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Zimbabwe Threatens to Ignore S.A.D.C. Court Ruling, Grab Remaining White Farms

Zimbabwe will continue to expropriate the remaining white-run farms despite last week’s regional tribunal ruling that its land reforms program violated a southern African treaty, a state-owned newspaper reported here Monday. In what could prove to be an acid test of effectiveness of regional institutions in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Zimbabwe’s minister of land read more..

President Elect Barack Obama Names Former Political Rival Hillary Clinton to be His Secretary of State

President Elect Barack Obama announced his foreign policy and national security team at a news conference in Chicago. The president-elect said it was time for a new beginning in what he called an uncertain world, and he described his team as ready to lead what he called a new dawn of American leadership around the read more..

Offenders in England And Wales to Wear High Visibility Jackets During ‘Payback’

Branded high-visibility jackets must be worn by offenders carrying out work on community payback projects from today as part of a U.K. Government drive to ensure the public can see punishment being carried out in the community. The roll-out of the new jackets across England and Wales builds on a recommendation from Louise Casey’s review, ‘Engaging read more..

Men in Tanzania Urged to Protect Families From HIV/Aids

Celebrating World Aids Day on Monday, Tanzanian men have been challenged to protect their families against the killer HIV/Aids and other social ills. The international health based organization, Engender Health’s Deputy Director, Dunstan Bishanga, made the challenged in Dar es Salaam to commemorate the 20th World’s Aids Day which brought together employers, employees and families from read more..

Amazon Deforestation Trend Increasing

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon forests has flipped from a decreasing to an increasing trend, according to new annual figures released yesterday by the country’s space agency INPE. Commenting on the figures, Brazilian environment minister Carlos Minc confirmed that the government will on Monday announce forest related carbon emission reduction targets, which will link halting deforestation read more..

New Powers to Close U.K. Premises Involved in Persistent Anti-social Behavior

A tough new power to close premises involved in persistent anti-social behavior comes into force today, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced at a conference for front line anti-social behavior practitioners. Police and local authorities can now apply to magistrates’ courts to close privately owned, rented, commercial and local authority premises. The new Premises Closure Order read more..

Former South African Cabinet Ministers Accuse A.N.C. of Interfering with Government Business

Former South African cabinet ministers who resigned in solidarity with ex-president Thabo Mbeki have slammed the move by the African National Congress (ANC) to pressure the government to withdraw its intention to appeal against Judge Chris Nicholson’s ruling on the Jacob Zuma case. The judge implicitly accused the former president and some of his ministers of read more..

Uzbekistan Closes Its Border with Tajikistan Again

Eyewitness reports indicate that the Uzbekistan-Tajikistan border is closed again. ITAR-TASS confirmed it, with references to Sharaf Faizullayev of the Directorate of Border Service Directorate of the Tajik National Security State Committee. All Uzbek crossing points on the Uzbek-Tajik border closed on November 27 all but halting traffic in both direction. Uzbekistan made the decision unilaterally, read more..

Black Friday Sales Increase But Profits Fall

The beginning of the holiday shopping season was much better than retailers predicted, but profits were hurt by bargain basement prices, analysts said. Typically, holiday sales account for 25 to 40 percent of annual sales for retailers, but those numbers are expected to decrease greatly as the economy is mired in read more..

U.K. Government to Protect Customers As London Scottish Bank Enters Administration

HM Treasury has taken action to protect the interests of retail depositors and wider financial stability following London Scottish Bank plc entering administration. The Chancellor has put in place arrangements to ensure that all eligible retail depositors (that is, those depositors who are eligible to claim under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)) in London Scottish read more..

President Mugabe of Zimbabwe has Said a Cholera Outbreak Currently Affecting His Country Was “disastrous”

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said a cholera outbreak currently affecting his country was “disastrous”, warning that it could severely strain the country’s health delivery system and wipe out gains already made in the fight against HIV and Aids. Speaking Sunday in a televised message on the eve of World Aids Day which falls on Monday, Mugabe read more..

Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Warns Officials Against Excessive Spending During Christmas Season

Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Tertius Zongo has issued a warning to members of his government and state-owned companies against “extravagant spending” during the Christmas and new year season. Zongo made the statement in a memorandum which stressed that visibility needs should not be used as pretext to “proved drift” for non-obvious purpose. “I was privileged enough to read more..

Arab Maghreb Union Proves Unable to Go Further Than a Concept

The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) has proved itself “unable to go further than a mere concept or a project idea, the various political and diplomatic officials who took part on 27 and 28 November, in the 23-Business week in Sousse, Tunisia, said. The sessions were held under the aegis of the Arab Institute of Business Leaders read more..

Lords Resistance Army Leader Fails to Turn Up to Sign Peace Agreement in Uganda

It was another disappointing weekend for Uganda and the international community and particularly the UN when the elusive rebel Lords Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony, failed again to turn up to sign the comprehensive peace agreement with the government. Kony had committed himself to signing the peace agreement on November 29 at Ri-Kwangba near the read more..

Zambian Government. to Step Up Supply of Free ARV Treatment to Patients

Government says it will install more equipment in public health institutions to improve and increase free access to anti-retroviral therapy for people suffering from HIV/AIDS. Health minister Kapembwa Simbao said on the eve of World AIDS Day on Sunday that the government was committed to provide treatment to more than the 165,000 people currently receiving free read more..