By Guyson Nanagayi – Cairo -AFP- Hundreds of Egyptians on Tuesday gathered in central Cairo amid tight security, to protest against the rumours that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s son Gamal will succeed him. Mubarak who is now 82-years-old and has been in power since 1981, has not yet said whether he will run for a fifth six-year term, but is widely believed to be grooming his son Gamal for succession. “We don’t want a hereditary government” and “no to Gamal” were among the slogans chanted by the demonstrators, who gathered near Abdine Palace, the president’s official residence. The banned Muslim... Continue Reading
By Nanagayi Guyson – HARARE (AFP) – At arrested 83 women activists have been by Police in Zimbabwe over protests at parliament in the capital Harare without authorisation, a lawyer said Tuesday. “Police have arrested 83 women from WOZA and no charges have been laid against them as yet,” lawyer Belinda Chinowawa said. “Initially, police arrested 25 women and the other 58 handed themselves to the police in solidarity with their colleagues.” The members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were arrested on Monday after marching to highlight concerns around community safety and police behaviour. “These arbitrary arrests and unlawful... Continue Reading
By Guyson Nanagayi – Harare – Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has threatened to boycott all country elections if it is marred by violence, this comes a day after supporters of rival President Robert Mugabe stoned a constitutional meeting. “I will not commit anyone to any election if it is a declaration of war,” Tsvangirai told a conference on political violence. Five people were injured in Harare on Sunday when pro-Mugabe militants stoned a meeting meant to gather public opinion on a new constitution Police stood by and watched as the violence broke out in the populous Mbare district. Tsvangirai... Continue Reading
By Phil Mercer – Asylum seekers hold a protest on the roof of the Villawood detention center in Australia as the country has been urged to end detention of Child Asylum Seekers. Eleven detainees at an Australian facility for illegal migrants have ended their rooftop protest after more 29 hours. The men had been threatening to kill themselves if Australian officials did not reconsider their applications for asylum. Australian authorities spent Tuesday negotiating with 11 detainees holding a protest on the roof of a building at the Villawood detention center in Sydney. They began the protest Monday after a Fijian... Continue Reading
By Guyson Nanagayi -UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Somalia, stricken by more than two decades of civil war, has been declared the world’s worst place to go to school, in a new report released Monday. Somalia and Haiti are the two worst countries in which to be a school child at a time when $4.6bn has been cut from education budgets worldwide. The report titled “Back to School?” ,released on Monday said poor countries are “teetering on the brink of an education crisis” . However, the report also include four African countries , three from east Africa out of the five... Continue Reading
