The Mozambican government reiterated on Thursday its position against the wave of lynching of alleged criminals that is still occurring in parts of the country.
Twelve suspected MDC-T thugs were arrested in Mutare yesterday after they were found in possession of axes, chain blades and sjamboks they were allegedly using to commit various acts of violence as they moved around in a pick-up truck belonging
The Kenyan mission in South Africa came face-to-face with the wrath of local xenophobic mobs last evening when a group of them, wielding assorted weapons, accosted the high commissioner who was visiting affected citizens.
The United Nations refugee agency said today that it remains "deeply concerned" over the recent xenophobic violence in South Africa, which has claimed dozens of lives and has displaced some 17,000 people, including refugees and asylum-seekers.
Two unidentified gunmen who attempted to attack an oil flow at Alakri in Okrika local government area were yesterday gunned down by officers and men of the Joint Task Force [J.T.F] in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Michel Bagarabaza, a member of the inner circle (Akazu) of former President Juvenal Habyarimana, and major Genocide suspect, was Tuesday handed back to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) by Dutch authorities.
The 19 donors and funding agencies who support the Mozambican state budget on Thursday pledged a total of 774.3 million dollars for 2009 - but two donors, Sweden and Switzerland, have reduced their aid because of fears of corruption and
The xenophobic-linked violence that has raged in parts of the country flared up in Cape Town last night, leaving a Somali man dead, others injured, hundreds displaced and many shops looted.
Corrupt officials who flee to avoid prosecution will be deported if the Government signs treaties with other countries to fight corruption, the Inspector General of Government (IGG), justice Faith Mwondha, has said.
Conflict in Rachael Mukoma's country, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), made it impossible for her to stay there. At the same time, it was very difficult for her to leave.
Upwards of 40 people are said to have been killed and some 15,000 displaced in South Africa during more than a week of violence directed mainly against foreigners.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello caught the attention of her colleagues who scampered to welcome her back to plenary,10.45 am yesterday as she stepped into the chamber which she last attended on April 15.
Downtown Johannesburg was as busy as ever on Thursday afternoon. Gospel music blared from speakers, commuters and school children wove their way through the jammed market stalls and food outlets on Noord Street before boarding the taxis crawling bumper-to-bumper up
Antonio Frangoulis, the former head of the Maputo branch of the Criminal Investigation Police (PIC), on Thursday categorically denied meeting with Mozambique's most notorious assassin, Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"), before Anibalzinho was extradited from Swaziland, in late February 2001.
Judge Dimas Marroa of the Maputo City Court declared on Thursday that he will see the current trial of six men accused of the 1999 attempted murder of prominent lawyer Albano Silva through to the end - no matter what
The Ghanaian Embassy near Monrovia has for the first time spoken on the arrest and subsequent detention of its Public Relations Officer, Bill Jarkloh, who has been accused of rape.
