News - General
| Somalia: Events That Shaped Country in 2009 Monday 28-Dec-2009: The year started with much hope for peace and stability in the chaotic central and southern Somalia, which was largely hit by wave of violence. new presidents took power as elections held for the Fede (By News Poster)... | Mozambique: Constitutional Council Criticises CNE Monday 28-Dec-2009: Maputo - Mozambique's Constitutional Council on Monday sharply criticised the National Elections Commission (CNE) for the way it had handled the procedures leading up to the 28 October general and pro (By News Poster)... |
| Mozambique: Constitutional Council Validates Election Results Monday 28-Dec-2009: Maputo - The Constitutional Council, the body with the final word in electoral disputes, on Monday validated the results from Mozambique's general and provincial elections held on 28 October.The Counc (By News Poster)... | Ghana: Institute Calls for Urgency in Local Content Policy for Oil Industry Monday 28-Dec-2009: A governance think tank, the Danquah Institute, is unhappy in what it describes as "undue delay" in the making of a local content policy for Ghana's oil sector. The fellows and researchers of the thin (By News Poster)... |
| World: Man on death row loses appeal Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Marianne BarriauxBeijing - Relatives of a British man due to be executed in China for drug trafficking said they had visited him on death row on Monday after making a last-ditch appeal to Beijing f (By News Poster)... | African Union And Challenge of Conflict Management Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Uchenna NzeakoLagos - Africa is a continent with a number of armed conflicts. United Nations, regional organizations, and a number of non African states have been making frantic efforts to manage t (By News Poster)... |
| Uganda: Karamoja 10-Year-Old Kills Friend Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Henry MukasaKampala - KARAMOJA registered a bizarre incident on Christmas day when a 10-year old boy strangled a seven-year old, Mobing Apacuco, over a Christmas meal.The boy (name withheld because (By News Poster)... | Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity - Govt to Monitor Petrol Stations Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Ejiofor Alike and Gboyega AkinsanmiLagos - In a move aimed at curtailing the activities of black market operators and others benefiting from people's misery, the Federal Government has ordered a 24 (By News Poster)... |
| South Africa: 'Racial' bursaries - FNB to include whites Monday 28-Dec-2009: An agreement has been reached between trade union Solidarity and First National Bank regarding the bank's "racial" allocation of education bursaries for employees' children.The union said on Monday th (By News Poster)... | World: Pirate claim: $4m paid to release ship Monday 28-Dec-2009: Mogadishu - A Somali pirate said on Monday that his group had split a $4 million (R30m) ransom paid for releasing a Chinese cargo ship and 25 sailors after two months in captivity.The EU Naval Force s (By News Poster)... |
| World: Karzai: 10 Afghans die in military operations Monday 28-Dec-2009: Kabul - President Hamid Karzai's office said on Monday that 10 civilians, mostly school children, had been killed during western military operations in eastern Afghanistan.Karzai condemned the killing (By News Poster)... | Kenya: Kibaki - Good Economist, Bad Politician Monday 28-Dec-2009: By Murithi MutigaNairobi - Facing an uphill battle to retain his seat, and with a well-financed opposition alliance narrowly ahead in the polls, President Kibaki faced the nation on December 12, 2007 (By News Poster)... |
