Zimbabwe’s Mugabe tells election critics to ‘go hang’
By Cris Chinaka Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe told critics of his re-election to “go hang” on Monday, making clear he would brook no questioning of...
Africa
Six migrants coming from Africa drown in sea off Sicily
By Gavin Jones Six migrants drowned off the Italian island of Sicily on Saturday after attempting a dangerous passage from Africa in a fishing boat,...
Military plane bursts into flames at Mogadishu airport
By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar An Ethiopian military aircraft carrying ammunition crash-landed at Mogadishu’s international airport on Friday, bursting into flames and killing four...
Fire engulfs Kenya’s Nairobi airport
By Drazen Jorgic A fire engulfed Kenya’s main airport on Wednesday forcing the closure of a vital travel and trade gateway to east Africa. Flames...
Mugabe party claims Zimbabwe election win, rival cries foul
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party claimed a landslide election victory on Thursday that would secure another five years in power for Africa’s oldest head of...
Zimbabwe votes in third Mugabe-Tsvangirai showdown
By Cris Chinaka Zimbabweans voted in large numbers on Wednesday in a fiercely contested election pitting veteran President Robert Mugabe against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai,...
“Steadily improving” Mandela celebrates 95th birthday
By Peroshni Govender Anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela is “steadily improving”, South Africa’s government said on Thursday as the former president celebrated his 95th birthday in...
Daughter says Mandela ‘still there’, raps media ‘vultures’
By Siphiwe Sibeko Former South African President Nelson Mandela is still clinging to life, his eldest daughter Makaziwe said on Thursday, but she criticized foreign...
South Africans Resigned Over ‘Critical’ Mandela
South Africans appeared resigned on Monday to the inevitability of one day saying goodbye to former president Nelson Mandela after the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader’s condition...
South Africans pray for hospitalised Mandela
By Shafiek Tassiem South Africans prayed for Nelson Mandela’s recovery on Sunday as the 94-year-old former president spent a second day in hospital with a...
