Cape ablaze on it’s hottest day in a 100 years
Bush fires continue to rage in the southern peninsula area of South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. Temperatures soared above 40 degrees in what was the area’s hottest day in century. Helicopters and fixed wing aircraft waterbombed the blaze and firefighters were drafted in from neighbouring towns. Ends intro The endemic Western Cape scrub known […]
Tunisian navy rescues migrants
Top of Form Bottom of Form The Tunisian navy’s rescued 86 Africans at sea off the town of Zarzis. They were aboard a makeshift boat bound for the Italian island of Lampedusa. It’s the world’s deadliest waterway, killing with 3 500 of the 218 000 people attempting the crossing. The would-be migrants were fleeing the […]
Lesotho will have another coalition government
Official results from Lesotho’s snap election last Saturday show the mountain kingdom will be run by another coalition government. No party has secured enough votes to govern alone. Saturday’s parliamentary election in Lesotho two years ahead of schedule was intended to ease tensions after an attempted coup last August. The All Basotho Convention of Prime […]
EU organise summit to stamp out Ebola
The European Union’s organised a summit Brussels of officials from government and multilateral organisations aimed at stamping out Ebola and dealing with its aftermath. It’s looking at rebuilding the economies of the worst hit countries. In the week ending February 22, there were just 99 new cases of Ebola reported in Liberia, Sierra Leone and […]