Shout-Africa News – ACCRA – Police in Ghana have impounded a Chinese ship and arrested three crew members after three Ivorians are alleged to have been thrown overboard. One of the stowaways is believed to have drowned; the other two survived. Djiba Kamara, 18, was rescued by a navy patrol on Sunday after he said he had been treading water for seven hours. Stowaways are protected under the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and are the responsibility of a ship’s crew if found. The BBC’s David Amanor in Ghana’s capital, Accra, says they are also entitled to be fed.... Continue Reading
By Peter Opiyo – President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga have called for calm and tolerance as investigation into the Uhuru Park blast continues. The President described the Sunday attack that left six people dead and 113 others injured a “crime against the people of Kenya”. Kibaki also vowed the Government would get to the bottom of the heinous crime I wish to condemn in the strongest terms possible those behind the disruption of a meeting at Uhuru Park, which led to death and injuries of innocent Kenyans,” said Kibaki. Kibaki also conveyed condolences to the families and friends... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa News – NAIROBI – Police in Kenya have arrested an assistant minister and two MPs for hate speech in the campaign for a new constitution, after violence on Sunday. Assistant Roads Minister Wilfred Machage was among six MPs accused of hate speech on Monday. All six deny the charges. Six people died on Sunday after a grenade attack at a prayer meeting in the capital, Nairobi, organised by the “No” campaign. The three arrested MPs were interrogated for several hours at the Criminal Investigation Department headquarters and are expected to be charged in court in Wednesday. During their campaign... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa Entertainment – The South African State Theatre in Pretoria will present a musical take on one of the country’s most famous and controversial historical figures – Shaka Zulu – from 26 June to 18 July. Produced by Packed House Productions in association with Absa, the musical is being staged as a special cultural offering to entice tourists in Tshwane during the FIFA World Cup™ and is being touted as a lavish, dramatic family spectacular. The play was written by Samson Khumalo, Sean Else and Deon Opperman and is directed by Opperman and Khumalo. The original music is by Johan... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa News – MPUMALANGA – Three British students have been killed in a bus crash in South Africa. Brooksby Melton College said they were Eleanor Payne, 19, from Hinckley, Leicestershire; Samantha Lake, 19, and Daniel Greenwood, 22, both of whom were from Syston, in Leicestershire. The British High Commission said four others remained seriously ill. Their bus overturned near Nelspruit in the north-eastern Mpumalanga province, leaving more than a dozen injured. Two teachers and 18 students from the college in Leicestershire were on the bus, along with a South African guide. A police investigation has begun to establish why... Continue Reading
