JOHANNESBURG, 16 September 2010 (IRIN) – South Africa is to resume the deportation of Zimbabweans on 1 January 2011, on the basis that conditions in their home country have improved sufficiently, while those with valid documents will be issued with permits to stay. This is a welcome promise, activists say, but hard to implement and irrelevant to most expatriates. In April 2009 South Africa placed a moratorium on deportations, introduced a 90-day visa on demand for Zimbabwean passport holders, and was on the cusp of issuing a special permit allowing them to work and reside in South Africa for up... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera and Timothy Kitundu – TANZANIAN journalists have come under strong criticism due to poor coverage of the ongoing political campaigns. This came during the review of coverage on Parliament and politics. The review followed a training that was provided to journalists by the Tanzania Media Fund under the tutelage of the Media Institute of South Africa (MISA-Tan). A renowned media trainer and consultant Lawrence Kilimwiko dejected the tendency whereby the incumbent presidential, parliamentary and council candidates are giving numerous promises in order to win voter’s confidence and their votes. Kilimwiko revealed this in Dar es Salaam on... Continue Reading
NAIROBI, 16 September 2010 (PlusNews) – A new one-hour test for tuberculosis will only have an impact in the global fight against the disease if it is made affordable to poor countries, experts say. “If it comes out and costs a million dollars, then clearly it won’t be feasible; it needs to be cheap enough for poor countries to use widely,” said Mario Raviglione, director of the World Health Organization’s Stop TB Department. The one-hour test, developed by the UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) follows the recent announcement of a two-hour “Xpert MTB/RIF test” for TB. According to the HPA,... Continue Reading
By Mohamed Nuxurkey – Hundreds of angry demonstrators gathered at Mogadishu’s main stadium in the capital to day , condemning for the burn of Islamic holy book of Quran , the rally was organized by the islamist Alshabab to show their anger against the burning of the Quran. Protesters were shouting ALLAH is great ALLAH is great , and other words to oppose such action, some of the top leaders of Shabab addressed to the people during their stand being encouraging them to make sure that the Quran should be defended where ever in the world. “brothers we have the... Continue Reading
By Guyson Nanagayi – Kampala – (Reuters) The Ugandan army has dismissed accusations in a leaked UN draft on atrocities in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo that it committed war crimes during operations there in the 1990s and described the report as rubbish. UPDF’s spokesperson Felix Kulayigye, said the UN charges were false because they lacked detail and sound evidence. “I dismiss that report as rubbish, absolute rubbish,” he told Reuters. “We’ve been through this before with the International Criminal Court which didn’t find any evidence of war crimes against the UPDF. Secondly, we conducted our own judicial investigation which... Continue Reading
