Yearly Archives: 2013
South Africa miners in union shake-up
From Tuesday (July 16), the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will lose the benefits and facilities associated with a majority-status union at Lonmin, after...
Racist lawmaker forced to apologise for ape slur
An Italian senator has been forced to apologise after he said the country’s first black cabinet minister reminded him of an orang-utan.
In a speech...
Brutal drug baron caught at border with accountant
Police in Mexico have captured one of the West’s most wanted drug barons.
Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, alias Z40, is thought to be the ruthless...
Supermarket bombing campaign, 3 in custody
Three men have been arrested by Tel Aviv police in connection to repeated attempts to bomb a supermarket in the centre of the city.
The...
Save Yahaya!
A Nigerian journalist, Yahaya Taidi, 48 yrs. is being managed for a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease 2nd degree to diabetic neuropathy. Medical...
Mine-clearing hostages freed
Nine Senegalese mine-clearing operatives taken hostage in May have been freed by separatist rebels in southern Senegal. Released to officials in Guinea-Bissau, they are...
UN peacekeepers killed in Darfur
The United Nations announced this week that 7 of its peacekeepers have been killed in an attack in the Darfur region of Sudan, with...
Fears of militant threat amidst refugee influx
Uganda is worried that a rising tide of tens of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could give...
£1,000 fine for housing illegal immigrants under fire
The government has said landlords who let accommodation to individuals who are not legally allowed to live in the UK will have to pay...
Ethiopia to join WTO in two years
Ethiopia expects to join the World Trade Organisation in 2015 without heeding to demands that it liberalises its state-run banking and telecoms sectors, the...
