Mapoloko Mohlabi's day starts early, baking bread to sell
to workers in the industrial area of the Lesotho capital, Maseru. She doesn't
get home until after dark, and then still has to make the dough for the next
day's batch of loaves.
At least three protestors were killed and at least 50
injured at the hands of the security forces on Thursday afternoon during
demonstrations in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, according to the Himalayan Human
Rights (HimRights), a local rights group.
A car bomb detonated inside a military barracks in the
Nigerian oil centre of Port Harcourt, killed two people and injured several
others, military authorities said on Thursday.
After consistently emphasising condoms in their
prevention campaigns, organisations in Togo are advocating abstinence, creating
confusion among young people.
An hour before dawn breaks, rhythmic drumbeats and songs
ring through the hulking barge that is returning hundreds of Bor Dinka to their
war-ravaged homeland 15 years after their departure. Moored on the River Nile,
they are within hours of reaching home.
More resources could help curb the increasing number of
children dying of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses in Botswana, according to the UN
Children's Fund (UNICEF).
A near verbatim transcript of the press briefing held by
the Deputy Chief Public Information Office/Deputy Spokesperson, Musi Khumalo, in
Asmara, via videoconference linking participants in Asmara and Addis Ababa. Also
present at the briefing in Addis Ababa was the Chief of Staff, Lt. Col. Mohammed
Iqbal.
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi yesterday held talks with a
delegation of US Senators led by Senate Banking and Urban Affairs Committee
Chairman Senator Richard Shelby.
Ethio Cement Factory Plc. said it is undertaking
activities to establish a cement factory in Chancho locality, North Shoa Zone of
Oromia State at a cost of 540 million birr.
The Amhara State Food Security Bureau said that various
food security programmes are being carried out in the State at a cost of over
1.2 billion birr, EPRDF Organ Abiyotawi Democracy reported.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism said it has prepared
a guideline that would help design a sustainable five-year tourism and culture
strategic plan.
Members of the police force in Gambela State should
further strengthen ongoing efforts geared toward safeguarding human rights, the
State Police Commission said.
