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Zimbabwe: Where to Welshman?

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
THE Financial Gazette Reporter Clemence Manyukwe (CM) had a wide-ranging interview with the secretary general of the Arthur Mutambara formation of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), and a key member of the negotiating team under the Mbeki-brokered talks, Welshman

Zimbabwe: UN Seeks Permission to Assess Violence

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
THE United Nations has sought permission to carry out an assessment of post-election violence in Zimbabwe, which it says is reaching crisis levels, the world body's resident representative, Augusto Zakarias, said on Tuesday.

Kenya: Probe Torture Claims in Mt Elgon Operation

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
The latest report alleging gross human rights abuses in Mt Elgon District has been met with the usual denials by officialdom.

Uganda: Displaced Want Better Services

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
Some internally displaced people interviewed by Saturday Monitor say they will not go back to their originalhomes, but not because of the fear of brutal rebel attacks, but because of the lack of roads, schools and hospitals.

Zambia: Kabwe Narrates How Chungu Blew the Horn

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
A LUSAKA magistrate's court yesterday heard that former Zambia Security Intelligence Services (ZSIS) director general Xavier Chungu assured Access Financial Services (AFS) chief executive officer, Faustin Kabwe that he had authority to do business with his firm.

Liberia: Charles Taylor Trial Advances At Sustained Pace

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
The testimonies of the prosecution witnesses in the trial of Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia, have been advancing at a sustained pace since January with 26 witnesses out of list of 72 , have already appeared on the stand

Nigeria: N300m Scam - EFCC Wants Bench Warrant Against Iyabo

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has asked an Abuja high court, to issue a bench warrant against Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, to compel her attendance in court on May 19.

Zambia: Task Force Stays

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
GOVERNMENT has justified its decision to indefinitely extend the mandate of the Task Force on Corruption as disbanding will disrupt on-going investigation of cases.

Ghana: Rival Political Factions Have Clashed at Medium Security Prison

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
Rival political factions have clashed at Ghana's Medium Security Prison, Nsawam, leaving 8 prisoners and two prison officers dead. The clash occurred when the NDC and NPP branches of the prison met on the prison's football park to debate their

Namibia: 2 Workers Arrested for Panga Murders

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
TWO suspects have been arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of a Russian couple at a smallholding close to Okahandja at the end of last week.

Zimbabwe: Lawyer Asks High Court to Bar Army

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
PROMINENT lawyer and MDC MP-elect for Buhera West, Advocate Eric Matinenga, has filed an urgent High Court application seeking an order to bar Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander Constantine Chiwenga from deploying soldiers whom he accuses of harassing villagers in his

Cameroon: May Day Celebrations - Youths Want Jailed February Demonstrators Pardoned

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com (2)
As a sign of reconciliation and peace building in Cameroon prior to May 20 celebration, youths under the platform of a humanitarian operation, 'Collective Main Tendue', have pleaded with President Paul Biya to free youths who were jailed in connection

Liberia: Subverting the LTA Must Be Discouraged

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), the regulatory agency established by an Act of the National Legislature in 2007, and the four GSM companies operating in the industry, have been wrangling in the last two weeks. The fuss is over an

Liberia: Former President Digs Into Taylor Bloody Past

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
On the second day of his testimony, ex-Liberian President Moses Blah has told the war crimes court in The Hague that former President Charles Taylor rejected complaints from Sierra Leone rebels about atrocities committed by his fighters.

Nigeria: U.S. Fines Willbros $32m for Bribing Officials

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
In what is a major indictment on its business activities, Willbros, an oil and gas industry services firm, has agreed to pay over $32 million in fines and forfeitures to settle allegations of bribery, according to documents made available by

Nigeria: Protest As Police Kill Bus Conductor

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
The serene environment of the coal city, Enugu, yesterday erupted in a riot as transporters protested the killing of a bus conductor by the Police.

Zimbabwe: Mugabe Fires Attorney General Gula-Ndebele

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
Robert Mugabe axed one of the country's last remaining independent figures in the judiciary on Friday.

South Africa: Task Team to Probe Attacks

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
The cabinet has decided to urgently establish an interdepartmental task team to investigate the causes of the attacks on foreigners in Alexandra township and elsewhere.

Zimbabwe: Bulawayo Court Overturns Police Ban of MDC Rally

17.05.2008 05:44    allafrica.com
A police ban on an MDC victory rally set for White City Stadium on Sunday has been overturned by the High Court in Bulawayo.

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