Woman stoned to death in Somalia

For committing what a judge has said was adultery, a Somali woman has been stoned to death.
On Tuesday, the 20-year-old divorcee was executed. She had previously confessed to having had sex with a 29-year-old unmarried man.

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MDC boycott criticised by Mugabe

Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s prime minister and leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has announced its decision to boycott the country’s unity cabinet. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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Guinea leader doesn’t want peacekeepers

Guinea’s military leader has warned on Saturday that Guineans are strongly opposed to international peacekeepers in their country.
Five days before Capt Moussa Dadis Camara’s comments, scores of opposition supporters were shot dead by Guinea’s forces at a pro-democracy rally.

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Guinea : troops killed demonstrators

At least 58 people have been killed in Guinea, after troops opened fire on an opposition rally, reports say. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)
According to a BBC correspondent, troops fired into protesters as they gathered in a stadium in the capital, Conakry.

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Bongo’s son becomes president

Gabon has a new president : the son of it’s late leader Omar Bongo. Ali Ben Bongo (photo, from bbc.co.uk) won almost 42% of the votes, while his nearest rival won 26%.

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Zimbabwe to reach 100,000 cholera cases

Although the cholera infection rate has slowed in Zimbabwe, the number of cases is expected to reach 100,000 this week, said the Red Cross. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)

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Somalia’s parliament votes to implement sharia

Originally proposed by the oposition, the decision to implement sharia (Islamic law) accross Somalia has unanimously been taken by the country’s parliament on Saturday, the parliamentary deputy speaker has said.

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Tsvangirai visits political prisoners

After being sworn in as Zimbabwe’s prime minister on Wednesday, Morgan Tsvangirai spent his first full day in office visiting political prisoners that he wishes to see freed from a jail near the country’s capital, Harare. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)

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Demonstraters killed in Madagascar

Police opened fire on an opposition demonstration in Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital, killing at least 23 people, reports say (photo, from bbc.co.uk).

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Cholera on the rise in Zimbabwe

With more than 1 000 new cases of cholera reported in a single day in Zimbabwe, the United Nations has said that the outbreak of the disease has flared up once again. (photo, from sciam.com)

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