16 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Ethiopia jails Canadian for life ! A Canadian citizen has been jailed for life after being convicted of terrorism charges in an Ethiopian court. Judges found Ethiopian-born Bashir Makhtal was a member of a separatist ...

16 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Scale of Nigerian unrest emerges ! Aftermath of the bloody fighting in Maiduguri, northern Nigeria Around 700 people were killed in the city at the centre of the recent wave of violence in Nigeria, according to a senior regional military official. Col Ben Ahanotu, head of ...

16 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Brutal reality of Nigeria killing ! Most of the 300 people killed this week have been militants By Andrew Walker ...

16 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

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 ...

16 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

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, ...

16 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

South African workers end strike ! Striking workers had demanded a 15% wage increase A deal has been reached to end a week-long strike over pay by some 150,000 municipal workers in South Africa, ...

16 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Zimbabwe: The price of reconciliation ! Some Zimbabweans remain sceptical about the 'unity' government By Andrew Harding ...

16 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

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 ...

16 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

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 ...

16 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Rants and Rayguns saintonge

Please Get It Right, People         I'm getting really tired of all these political e-mails warning me of the Obamessiah's "socialist" plans.           I know this is going to shock a lot of you, but El Presidente is not a socialist.     ...

17 weeks 19 hours 13 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

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 ...

17 weeks 23 hours 56 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SA doctor: 'Turning patients away' Striking workers are demanding a 15% wage increase A doctor in South Africa says strikes by municipal workers have left his hospital without adequate water. Dr ...

17 weeks 1 day 22 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

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 ...

17 weeks 1 day 53 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Tanzania launches bank for women! Tanzania has launched a bank aimed specifically at women in what officials say will be an empowering move. The bank says women need only an ID card or passport to open an account, unlike ...

17 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Nigeria's 'Taliban' enigma ! Northern Nigeria has been shocked by the attacks By Joe Boyle BBC News ...

17 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Morocco court convicts Islamist! Abdelkader Belliraj's was the figurehead of the Islamist group A Moroccan-born Belgian man accused of leading an Islamist militant group and committing six ...

17 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Thousands strike in South Africa ! Mr Zuma is facing a number of tricky issues Thousands of workers in South Africa have gone on strike, with unions saying most public services are ...

17 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

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 ...

17 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Cathy Buckle's Weekly Letter from Zimbabwe ! Baby in a box ! Saturday 25th July 2009 Dear Family and Friends, Late in the afternoon a friend got a call on his mobile phone. The words were garbled and broken up, the call lasting just a few seconds before cutting off. The musukuru (grandson) is serious, come now. You have to be a ...

17 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

'Dozens die' in Nigeria clashes! At least 32 people have been killed in a gun battle between security forces and a radical Islamist group in north-east Nigeria, reports say. Dozens of people attacked a police station in ...