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Malawi’s President slams Mugabe for doing nothing about xenophobic attacks

Malawi’s President slams Mugabe for doing nothing about xenophobic attacks

Blantyre – Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has urged Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, in his capacity as chairman of the regional grouping, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), to ensure that xenophobic attacks in South Africa are addressed.“I will raise the issue with President Mugabe, as chairman of SADC, especially to ensure that this matter is […]

Xenophobic Revenge: South Africans attacked in Mozambique

Xenophobic Revenge: South Africans attacked in Mozambique

Xenophobic violence has broken out in Mozambique, forcing South Africans to leave the neighbouring country in a hurry, while trucks exporting goods have been grounded.Truck driver John Mashiloane, who works for Ngululu Carriers told a news correspondent that he was forced to return to South Africa after the truck he was driving was stoned a […]

65 protestors arrested in Burundi for protesting against the president’s re-election bid

65 protestors arrested in Burundi for protesting against the president’s re-election bid

Bujumbura-Burundi has charged 65 protestors with rebellion after they were arrested during clashes with police while calling for the president not to seek re-election, a prosecutor said.Tensions are high with opposition parties concerned at incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza’s expected bid for re-election in June despite the constitutional limit of two terms.Nkurunziza has not yet confirmed […]

No Zambians killed yet in S.A. xenophobic attacks

No Zambians killed yet in S.A. xenophobic attacks

LUSAKA — Government has dismissed as false and misleading online stories and a featured photograph suggesting that a Zambian has been killed in the xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili says the stories and picture posted online are a total fabrication and should therefore be ignored with the contempt they deserve. […]

FAZ confirms Simukonda’s Chipolopolo appointment

FAZ confirms Simukonda’s Chipolopolo appointment

LUSAKA — FAZ has confirmed appointing veteran Nchanga Rangers trainer Fighton Simukonda as Zambia assistant coach. Simukonda,57, joins the Honour Janza led Chipolopolo bench ahead of Zambia’s participation at next month’s COSAFA Cup in South Africa. FAZ spokesman Nkweto Tembwe confirmed one of the poorly kept secrets on Saturday.“Fighton Simukonda has been attached to the […]

ISIS claims beheading of African Christian group

ISIS claims beheading of African Christian group

ISIS militants in Libya shot and beheaded groups of captive Ethiopian Christians, a video purportedly from the extremists shows. The attack widens the circle of nations affected by the group’s atrocities while showing its growth beyond a self-declared “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq. The release of the 29-minute video comes a day after Afghanistan’s president […]

Police confront protestors at S.A. border

Police confront protestors at S.A. border

Mozambican workers in Ressano Garcia, on the border with South Africa, on Friday expelled South Africans from their workplaces, and barricaded the road to the frontier. Infuriated by the attacks against foreign workers in South Africa, the Mozambican workers in the companies WBO, Wartsila and Gigawatt demanded that the South Africans leave. They did not […]

Oldest human tools discovered in Africa?

Oldest human tools discovered in Africa?

New York: Researchers claim to have discovered the oldest human tools in Africa, dating back 3.3 million years – several hundred thousand years before our genus Homo hit the scene. The stone flakes found are 700,000 years older than the oldest-known tools to date, researchers said. Until now, the earliest known stone tools had been […]

Violence escalates in South Africa…(Viewer discretion is advised)

Violence escalates in South Africa…(Viewer discretion is advised)

Johannesburg-South African police fired rubber bullets Friday to disperse crowds setting immigrant businesses ablaze as attacks against foreigners spread to Johannesburg.Chanting and singing, machete-armed residents burned down shops owned by foreigners, including a Nigerian dealership in the nation’s largest city. Immigrants carrying bricks accused police of not doing enough to protect them as businesses smoldered. […]

ARD follows German physicians to Eritrea

ARD follows German physicians to Eritrea

German TV channel ARD and its camera crew followed a team of German physicians, heart surgeons, to Eritrea to make a report on Eritrea’s Health Care System. The German physicians travel twice a year to Asmara to operate on children with heart defects. Among the physicians is 73-year-old retired heart surgeon Annemarie Brecher who wants […]

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