|
|
|
|
|
|
Zambia mourns its president
|
|
|
|
| News 24 African News | August 20, 2008 12:23 PM |
|
|
Zambia's Parliament has suspended its session, sporting events have been cancelled, even a doctors' strike has been called off as the nation mourned its president.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
UN approves Somalia force for six more months
|
|
|
|
| Mail & Guardian, SA | August 20, 2008 02:53 PM |
|
|
The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday authorised an African Union force in Somalia for another six months.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
Zim talks 'may be in jeopardy'
|
|
|
|
| News 24 African News | August 20, 2008 02:24 PM |
|
|
Zimbabwe's MDC says it has not consented to the reconvening of Parliament, claiming it could jeopardise power-sharing talks.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
Benni pledges loyalty to Bafana
|
|
|
|
| Mail & Guardian, SA | August 20, 2008 01:45 PM |
|
|
Bafana Bafana "bad boy" Benni McCarthy has pledged his loyalty to his country and to new national coach Joel Santana.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
PIRATES - OIL - MALAYSIA: Somali pirates hijack oil tanker
|
|
|
|
| France 24 | August 20, 2008 12:50 PM |
|
|
Pirates off the Somali coast in the Gulf of Aden hijacked a Malaysian oil tanker, the fourth ship to be taken by force in the area in a month. US-led coalition naval forces have been sent to their rescue.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
Namibia: Tax Collectors to Strike
|
|
|
|
| AllAfrica.com | August 20, 2008 12:50 PM |
|
|
Tax collectors at the Ministry of Finance are planning a nationwide demonstration today over salaries and wage increments, unless the Office of the Prime Minister gives satisfactory commitments on paper to address the concerns.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
No Sudanese will ever be tried abroad: Beshir
(AFP)
|
|
|
|
| Yahoo! African News | August 20, 2008 12:43 PM |
|
|
 AFP - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, named as a possible war crimes suspect in Darfur, said here Wednesday that no citizen of his country would ever be handed over to international justice.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
Zambia mourns its president
|
|
|
|
| News 24 African News | August 20, 2008 12:23 PM |
|
|
Zambia's Parliament has suspended its session, sporting events have been cancelled, even a doctors' strike has been called off as the nation mourned its president.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Two more bombs kill 11 in Algeria: report
(Reuters)
|
|
|
|
| Yahoo! African News | August 20, 2008 12:19 PM |
|
|
 Reuters - Two car bombs in Algeria killed
at least 11 people on Wednesday, the day after an attack that
left 43 dead at a military academy, Algerian press agency APS
said quoting the Interior Ministry.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
S Leone on 'ghost teacher' hunt
|
|
|
|
| BBC African News | August 20, 2008 11:10 AM |
|
|
Sierra Leone's education minister finds non-existent teachers invented to embezzle money.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
Egypt rules out arson, terrorism in Parliament fire
|
|
|
|
| Mail & Guardian, SA | August 20, 2008 10:33 AM |
|
|
The Egyptian government is ruling out arson or terrorism in the fire that gutted the building which housed the upper chamber of Parliament.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
Darfur tribal chiefs throw in lot with al-Bashir
|
|
|
|
| Mail & Guardian, SA | August 20, 2008 10:11 AM |
|
|
When Sudan's president landed in this remote western Darfur town, he was warmly greeted by a man who by all logic should be his mortal enemy.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
Welcome for Kenyan ex-graft chief
|
|
|
|
| BBC African News | August 20, 2008 10:10 AM |
|
|
Kenya's prime minister welcomes ex anti-graft chief John Githongo home after three years in exile.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
Central Africa: Swiss Logger 'Conned Congos Out of $12 Million in Tax'
|
|
|
|
| AllAfrica.com | August 20, 2008 10:01 AM |
|
|
A Swiss-based logging company operating in the Congo Basin has been accused of declaring losses in its local subsidiary to avoid being taxed while at the same time transferring immense amounts of cash into its offshore accounts.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
|
Tuareg rebels asked to disarm
|
|
|
|
| News 24 African News | August 19, 2008 02:54 PM |
|
|
Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi has asked Tuareg separatist rebels operating in Mali and Niger to lay down their arms after a meeting with their representatives.
|
|
| SUMMARY |
|
