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TransMagnific Launch Additional Shuttle-Bus Services between Johannesburg and Swaziland

April 13, 2012 Global Author

Swaziland's TransMagnific shuttle bus service has added a helpful new addition to its schedule. Travellers can now catch a bus from Johannesburg to Swaziland in the morning as well as in the afternoon. Similarly, those wishing to get to Jo'Burg from Swaziland have a new afternoon departure in addition to the existing morning one. . Read More

Guinea-Bissau acting president, PM arrested in apparent military coup

April 13, 2012 Global AuthorBuinea-Bissau, Coup, military, President Raimundo Pereria, Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Jr, Susan Rice, west africa

STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Acting president and prime minister are arrested by military, U.N. official says Those behind the coup attempt have no intention to stay in power, they say Coup group says Guinea-Bissau government signed secret deal with Angola The deal allows Angolan troops to attack Guinea-Bissau military, the group says (CNN) — Guinea-Bissau’s military has arrested acting President… Read More

RWANDA: URGENT APPEAL TO STOP INTIMIDATION OF DEFENSE WITNESSES IN INGABIRE POLITICAL TRIAL

April 13, 2012 Global AuthorBoniface Twagirimana, FDU, kigali, Paul Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, Victorie Ingabire

Press Release: Call to action from the International Community and Friends of Rwanda Defense witness Colonel Michel Habimana who revealed yesterday that the terror case against the opposition leader Ingabire was trumped up by intelligence services in order to stifle her political ambitions, is under heavy intimidation and threats in order to change his story. The State machinery has embarked… Read More

Tsunami scare hits Tanzania

April 12, 2012October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

I am in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean coast resort tourism attraction, the Giraffe Ocean View Hotel. A Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation TBC anchor announces a tsunami might hit the coasts from around 6pm on Wednesday, 11th April 2012. . Read More

Congo president calls for arrest of wanted warlord

April 11, 2012 Global AuthorBosco Ntaganda, Child Soldiers, congo, Kabila, Kinshasa, war

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — In a marked turnaround, Congo’s president called Wednesday for the arrest of a notorious ex-warlord and army general, who has been allowed to walk freely despite an international indictment, an official said. Bosco Ntaganda is accused of using child soldiers for fighting in Ituri, in northeastern Congo, from 2002 to 2003. He was first indicted on… Read More

Gerald Gahima: “Root Causes of Conflict Must be Addressed”

April 9, 2012 Global Author18th anniversary, 1994, Genocide, Gerald Gahima, remembrance, Rwanda, violence

As Rwanda commemorates 18 years since the genocide that claimed the lives of some 800,000 people, a former Rwanda chief prosecutor has warned that the likelihood of renewed conflict, even conflict along sectarian lines, is very real in Rwanda. Gerald Gahima said the Rwandan society has the challenge of ensuring that violence like that experienced in the past does not… Read More

President Banda trusts Dzonzi with Malawi Police Service leadership

April 9, 2012 Global Author

State President Her Excellency Madame Joyce Banda has appointed Commissioner of Police, Loti Dzonzi, as the new Inspector General of the Malawi Police Service (MPS). He replaces late Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika's homeboy and onetime bodyguard, Peter Mukhito. . Read More

Malawi:Joyce Banda Sworn in as President

April 7, 2012 Global Author

Malawi Vice President Madamme Joyce Banda is sworn in today amid some confusion, Capital Radio said. Meanwhile all cabinet ministers are present at the New Parliament Building in the capital city, Lilongwe, where she is to be sworn in by the Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo underthe watchful eye of the Speaker of the National Assembly, Henry Chimunthu-Banda. . Read More

RPP: THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE

April 6, 2012 Global Author1994, Genocide, hutu, john karuranga, Rememberance, Rwanda peoples party, Tutsi

Gothenburg, Sweden, 2012/04/07 Our ref: RPP/01/18ARG/R01/2105/JVK/07A12-GS Fellow Rwandan and friends of Rwanda today is 18 years since the 1994 genocide that visited our country and people. This is not a week for a political statement but for the Rwandan people to display unreservedly their unified strong stand in denouncing the grim horror of the 90 days of relentless and… Read More

Mystery Surrounds Malawi President’s Condition

April 5, 2012 Global AuthorBingu WA Mutharika, Blantyre, Malawi, Malawi news

Blantyre, Malawi,-- Tensions were high at Kamuzu Central Hospital in the capital, Lilongwe, as Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika was taken in for an undisclosed medical condition. . Read More