Wealthy nations should help poor nations with ” No strings attached” says China
Wealthy nations should abandon “political strings” on aid to developing countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at a conference Wednesday that aims to strengthen ties between Africa and Asia. More than 30 heads of state are in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, for the five-day Asian-African Summit, which commemorates the 1955 conference that laid the […]
An 86-year-old nun gang-raped and murdered in South Africa
An 86-year-old nun has been gang-raped and murdered by robbers for a small amount of money in South Africa.Police said Sister Gertrud Tiefenbacher was found dead by another nun at the Sacred Heart Home, in the eastern town of Ixopo. The Austrian had been killed in her bedroom after being gagged, tied up with a […]
700 people dead after a boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast
As many as 700 people were feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight in what officials said may be the Mediterranean’s worst disaster as thousands flee poverty and war to Europe. Top officials in Europe, whose recently-downsized border protection program has been criticized by international aid groups, […]
Kaya Mawa on the shores of Lake Malawi
Beside the implausibly clear waters of Lake Malawi, Kaya Mawa’s rooms are widely spread around a golden beach and the two headlands that bound it. It has been designed imaginatively, with many rooms fitted carefully into the rocky headlands and having direct access to the lake. Until recently Kaya Mawa wasn’t fulfilling its potential. Its […]
A man brags about raping a passed out female contestant on Big Brother
Pay TV-broadcaster M-Net remained silent on Wednesday as a growing rape scandal swirled around its tawdry Big Brother Mzansi reality show in which a male contestant bragged that he “dipped” a passed out female housemate. Production company Endemol South Africa booted the male contestant and also removed the female housemate “for her well-being” from the […]
Xenophobia repercussions affect Sasol in Mozambique
President Jacob Zuma on Thursday condemned the attacks on foreign nationals and urged communities to assist police in bringing perpetrators to justice. Zuma’s intervention in Parliament comes as xenophobic violence spreads from troubled communities in KwaZulu-Natal to residential areas in Gauteng. His call also comes as repercussions of the violence spilled across borders on Thursday‚ […]
Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohamed Badie, sentenced to death by hanging
An Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, on Saturday to death by hanging, along with 13 members of his group. The sentences will be appealed.The criminal court sentenced 36 other defendants to life in prison on charges of plotting terrorist attacks against state facilities. They faced charges that include “funding […]
Three men given 15-year jail terms for gang-raping a teenage girl in Kenya
Three men convicted of gang-raping a teenage girl in Kenya and dumping her in a pit latrine have each received 15-year jail terms. Reports that the rapists were ordered by police to cut grass as a punishment caused global outrage last year. The Kenyan police deny the claims. Nearly two million people signed a petition […]
Angola could become a mining powerhouse
The government of Angola wants the country to become a mining powerhouse in Africa in order to attract more private investments that contribute to the diversification of the economy, said Friday in Luanda the minister of Geology and Mining. Francisco Queiroz, who was speaking during a debate on the impact of investment in the mining […]
Three journalists sentenced to life in prison in Egypt
A court in Cairo sentenced three Egyptian journalists to life in prison today, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the convictions and sentences and calls on authorities to stop persecuting the news media. Abdullah al-Fakharany, executive director of the Rassd news website; Samhi Mustafa, co-founder of the website; and Mohamed al-Adly, […]
