JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – South African authorities jailed two Chinese nationals caught with over US$60,000 (S$82,108) worth of illegally fished abalone, a coveted delicacy smuggled mainly to Asia, police said Wednesday (Nov 24). Poachers have been stripping South Africa’s coasts of the much sought-after sea snail, which is protected by strict fishing quotas. Investigators have been […]
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s finance minister maintained on Monday that the country’s economy would grow 3% this year despite poor rains that have hurt some crops and persistent power cuts that have hit mines and industry. The southern African nation is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a decade, compounded by shortages of foreign exchange, […]
A British soldier whose alleged killing of a Kenyan prostitute in Nanyuki is an "open secret" among military circles, is believed to be living in the south of England as a free man. Agnes Wanjiru was 21 when she was was last seen alive at the Lions Court Hotel near the Nanyuki army base in […]
