By Farhan Jama Somalia- Members of Parliament on Sunday approved named Prime Minister Farmajo. Members voted by hand up ballot which 391 members attended and 297 accepted while 92 rejected and 2 were silent. “I hereby declare Mr Mohamed Abdillahi as the prime minister of Somalia” Sharif Hassan parliament speaker told the members of parliament. The approval of the Prime Minister was held after a dispute between members of the parliament and their counterpart, President Shekh Sharif Sheekh Ahmed and the Speaker of Parliament Sharif Hassan Sheekh Aadan. The speaker told the members to conduct approval on vote of secret... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwange – JOHANNESBURG – Hamburg-born Germany businessman Wolfgang W. Sabrowsky is an idealist, visionary thinker and go-getter. His prolific rise in the international showbiz circles has seen him co-produce the 80th birthday bash for Africa’s highly-esteemed icon Nelson Mandela, handled events for big international corporate companies, and organised festivals for the United Nations bodies. Wolf, as he is affectionately known in the showbiz has come all the way from Europe to promote musical talents in over 27 African countries, and now spends most of his prime time developing communities in places such as Alexandra, one of South Africa’s... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Zimbabwean government denied claims that it was planning mass evictions from a shantytown outside Harare. The denial comes after Amnesty International said the government had threatened about 20 000 residents of Hatcliffe Extension with eviction if they failed to pay a $140 “lease renewal fee” – an unaffordable sum for the shantytown’s impoverished residents. In a statement , housing minister Giles Mutseyekwa said, according to the state-run news agency, New Ziana that ,”I wish to categorically state that no such thing, and I repeat no such thing or action has been planned or is being planned.”... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Conakry – AFP- Guinean presidential candidate Alpha Conde pulled out Thursday of a scheduled joint tour of a peace with rival Cellou Dalein Diallo, saying his supporters were against the visit, a spokesperson said. The tour was aimed to ease tensions between their followers ahead of the vote. A spokesman for Alpha Conde said that his supporters had opposed him travelling to the areas affected by violence with his opponent. It is his base that is against this tour,” said Francois Lonseny Fall, spokesperson for the pro-Conde Rainbow alliance. A spokesperson for Conde’s Rally of the... Continue Reading
KHAYELITSHA, 29 October 2010 (PlusNews) – Shrieks of laughter echo through the community centre in the Cape Town township of Khayelitsha as 20 children aged between four and 15 play a game of tag. They are part of the Cirque du Monde Ibhongolwethu Project run by Cape Town’s Zip Zap Circus School with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Through twice weekly workshops, HIV-positive children are taught circus-act skills such as the trampoline, tumbling and juggling. For the past 18 months, the sessions have included discussions with MSF’s Youth Officer, Brian Mbanga, who addresses the challenges the children face. From the difficulties... Continue Reading
