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Get FREE NEWS for your site; visit our free news page at: http://www.africanewswire.com/freenews.shtml BREAKING NEWS ZIMBABWE: Government to deploy 30,000 police http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2752.shtml Harare, Zimbabwe (ANN, June 21, 2000) - The Zimbabwe government said it would deploy 30,000 police ahead of this weekend's polls, news reports said on Tuesday. NIGERIA: State government denies reports of Christians fleeing http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2751.shtml Kano, Nigeria (ANN, June 21, 2000) - An exodus of Christians and southerners from the northern state of Kano prior to the official introduction of Sharia law there on Wednesday has begun, 'The Post Express' newspaper reported on Saturday. RWANDA-UGANDA: Rebel group RCD traces conflict to Kazini http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2749.shtml Kisangani, DR Congo (ANN, June 21, 2000) - The Vice-President and overall military commander of the RCD, Jean-Pierre Ondekane, has alleged that the conflict between former allies Uganda and Rwanda stemmed from the arrival in Kisangani, eastern DRC, in 1998 of Ugandan Chief of Staff Brigadier James Kazini. NIGERIA: Accused Praises Judge Over Jail Term http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2748.shtml Ilorin, NIGERIA (ANN, June 21, 2000) - Yusuf Bello, a village drunk, last week prostrated endlessly and showered praises on an Ilorin magistrate for jailing him for two months after beating a policeman. Bello, a native of Babaloma, had been arraigned before the court for beating a police sergeant Salawu Moshood on June 13 near the Ilorin high court complex. SOMALIA: Heavy fighting at Baidoa airport http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2747.shtml Baidoa, Somalia (ANN, June 21, 2000) - Heavy fighting broke out at Baidoa airport on Saturday, and resumed again on Monday, humanitarian sources told IRIN. On Saturday, militiamen of the governing Rahanwein Resistance Army (RRA) opened fire on militiamen guarding a khat flight, unhappy with their allocation of the narcotic plant. NIGER: Four soldiers accused of coup plot released http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2746.shtml Niamey, Niger (ANN, June 21, 2000) - Four Niger soldiers allegedly involved in the failed kidnap of a member of the country's former junta last week were released on Saturday, AFP reported Defence Minister Sabiou Dadi Gao as saying. DR CONGO: 'Patriotic awakening' campaign launched http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2745.shtml Kinshasa, DR Congo (ANN, June 21, 2000) - The governor of Kinshasa, Theophile Mbemba Mfundu, on Monday initiated a "patriotic awakening" campaign in Kinshasa, the state-owned Congolese television reported. DR CONGO: Displaced still leaving "tense but quiet" Kisangani http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2744.shtml Kisangani, DR Congo (ANN, June 21, 2000) - The situation in the northeastern DRC city of Kisangani, where the Ugandan and Rwandan armies engaged in clashes earlier this month that left hundreds of people dead, was "tense but quiet" as of Monday, according to humanitarian agencies in the field. ZIMBABWE: Observers denied accreditation http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2743.shtml Harare, Zimbabwe (ANN, June 21, 2000) - The Zimbabwe government has barred a number of international observers, mostly from non-governmental organisations (NGOs), from observing and monitoring this weekend's parliamentary elections. UN issues first global plan to boost Internet access in developing countries http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2742.shtml New York, United Nations (ANN, June 21, 2000) - The United Nations has issued the first global plan to engage the public and private sectors in overcoming the information technology lag in most developing countries, aiming to bring Internet access by 2004 to the 80 per cent of the world's population who are currently unconnected. ERITREA: Italy, UN food agency team up to help Eritrea http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2741.shtml Asmara, Eritrea (ANN, June 21, 2000) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Eritrea on Tuesday began an airlift operation that will transfer 36 metric tonnes of emergency aid to Eritrea on behalf of several Italian-based relief agencies. On Africa Refugee Day, UNHCR urges joint efforts to counter rise in xenophobia http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2740.shtml Kampala, Uganda (ANN, June 21, 2000) - The escalating refugee problems in Africa need more attention now than ever before, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadaka Ogata, stressed on Tuesday on the occasion of Africa Refugee Day as she visited a settlement in northern Uganda where some 11,500 people have taken refuge since fleeing southern Sudan six years ago. SIERRA LEONE: West African delegates to meet Security Council on Sierra Leone crisis http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2739.shtml Freetown, Sierra Leone (ANN, June 21, 2000) - Delegates from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are on their way from Sierra Leone to New York, where they will hold a private meeting with the United Nations Security Council on the situation in the war-torn West African country, a UN spokesman said in New York. DR CONGO: Foreign troops leave Kisangani as DRC Government files suit http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2738.shtml Kisangani, DR Congo (ANN, June 21, 2000) - The bulk of Ugandan and Rwandan forces in Kisangani appears to have left the city, according to preliminary reports released yesterday from the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ZIMBABWE: Africans To Take over White-Owned Companies http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2737.shtml Harare, ZIMBABWE (ANN, June 21, 2000) - Skilled Africans are to take over control of foreign-owned mines if President Robert Mugabe's party wins parliamentary election in just less than a week. President Mugabe disclosed this on Friday last week. ZIMBABWE: Mugabe Confident, Dismisses Opposition Victory in Polls http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2736.shtml Harare, ZIMBABWE (ANN, June 21, 2000) - In spite of an opinion poll which predicts opposition victory in the June 24-25 parliamentary, President Robert Mugabe is confident that his ZANU-PF would make a clean sweep in the polls. NIGERIA: Non-Indigenes Flee Kaduna and Kano Sharia Atmosphere http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2735.shtml Kaduna, NIGERIA (ANN, June 21, 2000) - Non-indigenes have started to flee en-masse the restive Kaduna and Kano cities following the alleged threats of a renewed mayhem over matters relating to the Sharia legal system. NIGERIA: Court Declares Nassarawa Constituency not Vacant http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2734.shtml Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, June21, 2000) - An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday voided the resignation of Ibrahim Inuwa Babawo from the House of Representatives, thus declaring his Nassarawa Federal Constituency of Kano State, Northern Nigeria, not vacant. NIGERIA: 24 Oil Workers Kidnapped in Warri http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2733.shtml Warri, NIGERIA (ANN, June 21, 2000) - At least 24 workers, including 2 foreign expatriates, were kidnapped in the turbulent Niger Delta region of Warri, southwest of Nigeria. The workers were said to be working on a project owned by Chevron Nigeria Limited. DR CONGO: Confusion as Ugandan and Rwandan Troops Leave Kisangani http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2732.shtml Kisangani, DR Congo (ANN, June 21, 2000) - Rwanda and Uganda have accused each other of moving troops into areas around Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo, even as they continued to withdraw from the city itself. GAMBIA: Police Detain Gambian Opposition Party Leader http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2731.shtml Banjul, GAMBIA (ANN, June 21, 2000) - The leader of the Gambian opposition party (the UPC) Hussein Udabo and some members of his party's executive were detained by the police at the wekend following a clash between members of the UPC and supporters of the ruling party, the APC, in a rally organized on Saturday by the UPC. NIGERIA: PDP Chieftain Berates Obasanjo for Poor Performance http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2730.shtml Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, June 21, 2000) - Chieftains of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) rose from a meeting on Tuesday in Abuja with a call to President Olusegun Obasanjo to sit up if he is not to lose the party's confidence completely. NIGERIA: "Why I Went to Court Over My HIV Vaccine," Dr. Abalaka http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2729.shtml Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, June 21, 2000) - Reasons are beginning to emerge why the Abuja-based medical practitioner Dr. Jeremiah Abalaka sought a court injunction restraining the Minister of Health, Dr. Tim Menakaya, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria and the Council's investigating panel from compelling him to appear before them. NIGERIA-SIERRA LEONE: "UN Yet to Ask for More Nigerian Troops," Says Colonel Ugbo http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2728.shtml Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, June21, 2000) - Nigeria's Defense Spokesman Colonel Godwin Ugbo said that the defense headquarters had not received a written request from the United Nations (UN) to send additional troops to reinforce the peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone. MOROCCO: 1,016 Detainees Pardoned in Morocco http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2727.shtml Rabat, MOROCCO (ANN, June 21, 2000) - In a goodwill gesture to mark the Eid-Al-Mawlud, a feast that celebrates the birthday of Prophet Mohammed, King Mohammed VI of Morocco has granted pardon to 1,016 detainees, the royal household and chancellery revealed. ALGERIA: Algerian President Ends Tour to France, Seeks Closer Ties http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2725.shtml Algiers, ALGERIA (ANN, June 21, 2000) - President Abdulaziz Bouteflika of Algeria on the last day of a 4-day tour to France on Saturday called for closer ties with France. LIBYA-BLACK AFRICA: Amidst Accusations of Racism, Black Africans Appeal for Caution on Proposed African Union http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2724.shtml Tripoli, LIBYA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - African Leaders have been warned to be cautious as they push for a speedy take-off of the Libya-proposed African Union. A cross-section of black African residents in Tripoli, Libya, made the appeal by saying that rather than rush into the Union, African leaders should first work towards unity among their various nationals. ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Signing of peace accord welcomed by Security Council, Secretary-General http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2723.shtml New York, United Nations (ANN, June 20, 2000) - The members of the United Nations Security Council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan have welcomed the signing by Eritrea and Ethiopia of an agreement on the cessation of hostilities, proposed by the Organization of African Unity (OAU). SIERRA LEONE: "Relative calm" reported in Sierra Leone following weekend gunshot scare http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2722.shtml Freetown, Sierra Leone (ANN, June 20, 2000) - United Nations aid officials on Monday voiced continuing concern about the humanitarian situation in Mile 91, a Sierra Leone town where an estimated 30,000 people have been registered by UN agencies as internally displaced. NIGERIA: Pressure Mounts on Former Spaeker Buhari to Stay Away from the House http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2721.shtml Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Pressure continues to mount on the disgraced former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Salisu Ibrahim Buhari. Most MPs have asked Buhari not to return to the House. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Measles Outbreak Claims 300 lives http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2720.shtml Oudda-Djalle, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (ANN, June 20, 2000) - The measles outbreak, which began in May in the impoverished Central African Republic (CAR), has now claimed not less than 300 lives. TANZANIA: Tanzania Seeks INTERPOL Assistance to Arrest Swindler http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2719.shtml Dar-es-Salaam, TANZANIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Tanzania has sought the assistance from the International Police (INTERPOL) for the arrest of a Dar Es Salaam businessman, Rijaz Gulamani. NIGERIA: Fawehimi Goes to Court Over Governor Tinubu's Forgeries http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2716.shtml Lagos, NIGERIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Lagos lawyer and human rights activist Chief Gani Fawehimi has appealed to Nigeria's Supreme Court as he seeks to challenge the judgment of the court of Appeal that it cannot compel the police to probe Bola Tinubu, the Governor of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, over matters of forgery of certificates and perjury. NIGERIA: Teacher Drags School to Court over Alleged Witchcraft http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2715.shtml Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - A school teacher told an Abuja High Court judge, M. L. Gumi, that in October 7, 1999, one Joy Mohammed, the proprietress of the school, invited her and told her in the presence of 3 other staff members of the school that she made an unnamed pupil sick by appearing to the child through diabolic means. MAURITANIA: Mauritania Will Pull Out of ECOWAS in 6 Months http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2714.shtml Nouakchott, MAURITANIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Mauritania has concluded plans to pull out of the West African regional body, the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) within the next six months. GHANA: Ghana Air Crash Survivors in Critical Conditions http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2713.shtml Accra, GHANA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Several survivors of the Airlink Flight 200 that crashed at Kotoko Airport in Accra on Monday are said to be in critical condition, hospital sources said. ZIMBABWE: Winnie Mandela Criticized for Supporting Land Invasions in Zimbabwe http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2712.shtml Harare, ZIMBABWE (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Former wife of Nelson Mandela and President of the African National Congress Woman's League (AVCWL), Winne Madikizela Mandela has been criticized for expressing support for the invasions of white farm lands by Zimbabwean war veterans. SOUTH AFRICA: Assassin Links Botha with Bloody Cross-border Raid http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2711.shtml Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Eugene De Kock, who admitted being an assassin for South African's former apartheid regime, has implicated former President P. W. Botha in a bloody cross-border raid by police into neighboring Lesotho in December 1985. ZIMBABWE: Top Commonwealth Official Resigns Observer Status http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2710.shtml Harare, ZIMBABWE (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Senior advisor to Commonwealth Secretary General, Don Mckinnon, has resigned his appointment as head of an observer mission to oversee the Zimbabwean parliamentary election of June 24-25. RWANDA: Spanish Priest Killed in Kigali http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2707.shtml Kigali, RWANDA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - 3 armed men on Saturday killed a Spanish priest in central Kigali. DR CONGO: Ugandan army movements may cause another outbreak of violence in Kisangani http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2706.shtml Kinshasa, CONGO DR (ANN, June 20, 2000) - The alleged re-enforcement of troops by Uganda in the areas around Kisangani may cause another outbreak of violence, main rebel movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) warned on Sunday. LIBYA: EU Ambassadors hold talks with Gaddafi http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2705.shtml Tripoli, LIBYA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Libyan President Moammar El Gaddafi held talks with ambassadors of the European Union (EU) on Sunday for the first time since 1992 to deliver messages on "unresolved questions between EU and Africa". NIGERIA: Traffic Disrupted for 2 Hours by Robbers http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/headlines/story2703.shtml Awka, NIGERIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Armed robbers disrupted traffic at the busy Nteje-Awkuzu junction in the eastern part of Nigeria for about 2 hours. ECONOMY ZIMBABWE: Africans To Take over White-Owned Companies http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/economy/story2737.shtml Harare, ZIMBABWE (ANN, June 21, 2000) - Skilled Africans are to take over control of foreign-owned mines if President Robert Mugabe's party wins parliamentary election in just less than a week. President Mugabe disclosed this on Friday last week. EGYPT: Egypt Hosts G-15 Meeting http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/economy/story2726.shtml Cairo, EGYPT (ANN, June 21, 2000) - It was a busy Monday in Cairo as Egypt hosted the summit of the Group of 15 nations (G-15) on June 19. NIGERIA: "Lagos State must Pay $75," Lagos State NLC Insists on Minimum Wage http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/economy/story2717.shtml Lagos, NIGERIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - The President of the Lagos State branch of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) Ayodele Akele has berated the Lagos State government over its refusal to pay the $75 (N7, 500) minimum wage being demanded by Lagos State workers. MAURITANIA: Mauritania Will Pull Out of ECOWAS in 6 Months http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/economy/story2714.shtml Nouakchott, MAURITANIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Mauritania has concluded plans to pull out of the West African regional body, the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) within the next six months. ZAMBIA: Zambia to sign Partnership Agreement with EU http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/economy/story2708.shtml Lusaka, ZAMBIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - The Zambian government will sign a new Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) partnership agreement with the European Union (EU), despite strong opposition from civil society in the country. NIGERIA: Crisis Looms Again over Minimum Wage http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/economy/story2704.shtml Minna, NIGERIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Nigeria, just out of an industrial action called on by the Nigeria Labor Congress to protest the hike in prices of petroleum products, is set to witness yet another round of crises, owing to the "inability" of many of the states to pay the recently announced minimum wage. SPORTS NIGERIA: Super Eagles Scraps to a Sloppy 2-0 Win over Leone Stars http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/sports/story2718.shtml Lagos, NIGERIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - The match, a Japan-Korea 2000 African World Cup qualifier started at 5:50pm (local time) with high expectations. Most of the fans that thronged the venue of the match, the "dreaded" National Stadium, expected a routing of the Leone Stars who only arrived at 2 am (local time) on Saturday, June 17. SOUTH AFRICA - SOCCER: SAFA May Sack Trott Moloto http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/sports/story2709.shtml Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - The future of Trott Moloto as South Africa's national football coach has come under review again following the loss suffered at the recently concluded Nike Cup in the United States. BOXING: Ugandan Juuko Loses Bout, But Honors Africa in Match against Diego Corrales in California http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/sports/story2681.shtml Los Angeles, California (ANN, June 18, 2000) - In an undercard bout of the Oscar de la Hoya-"Sugar" Shane Mosley Pay-Per-View megafight, which Shane Mosley won on a split decision upset of Oscar de la Hoya, Ugandan boxer Justin Juuko held his own against rising star Diego Corrales, despite suffering a 10th round TKO in the 10th round. SOCIETY & CULTURE On Africa Refugee Day, UNHCR urges joint efforts to counter rise in xenophobia http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/culture/story2740.shtml Kampala, Uganda (ANN, June 21, 2000) - The escalating refugee problems in Africa need more attention now than ever before, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadaka Ogata, stressed on Tuesday on the occasion of Africa Refugee Day as she visited a settlement in northern Uganda where some 11,500 people have taken refuge since fleeing southern Sudan six years ago. NIGERIA: Non-Indigenes Flee Kaduna and Kano Sharia Atmosphere http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/culture/story2735.shtml Kaduna, NIGERIA (ANN, June 21, 2000) - Non-indigenes have started to flee en-masse the restive Kaduna and Kano cities following the alleged threats of a renewed mayhem over matters relating to the Sharia legal system. LIBYA-BLACK AFRICA: Amidst Accusations of Racism, Black Africans Appeal for Caution on Proposed African Union http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/culture/story2724.shtml Tripoli, LIBYA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - African Leaders have been warned to be cautious as they push for a speedy take-off of the Libya-proposed African Union. A cross-section of black African residents in Tripoli, Libya, made the appeal by saying that rather than rush into the Union, African leaders should first work towards unity among their various nationals. NIGERIA: Teacher Drags School to Court over Alleged Witchcraft http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/culture/story2715.shtml Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - A school teacher told an Abuja High Court judge, M. L. Gumi, that in October 7, 1999, one Joy Mohammed, the proprietress of the school, invited her and told her in the presence of 3 other staff members of the school that she made an unnamed pupil sick by appearing to the child through diabolic means. NIGERIA: Traffic Disrupted for 2 Hours by Robbers http://www.africanewswire.com/annews/categories/culture/story2703.shtml Awka, NIGERIA (ANN, June 20, 2000) - Armed robbers disrupted traffic at the busy Nteje-Awkuzu junction in the eastern part of Nigeria for about 2 hours. -- --------------------------------- The Editors Africa Newswire Network (ANN) Free News for your site http://www.africanewswire.com AFRICAHOME.COM The Home of Africa on the Web http://www.africahome.com --------------------------------- --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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