THE Kimberly Process (KP) investigating team that visited Zimbabwe last week has produced a damning interim report implicating the government in human rights violations and looting of gems at Chiadzwa diamond fields in Manicaland, The Financial Gazette can reveal.

WINDHOEK Central Prison is set to be the home of former Public Service Commissioner Teckla Lameck and Chinese national Yang Fan, who were arrested this week in connection with alleged corruption involving up to N$120 million, for at least the

A significant amount of Government money is diverted to personal use each year by corrupt senior public officials, President Jakaya Kikwete said yesterday.

A 25-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man was on Monday jailed for six months by a Mussina magistrate in the Limpopo province of South Africa for smuggling a consignment of cigarettes worth R30 000 through Beitbridge Border Post.

THE proposed N19 billion Petroleum Training Institute, PTI, in Kaduna is a provocative waste. The Federal Government's silence to mounting opposition to its establishment is instructive, and may be an admission it is wrong. Silence remains inadequate reaction to this

Humanitarian and security conditions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Kivu provinces worsened in June, when almost 100,000 people were displaced, many of whom had fled violence previously, according to humanitarian officials.

Poor food security in Akobo, the main town in Southern Sudan's Jonglei state, is being exacerbated by a huge influx of displaced people, including 19,000 who fled attacks by cattle rustlers.

As more internally displaced persons (IDPs) flee fighting in Mogadishu for the southern coastal city of Kismayo, conditions for thousands already living there are deteriorating sharply, local sources said.

Civilians are bearing the brunt of attempts to dismantle armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the rebels carrying out vicious reprisals and some Government soldiers committing serious human rights abuses, the senior United Nations

The fragile food security situation in Akobo, Jonglei State in Southern Sudan, has been exacerbated by a huge influx of displaced people (IDPs) - including 19,000 who fled an attack in Nyandit and other villages by Murle cattle rustlers in

PREPARATIONS for this year's National Youth Games have reached the decisive phase with all the provinces having virtually completed the process of selecting their teams.

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has come up with a new strategy to fight HIV transmission, targeting old men who seduce young girls to have sex with them.

Mambayick Njie permanent secretary for youth and sports indicated that sports has many benefits, not only the monitoring gains but also keeps one healthy.

She says she interviewed a child who saw the "summary execution".

THE International Labour Organisation has launched the Youth Employment Support Jobs for the Unemployed and Marginalised young People (YESJUMP) in Zimbabwe.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has released a book on the trajectory of its organs under the celebrations of its 30th founding anniversary, June 22.

Writer Nguimba Ngola is to release on July 11, in Luanda his latest poem book entitled "Mátria", Angop has learnt.

Book: Tears of the Desert

Although electronic storage of information has many benefits, the fast pace at which technology develops can result in a loss of valuable information, said Prime Minister Nahas Angula.

Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim, will on Thursday, July 16, present three books written by him on contemporary issues in politics and challenges of transformational leadership.