By: Muhyadin Ahmed Roble      Somali Freelance Journalist Islamist hardliners in Somalia have stoned a Somali woman for adultery on Tuesday, official told on Wednesday. Halima Ibrahim Abdurrahman, 20-year-old, was killed in front of hundreds people, mostly women and children, in the town of Wajid, 250 miles (400km) north-west of the capital, Mogadishu. Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh Abdirahman, a judge ...

By: Muhyadin Ahmed Roble in Nairobi      Somali Freelance Journalist Puntland security forces injured VOA Somali services correspondent in autonomous Puntland, Somalia on Tuesday night, local journalist told Africanews on Wednesday. The Police mistakably opened fire Mohamed Yasin Ishaq, VOA Somali services correspondent in Galka’yo town of Puntland, while he is driving his car in the west of ...

Somali pirates have released a Spanish tuna fishing trawler and its crew of 36 after a ransom of $3.5 million paid.‬‪ Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain’s prime minister, told on Tuesday that the crews were safe but rejected to confirm if a ransom had been paid. Mr. Zapatero says that Spanish government has done what it ...

Somali pirates have hijacked a North Korean tanker with 28 crews in the south Somali basin, some 180 miles northwest of Seychelles.‬‪  ‬‪The EU’s naval forces have reported in statement that MV Therese VIII, a Singaporean-operated tanker, was seized on Monday by Somali pirates, while is heading for Mombasa port in Kenya.‬‪ ‬‪ The MV Theresa VIII, registered ...

Maryam Babangida, Nigeria’s former First Lady is dead. The fomer chairperson of the Better Life for Rural Women during her husband’s years in office, had been hospitalised for ovarian cancer at the UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles. Mrs. Babaginda’s condition worsened about six months ago after she attended the wedding of Umaru Yar’Adua’s ...

For sub-Saharan Africa, building a knowledge economy “is no longer an option, it is a necessity”, World Bank Institute economic adviser Shahid Yusuf said last week at a University of the Witwatersrand symposium on research and training for sustainable development in Africa. The region could no longer rely on its resources alone to promote economic ...

President Ian Khama of Botswana has accused Zimbabwean counterpart, Robert Mugabe, of failing to honour a power-sharing deal with the opposition parties and called for new elections to resolve the political deadlock. In a state of the nation address after his re-election last month, Pres. Khama made clear he believed the blame for the political ...

Zimbabwe’s partners in the coalition Government, the Movement for Democratic Change and Zanu-PF, were due to meet in Harare ON Monday for make-or-break negotiations. Regional leaders have given the leaders until 5 December to resolve the crisis. President Jacob Zuma is expected to visit Zimbabwe on 6 December to assess whether they have resolved the ...

With more than eight months still to go before the kickoff of the 2010 Soccer World Cup, many long-haul airlines are booked to capacity on South African flights. British Airways, Emirates, Delta and Lufthansa confirm they are already fully booked, particularly near the start and end of the tournament. Many airlines also expect 100% load ...

A letter from Nelson Mandela to Denis Sassou Nguesso has stalled any possible legal action over the Congolese president’s controversial book, while Minister for Human Settlements Tokyo Sexwale’s alleged upcoming visit to Congo-Brazzaville this coming Friday is expected to put an end to the weeks-old diplomatic spat. The Sunday Independent understands Madiba wrote to Sassou ...