Posts having tag: crime and corruption
Nigeria row over militant killing ! The BBC has seen the dead body of Mohammed Yusuf. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT In pictures Nigerian Islamic sect leader Mohammed Yusuf ...
ZIMBABWE - LETTER FROM THE DIASPSORA ! 31 July 2009 Dear Friends. Well, well, wonders will never cease! There on the main BBC One TV News last night was the BBC's man reporting legally, repeat legally, from Zimbabwe. He was doing a piece on the economy and one shot showed supermarket shelves in Harare crammed with goods, ...
Zimbabwe: The price of reconciliation ! Some Zimbabweans remain sceptical about the 'unity' government By Andrew Harding ...
Dutch held 'heading for Somalia' ! Hardline Islamists control much of southern Somalia Four Dutch nationals have been arrested in Kenya on suspicion of aiding insurgents in Somalia. The four ...
Nigeria forces storm sect mosque ! Security forces poured into Maiduguri earlier in the week Nigerian security forces have stormed a mosque where militants from an Islamic sect blamed for days of ...
S Africa chooses new police chief ! Mr Zuma vowed that ...
Hostages freed in Nigeria clashes ! Bodies of suspected Islamists lay outside Maiduguri's police HQ Police in Nigeria have freed more than 180 women and children from a house in the north of the ...
Tackling South Africa's rape epidemic Two friends of footballer Zakhe were raped and murdered for being gay ...
Alarm over Somalia's child soldiers ! For years warlords have conscripted children to fight in bitter conflicts over money, power and land. The BBC Somali service's Mohamed ...
Hunt for Nigerian Islamist sect ! The aftermath of gun battles in Bauchi on Sunday and suspected militants Nigerian troops are tracking down members of an Islamist sect who went on a killing spree in northern cities. Soldiers are searching areas near the home of sect leader ...
EU to train Somali piracy force ! The EU already runs an anti-piracy mission off the Somali coast The European Union has announced plans to train Somali security forces to tackle the pirates ...
Charles Taylor denies cannibalism ! Charles Taylor faces 11 ...
Nigerian Islamist attacks spread! Islamist militants have attacked Nigerian police in two more northern states, after at least 39 people were killed on Sunday. Eyewitnesses told the BBC a gun battle had raged for hours ...
Unveiling Zanzibar's unhealed wounds! Zanzibar was a centre of the East Africa slave trade By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown ...
ZIMBABWE - LETTER FROM THE DIASPORA ! 24th july 2009 Dear Friends, However bloody the battle, be it in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, the DRC or Ruanda, sooner or later the opposing sides have to sit down and talk to each other. One of the excuses that Africa and the west have used for not intervening in Zimbabwe has been that there ...
Jail over Burundi albino murders ! Witchdoctors claim potions made from albinos bring luck and love One person has been sentenced to life in prison and eight others to jail in Burundi over the ...
Troops crawl after Guinea attack ! Gen Toto (r) has warned Capt Camara (l) against making enemies Members of Guinea's presidential guard have been shown on national TV begging on their knees for ...
Ugandan shock as bank disappears ! The bank defrauded traders, farmers and its own landlord Scammers have targeted a town on the Uganda-Kenya border with an elaborate fraud - setting up a fake ...
Somalis charged with hijacking ! Twelve suspected Somali pirates have been charged with hijacking a Yemeni oil tanker earlier this year, according to Yemeni authorities. The suspects were seized when Yemeni forces retook ...
South Africa discontent spreads ! There is anger in some of South Africa's poorest areas Violence in South Africa's townships has spread as residents protest about what they say is a lack of basic services, such as water and housing. Police have fired rubber bullets at ...
