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Oct 14 2009
Jackie Selebi, the former South African ambassador to the U.N. and head of Interpol, finally went on trial in Johannesburg on Oct. 5 after nearly two years of court delays. A close ally of former President Thabo Mbeki, Selebi is the most senior member...
Oct 10 2009
Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland has protested to Ethiopia, accusing its forces of carrying out a cross-border undercover operation. Puntland’s security minister told the BBC two people were in hospital after Ethiopian forces...
Aug 14 2009
The storm surrounding ANC Youth League President Julius Malema’s criticism of President Jacob Zuma’s appointment of “minorities” to strategic economic positions, personifies this kind of hypocrisy and dishonesty. Malema...
Jul 30 2009
The BBC and CNN will be able to report freely from Zimbabwe for the first time in eight years after restrictions were lifted by the country’s government. Zimbabwe’s minister of media, information and publicity, Webster Shamu, claimed that...
Jun 20 2009
One in four South African men questioned in a survey said they had raped someone, and nearly half of them admitted more than one attack. The study, by the country’s Medical Research Council, also found three out of four who admitted rape had...
Jun 8 2009
South Africa must ease economic inequalities or face serious consequences, President Jacob Zuma said, a policy that could unnerve foreign investors worried he may steer the economy to the left. Zuma, inaugurated last month, may be headed for a...
May 10 2008
Burundi’s security forces have detained illegally about 200 people suspected of helping the country’s last active rebel group, a human rights group says. The detainees included Senator Benoit Ntaganzwa and his wife, the Burundian...
May 3 2008
Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change said today an official presidential election result showing its leader Morgan Tsvangirai had failed to garner enough votes for an outright victory was scandalous. Mr Tsvangirai won 47.9 per...
May 2 2008
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, defeated President Robert Mugabe in the presidential elections, but failed to win enough votes to secure outright victory, the Zimbabwean Election Commission was reported to have announced last...
Apr 14 2008
When it comes to shooting criminals, it is not just the trigger of a gun but the trigger of past trauma, too, that plays a role. This view is part of the fiery debate that has gripped the public since Deputy Minister of Safety and Security Susan...