to Hold Elections Controversy over the voter list in Ivory Coast is threatening to once again push back long-delayed presidential elections. Election-related ...
Egyptian Police Arrest Top Muslim Brotherhood Figures
VOAEssam al Erian, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood top figure, gestures during a conference at group’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt (Jan.16, 2010 file photo)
Sudan Ready to Implement Agreements with Chad
VOASudanese President Omar el-Bashir, right receives Chadian President Idris Deby upon his arrival in Khartoum, Sudan Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Chadian President Idris Deby is visiting Sudan for the first ti...
Somali Capital Braces for All-Out War
VOASomalia government policemen guard a street in southern Mogadishu during a raid in which 60 people suspected of creating violence in the capital were arrested (File)
More than 8,000 women raped last year by combatants in eastern DR Congo - UN
UN News CentreThe number of women raped in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where sexual violence committed by warring factions has reached endemic proportions, topped 8,000 last year, according to f...
Shelling kills at least 9 in Somalia
Times of OmanMOGADISHU: An exchange of mortar shells between Somali government forces and rebels killed at least nine civilians and injured 14 others, a human rights group said on Monday.The clashes started late S...
UN mission welcomes release of Red Cross worker abducted in eastern Chad
Spero NewsAnother international aid worker abducted in the strife-torn Sudanese-Chadian border area has been released in a move hailed by the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur (U...
South Africa: Inequality not so black and white
Spero NewsThe growing gulf between the haves and have-nots in the black population has given South Africa the dubious distinction of becoming one of the world's most unequal societies, according to a recent rep...
No offers for Africa yet, Zain says
Daily NationHowever, Zain said it has not received any offers for its African mobile networks, despite reports that it is in talks with three major international operators.
AU seeks justice for Darfur victims
Daily NationPresident Kibaki (right) holds talks with former presidents Thabo Mbeki (South Africa) and Pierre Buyoya (Burundi), at his office in Nairobi on Monday. They resolved to speed up peace efforts in the D...
Botswana Recalls Diplomats From Zim
Mmegi OnlineBotswana has called for the removal of Zimbabwean defence and intelligence attaches from Gaborone. The attaches are expected to be out of the country by the end of the month.
De Beers Opens Diamond Route In South Africa
Mmegi OnlineThe Diamond Route, which makes 250 000 ha of cross-regional private conservation land owned by diamond-miner De Beers and the Oppenheimer family accessible to tourists, was "open for business", said D...
Koketso Is The African Queen
Mmegi OnlineKoketso Moremi seems to be so much in love with beauty pageants, and her passion for the ramp and the glitz that goes with it were finally rewarded on Friday when she was crowned the queen in the inau...
International Court dismisses case of Darfur rebel
The Seattle TimesInternational war crimes judges dismissed the case against a Sudanese rebel leader Monday, ruling that prosecutors failed to provide enough evidence to put him on trial for the deaths of international...
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