Such accounts have traditionally been seen as only for the very rich

NAIROBI, May 19 (IPS) - They fight for the rights of AIDS patients, lobby for fairer trade regulations, highlight environmental ills -- and address a host of other pressing issues in Kenya. But, some of them feel these initiatives are

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Friday won strong applause at a rally in the central city of Beira, when he denounced the corruption and red tape that still infest parts of the Mozambican state apparatus.

A Taiwan fishing vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia on Wednesday has four Taiwanese sailors and eight workers from the Chinese mainland aboard, said sources from Taiwan.

A WFP-contracted cargo ship narrowly escaped from hijacking in the port town of Merca, 100 km south of the Somali capital Mogadishu.

A Taiwan fishing vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia on Wednesday has four Taiwanese sailors and eight workers from the Chinese mainland aboard, said sources from Taiwan.

A WFP-contracted cargo ship narrowly escaped from hijacking in the port town of Merca, 100 km south of the Somali capital Mogadishu.

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Friday won strong applause at a rally in the central city of Beira, when he denounced the corruption and red tape that still infest parts of the Mozambican state apparatus.

Paul Wolfowitz has said he will quit as president of the World Bank following a bitter promotion row involving his girlfriend.

Delegations of Angola and Mozambique signed on Friday here a co-operation memorandum in the domains of employment, social security and labour inspection.

Delegations of Angola and Mozambique signed on Friday here a co-operation memorandum in the domains of employment, social security and labour inspection.

World Food Program says new spate of piracy threatens to disrupt aid

SOME unscrupulous businesspeople in Beitbridge are reportedly cashing in on the shortage of sugar by hoarding the commodity, which they later sell in foreign currency.