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Maseru calm following protests
Topix - Sunday, July 08, 2007
p> Lesotho police say Maseru is calm after last night's unrest. Protesters blockaded the main road in the capital with stones and burning tyres after soldiers re-arrested alleged mutinous security force members who had been released by the high court. Pheello Mphana, a Lesotho police spokesperson, says while police were... more
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Food crisis in Lesotho is getting serious!
Topix - Thursday, July 05, 2007
his is a transcript from The World Today. The program is broadcast around Australia at 12:10pm on ABC Local Radio. The World Today - Wednesday, 4 July , 2007 12:38:55 Reporter: Andrew Geoghegan TANYA NOLAN: There's a new crisis emerging in Africa. The United Nations has advised the... more
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Comoros: Reporter from State-Owned Radio Station Imprisoned for Three Days
Topix - Wednesday, July 04, 2007
b> Reporters Without Borders has "protested energetically" against the mistreatment of reporter Elarifou Minihadji of Radio Ngazidja, a state-owned radio station on the island of Grande Comore, during the three he was held by gendarmes on the breakaway island of Anjouan. Minihadji told Reporters Without Borders by... more
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afrol News - Nigerian president declares assets
Topix - Wednesday, July 04, 2007
he new Nigerian President, Umaru Yar'Adua, had turned his election promise into action by publicly declaring his assets, which amounts to US $5.4 million. He also declared the assets of his wife, Turai Yar'Adua. Her assets worths US $150,000. President Yar'Adua declared his assets at the Code of Conduct Bureau... more
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Thumb for Africa summit seeks deal on federal government
Topix - Tuesday, July 03, 2007
frican leaders struggled on Tuesday to avoid a damaging split over moves to unite the continent under one federal government. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade led a more radical group pushing for the immediate creation of a federal state stretching from the Cape to Cairo. But the... more
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Big chill to strike
Topix - Tuesday, July 03, 2007
p> COLD VIEW: Photo sent in by Sowetan Online reader Thusang Isaac Mahlangu SOUTH Africa faces another week of discontent, with the weather service warning of extremely cold conditions and Eskom workers ... via Sunday Times ... more
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Lesotho journalist charged with treason
Topix - Monday, July 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"But the intention [of reading the letter] was to alert those in government so that they would notice what is happening." Regulars Interact Sumayya Ismail Johannesburg, South Africa 26 June 2007 04:38 A regional chairperson of the Media Institute of Southern Africa , Thabo Thakalekola, was... more
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Curfew lifted in Lesotho
Topix - Sunday, July 01, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The announcement was made on Friday (afternoon). The curfew couldn't be there indefinitely, the situation seems a bit calm at the moment" A curfew imposed in Lesotho's capital Maseru after a series of attacks on senior political figures has been lifted, police said on Sunday. ... more
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Lesotho journalist's arrests condemned
Topix - Saturday, June 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It means he is undermining the government by being in contact with anti-government criminals who have been attacking ministers and their bodyguards, secretly meeting with them and having them feed him with information" The arrest of a Lesotho journalist for alleged subversion was a clear case... more
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'Public Eye' Reporter Harassed At Rally
allAfrica.com - Friday, June 29, 2007
n 24 June 2007, a "Public Eye" reporter, Kabelo Masoabi, was verbally attacked at the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy's (LCD) rally in Makhaleng, Ha Ramabanta, in the Maseru ... more
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Fufa Executive to Rule Over Ssekagya's Absence From Lesotho
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 28, 2007
OCAL football governing body Fufa is yet to decide the fate of Cranes skipper Ibrahim Ssekagya. The defender missed the Cranes' crucial African Nations Cup tie away to Lesotho, but the federation is yet to get an official explanation for his ... more
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Drought-ravaged Lesotho holding on
Topix - Thursday, June 28, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The stalks are so dry that they are useless even for the animals" By Fran Blandy Mafeteng - For Lesotho farmer Setsabo Mothibeli it has been too long since the rain came, as he stands desolately among dried maize stalks in the barren field he should... more
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Country and Millennium Challenge Corporation Building a Dynamic Partnership for Poverty Reduction Through Economic Growth
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, June 27, 2007
he Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation has approved a five-year, $362.6 million Millennium Challenge Compact to reduce poverty and increase economic growth in the Kingdom of ... more
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Radio Host Freed On Bail, Charged With 'Failing to Report Subversive Activity'
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, June 26, 2007
eporters Without Borders has called on the Lesothan authorities to drop all charges against radio host Thabo Thakalekoala of privately-owned Harvest FM, who was released on bail on 25 June 2007 after being held for three days for reading a letter on the air demanding the prime minister's resignation. It... more
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Journalist Arrested On Treason Charges Declares Hunger Strike Pending Trial
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, June 26, 2007
n 22 June 2007, freelance journalist and Regional Chairperson of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Thabo Thakalekoala was arrested by Lesotho mounted police officers shortly after completing his morning "Rise and Shine" radio broadcast on Harvest FM radio. The mounted police are a division of the criminal investigation... more
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Journalist Forced to 'Insult' Prime Minister in Broadcast
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Lesotho radio journalist charged with subversion told IRIN he was forced to broadcast a letter, on pain of death, denouncing the country's leader on his early morning radio ... more
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Juniors Tussle Over Diamond Mine
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 25, 2007
COMPLEX takeover battle between two junior miners over Lesotho's Kao diamond project could have important implications for the Lesotho ... more
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Kazibwe Epitomizes Emerging Cranes Fan
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 25, 2007
everal young Cranes fans braved the 3335km five day journey from Kampala to Lesotho to watch the national team battle Lesotho 's Crocodiles. . Allan Ssekamatte was at the Setsoto Stadium where he tried to get into the mind of Cranes fan Norbert ... more
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Lesotho denies asking for SA help
Topix - Monday, June 25, 2007
p> Lesotho's Government has denied media reports that it has asked for an intervention or assistance from the South African Government with regard to intelligence services to prevent further political turmoil. The reports follow the recent curfew, which was recently reviewed by the government after a spate of attacks on... more
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Treason accused journalist on hunger strike
Topix - Monday, June 25, 2007
p> Molika - Sandton said in the Lesotho Forum : Treason accused journalist on hunger strike MASERU: 24/06/2007 - Detained Chairperson of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) and freelance journalist, Thabo Thakalekoala yesterday night started a hunger strike in Maseru police cells to try... more
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