Saturday 28th January, 2012
Australia joins S. Africa in ICC Test ratings, but still ranked 4
After securing a series whitewash against India, Australia has joined South Africa on 111 ICC rating points, but is ranked number four. Australia will stay in fourth position when ratings are ...
Wildlife Experts Debate Possible Legalization of Rhino Horn Trade
As the killing by poachers of South Africa's endangered rhinos continues unabated, conservationists are debating possible strategies to ease the crisis. (Photo: Kariega Game Reserve) A rhino ...
Conservation Project Saves Endangered Black Rhinos
In November last year (2011), the residents of a rural area in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province witnessed a surprising sight. High above their heads, silhouetted against an azure sky, ...
Now, FBI wants a social network map alert application
The Africa News.NetSeeking to develop an early-warning system based on material 'scraped' from social networks, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wants an application that provides information about possible ...
Ross Taylor doubtful for remainder of Zimbabwe tour due to calf injury
The Africa News.NetNew Zealand captain Ross Taylor's participation in the first cricket test against Zimbabwe and the rest of the series is in doubt after he suffered a suspected torn calf muscle. Taylor travelled to ...
Modern humans settled in Arabia before spreading around the world
The Africa News.NetA new study, which uses genetic analysis to study the earliest human migrations, suggests that when modern humans first migrated out of Africa over sixty thousand years ago, they settled in Arabia ...
Gunmen shoot two police in flashpoint Nigeria city
Times of OmanGunmen: Gunmen shot two police officers in Kano, northern Nigeria, Friday, where attacks claimed by Islamist group Boko Haram killed 185 people last week, residents said."Gunmen came on ...
New Zealand win test after bowling Zimbabwe out twice
SBSThe hosts declared their first innings at 495 for seven earlier on Saturday after wicketkeeper BJ Watling posted his maiden test century, then bowled the visitors out for 51 and 143 to record their ...
Makeshift defence for Ghana against Mali
SBSLIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Ghana will field a makeshift defence in a key African Nations Cup match on Saturday when they meet Mali in Franceville but striker Asamoah Gyan has again recovered in ...
US urges South Sudan, Sudan to settle oil dispute
Daily NationAFP PHOTO / ROBERTO SCHMIDT A Southern Sudanese soldier standing next to crude oil reservoir tanks at a field processing facility in Unity ...
Air Zimbabwe on final step to liquidation
Daily NationState- owned Air Zimbabwe has been placed under judicial management after its debt rose to $140 million leaving it facing possible liquidation. On Friday, the High Court appointed a judicial ...
Leaders 'appalled' by Nigeria attacks
Daily NationUN leader Ban Ki-moon is "appalled" by the wave of bomb attacks in Nigeria and called for transparent investigations into the scores of deaths, his spokesman said.0 Ban "condemns in ...
Fears in Tanzania as ‘inept’ pilots man aircraft
Daily NationGrave disaster looms in Tanzania's skies, in the wake of revelations that the local airline industry is progressively employing unqualified pilots. The air accident investigation unit of the ...
Nigeria needs to quit oil refining business
Daily NationNigeria President Goodluck Jonathan is treating the country's corruption- infested and notoriously inefficient oil industry as a voodoo surgeon would a gangrened leg: sprinkling herbs instead ...
Gambia jails ex-minister for life over coup plot
Daily NationA court in Gambia on Monday sentenced a former information minister, who is also a US national, for plotting to overthrow the government of President Yahya ...
Poll ruling sparks street clashes in Senegal
MSNBCDAKAR - Protesters hurled rocks at police who retaliated with tear gas in Senegal's capital Dakar on Friday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third ...
Cricket: NZ beat Zimbabwe by an innings and 301 runs in Napier
TVNZTaylor makes ton to keep NZ on top The Black Caps claimed their biggest-ever Test win in Napier this afternoon, beating Zimbabwe by an innings and 301 ...
Boko Haram leader tape threatens Nigeria forces
The StarKANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - In an audio tape posted on the Internet, the purported leader of the violent Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram threatened to kill more security personnel and kidnap their ...
South Sudan sees oil shutdown complete by Saturday
The StarNAIROBI/PALOUGE, South Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudan's top negotiator said his country would complete an oil production shutdown by Saturday, after Sudan and South Sudan failed to agree on a ...
World Briefing | Africa: Ethiopian Troops Will Stay in Somalia Until Reinforcements Arrive
New York TimesShabab rebels, and later captured the border town of Beledweyne from them. "At this stage there is no rush for us to withdraw," Mr. Meles said, until African Union troops arrive to ...
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