Tax Gains As Talbot Group Sells Out
Maputo - The Mozambican state has obtained almost 72 million Australian dollars (77 million US dollars) in taxes on the sale of shares held by the Australian Talbot Group in the company Minas do ...
View ArticleAirstrike Targets Al Shabaab
Air strikes pummeled Somalia's southern region on Friday, killing six. Among the dead were two leading foreign Jihadists and four of their Somali comrades. The strike comes a day after ...
View ArticleSelolwane retires from Botswana duty
Botswana captain Dipsy Selolwane has announced his retirement from international football. Botswana captain Dipsy Selolwane has announced his retirement from international football.Selolwane, who ...
View ArticleBeer, cabaret and politics in a Cairo bar
Cairo nightlife is not as lively as it was half a century ago, but Egyptian beer is still on sale, traditional snacks of nuts and chickpeas are still served, and even belly dancers can still be ...
View ArticleZimbabwe president, marking his 88th birthday, tells the young to shun...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's president winds up a week of celebrations marking his 88th birthday with advice to his nation's youth to shun Western values, homosexuality and ...
View ArticleDarfur rebels clash with army, says kills 12
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region have clashed with government forces, both sides said, with the rebels claiming to kill a dozen government soldiers and Khartoum accusing its ...
View ArticlePreview-US top court to hear corporate human rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court will weigh next week whether corporations can be sued in the United States for suspected complicity in human rights abuses abroad, in a case being closely ...
View ArticleTwo British journalists detained in Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan militiamen have detained two British journalists working for Iran's Press TV and are now holding them in the capital Tripoli, officials and the media station ...
View ArticleClinton urges Tunisians to protect new freedoms
SIDI BOU SAID, Tunisia (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Tunisians on Saturday to protect their newly-won freedoms and called on Islamist and secular parties to work together ...
View ArticleRaid by Islamists on Nigeria cops kills 14
Kano, Nigeria - Suspected Boko Haram Islamists razed a police station and killed 14 people, whose charred bodies were found, in an overnight raid in Nigeria's northeastern city of Gombe, ...
View ArticleMandela Admitted to Hospital, South African Presidency Says
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela was admitted to a hospital today for pre-planned treatment, the South African presidency ...
View ArticleOverview of U.S. Economic Assistance to Tunisia
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson February 25, 2012 FACT SHEET Overview of U.S. Economic Assistance to Tunisia As Tunisia's brave citizens chart a new democratic future, ...
View ArticleMandela Is Feeling Well
Johannesburg, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) South African former President Nelson Mandela, who was hospitalized due to abdominal pain Saturday, is "in a good spirit and feels well," according to ...
View ArticleCuba""s Heroic Independence War Commemorated
Luanda, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) Angolans and Cubans commemorated the 117th anniversary of the beginning of the 1895 Cuban war for independence, which was organized by Cuban National Hero Jose Marti. ...
View ArticleAnother Son of Gaddafi Captured
Tripoli, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) Libyan military authorities assured on Saturday that they have captured Khamis Gaddafi, son of deceased Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Khamis was thought dead, and no ...
View ArticleIn Tunisia, Clinton cites promise of Arab Spring
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, meets with Tunisia's President Moncef Marzouk at the Presidential Palace in Carthage, Tunisia, Saturday Feb. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason ...
View ArticleUN int'l staff return to restive Sudan region
KHARTOUM, Sudan -; The United Nations in Sudan says its international staff is returning to a disputed region on the border with south Sudan, after a nearly half-year absence from the restive ...
View ArticleLibya amending bank law to attract foreigners
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya is amending its banking laws to attract foreign investment and stimulate its private sector as it seeks to create an investor-friendly environment following last ...
View ArticleMandela discharged from Johannesburg hospital
Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a hospital here, after undergoing treatment for an abdominal area problem.
View ArticleMcCullum accepts mistake for letting South Africa off the hook in first ODI
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has admitted that he made a mistake to let the Proteas off the hook in the first of the three match one-day series, which the South Africans won by six wickets.
View Article