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Archives for May 2015
Italy says may have found ship that carried 900 drowned migrants
Rome, Fri May 8, 2015, Reuters Italy's navy said on Thursday it believed it had found the wreck of a boat that sank last month killing up to 900 migrants off the coast of Libya, the Mediterranean's most deadly migrant tragedy in living memory. Only 24 bodies have been recovered since the April 18 disaster and the discovery of the wreck 375 meters (1,235 feet) underwater … [Read more...] about Italy says may have found ship that carried 900 drowned migrants
I fear for the future here in South Africa
By Trevor Ncube, 08 MAY 2015, Mail & Guardian (South Africa) The hatred is not only on the streets; it is in boardrooms and in the state - and it's planned. The Sunday Times pictures of Emmanuel Sithole being butchered like a cornered animal by Afrophobes in Alexandra, South Africa last week will remain etched in my mind for a long time. It is difficult to even … [Read more...] about I fear for the future here in South Africa
Kagame eyes third term in Rwanda
BY SAUL BUTERA, MAY 08 2015, Business Day (South Africa) KIGALI — Rwandan President Paul Kagame may extend his rule in the 2017 elections after parliament received two-million signatures calling for a constitutional amendment that would allow him to run for a third term. The East African nation’s president is restricted to two, seven-year mandates under the current … [Read more...] about Kagame eyes third term in Rwanda
New Parliament formed in Jubaland
By MARYANNE GICOBI, FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015, Daily Nation (Kenya)JUBALAND Jubaland is inching closer to stability after the administration on Thursday formed a national assembly and elected a speaker and deputy speaker. Jubaland whose capital Kismayu was captured by the KDF from Al-Shabaab, in the presence of their President Sheikh Ahmed Madobe and Somalia President Hassan … [Read more...] about New Parliament formed in Jubaland
Uganda: NDA cautions on fake anti-malaria drugs
By SHABIBAH NAKIRIGYA, Friday, 8 May 2015. The Daily Monitor (Ugandas) KAMPALA. The National Drug Authority (NDA), has warned of substandard antimalarial drugs that are being sold on the market. Contributing during a dialogue on improving public confidence in the quality of medicines in Uganda, the acting executive director of NDA, Ms Kate Kikule, said the substandard … [Read more...] about Uganda: NDA cautions on fake anti-malaria drugs
Kenya: ODM hits at Uhuru, Ruto over massacre
By WYCLIFF KIPSANG, THURSDAY 7 MAY 2015, Daily Nation (Kenya) The opposition ODM party Thursday accused President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy of “dancing on the graves of Kenyans”, and accused the government of failing to guarantee the security of Kenyans. Speaking just three days after 56 people were killed by bandits in Nadome, a remote area on the boundary of Turkana … [Read more...] about Kenya: ODM hits at Uhuru, Ruto over massacre
Libya’s coast guard detains almost 600 African migrants
Wed May 6, 2015, Reuters (Reuters) - Libya's coast guard detained on Wednesday almost 600 illegal African migrants, among them pregnant women and 18 children, who had tried to sail to Europe on a fishing boat, a security official said. The North African country, gripped by violence and a breakdown of state authority four years after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi, has turned … [Read more...] about Libya’s coast guard detains almost 600 African migrants
Zimbabwe: Mujuru to take on Mugabe in 2018
By THELMA CHIKWANHA, POLITICAL EDITOR • 6 MAY 2015 • Daily News (Zimbabwe) HARARE - A close ally of former Vice President Joice Mujuru says the popular 60-year-old widow of the late liberation struggle icon, General Solomon Mujuru, will challenge President Robert Mugabe or whoever will represent the post-congress Zanu PF in the much-anticipated 2018 presidential … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe: Mujuru to take on Mugabe in 2018
South Africa: Dirt piles up in the police’s house
By Setumo Stone, 07 MAY 2015, Business Daily (South Africa) THE appalling service by the police is often lamented in crime-ridden SA. But recently it’s not just the ordinary members who have been in the spotlight. Senior police officials are caught up in a web of allegations, including criminal conduct, which has tainted the investigating and supporting units. It appears … [Read more...] about South Africa: Dirt piles up in the police’s house
10 Billionaires You Won’t Be Seeing in Forbes
These power-players earned their money the old-fashioned way: by force Forbes’ annual list of billionaires hit the streets this week, and there are more questions than ever swirling as to whether those eye-popping 10- and 11-figure estimates bear any relationship to reality. Take the case of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad. Last year, Forbes pegged his net worth at $3 billion. … [Read more...] about 10 Billionaires You Won’t Be Seeing in Forbes