AFRICA News, Sep 05, 2011

Rugby World Cup latest: Shane Williams fed up of coming second best against ... WalesOnline Shane Williams admits Wales are fed up of being the nearly men in their recent battles against world champions South Africa, and he knows there would be no better time to start addressing matters than next Sunday's World Cup Pool D opener. ... See all stories on this topic »

China Sought to Sell Arms to Qaddafi, Documents Suggest New York Times The Chinese companies apparently suggested that the arms be delivered through third countries like Algeria or South Africa. Like China, those countries opposed the United Nations authorization of NATO military action against Qaddafi forces in Libya, ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

UN: 750000 people in Somalia face 'imminent starvation' CNN International Famine in the African nation has spread to the Bay region, which is now the sixth area in Somalia suffering from an acute shortage of food, according to the the UN's Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and the Famine Early Warning Systems ... See all stories on this topic »

SMEs, landlords, government, to blame for Ibadan flood catastrophe BusinessDay The recent Ibadan flood calamity, which shut down business and other activities in the biggest city in West Africa, South of the Sahara, was largely caused by government's dereliction of duty and insensitivity to the plight of the governed, ... See all stories on this topic » BusinessDay

Smartphone industry to grow 55 percent globally in 2011 Al-Bawaba The GALAXY S II, the successor to the equally popular GALAXY S smartphone that was launched 2010, boasts faster and more powerful user experience with a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and the latest version of the world's fastest-growing mobile operating ... See all stories on this topic » Al-Bawaba

Like Libya, Zimbabwe must move on ZimEye Zimbabwe But despite its tired 'liberation' rhetoric, South Africa realises that the world has moved on and that Libya has changed. South Africa's duty is to make Zimbabwe move on too (see: No GPA implementation spirit in govt: Zuma ... See all stories on this topic » ZimEye Zimbabwe

Happy birthday to you! Fifa.com Jeremy Toulalan (28) is the latest in a long line of classy and hard-working members of the French engine-room, managing to emerge with some credit despite Les Bleus' shambolic showing at the2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. ... See all stories on this topic »

Again, Lagos is one of worst cities to live in NEXT The EIU latest survey for July 2011 explained that a small adjustment in Vancouver's score for transport, caused by the "recent intermittent closures of the key highway, resulted in a 0.7 percentage point decline in the Canadian city's overall ... See all stories on this topic »

Platinum could be a better bet than gold Telegraph.co.uk About 80pc of global reserves are in South Africa, where input and staffing costs are rising significantly. Miners in the country are also being hit by the relative strength of the rand against the dollar. The case for platinum is clear. ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Global gathering needs Fiji and Samoa to come to the party The Independent The Fijians are not bad at 15s: hell, they knocked Wales out of the last World Cup with a joyously athletic performance in Nantes and very nearly did for South Africa, the eventual winners, on a mesmerising afternoon in Marseilles. ... See all stories on this topic »

Eight family members killed in central Nigeria AFP JOS, Nigeria — Unknown gunmen stormed a mainly Christian-dominated central Nigerian community overnight and hacked eight members of a family to death in thelatest violence to hit the region, officials said Sunday. ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Security: Nigeria's President has 'strong leads' on bombings Afrique en Ligue Some 23 persons were killed and dozens more injured in the UN House bombing, the latest in a series that started 1 Oct. 2010 and included explosions that disrupted the country's 50th independence anniversary, the bombing at a military barracks and the ... See all stories on this topic »

The battle for Libya Daily Star Online And the latest decision by the NTC to hold back on moving its interim government to Tripoli for a week only confirms the continued volatility of the situation. Meanwhile, the recent meeting of western leaders in Paris, styled as friends of Libya, ... See all stories on this topic »

'Hezb' chief an exploiter Arab Times Kuwait English Daily Both of them have delusions of being great and untouchable leaders of their people, so they committed horrible crimes that are unprecedented in recent history. In his latest praise for the Syrian regime, Nasrallah failed to take into consideration the ... See all stories on this topic »

Dhaka: Second worst liveable city on earth Financial Express Bangladesh With a sort of democratic façade in place through reconciliation between President Robert Mugabe and his political opponents, the African nation which is blessed with vast mineral and agricultural resources is expected to do better in the near future. ... See all stories on this topic »

Peter Popham: Reporting war can possess you The Independent He went on to repeat the same trick in Sudan, where he both took part in and reported the last cavalry charge in history, and South Africa – by which time the top generals were so livid with him for mixing up his two roles that they refused to have ... See all stories on this topic »

The dangerous migration of IT professionals CIO Magazine Analysis of the latest industry figures would suggest that as many as 130000 IT professionals right now are actively looking for work environments that are more stimulating and challenging. To put that into perspective, that would be enough to fill the ... See all stories on this topic »

South Africa: State Security welcomes progress on Info Bill 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Pretoria-The Ministry of State Security has noted the latest developments with regards to the processing of the Protection of Information Bill. According to the Ministry, the recent developments represent a major step in the direction of completing ... See all stories on this topic »

Business calls for flexible contracts WA Business News (subscription) WA's exposure to the resources sector failed to shield the state from the volatility that drove the broader sharemarket to a two-year low in August, according to Deloitte's latest monthly survey of the state's listed companies. ... See all stories on this topic »

Iraqi tourists flock to Kurdish region for fun, safety Arab News By SERENA CHAUDHRY | REUTERS IRBIL, Iraq: Shan Abdullah Ahmed travels to Irbil in northern Iraq at least once a month so her teenage daughter can shop for the latest catwalk fashions and stroll freely through an amusement park without fear of bombs. ... See all stories on this topic »

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