JOHANNESBURG – Protesting students outside the University of Fort Hare tried to force their way into the hall where President Robert Mugabe and President Jacob Zuma spoke at centenary celebrations yesterday. Police used water cannons to disperse the crowd. Over a hundred students marched to the sports complex where the institution’s centenary celebrations took place….
PARIS – Debris from the missing EgyptAir flight has been found floating in the Mediterranean, Egyptian officials say. Flight MS804 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew when it vanished early on Thursday. Egypt’s army spokesman said wreckage and passenger belongings were found 290km (180 miles) from Alexandria. Greek Defence…
MBABANE – The private plane of Swaziliand’s King Mswati III has been detained in Canada for the second time in two years due to a debt dispute, according to Canadian court documents, Reuters news agency reports. The plane was detained as part of a court case by a former business partner of the king, Singaporean…
CAIRO – An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo made two sharp turns before plunging into the Mediterranean Sea, Greece’s defence minister says. Panos Kammenos said the Airbus A320 had “turned 90 degrees left and then a 360-degree turn to the right”. It then dropped more than 25,000ft (7,620m) before disappearing from radar, he added….
CAIRO – An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar with 66 people on board, the airline says. The Airbus A320 went missing over the eastern Mediterranean, soon after entering Egyptian airspace. The Egyptian military has denied a report from EgyptAir that a distress signal was sent by the plane. There were…
DA ES SALAAM – Tanzania has removed more than 10,000 “ghost workers” from its public sector payroll in a crackdown on corruption. Payments to the non-existent employees had been costing the government more than $2m (£1.4m) a month, according to the prime minister’s office. The authorities say they are continuing to audit the public payroll…
JOHANNESBURG – Nelson Mandela’s arrest in 1962 came as a result of a tip-off from an agent of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a report says. The revelations, made in the Sunday Times newspaper, are based on an interview with ex-CIA agent Donald Rickard shortly before he died. Mr Mandela served 27 years in…
KAMPALA – Western delegations attending the inauguration of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni have walked out of the ceremony in protest. US, European and Canadian diplomats left abruptly when Mr Museveni made disparaging comments about the International Criminal Court (ICC). The US state department said they had also objected to the presence of Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir…
LAGOS – Nigeria’s trade union federation has said it will resist what it calls the “criminal” 67% rise in the petrol price, as fuel subsidies are removed. The government announced on Wednesday that the price was to increase in a bid to ease crippling fuel shortages. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said the rise from…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s national broadcaster SABC has brought in a new quota system, requiring 90% of the music played on its 18 radio stations to be homegrown. SABC says the move, which has been hailed by local musicians after years of campaigning, will promote South African culture and heritage. There will be a special…
