adminGuebuza, Dhlakama embrace as they sign deal
MAPUTO — Mozambique’s president and a rebel leader signed a landmark peace deal in Maputo yesterday, ending a two-year conflict that has rekindled memories of a brutal civil war. President Armando…
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agree ceasefire
MINSK — Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels signed a ceasefire yesterday in their five month conflict, which has plunged relations between Russia and the West into their worst crisis since the…
Frustration, celebration as Uhuru trial stalls
NAIROBI — For more than five years the people of Kenya’s vast Rift Valley, one of the hardest hit areas in the ethnic violence that followed contested 2007 elections, have…
78-carat diamond stolen from safe
WINDHOEK — Namibian police are searching for a flawless 78-carat diamond, which apparently went missing from a safe at the Oranjemund branch of the Namibian mining company Namdeb. Beeld reported yesterday…
Nigeria sends in warplanes against Boko Haram
ABUJA — Nigerian warplanes are carrying out air strikes against Boko Haram militant bases in northeast Borno state, a senior official said yesterday, in a government counter-attack against the group’s…
EU pledges $181m to fight Ebola in West Africa
ABIDJAN — The European Union promised $181m in assistance yesterday to bolster the overstretched health sectors of four West African nations struggling to halt the worst ever outbreak of the…
Woman marries dog to ward off evil
Many people have asked for a hand in marriage, but what about a paw? This sounds like a whole new spin on the tradition of prearranged marriages in some countries. In…
Zombie chic: Indonesian village’s bizarre annual ritual
They say the dead live on in our hearts and minds – but in one Indonesian village, the deceased continue to walk the earth in a rather more literal, zombie-like…
Black mum gives birth to white baby in 1 million to 1 odds
When the midwife presented financial analyst Catherine Howarth with her new baby, she was convinced she’d been given the wrong child. Baby Jonah was born completely white although his mother is…
DogSpider makes unsuspecting victims flee in absolute terror
Being chased by a giant mutant spider is enough to send most people into a fit of terror. So it’s not surprising that this pooch caused quite a stir when she…