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ZIMBABWE: Opposition politician Gibson Sibanda dies
GIBSON SIBANDA, a veteran labour activist and cofounder of Zimbabwe’s former opposition party, has died after a long battle with cancer at the age of 66, his party says. In 2005, Sibanda left Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change over sharp policy differences. He had been deputy leader in Tsvangirai’s party until he joined a breakaway faction and became a senator in the Harare parliament, and a minister of state for the splinter group after disputed elections in
Nobel laureate Gordimer against proposed press law
NOBEL LAUREATE Nadine Gordimer is leading South African writers in speaking out against proposals she fears will muzzle freedom of speech in her homeland. Gordimer said last week that she and fellow writer Andre Brink – both veterans of the anti-apartheid movement – were moved to take action beca
TURKS AND CAICOS- Jamaica money trader indicted in Florida
DAVID SMITH, the onetime high-flying Jamaican money trader, who relocated to the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to avoid regulatory oversight in Kingston, has been indicted for in Florida fraud and money laundering, involving more than $200 million. The US authorities are seek to confiscate US$1
SRI LANKA- Ex-general Fonseka brands government a 'dictatorship'
SRI LANKA'S ex-army chief called the government a "total dictatorship" and said last week that he will appeal his recent conviction by a military court, which he described as a political vendetta. Former general Sarath Fonseka said the inquiry on charges he was involved in politics while still
Bank can rername Soccer City
A SOUTH African court has ruled in favour of letting a commercial bank keep the naming rights to the football stadium where the opening match and final of the World Cup were played. First National Bank spokesman Derek Carstens said the 94,000-seat Soccer City will revert to its pre-World Cup nam
SIERRA LEONE- Special Court investigates pirated videos
The Freetown-based court said in a statement last week that the videos are being sold in Sierra Leone and Liberia. It said the videos may have been edited to give a distorted view of the trial. Special Court Justice Jon Kamanda said the use of court images without permission is also illegal. He said
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