http://www.news24.com/ Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:15:53 +0200 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:10:39 +0200 A Zimbabwe-registered cargo plane has crashed during take-off in China, killing three people. http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/519f66cbd16e4a01be5eb29334b48ef9/28-11-2009-08-01/Zim_plane_crashes_in_China Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:10:39 +0200 Namibia's long time ruling party may see its grip on the country weakened, with a challenge from a new breakaway party hoping to attract voters dissatisfied with corruption and leadership scandals. http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/037da8bbcd2d412da41b8721e114a383/27-11-2009-10-16/Swapo_expected_to_retain_power Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:16:28 +0200 The treason trial of Roy Bennett has been deferred to January next year after a key state witness failed to show up in court to testify. http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/Zimbabwe/966/44e0c5894fe747c5a80fb71d10e3439c/27-11-2009-10-16/Bennetts_trial_deferred_to_2010 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:16:05 +0200 An armed movement calling itself the Patriots-Resistance of Dongo has claimed responsibility for firing at a UN helicopter in the Equateur province of the DRC. http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/e052c0042918488d8c4c997b0d6d59f2/27-11-2009-08-34/DRC_rebels_fire_at_UN_chopper Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:34:16 +0200 A senior WHO official has warned that the health sector in Somalia is not receiving the funding needed, even though almost one in four children are suffering from acute malnutrition. http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/0a4a9c12d8a44f87b1b6010e3c780da5/27-11-2009-07-10/Somali_healthcare_underfunded Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:10:30 +0200 A 16-year-old south Sudanese girl has been lashed 50 times after a judge ruled her knee-length skirt was indecent, her lawyer and family have said. http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/40836dd45f0043719f9763dfa14a48a7/27-11-2009-03-50/Sudanese_teen_gets_50_lashes Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:50:22 +0200 The army in CAR has vowed to recapture the key north central town of Ndele after a rebel attack in which a military source says about 15 people died. http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/58411646c2f34f73923a2ea7120b5c97/27-11-2009-02-51/_Army_fights_rebels_in_CAR_ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:51:30 +0200 Somali pirates holding a Greek cargo ship have accused its owners of constantly changing their minds on deals reached to free the vessel captured more than six months ago. http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/90953b1fe1af46cc81d619e0e8ad7fb6/27-11-2009-01-00/Pirates_accuse_ship_owners_ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:02:06 +0200 Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba has been among the first to vote after the opening of the polls in the country's general election. http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/fe3b939c3953480fa6fdb4e5350ced30/27-11-2009-01-00/Pohamba_casts_his_vote__ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:00:34 +0200 Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is receiving treatment for an acute condition of inflammation of the wall of the heart at a Saudi hospital, his doctor says. http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/3e085661a2394dc4a3bb241ecf25bce8/27-11-2009-11-38/Leader_treated_for_pericarditis Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:08:35 +0200