Lari MP David Njuguna has dismissed calls for amnesty for inciters of post-election, saying they should face the law.

A forensic examination on the body of Sabaot Land Defence Force commander Wycliffe Komol Matakwei has cleared uncertainty surrounding his death.

Both Moeketsi Mosola, CEO of South African Tourism, and Jerry Vilakazi, CEO of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), yesterday, Tuesday, 20 May 2008, added their support to the calls by the President, senior government officials and other leaders for an

Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa says he does not believe a state of emergency should be declared to deal with the outbreak of attacks on foreign nationals in the country.

Violence in Zimbabwe is likely to escalate and could lead to a military coup or martial law unless African and other international leaders help negotiate a government of national unity led by Morgan Tsvangirai.

South Africans have killed nearly 30 people from Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania since the xenophobic attacks broke out last week. The apparently well-coordinated assaults have forced hundreds of foreigners to seek refuge in police stations and churches, with copycat

Anxiety is mounting among Tanzanians with relatives in South Africa over the safety of their loved ones following the killing of 24 people in xenophobic attacks by locals.

WHILE the Gauteng government says the declaration of a state of emergency is not an option, the national government is working on deploying the army to support the police in combating xenophobic attacks in the province.

THE National Intelligence Agency (NIA) is involved in the investigation to uncover the root of the xenophobic violence that erupted in Gauteng.

THE xenophobic assaults and killings in Gauteng have sparked fears that they could ignite ethnic violence among South Africans.

THE rand slid sharply against major currencies yesterday as photographs of xenophobic violence hit the front pages of leading international news- papers, tarnishing SA's image in the eyes of foreign investors.

Plans to train 1,000 Somali soldiers in Tanzania have hit a snag because of power struggles in the transitional Somali government, The Citizen can reveal today.

Renewed hostilities between the Sudanese army and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Abyei are likely to worsen the humanitarian needs in the region and could affect aid operations, the UN warned.

DURING THE REFERENDUM campaign, the then Kibwezi MP Kalembe Ndile was quoted as lamenting: "Every time some ministers speak, we lose 200,000 votes".

LEADERS from Acholi sub-region will next week travel to Europe to meet the advisers of the LRA leader, Joseph Kony.

THE attacks on foreign nationals working in South Africa is anti-African, the opposition Democratic Party (DP) has said.

Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces President Mugabe has promoted two Zimbabwe National Army Lieutenant Colonels to the rank of Colonel.

THERE ARE SEVERAL PONDERABLES as well as imponderables, which fanned the recent post-election violence. In my view, it is ponderable but wholly stupid for people from Mbeere to buy land and settle in Makuyu and set up a village called

CONGOLESE forces should withdraw from the disputed border area at Vurra in West Nile, President Yoweri Museveni has said.

Condemning the National Intelligence and Security Service's closure of the independent daily newspaper "Alwan" on 14 May 2008 for an indefinite period and the charge of "violating state security" brought against its editor, Hussein Khogali, Reporters Without Borders has called