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Libya dissolves militia forces
Libya's interim government on Sunday ordered the breakup of all militias that do not fall under its authority, and demanded that those militias pull out of military compounds and public property within 48 hours. President Mohammed el-Megaref said late Saturday all of the country's militias must come under government authority or disband. The order came in response to public anger at ...
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Muslims protest cartoon movie in northern Nigeria
Hundreds of Muslims in Nigeria's northern state of Katsina on Sunday protested against the U. S.-made movie and the French cartoon that denigrated the Prophet Mohammed. The protesters shouted anti-U. S., France and Israel slogans with a call on the international community to punish those behind the sacrilegious movie and cartoon. They condemned those using the media to attack Islam, ...
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Sudan South Sudan expect presidents summit to bear fruit
The summit between Sudan and South Sudan presidents, slated for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Sunday is viewed as a means for the two sides to achieve a breakthrough to avoid international sanctions as the period availed by the UN Security council (UNSC) for the two countries to reach an agreement elapses Saturday. The UNSC, in its earlier resolution 2046, threatened to impose sanctions on both ...
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Somalia suicide bombing killed 14 including officials
A victim is carried on a stretcher by emergency workers and local residents in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 20, 2012. At least 14 people were killed including three journalists and a number of Somali government officials and many others injured in two suicide attacks on a bar on Thursday in Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said. (Xinhua/Faisal ...
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3 killed 30 injured during protests in Libyas Benghazi
TRIPOLI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) --Three people were killed and 30 others injured after militias opened fire at protesters in Libya's second largest city of Benghazi overnight, medical sources in the city told Xinhua on Saturday. The firing came as the protesters, demanding the government to demobilize the militias and form the national army and police, stormed militias camp Rafalla-el-Shati in ...
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S. Africas Lonmin mine strike to end
JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- More than one-month-long strike at the Lonmin Marikana platinum mine in South Africa is to be finally ended with the striking miners expected to return to work on Thursday, a leader of the striking miners said on Tuesday. The striking workers' leader Zolisa Bodlani informed the miners that the management at the Marikana mine in the North West province on ...
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Libya to be inferno for American troops if U.S. intervenes group
A Libyan Salafi group which has denied it was involved in a deadly assault on the American consulate in Benghazi said on Tuesday Libya would turn into "an inferno for U.S. troops" if the U.S. military retaliated. Yousef Jehani, a senior member of Ansar al-Sharia, said the armed group wanted to avoid confrontation but was ready for a showdown if Washington acted "foolishly". ...
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Libya honours murdered US ambassador
Tripoli was on Thursday holding a ceremony in honor of ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans who were killed on September 11, when armed men attacked the US consulate in the country's second city Benghazi and torched it. US Secretary of State William Burns flew to Libya on Thursday amid tight security for the ceremony. Burns met Foreign Minister Ashur Ben Khayal on arrival ...
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Over 30 people feared dead in bus accident in central Uganda
KAMPALA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Over 30 people were feared dead and several others seriously injured when a bus they were traveling in crushed and caught fire in the central Ugandan district of Lwengo, a local radio station reported here on Tuesday. CBS radio reported that the seriously injured in the Tuesday morning accident have been rushed to Lyantonde Hospital. Police in a brief statement to ...
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S.Sudan sinks own boat killing 4
South Sudan's military on Monday raised to as many as 40 the death toll from a "friendly fire" incident last week in which it sank one of its own river boats at night. Officials said the boat's crew had not communicated clearly with South Sudan's army. Soldiers onshore fired warning shots when the boat failed to stop at a river checkpoint, and troops onboard returned ...
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Two Boko Haram leaders killed in Nigeria
Two members of Boko Haram, the radical Islamist sect responsible for hundreds of killings this year alone, have been shot dead by soldiers in northern Nigeria. Military officials confirmed that the dead included the spokesman for the sect, and a commander who operates in Kogi state, south of Nigeria's capital. Soldiers patrolling the boarder checkpoints approached the vehicle which ...
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S. African government confirms 8 nationals killed in Afghanistan suicide attack
JOHANNESBURG, Sept.1 8(Xinhua) -- Eight South Africans were killed in the Afghanistan suicide attack on Tuesday morning, according to South Africa's Department of International Cooperation and Relations. "Our mission in Pakistan which is accredited in Afghanistan has confirmed eight nationals were among the dead victims of the suicide attack in the Afghanistan capital Kubul," the ...
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U.S. ambassador to Tunisia says embassy security not adequate
TUNIS, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Jacob Walles said Sunday that security measures for the U.S. embassy in Tunis were "not adequate" during Friday's anti-U.S. protests. "The embassy security plan was not adequate in light of what took place on Friday," Walles told Radio Mosaique FM, adding that the violence during the protests "threatened the ...
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Libya dismisses 2 security officers in Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Libya's interior minister has dismissed two security chief officers, a move obviously related to last week's attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi. The two sacked officials are Wanis al-Sharef, deputy interior minister in charge of Libya's eastern region, and Hussein Bou Hmida, chief of national security for Benghazi, ...
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128 U.S. embassy personnel leave Tunisia
TUNIS, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- 128 diplomats and members of the U. S. embassy in Tunis have left the country for Washington, Shems FM reported on Sunday. The move comes one day after the U.S. State Department ordered non-essential diplomatic staff and their families to leave Tunisia and Sudan. It also warned U.S. nationals not to travel to those countries. According to the latest death toll, four ...
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Somalias new leader inaugurated in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Somalia's new president is formally inaugurated on Sunday in a ceremony in the capital Mogadishu attended by regional and international leaders. The ceremony was attended by regional and international leaders including the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn, President Ismail Omar Ghelle of Djibouti and top delegations from Uganda, Kenya, Arab ...
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10 soldiers killed 50 others missing in South Sudan
KHARTOUM, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan army on Saturday said that 10 of its soldiers were killed and 50 others were still missing when a unit of the army mistakenly bombed a small boat which was carrying southern Sudanese soldiers at Upper Nile area. "The Sudan people's Liberation Army hired a small boat to transport the soldiers at Upper Nile area. The boat sailed at night and ...
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Driver killed in raid by Zebu thieves on travellers in southern Madagascar
ANTANANARIVO, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Zebu thieves in southern Madagascar attacked travellers, shooting dead the driver of the car, police reported Friday. The assault came Thursday 30 km away from Betroka, where the special forces to fight against zebu theft were installed early in the week. A passenger car from Tolagnaro, a port city 1,122 km southeast of the capital Antananarivo, was running ...
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S. Africa police open fire at striking miners
JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Police shot rubber bullets at striking miners at the violence-stricken Lonmin Platinum Mine near Johannesburg on Saturday, wounding several people, witnesses said. One witness, who refused to be named, said he heard the bang of shooting and saw some people running away from the scene, with bleeding from their faces. The scene came one day after the South ...
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President urged to declare emergency in S. Africa amid strike
JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) on Thursday called on President Jacob Zuma to declare a state of emergency to restore peace, order and stability in the mining sector. The federation said in a statement that certain districts of the mining sector are "affected by killings, violence, intimidation and anarchy." "The call should ...
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Libya arrests suspects in consulate attack
Arrests have been made in connection with Tuesday's attack that killed four Americans at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, including US ambassador Christopher Stevens, Libyan Deputy Interior Minister Wanis Sharif said, according to Reuters. "Some people have been arrested and are under investigation," Reuters quoted Sharif as ...
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U.S. issues travel warning on Algeria
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. State Department on Thursday issued a travel warning on Algeria, citing continuing threat posed by terrorism in the North African nation. In an updated travel advisory, the department urged U.S. citizens traveling to Algeria to "evaluate carefully the risks posed to their personal safety," saying "There is a high threat of terrorism and ...
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Libyas National Congress elects its new PM
TRIPOLI, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Mustafa Abu Shagur, the Libyan deputy prime minister, was chosen as new prime minister of the North African country on Wednesday evening by the National Congress, Libya's TV reported. Shagur won 96 out of the 190 votes cast by members of the congress while 94 votes went to Mahmoud Jibril, leader of the National Forces Alliance, the largest party in the ...
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Kenya sends 1800 police officers in clash-hit region to quell clashes
by Joy Nabukewa, Chris Mgidu NAIROBI, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Kenya on Wednesday deployed 1,800 paramilitary police officers in the troubled Tana River region to help contain inter-communal violence which has left at least 116 people dead and dozens others injured. Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere said all the police recruits who graduated on Wednesday in Nairobi have been posted to in the ...
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U.S. Ambassador dies in Libyas Benghazi attack
TRIPOLI, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens is confirmed to have died in Tuesday's conflict in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, the pan-Arab Al Jazeera TV reported Wednesday. Hundreds of protesters, angered by an alleged U.S.-made movie that insults Prophet Mohammed, broke into the U.S. consulate building in Benghazi on Tuesday night, causing ...
South Africa Focus
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South Africa's small but growing cruise industry
The South African cruise industry has grown considerably in recent decades, recording an expansion of over 100% in recent years. The greatest growth came between the 1990s and 2010, led predominantly by Starlight Cruises, a household name in South Africa and the owner of the market share in the South African cruise industry.
The South African cruise industry is a growing one, in comparison to more developed countries it is tiny, with just one ship (sometimes two) that grace the coasts of South Africa once a year between November and April. Read more
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