INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Zambia’s main opposition sacks own leader

Zambia's largest opposition party, the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD), on Saturday said it had fired its leader Nevers Mumba amid signs of party in-fighting. Party national secretary Richard Kachingwe announced the expulsion in a statement saying Mumba belonged to another party and could not serve two masters. "Mumba is a member of another political party, in fact he is president of another party ...
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Yerevan says Brazzaville crash plane was Armenian

A cargo plan that crashed at Brazzaville airport killing at least 27 people belonged to the Armenian freight specialist airline Rij Airways, the foreign ministry in Yerevan said Saturday. The plane, carrying seven crew members, crashed as it tried to land in a storm on Friday. Most of the victims were local people killed when the plane skidded off the runway and ploughed into houses and a bar in the ...
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S.Africa marks AIDS day with record ribbon

South Africa, home to the world's largest HIV caseload, on Saturday unveiled a 1.5 kilometre AIDS ribbon in Johannesburg, with activists and officials pledging to curb the epidemic. Created from over 6,000 red T-shirts pinned together, the ribbon was rolled out at Constitution Hill, which houses the country's Constitutional Court, and unfurled through the streets of Braamfontein. The ribbon, beating a record ...
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