Heavily armed government troops allied with Ethiopian soldiers have begun to move on Somalia's main Bakara market Friday as the islamists patrolling in the market and nearby areas.

The government should ensure that victims of xenophobic violence remain in South Africa to participate in bringing their attackers to justice, Human Rights Watch said today.

After the pirates hijacked Jordanian have freed the vessel armed islamist fighters have attacked them following they have landed from the vessel where sudden clash between the two sides erupted on Friday night-residents confirmed.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned this week's ambush of four United Nations peacekeepers in West Darfur by a group of 60 armed men.

South Africa is the latest entrant into the growing league of jurisdictions where "mobs from hell" are exploiting the slightest excuse to take the law into their own hands, leaving a trail of arson, rape, theft and death.

A sizeable number of Sudanese refugees living in Arua District have resisted repatriation by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees citing fragile security in southern Sudan.

Unknown armed groups have shot dead two civilians in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday night according to the residents.

A week has passed since the army killed Wycliffe Komol Matwakei, the 37-year-old leader of the Sabaot Land Defence Forces (SLDF) militia, who is accused of killing 500 people.

At least 11 people died in different parts of Somalia Saturday after Islamist rebels launched attacks on the interim government's security forces, as well as pirates in the central regions.

There were stories of anger, desperation and fear as refugees counted the cost of Friday's looting.

A 10-year-old girl was in a critical condition and another child was severely injured after a helicopter crashed at the Polokwane Civil Airport on Saturday afternoon, Netcare 911 said. Spokesperson Mark Stokoe said the pilot and an adult passenger sustained

The government should appoint a commission of inquiry to probe the xenophobic attacks that have claimed at least 50 lives and left thousands of people homeless, the United Democratic Movement (UDM) said on Sunday. UDM president Bantu Holomisa said there

The Democratic Alliance on Sunday accused Parliament's questions office of "obstructing" the party's parliamentary questions probing corruption. The questions office had disqualified two written questions on the grounds that they were too vague in terms of the National Assembly's guide