20101010
This Day

The Syli Stars of Guinea yesterday handed Nigeria a costly 1-0 in a 2012 Nations Cup Group B qualifying match in Conakry and throw the landlocked West African country into a massive victory party. That shock victory was not the only upset of yesterday.

20101010
New Times


kigali — Amavubi Stars sloppiness in-front of goal was severely punished by Benin yesterday as the West Africans romped to a 3-0 win in the 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier at Amahoro stadium.

20101009
Nation

Nairobi — In the matter of Luis Moreno-Ocampo versus certain unnamed politicians, the verdict is out. And it is a clear victory for the Argentine.

20101009
Nation

Nairobi — Kenya's hopes of qualification to the 2012 African Cup of Nations was severely jolted on Saturday when they were held to a barren draw by a resilient Uganda side at Nyayo National Stadium.

20101009
Garowe Online

Somali Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF claimed Medical aid planes are being prevented from landing in some of the airports in southern Somalia--where Al-shabaab controls by the insurgent group, Radio Garowe Reports.

20101009
IPS

Nairobi — Kimani Wanyama*, a homosexual man living in Nairobi, knows what human rights violations are all about. His attempts over three years to receive treatment for reoccurring rectal gonorrhoea had resulted in verbal abuse and intense stigmatisation from the very people who were meant to help him.

20101009
IPS

Gaborone — Florence Shagwa, a female councillor at the Gaborone City Council, considers her three-year business qualification worthless.

20101009
RFI

Nairobi — Investigations by International Criminal Court detectives have sent shock waves through political and security circles as the process moves steadily towards a conclusion.

20101009
RFI

Authorities in Uganda are launching a drive to deal with a jigger outbreak in the east of the country. The blood-sucking parasites have infested the entire Busoga region which has a population of two million people. The jigger infestation is said to be so bad it has already led to several deaths.

20101009
RFI

A group in Malawi is demanding the release of 80 convicted "witches" from prison. Most of the convicts are women who were convicted for teaching witchcraft to children. They are serving up to six years in prison.

201010109
This Day

Abuja — Barely a week after he regained his freedom from the cell of the State Security Services, (SSS), where he was detained for questioning over the Oct 1 bomb blasts in Abuja, Director-General of Ibrahim Babangida Campaign Organisation, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, yesterday narrated his ordeal in the hands of the security operatives.

20101009
Garowe Online

Deputy special representative of the chairman of the AU Commission for Somalia, Wafula Wamunyinyi says its peacekeeping troops are now in control of more than 45% of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.

20101010
africanews

Nairobi — One of the most important votes in post-independence African history is less than 100 days away.

20101010
africanews

Senegal is to receive over 100 students from Haiti, months after a deadly earth quake left over 200, 000 people dead in the Caribbean country in January. The move would allow the Haitians continue their studies in the universities of the West African country.

20101010
africanews

A widespread drought has affected many pastoralists in Somalia. Gedo and Lowere Jubba regions of southern Somalia are reportedly the most affected areas. The affected families have now started flocking into urban centers, seeking an alternative livelihood there.

20101010
africanews

A Tripoli-based aircraft firm Libyan African Aviation Holding Company has ordered three regional jets worth $131.5 million from Bombardier Inc, a Canadian manufacturer of commercial aircraft.

20101010
africanews

The International Criminal Court has ruled that a trial of an alleged Congolese warlord should resume again after a three-month suspension. The decision clears the way for the renewal of Thomas Lubanga's trial on charges of using child soldiers in a brutal conflict in eastern Congo in 2002-2003.

20101008
africanews

A team of technocrats tasked to review the 2006 Electoral Code of Condcut in Zambia have adopted a revised Code of Codunct less than 12 months before that country heads for a elections. Critics had blamed the 2006 Electoral Code of Conduct of containing a number of flaws which had resulted in unfair electoral practices.

20101008
africanews

The coach of Ivory Coast Francous Zahoui said leaving out Chelsea talisman Didier Drogba in his squad against Burundi does not mean he has a problem with him.

20101008
africanews

The Guinea FA said it has received a fax from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) detailing them to prepare for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Nigeria on October 10.