The death toll from the rioting in Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola on Wednesday and Thursday has now risen to ten, according to Health Minister Ivo Garrido.
Groups of looters attacked stalls in the main markets of the central Mozambican city of Beira on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, according to a report in Friday’s issue of the Maputo daily “Noticias”.
As Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood gears up to contest November parliamentary elections, some analysts note the relatively few gains made by the Brotherhood- led opposition over the last five years in an assembly dominated by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP).
Food security in many parts of Southern Sudan is set to improve after good rains, according to recent crop and precipitation assessments.
Participants from seven countries meet in Nairobi on Monday and Tuesday to find ways of addressing food security in the region.
Suspected rebels have raped at least 242 women within a few days in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Nord-Kivu province, according to an American medical charity. Rapes and beatings took place at the end of July and the beginning of August.
Public sector strikes in South Africa have become so common in recent years that people are asking if plans should not be put in place to prevent the disruption of HIV and tuberculosis [TB] treatment, and prepare health workers.
The Government has signed 16 articles of understanding that would see the International Criminal Court (ICC) set its base in Kenya, ease its work, track and follow up on the perpetrators of 2007 post-election violence locally.
PETROLEUM retailer Engen is on the verge of buying Chevron’s downstream assets in seven sub-Saharan Africa and Indian Ocean Island countries, the company said yesterday.
Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, was rocked by violent clashes on Wednesday between police and protesters, enraged by the increase in the price of basic goods - fuel, water, bread and electricity.
