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MOMBASA. — A Kenyan court sentenced nine Somali citizens each to five years in prison yesterday after finding them guilty of violently hijacking a vessel, MV Magellan Star, in the Gulf of Aden in September 2010. The nine were captured by international anti-piracy forces before being handed over to Kenya to be prosecuted, because Somalia was notThousands evacuated in Germany floods
Berlin. — Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in a region of eastern Germany where the Elbe River has flooded and burst through a dam, officials said on Sunday. At least 21 flood-related deaths have been reported in central Europe, as rivers such as the Danube, the Elbe and the Vlatava have overflowed after a week of heavy11 die in Nigeria fake funeral attack
Maiduguri. — Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists have stormed a neighbourhood in the restive city of Maiduguri, killing at least 11 people with weapons hidden in a coffin, local residents said yesterday. There were conflicting reports as to the number of people who lost their lives in the attack that began late Friday. Information has been slow to emergeUS does not see Russia as security threat: Ambassador
MOSCOW. — Washington does not regard Moscow as a security threat and economy rival, US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said yesterday. “We do not consider Russia as a rival to the United States either in security or in the economy,” McFaul told an audience in the Moscow School of Political Studies. The diplomat added that President BarackSouth Sudan to keep exporting oil to Sudan despite stoppage threat
JUBA. — South Sudan continues to pump oil to Sudan despite a threat from its neighbour to stop cross-border flows in a row over alleged support for rebels, its oil minister said yesterday. The landlocked African country, which has to use Sudan’s export facilities, has piped around 7 million barrels of crude to its neighbour since resuming production inPalestinians want 107 prisoners freed
JERUSALEM. — The Palestinian National Authority rejected Israel’s offer to free 50 Palestinian prisoners in exchange of resuming the peace talks, the Walla! News website reported yesterday. A source close to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel’s proposal was not accepted as the authority insists on the release of 107 PalestinianZimbabwe: The revolution continues
Eric DraitserTHE coming elections in Zimbabwe are no mere referendum on the leadership of the coalition government. Instead, the decision before Zimbabweans is a clear one: continue on the revolutionary path of Mugabe and Zanu-PF or follow Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T and their pro-US, neo-liberal economic agenda. While much of Africa has
Political agreements can’t supersede Constitution
Albert NhamoyebondeA CONSTITUTION is there to give general principles for governing a country and how different branches of state are supposed to operate in relation to each other, among many other provisions. On the question of behaviour of civil servants towards political leadership, whether in government or opposition, the new Constitution is very clear that they shall
Not in my father’s house
Kurai Prosper MasenyamaZIMBABWEANS who follow Christianity and avidly read the Bible will remember one occasion when Jesus Christ lost his temper and whipped people into submission for defiling “His Father’s House”, a temple in Jerusalem, by engaging in activities unfit for the place. Jesus had gone to the temple to preach and worship only to find people selling goods