By Nangayi Guyson – Harare – Zimbabwe’s minister says is making efforts to increase security on its government websites to prevent cyber attacks. On its website, a cyber activist group called Anonymous says it brought down Zimbabwe websites last week to protest the government’s censorship of free press and Wiki Leaks cables. President Robert Mugabe’s wife has sued a newspaper that published Wiki Leaks reports implicating her in illegal diamond deals. Zimbabwe’s IT minister said on Monday that they are “dealing with” threats by the pro-Wiki Leaks group to cripple the websites. Most of the government’s websites were up and... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Bujumbura – Suspected gangs with links to Tanzanian witch doctors kidnapped a five-month-old albino girl and chopped off a young albino boy’s arm in Burundi during the New Year night, officials said on Saturday. The suspected gangs attacked a family on Vumwe hill in Kinyinya and abducted a newborn girl aged barely five months,” said local justice official Nicodeme Gahimbare. “They fled toward the nearby Tanzanian border. We fear the worst because we think they are attempting to cross into Tanzania to sell this newborn’s limbs to witch doctors,” said Kinyinya’s top official, Gaston Gashirahamwe. A... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Ivory Coast’s incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo has rejected a deadline set by his rival for him to stand down, saying the international community is trying to stage a coup against him. Alassane Ouattara’s supporters said Mr Gbagbo would have “no difficulties” if he resigned before 0000 GMT on Friday but Mr Gbagbo said the country could face greater violence if he were to leave office. In an address for the new year, Mr Gbagbo said the pressure for him to quit amounted to “an attempted coup d’etat carried out under the banner of the international community”.... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – At least 21 people have been killed by a car bomb explosion outside a church in the north Egyptian city of Alexandria and leaving 43 injured, officials say. The blast hit worshipers as they were celebrating a new year’s service at the al-Qidiseen church shortly after midnight. The Associated Press news agency has reported that after the blast , angry Coptic Christians clashed with police and local Muslims, reportedly throwing stones and targeting a nearby mosque which had also been damaged by the car bomb as they entered it ,throwing books out onto the street, A... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers – The Liberian Government has announced a drastic tax reduction as part of efforts to improve the living standards of the Liberian people and foreign residents beginning January 1, 2011. The tax reduction, according to the Liberian Government is part of its Economic Policy and the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). As of New Year’s Day, Saturday, January 1, 2011, the following taxes are expected to be reduced: Corporate Income Tax, Personal Income Tax, Luxury Tax, Real Estate Tax, and Special Investment Incentives, among others. Speaking to the Press at the end of the year, Finance Minister,... Continue Reading
