Posts having tag: environment
ZIMBABWE CHOLERA 'TO TOP 100,000' ! Zimbabwe's sanitation and health infrastructure is dilapidated The number of cholera cases in Zimbabwe is expected to reach 100,000 this week, according to the Red Cross. While the infection rate ...
TROOPS REINFORCE SOMALIA AIRPORT. Some 60,000 people have fled the recent fighting in Mogadishu Somalia's government has sent about 600 extra troops to reinforce part of southern Mogadishu, where the Horn of Africa nation's main ...
BLASTS KILLS SEVEN IN MOGADISHU Islamist militiamen control large swathes of territory in Somalia A suicide bomber has killed a civilian and six government guards in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, where Islamists and ...
KENYA'S SAFARICOM IN PROFIT SLIDE ! African mobile phone use has rocketed in recent years ...
AU calls for sanctions on Eritrea! Islamist insurgents have taken over about one-third of Mogadishu The African Union has called on the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against Eritrea for ...
CALL TO BLOCKADE SOMALI ISLAMISTS ! Islamist fighters control much of the country Somalia's neighbours have called for the UN to impose a "no-fly zone" and a port blockade to prevent Islamist forces obtaining weapons. The ...
ZIMBABWE VIEW : MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE ! In a new series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, reporter Farai Sevenzo considers Zimbabwe's power-sharing government, as it approaches 100 days in office. I've been thinking about marriages of convenience, of how they can inconvenience your life by virtue of their very ...
CHILD KILLED BY SOMALIA SHELLING ! Islamist attacked African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu At least three civilians, including a child of six, have been killed during fierce overnight fighting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, ...
DEADLY RUNAWAY ROCK IN FREETOWN ! The hills around Freetown are increasingly prone to ...
NIGERIA FIGHTING 'KILLED 1,000' ! The military in Nigeria has been accused of killing 1,000 civilians during an upsurge in operations against militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta. "They...bombard entire communities from the air, sea and land," ...
DARFUR REBEL TO APPEAR BEFORE ICC ! Darfur rebel to appear before ICC Mr Abu Garda has now split ...
OBAMA TO VISIT RUSSIA AND GHANA ! Barack Obama has yet to flesh out his policy for Africa US President Barack Obama is to make a week-long foreign tour in July that will include Russia, Italy and Ghana, the White House says. Mr ...
PROFILE : THOMAS CHOLMONDELEY Thomas Cholmondeley was convicted after spending three years in custody Thomas Cholmondeley, heir to Kenya's most famous white settler family, has been convicted of manslaughter for shooting a ...
SOUTH SUDAN CATTLE RAID CRACKDOWN ! There is a long tradition of cattle raiding between ethnic groups South Sudan's government says it will stamp out a recent wave of cattle raids that have left hundreds of people dead by disarming ...
BASHIR RATTLED. BUT UNBOWED! Bashir rattled, but unbowed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has given his first TV interview since being indicted on war-crimes charges. The BBC's Zeinab Badawi reflects on her meeting with the controversial leader. President Omar Al-Bashir speaks to the BBC's HARDTalk President ...
SOUTH AFRICA SHANTY TOWN BILL ROW An estimated one in 10 South Africans live in informal settlements The South African government is being taken to court over plans to abolish shanty towns in the city of Durban. Community ...
GOING BANANAS FOR ENERGY IN AFRICA ! Going bananas for energy in Africa Bananas provide food, wine and beer - and now maybe fuel as well By Matt McGrath ...
PIRATE 'HERO' IN HOLLYWOOD SHOCK ! Samuel L Jackson's company has secured the rights to ...
SOUTH AFRICA APPEAL ON XENOPHOBIA ! South Africa appeal on xenophobia Thousands were displaced ...
