14 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

APARTHEID POLICEMAN LOSES JOB BID Wybrand du Toit wanted to rejoin the police service An apartheid-era South African policeman has lost a court battle to get his old job back. Wybrand du Toit was found guilty in 1996 of killing ...

14 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ZAMBIA CLEARS EX-LEADER CHILUBA ! Mr Chiluba has been suffering from ill health Zambian former President Frederick Chiluba has been cleared of corruption charges after a long-running trial. He was accused of embezzling $500,000 during his 10-year presidency, but a judge ruled the funds could not be traced to ...

14 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

TANZANIA POLICE CLEARED OF MURDER !   ...

14 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOUTH AFRICA : TOWNSHIP REPORTS ! South Africa: Township reports South Africans living in the townships of Port Elizabeth share their views on President Jacob Zuma's first 100 days in power. You can read their views below: Asanda, 24, administrator: ...

14 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

HORN OF AFRICA DAMAGES RULING DUE !   By Martin Plaut BBC Africa editor ...

14 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

COURT GIVES BAIL TO CONGO'S BEMBA ! Jean-Pierre Bemba's troops are accused of rape, murder and pillaging The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the conditional release of Congolese ex-Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba ...

14 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ZIMBABWE - LETTER FROM THE DIASPORA ! 14th August 2009 Dear Friends, Listening to Joseph Chintimba being interviewed By Violet Gonda on SW Radio Africa this last week was one of those typical 'Zim Moments' when one simply didn't know whether to laugh or cry. My first reaction when I heard that Violet Gonda was planning to ...

14 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

DEADLY GAME OF KENYA'S GEM TRADE !   The murder of a Scottish-born gem-mine owner in Kenya has revealed the dark underside of the country's precays more than 400 illegal miners invaded his farm and stole vast amounts of the mineral. And in April a gang attacked his family - killing his 17-year-old daughter and seriously ...

14 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

MISSING SHIP 'FOUND' OFF AFRICA ! A missing cargo ship with 15 Russian crew members on board has reportedly been spotted more than two weeks after it mysteriously disappeared. The Arctic Sea was last sighted in the Bay of Biscay on 30 July, according to ...

14 weeks 6 days 3 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOMALI PIRATES OVERPOWERED BY CREW ! Somali piracy has become a major international issue About 40 Egyptian fishermen have escaped from their Somali pirate captors near the northern town of Las Qorey, reports from the region say. A ...

14 weeks 6 days 35 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Crews 'overpower Somali pirates' ! Somali piracy has become a major international issue About 40 Egyptian fishermen have escaped from their Somali pirate captors near the northern town of Las ...

14 weeks 6 days 41 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ZAMBIA EX-LEADER VERDICT DELAYED ! Frederick Chiluba was found guilty of fraud by a British court two years ago A verdict in the long-running corruption case against Zambia's former president, Frederick Chiluba, has been delayed by ...

14 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

MURDERED GEMS EXPERT'S SON SPEAKS ! Murdered gems expert's son speaks ! Campbell Bridges was credited with discovering the rare stone Tsavorite The son of a Scottish gemstone expert murdered by a mob in Kenya has told the BBC how ...

14 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Khartoum denies arming militias! People hurt in the attack continue to recover in Akobo's hospital Officials in the north of Sudan have rejected accusations they armed militias who killed dozens in recent ethnic clashes in the south. Humanitarian minister Abdelbagi Gailani described ...

15 weeks 3 hours 55 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

MOB KILLS UK GEMS EXPERT IN KENYA ! A leading Scottish gemstone expert has been killed in Kenya by a gang armed with clubs, spears, bows and arrows. Campbell Bridges, 71, was attacked by 20 men in the grounds of his 600-acre property near the southern town ...

15 weeks 3 hours 57 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

CLINTON SET FOR VISIT TO LIBERIA ! Mrs Clinton has been pushing a self-help programme for Africa US Secretary State Hillary Clinton is due to arrive in Monrovia on the sixth stage of her seven-nation African tour. During her visit, ...

15 weeks 16 hours 46 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Genocide suspect found in Congo ! Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in 1994 A man accused of planning the massacre of Rwandans during the 1994 genocide has been arrested in the ...

15 weeks 19 hours 58 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Niger opposition figure 'beaten' ! Marou Amadou was brought to court on Tuesday with other prisoners Niger opposition activist Marou Amadou has been mistreated in custody by security forces, ...

15 weeks 23 hours 19 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Pakistanis shot at Somali mosque ! At least five Pakistanis have been killed in a dawn attack at a mosque in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, witnesses say. Armed men in masks entered a mosque in Galkayo and ...

15 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

South Sudan in independence threat ! Pagan Amum says the governing party is laying down unfair referendum rules A senior politician in South Sudan says the south will declare unilateral ...