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South Africa South Africa Mourns Popular TV Hosts Sudden Death
President Jacob Zuma, political parties and the broadcasting community expressed shock and sadness on Sunday at the death of SABC television and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli. The SABC reported that Mbuli, 46, collapsed while watching a rugby match between the Cheetahs and the Reds at the Free State Stadium on Saturday night. He was treated at the scene before being rushed to the Mediclinic ...
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Britains Obama urges ties with West Africa
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- A British lawmaker widely viewed as a rising star in the Labour Party says the United Kingdom should more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's growing ...
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Philippine Workers in Taiwan Feel Backlash
MANILA -- Advocates for Philippine migrant workers say they are concerned about the effects of a hiring freeze Taiwan's government has put in place against the Philippines. The move came less than a week after a Philippine Coast Guard crew admitted shooting at a Taiwanese vessel, killing a fisherman. Statistics from ...
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Clashes in Tunisia over banned rally
Kairouan, Tunisia - Supporters of the hardline Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia clashed with Tunisian police on Sunday after the government banned its annual rally, saying it posed a threat to ...
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A High-Level Human Rights Delegation to Visit Morocco
Manama, May 19. (BNA) -- A high-level delegation from the Human Rights Affairs Ministry, led by Human Rights Affairs Minister Dr. Salah bin Ali Abdulrahman, is set to visit Morocco from May 20 to 23, at the invitation of the Inter-ministerial Delegation on Human Rights there. The delegation, including representatives from the Interior Ministry, the Public Prosecution and the Human Rights ...
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Kenya police kill terror couple - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois Missouri News Sports
By TOM ODULAAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday. Following a tip, investigators raided the apartment where the couple was staying in the Githurai Kimbo area on the outskirts of Nairobi Saturday evening and ordered them out of ...
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Algeria censors dailies over Bouteflika coma reports
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been transferred to France for further medical tests after suffering a minor stroke. File photo: Louafi Larbi, ...
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Tunisian police clash with Islamists over banned rally
KAIROUAN, Tunisia (Reuters) - Supporters of the hardline Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia clashed with Tunisian police on Sunday after the government banned its annual rally, saying it posed a threat to ...
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After crushing Mali Islamists France pushes deal with Tuaregs
BAMAKO (Reuters) - After winning adulation across Mali for a five month military offensive that crushed al Qaeda fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a political settlement with a separate group of Tuareg ...
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Royal Courts Minister receives Bahraini ambassador to Morocco
Manama, May 19 (BNA) - The Royal Court's Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa today received Bahraini newly appointed ambassador to Morocco Khalid bin Salman bin Jabr. The Royal Court's Minister welcomed the Bahraini ambassador and wished him success in his new diplomatic mission. MJ m.a BNA 1058 GMT ...
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Egyptian police block Israel border crossing in fury at kidnapping sources
A member of Hamas security forces stands guard in front of the closed gate of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 17, ...
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Clashes with protesters erupt in Tunisias Kairouan
Tunisia (Reuters) - Tunisian police fired teargas on Sunday at supporters of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia who were throwing stones at officers in the central city of Kairouan, in protest that a rally there by the group was barred by the government. (Writing by Tarek Amara; Editing by Alison ...
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Tunisia security blocks salafi conference
KAIROUAN, Tunisia (AP) -- A major Tunisian security presence has surrounded the country's main religious center and prevented hardline Muslims from holding their annual ...
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‘29 killed in South Sudan cattle raid’
At least 29 people were killed when cattle raiders from a South Sudanese minority group opened fire on members of another minority in a village in Upper Nile state, a local official said on ...
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Tanzania Body to Manage Wildlife Challenges in the Pipeline
GOVERNMENT is collecting views from wildlife stakeholders on the establishment of the Tanzania Wildlife Authority (TAWA). The Authority to be set up soon will help in controlling poaching and deforestations among other challenges engulfing wildlife conservation in the country. Natural Resources and Tourism Minister Ambassador Khamis Kagasheki made the revelation in Dar es Salaam on Friday when ...
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Namibia Media Puts Shanghala On Chopping Block
The Chairperson of the Law Reform and Development Commission (LRDC), Sacky Shanghala, has come under fire from some media institutions after his call to host a consultative meeting with political parties and the media to discuss a law to regulate the media in the country. Shanghala, who proposes Namibia should have a statutory body to regulate how the media should report, has been accused of ...
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Syrian Town of Qusair Under Fire
Qusair has been under fire for weeks as government troops seek to re-capture it with airstrikes and shelling. The town is strategically important because it links the capital, Damascus, with the coast. Meanwhile, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he will not step down before next year's elections. Mr. Assad's comments were published Saturday in the Argentine newspaper ...
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Indian Chinese Leaders Meet to Strengthen Ties
China says placing India first on the itinerary of new Premiere Li Keqiang demonstrates the importance Beijing places on the relationship between the two countries. The Chinese premier and his Indian counterpart, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, are expected to address how to smooth over a lingering border dispute - a root cause of their trust deficit. The Chinese leader's visit comes ...
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Zimbabwe seeks Dubai diamonds deal
Zimbabwe's state-owned mining firm is seeking an agreement to distribute diamonds directly to Dubai without breaking rules against the sale of gems from its Marange fields, it has been ...
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Karachi Residents Re-Do Last Weeks Election
Pakistani politician and former cricket star Imran Kahn has blamed the killing of a top member of his political party on a rival party, as voters in Karachi re-vote a parliamentary election originally held last ...
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Boko Haram - African version of Taliban
In Syria, they are chewing the hearts of cadavers; on Indian border they are beheading the soldiers and in the US they are exploding the cooker bombs. How could Africa lag behind when all the continents are on fire? So the richest and most advanced country of this continent after South Africa, namely Nigeria got it in the form of 'Boko ...
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OP-ED Put a Spotlight on African Women’s Reproductive Rights
Human Rights Watch heard from girls who knew too little about sexuality and family planning when they were forced into marriage and pregnancy. We spoke to girls who were married and conceived when their bodies were not mature enough to go safely through pregnancy and delivery. Women and girls also told of health centres that were poorly staffed and ill-equipped to handle obstetric ...
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47 people reported missing in DR Congo landslide
Posted on May 19, 2013 16:44 Myanmar President, U Thein Sein, has gone to the United States for a landmark visit. It is the first official visit to the US by the country's head of state in 47 ...
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UN Calls On North Korea to Stop Missile Launches
The United Nations chief has voiced hope that North Korea will abandon its missile tests, after the Stalinist state fired three short-range missiles into the sea on ...
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Oxbow Wins Preakness Orb Finishes 4th
Oxbow, ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens and trained by veteran trainer Wayne Lukas, Saturday led the Preakness in Baltimore, Maryland from start to finish. Oxbow was the surprise winner with 15-to-1 odds. Itsmyluckyday finished second and Mylute was third. Kentucky Derby champion and favorite Orb finished fourth in the Preakness -- the second jewel in horse racing's Triple ...
Sudan Spotlight
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Sudan and the South
In January of 2011 the future of Sudan as a unified country will be decided. A referendum is due to be held in South Sudan that will decide whether the regional government of the area, which accounts for around a third of Sudan, should break away from the rest of the country and become a fully-independent nation.
South Sudan has a long history of being at odds with the rest of the country and this conflict of interests has been attributed in Western media to the fact that northern Sudan is primarily Muslim and Arab dominated, whereas South Sudan is made up of indigenous African cultures and ethnicities, this view has been reinforced by the ongoing violence in Darfur, a region of Sudan where a genocide is occurring and has led to President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan being charged with war crimes by the International Court at The Hague, a charge that the government in Khartoum categorically denies. Read more
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