Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party clinched its fifth straight landslide election victory in last week’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections, in which President Hifikepunye Pohamba also trounced his rivals, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced on Friday evening. SWAPO won 74 per cent of the vote against 11.4 per cent for the newly formed Rally for […]
MONEY AND POSITIONS SOURCES OF EVIL IN THE ANC – ZUMA
Love for money and top positions are two main sources of evil that have undermined the character of the African National Congress, party President Jacob Zuma said on Friday. “Money and positions have undermined the ANC. They sought to change the character and values of the ANC,” President Zuma told delegates attending the formation of […]
SOUTH AFRICA WILL SURPRISE WORLD WITH WORLD CUP: PRESIDENT ZUMA
South Africa will leave a legacy for Africa when it hosts the 2010 Soccer World Cup, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday. “I think from now onwards when people speak, we will say before 2010 and after 2010,” President Zuma said at the draw for the tournament at the Cape Town Convention Centre. “It is […]
Somalia: man killed his wife
A Somali man killed his wife in south of the Mogadishu district on Tuesday night, a resident said to AfricaNews on Wednesday. A resident told that the woman has married and slept to another man while her husband did not divorce her. Another man pregnated the wife, residents in Wadajir district said on Wednesday. Sources announced […]
Le cri de la mer: Senegal women against emigration
This video shows how organised are Senegalese women who lost sons and/or husbands while trying to reach Spain and Europe. While not so long ago they used to live very well with fishery and agriculture, now with the Senegal-European Union agreements they can’t find a way to live in their own country. This is why […]
African cartoonists for democracy
“Resistance of the 9th Art” looks at the emergence of a new generation of cartoonists in the African press, both popular and tenacious in their fight against corruption, violence and the difficulties of daily life. From Jonathan Zapiro, one of the most popular cartoonists in southern Africa, to the satirical Gbich! in Cote d’Ivoire and […]
NAMIBIA VOTE EXPECTED TO RETURN PARTY TO POWER
Namibia’s longtime ruling party may see its grip on this desert nation weakened in elections that began Friday, with a challenge from a new breakaway party hoping to attract voters dissatisfied with corruption and leadership scandals. President Hifikepunye Pohamba, who is seeking a second five-year term, was among the first to vote when polls opened […]
ANGER AS PRES ROBERT MUGABE RAISES WORLD CUP TROPHY
Human rights groups in Zimbabwe have condemned world football’s governing body for allowing Robert Mugabe to hold the World Cup trophy as it passed through Zimbabwe. The trophy is on a tour of all 53 African countries ahead of next year’s football showpiece in neighbouring South Africa. But activists in Zimbabwe criticised Fifa for handing […]
SA, HUNGARY SIGN ECONOMIC AGREEMENT
South Africa and Hungary have undertaken to work together towards developing and strengthening economic and industrial co-operation, the Department of trade and industry said on Friday. “They will also encourage and facilitate contact and co-operation between business persons in their two countries in pursuance of commercial opportunities,” the Department said in a statement following the […]
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MOTLANTHE BLAMES FARMERS FOR MURDERS
Some of the country’s most horrendous farm murders are being committed by exploited farm labourers, according to deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe. While condemning the behaviour of the community of De Doorns in the Western Cape – who attacked foreigners – as “acts of immorality and criminality”, Mr Motlanthe was also critical of farmers on Friday. […]