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South Africa's government human rights agency said Tuesday it is investigating whether the Zulu king made comments that could increase anti-homosexual sentiment in a country where gays face hatred and attacks despite liberal laws ensuring their rights. The Times, a Johannesburg newspaper, reported that King Goodwill Zwelithini called homosexuals "rotten" during a speech.
Nigerian oil workers vowed Thursday to begin shutting down production of Africa's top crude exporter, piling intense pressure on the government on the fourth day of a nationwide strike.Raising the possibility of a deal however, labour leaders were holding their first meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan since the strike began, while the petroleum minister signalled there was room for compromise.
mardi, 10 janvier 2012 21:14
Gunmen kill eight, mob attacks mosque as Nigeria chaos grows
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Gunmen killed eight people in north Nigeria on Tuesday and a mob torched an Islamic school in the south, as a fuel strike and growing religious tension rattled Africa's oil-rich giant.Amid the sectarian and social turmoil, Nobel literature prize laureate Wole Soyinka, one of the country's most respected voices, warned that the continent's most populous nation was heading toward civil war.
Authorities say a radical Muslim sect has killed a secret police officer in northeast Nigeria as part of its widening sectarian battle against the oil-rich nation's weak central government. Borno state police commissioner Simeon Midenda said the attack happened Monday in the town of Biu. Midenda said the gunmen from the sect known locally as Boko Haram attacked after the officer of the State Security Service left a mosque.
The US has promised to help Nigeria hunt down the terrorists who killed at least 39 people on Christmas Day, most of them at a church."We have been in contact with Nigerian officials about what appear to be terrorist acts and pledge to assist them in bringing those responsible to justice," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement yesterday.
Legendary Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, who died on Saturday aged 70, will be buried on Tuesday on her home island of Sao Vicente, officials said Sunday. The body of the singing star nicknamed "the barefoot diva" will remain at her family home in Mindelo on Tuesday until it is transferred to the local town hall and then to the cemetery for the burial at 4 pm (1700 GMT).
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samedi, 17 décembre 2011 12:06
South Africa: Criminal Probe Targets AP, Reuters Cameras On Mandela
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South African authorities announced on Thursday the launch of a criminal probe against international news agencies The Associated Press and Reuters for installing cameras outside the home of anti-Apartheid figure Nelson Mandela, according to news reports.Invoking the National Key Points Act, an Apartheid-era law designed to curb reporting of areas deemed sensitive, authorities described the presence of the cameras as a breach of Mandela's privacy
Pentagon chief Leon Panetta made history Saturday as the first American defense secretary to set foot on Libyan soil and said he hoped the post-Moammar Gadhafi government could assemble the country's militias into "one Libya."Panetta has indicated that the U.S. will give the Libyans some time to gain control of the militias that overthrew Gadhafi during an eight-month civil war before determining how to help the fledgling government.
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