Gunmen kill senior Somali rebel leader
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a senior official of the Somali rebel group Hizbul Islam in Mogadishu's main market today, sparking several revenge killings, officials and witnesses said.
China and India endorse Copenhagen climate plan
China and India signed up to the Copenhagen Accord for fighting climate change today, joining almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters in endorsing the non-binding pact.
Greece calls for ban on speculative trading
Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou has proposed a ban on derivative trading techniques that increase debt costs for countries like Greece which struggle to cut their deficits.
Ex-Cyprus president's body stolen for ransom
Cyprus today announced that ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave yesterday, three months after it disappeared from its tomb.
Transnet denies building coal terminal
Transnet says its port division was not planning to build a new coal terminal, denying claims by industry sources who say the facility would be built and operational by June this year.
Patel’s pension ideas ‘refreshing’: Union
The Minister of Economic Development Ibrahim Patel's ideas of funding his macro-economic strategic plan through accessing wealth in retirement funds were "refreshing," the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) said today.
FIFA to open additional ticket distribution centres
Football's governing body, FIFA, will open 19 more South African ticket distribution centres in a bid to make World Cup tickets easily available to local soccer fans. The Local Organising Committee and other senior FIFA officials briefed Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Sport today.
Mass funeral held in Nigeria for 500 people
A mass funeral held in Nigeria for 500 people killed in Sunday's violent clashes between Islamic pastoralists and Christian villagers. Mourners gathered in Nigeria to bury in mass graves hundreds of victims of the recent violent clashes.
