ARAB WORLD Islamist Morsi wins Egyptian presidential election The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi has won Egypt’s presidential election. The country’s election commission announced the result after days of uncertainty and high tension around the country. Crowds of thousands broke into cheers on Cairo’s Tahrir Square as Morsi was named the country’s next president. The 60-year-old [...]
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Zimbabwe’s MPs to be circumcised in bid to fight HIV Blessing Chebundo was the first MP to undergo the procedure At least 10 Zimbabwean MP have been circumcised as part of a campaign to reduce HIV and Aids cases. A small makeshift clinic for carrying out the procedures was erected in Parliament House in the [...]
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EGYPT Tension in Egypt follows delayed election results It’s still not clear who will be Egypt’s new president, but the Muslim Brothers have announced a second revolution if their man doesn’t win. And the military is on heightened alert. In a little back room in a Cairo apartment building, Badr Mohammed Said has set up [...]
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Cairo (CNN) – An Islamist backed by the Muslim Brotherhood declared victory as Egypt’s first democratically elected president even as the country’s military rulers issued a decree that stripped the position of much of its power. The move by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces — who have run Egypt since the ouster in February [...]
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Mali has seen an influx of Ansar Dine militants who want to impose sharia law in the country Sevaré, Mali (CNN) – The town of Niafunke, on the banks of the River Niger, was made famous by the legendary Ali Farka Toure, one of a legion of great guitarists to emerge from Mali. But nowadays, Niafunke [...]
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More than 215 million children worldwide are forced to work in order to survive. This year’s international day against child labour is focusing on their plight. The sitatuation is particularly bad in Burkina Faso. At a tender age of nine, Zenabou Iiboudou started to work as a domestic servant in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou. For [...]
Continue reading …Additional 20-year jail term for Tunisia’s absent Ben AliTunisia’s exiled dictator
June 13, 2012 No Comment
Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has been given an additional jail sentence of 20 years in absentia by a Tunisian military court. He had already been sentenced to 66 years on other charges. Tunisian news agency TAP says Wednesday’s sentencing in absentia relates to charges ranging from incitement to murder. They stem from a police attempt [...]
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The head of Nigeria’s stock exchange regulator, Arunmah Oteh, has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations of malpractice. The decision of the regulator’s board comes after a parliamentary committee recommended she be investigated. Ms Oteh was given the job of cleaning up the stock exchange following a crisis in 2009 which saw stocks lose [...]
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Cairo (CNN) – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was in a coma Monday in a Cairo prison hospital, officials said. Defibrillators have been used several times to revive Mubarak “due to heart complications,” said Adel Saeed, the prosecutor’s spokesman. “Mubarak entered today into full coma. His two sons Gamal and Alaa submitted a request to the [...]
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AFRICA Kenyan minister and his deputy die in helicopter crash Local Kenyan TV has reported a helicopter crash outside the capital. The country’s security minister and his deputy are said to be among those killed in the crash. A Kenyan cabinet minister is believed to be among the six people who have died in a [...]
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