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Arrests of xenophobic criminals in South Africa
Two South African miners accused of intimidating their African colleagues, mostly Mozambicans at the East Rand Proprietary Mines (EPRM) at Boksburg, near Johannesburg, have...
Verbal war between Zambia and Zimbabwe intensified
Zambia has expressed disappointment at the continued attacks on President Levy Mwanawasa by Zimbabwean authorities and has warned that the unwarranted remarks would affect...
Investigating the brain behind South African xenophobic attacks
A top African diplomat who has served in the southern Africa region in an interview conducted by panapress in Arusha said that the mayhem...
Sudan: Rights groups decry Khartoum crackdown
Khartoum: Human rights organizations have accused Sudan authorities of extra-judicial executions and ill-treatment of detainees following the rebel attack on the capital
Several human rights...
Former Malawian President arrested by rival
Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi has been placed under house arrest following his arrest earlier Sunday, a senior government official has confirmed. "Dr. Muluzi...
South Africa apologises as ex Nigerian first lady falls victim to violent xenophobia
The South African Government has apologised for the wave of attacks on foreigners, including Nigerians, which has claimed 42 lives in the country.
The attacks...
Zimbabwe to repatriate citizens back home from South Africa
The Zimbabwean government said Friday it would repatriate its citizens caught up in the xenophobic attacks sweeping across South Africa.
In a statement, the Ministry...
From Jo’burg to Cape Town : Xenophobic violence spread
Cape Town was on a knife-edge Friday after anti-immigrant violence reached the port city where angry mobs mobs attacked Somalians and Zimbabweans and looted...
Major political party in Ghana collapses
A week- old electoral alliance between two pro-Kwame Nkrumah political parties has collapsed with one of them pulling out.
The Convention People's Party (CPP) announced...
Zimbabwe violence pointing to a coup d’etat
The International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned that violence in Zimbabwe is likely to escalate and could lead to a military coup, unless African...
FIFA : South Africa xenophobic violence’s impact on 2010 world cup
Football's world governing body, FIFA, has addressed the xenophobic violence in South Africa, saying it hoped the 2010 World Cup could help to overcome...
South African armed forces finally muscle in on xenophobic violence
President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for the deployment of the military to help deal with spreading xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
Shortly...
Several presumed rebels killed in Senegal
Two soldiers of the Senegalese army and seven presumed members of the Casamance Democratic Forces Movement (MFDC) were killed on Tuesday evening in clashes...
Kenya concerned by South African xenophobic and gang attacks
Kenya has expressed deep concerns over the xenophobic attacks in South Africa and ordered all its nationals in the country to immediately report any...
Chad : Aid groups face dilemma over EU protection
Armed vehicle for security in the Oure cassoni camp. All vehicles coming and getting out of the camp have to be escorted
DAKAR, 16 May...
Egypt says Middle East peace process impossible
With President Bush in Israel to celebrate the Jewish state's 60th anniversary, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has said in published remarks that...
French Minsterial visit to Comoros rejected by Parliamentarians
French State Secretary for Overseas France, Yves Jégo, who was scheduled Thursday to begin a day-long visit to Moroni with his Cooperation counterpart, Alain...
Egypt : Isreal and Hamas hit the wall
The Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, appealed to Cairo on Tuesday to back them in their refusal to release the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit --...
New Zimbabwe presidential run-off date flouts constitution
Zimbabwe's interim justice minister, Patrick Chinamasa, has announced that a presidential election runoff is to be held 90 days from May 2, which was...
Ordinary Zimbabweans feel the strain of an economic rot
Zimbabwean government last night suspended import duty on some basic commodities, including cooking oil and flour, in response to a sharp spike in prices...
Over 100 rebel suspects arrested in Sudan
The Sudanese government has arrested more than 100 suspected supporters of a Darfur rebel group which attacked capital, Khartoum and its suburbs on Saturday,...
More attacks in Khartoum feared following Turabi’s arrest
The Islamist opposition leader, Hassan al-Turabi, and at least four other important members of his party are reported to have been arrested as the...
Arab ministers call for an end to Lebanese crisis
Arab Ministers of Foreign Affairs, on Sunday, launched an urgent appeal for an immediate end to raids and a cease-fire in Mount Lebanon.
By...
Diplomatic rift as Zambia reponds to Zimbabwe insults
The Zambian government has criticised Zimbabwe for continually heaping abuses on Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, only to turn around and request his assistance in...
Tsvangirai not to betray Zimbabweans
Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s opposition leader, on Saturday sought to reclaim the initiative in his country’s political crisis, saying he would return to his homeland...
Thabo Mbeki goes to Zimbabwe again
South African President Thabo Mbeki was due in Zimbabwe Friday for crisis talks with President Robert Mugabe over an election impasse and politically-motivated violence...
Angola urges Zambia to help find solution to Zimbabwe’s political crisis
A visiting Angolan government official, Nilsa Batalhia, has urged Zambian President levy Mwanawasa not to relent in his efforts to find an amicable solution...
Zimbabwe : Two parties demand another recount
The election impasse in Zimbabwe deepened Wednesday after two political parties lodged fresh petitions challenging parliamentary results in 105 constituencies.
The southern African country held...
Zimbabwe : Zanu-PF issues licence to kill
A group of Zanu-PF youth militants, one of whom was dressed in Zimbabwean army uniform and armed with an AK47 assault rifle, launched an...
AU to actively monitor Zimbabwe presidential run-off
The African Union (AU) has called on all stakeholders in Zimbabwe's forthcoming presidential runoff to ensure that peace and security would be maintained, and...