Mexico’s largest university opens a cultural corner at their country’s embassy in Pretoria
Mexico’s largest university has opened a cultural corner at their country’s embassy in Pretoria. It offers students and other interested an opportunity got explore music and literature of the Spanish language and Mexican culture. The National Autonomous University of Mexico known as UNAM has bilateral agreements with two universities each in Johannesburg and Pretoria and […]
Sudan soldiers force evacuation of wounded demonstrators from Khartoum hospital
Sudanese soldiers have forced Khartoum’s central hospital to evacuate protestors wounded in Monday’s attack on their sit-in outside military headquarters. Since that onslaught that killed more than 60 people the Rapid Support Force, formerly known as the janjaweed, has spread out around the capital and twin-city Omdurman as the military digs in. There has been […]
Militants deployed by Khartoum junta drive Eid celebrants off the streets
With Sudanese celebrating the end of Ramadan, the streets of Khartoum are eerily quiet. Residents are afraid of going out and facing militants who have already killed more than 60 of them since Monday. Eid Ul Fitr is a joyous holiday bringing celebrants out in their finery. This year it has become a fearful stay-at-home […]
Jersey decides how to dispense with money hidden there by Nigerian dictator
The channel island of Jersey’s decided what to do with ill-gotten gains salted away there by the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha. The R5 billion left by the General who ruled Africa’s most populous country from 1993 until his death five years later will be split between Nigeria, Jersey and the United States. The decision […]
Number of EBOLA cases in DRC doubles in two months
The number of EBOLA cases in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has doubled in the past two months and now exceeds 2 000. Violent attacks on medical workers by rebels and suspicious locals are hampering efforts to curb the hemorrhagic disease that’s killed 1 300 people in the past 10 months. Health workers fear […]