NEWS UPDATE

Photos: Nigerian troops celebrate after killing hundreds of Boko Haram men in Konduga

Linda Ikeji at Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog - 7 minutes ago

Nigerian troops this morning September 17th successfully crushed another attempt by Boko Haram members who were on a revenge mission to Konduga, in Borno State. According to a statement by Defence HQ, 3 Hilux vehicles, 1 Amoured Personnel Carrier and a cache of arms and ammunition were captured by the troops. Hundreds of the militants were said to have been killed. Troops are now combing the vicinity, in a cordon and search operation to determine the heavy casualties suffered by the terrorists in the encounter. See pics of the captured weapons armored tanks after the cut... 

Africa: Kinshasa Detains Publisher

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[RSF]Reporters Without Borders' partner organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Journaliste en danger (JED), yesterday issued a statement condemning the judicial harassment of Mike Mukebayi Nkoso, publisher the bi-weekly Congo News.

South Africa: GM - Mixed Messages From Woolworths

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[The Journalist]Woolworths has announced that it intends to cut back genetically modified or GMO products by 50 percent but food activists are sceptical.

South Africa: Biko Walls of Memory - A Multi Living Hip Hop Human Being

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[The Journalist]Hip Hop Film artist Vuyisa "Breeze" Yoko, aka "Khasi" who directed this piece called "Biko's Children", said in the opening of this film, if Biko were alive he would be a Hip Hop Head.

Kenya: Hydro Power Project Hits Pastoralists

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[IWPR]Wario Galelo, 64, raises livestock downstream from the site of a hydroelectric dam which the Kenyan government plans to construct on the Ewaso Ngiro river in the north of the country.

South Africa: Racism On Campus - Jumping Around "Like Mad Hatters"

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[The Journalist]The University of the Free State recently lifted the expulsion of two white students accused of using a bakkie to run over a black student. The young white men were acquitted of all charges in the Regional Court in Bloemfontein. The University management apologised to the students and their families and also issued a statement acknowledging the findings of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) that it was "unable to find any corroborating evidence to make a conclusive finding of racism and

South Africa: The Way We Were - the Unknown SABC Story

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[The Journalist]It's early 1994. Twenty years ago.

Not nice: Ex-minister thrown into rubbish bin by angry mob (photos)

Linda Ikeji at Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog - 37 minutes ago

It's Ukrainian politics so I don't care much for the details..:-).. but a former minister named Vitaly Zhuravsky was attacked yesterday morning September 16th by an angry mob as he walked past a crowd outside the parliament building in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. The minister was grabbed by the screaming mob and bundled head first into the half full rubbish bin and they proceeded to pelt him with the rubbish, pour water on him and hit him on the head with a car tyre. They are mad at him and other lawmakers because of Ukraine's recent trade pact with EU. See photos after the cut..