Entries Tagged as 'AfricA'

Plane shot down, while still on the tarmac….

In an accident somewhat similar to shooting yourself in the foot comes the tale of the fumbling security guard who downed his own plane. Lucky it was not in the air at the time…

Top UN ambassadors were forced to hitch a bus ride from Democratic Republic of Congo to Rwanda after a security guard accidentally shot a hole in their plane, a UN spokesman said.

The Security Council ambassadors had been visiting violent eastern Congo during a trip to promote peacekeeping operations and other efforts to end some of the most intractable conflicts in Africa.

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President Robert Mugabe to quit

The delays in announcing the Zimbabwean election results is not that President Robert Mugabe is planning how to retain power, but instead he has been delaying the announcement for more personal reasons.

Friend to some,  Mugabe has enjoyed almost three decades of rule, bringing he country slowly to its knees amid starvation and rampant inflation.

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Whopper fish was indeed a contest whopper!

Some pretty bad things have happened in Nigeria in the past and even today, get caught in the wrong place and you are just as likely to be held for ransom.

So it does not strike me as the sort of place to try and pull a swift trick in front of thousands of people…..

But that is just what momentary fishing legend Bello Argungu did during Nigeria’s biggest fishing contest.

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Prince Charles angered by traffic accident

Prince Charles has been angered by the scene of a traffic accident during a trip to Uganda.

The crash involved a motorcycle carrying four people and a cyclist transporting a corpse.

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