Violence in South Africa as World Cup workers strike (Sports Illustrated)
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of striking workers demonstrated at World Cup stadiums across South Africa on Thursday, with some stoning cars and passers-by as they demanded higher wages for those building the stadiums and rail stations for Africa’s first World Cup.
Vulnerable in Morocco
A young Casablancan with an absent father is recruited by Islamic terrorists in this novel.
UK uncorks more South African wine despite low demand (South African Wine News)
Despite reports of falling demand for wine in the UK, exports of South African wines to that country rose by 27 percent in the year to April, according to Wines of South Africa (Wosa), which represents the industry overseas.
Nigerian Militants Seize Tanker and Attack Oil Facility in Delta
The militant group, known as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, said it would hold the tanker with six international crew members indefinitely.
Death in Birth: Fragile Tanzanian Orphans Get Help After Mothers Die
An innovative program in Africa protects motherless infants through their risky early years.
152 Dead in Crash, and One Story of Survival
The relatives of the young girl who survived the crash on Tuesday related how she clung to the wreckage.
Yemenia Crash Stirs Calls for Stronger Watchdogs
Bahia Bakari arrived in Paris on Thursday for an emotional reunion with her father, just as the French media raised new concerns about air safety.
World Cup construction workers strike in South Africa (USA Today)
South African construction workers went on an indefinite strike Wednesday at stadiums being built for the 2010 World Cup a move that could derail Africa’s historic first World Cup tournament.
South Africa Wants Cyril Ramaphosa as Anglo Chairman (Update2) (Bloomberg)
July 9 (Bloomberg) — South Africa’s government wants Anglo American Plc , the biggest investor in the country’s mining industry, to consider appointing Cyril Ramaphosa or another black South African as its next chairman, a government official said.
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Political Partnership Shows Further Strain
Taking a harder line on its power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party, the opposition party boycotted a cabinet meeting on Monday.
Africa: Are Major African Art Exhibitions Only for the Western World? (AllAfrica.com)
A major exhibition on Ife art, Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria, opened on June 16, 2009 at the FundaciÃ’n Marcelino Botin, Santander, Spain and will move from there to the Museum for Africa Art, New York, United States and later to the British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
Goddess of Mischief
A lively, harrowing biography of the glamorous Idina Sackville, celebrated and reviled as a ringleader of the British colonial scene in 1920s Africa.
Uganda: Ethnicity is Harmless Until It Degenerates Into Myth (AllAfrica.com)
Kampala — Very rarely do you easily encounter a well-thought and fact-based pro-ethnicity argument in or about Africa. Not even by Africans themselves.
World Briefing | Africa: Algeria: Ex-C.I.A. Official Charged With Sex Assault
A former C.I.A. station chief has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Algeria and could face up to life in prison if convicted, the Justice Department said.
