Posts having tag: crime and corruption
CANADA SA REFUGEE RULING 'RACIST' ! South Africa has an annual murder rate of 18,000 ...
KENYA FURY AT NEW GRAFT TSAR TERM ! Campaigners have long accused Aaron Ringera of not ...
S AFRICAN 'STRIKE' TROOPS SACKED ! The soldiers' union insists they had the right to ...
NIGERIA BEGINS BANK BOSS CHARGES ! The central bank had to bail out the five lenders ...
S. AFRICA PROBES ID CARD SUICIDE ! The case moved Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to ...
AFRICANS 'UNDER SIEGE' IN MOSCOW ! Many African students in Moscow are afraid to go ...
MOZAMBIQUE SERIAL ESCAPEE CAUGHT ! A notorious killer who has repeatedly escaped from jail in Mozambique has been recaptured in South Africa after his latest attempt to flee. Mozambican authorities confirmed the recapture of Anibal dos Santos, known as Anibalzinho, who murdered prominent journalist Carlos Cardoso in 2000. It ...
S.A. INQUIRY INTO SOLDIER PROTEST ! The South African authorities are investigating how hundreds of soldiers were able to march on government buildings in a dispute over pay. More than 1,000 soldiers left their Pretoria barracks on Wednesday and approached the Union Buildings, which houses the president's office. Police ...
EYEWITNESS : ZIMBABWE SCHOL OF FEAR ! Last year many classrooms were left entirely without teachers One of ...
PROGRESS AT DARFUR PEACE TALKS ! The Jem rebel groups have not signed up to the deal At least four of the numerous rebel groups in Darfur have agreed to work together, says the US envoy to Sudan. Scott Gration said the deal ...
SOMALI INSURGENTS IN DEADLY RAID ! Civilians are often caught in the crossfire in Mogadishu More than 20 people have been killed in heavy battles in Somalia's capital after Islamist fighters launched a pre-dawn raid in the south of ...
TOP NIGERIANS SHAMED AS DEBTORS ! By Mark Gregory International business reporter, BBC World Service ...
SCORES OF MIGRANTS PERISH AT SEA ! By David Willey BBC News, Rome ...
NIGERIA OIL RIGHTS GRAB 'ILLEGAL' ! Nigeria is the world's eighth-largest oil exporter Nigeria's high court has ruled that its country's government illegally revoked exploration licences granted to a South Korean oil consortium. The ...
SOMALI TOWN CLEARED OF RADICALS ! Islamist groups control much of southern Somalia Islamists fighting Somalia's UN-backed government have lost control of a town - the second such loss in recent days. Commanders from a local militia ...
TUNISIA REPORTER MOVE 'BODES ILL' ! The group says media freedom is already extremely limited A group of pro-government reporters has seized control of Tunisia's largest journalism union two months before a general election, ...
SA 'RACIST VIDEO' TRIAL TO START ! The video sparked student protests on campus Four white former university students in South Africa who allegedly forced black campus employees to eat food soaked in urine are going on trial. They ...
ERITRA TO PAY ETHIOPIA MILLIONS ! Tens of thousands of troops remain entrenched along the border An international tribunal in The Hague has ruled that Eritrea will have to pay Ethiopia millions of dollars in compensation for war ...