Latest News November 14, 2015

news From All Africa

• Africa: Flying Under the Radar – Seabirds Hold the Key to Healthy Fisheries
  [Deutsche Welle] Seabirds are being severely threatened by fisheries, pollution and invasive species. Scientist and conservationalist Ross Wanless explains to DW why the birds of the sea could be pivotal for survival of the planet.
• South Africa: Paris Attacks Condemned Around the World
  [News24Wire] The attacks in Paris have met with international consternation and condemnation.
• South Africa: Zuma Reaches Out to France As Terror Grips Country
  [News24Wire] President Jacob Zuma has sent a message of condolences to French President Francois Hollande after more than 120 people were killed in attacks around the country on Friday night.
• South Africa: Pistorius Reports for Community Service
  [News24Wire] Paralympian Oscar Pistorius on Saturday reported to Garsfontein police station, east of Pretoria, where he was to conduct community service.
• Southern Africa: Deputy President Sued Over Marikana Massacre
  [Al Jazeera] The families of South African striking miners shot dead by police at Lonmin’s Marikana mine in 2012 have issued a court summons for Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa over complicity in their deaths, the presidency said.
• Zimbabwe: Police Brutally Break Students Demonstration
  [New Zimbabwe] TWENTY-ONE students from various tertiary colleges were Friday arrested as they tried to march to Parliament in a failed attempt to hand over a petition.
• Burundi: Opposition Calls for President to Step Down
  [News24Wire] Peace will only return to Burundi if President Pierre Nkurunziza steps down and respects the two-term presidential limit, the country’s main opposition party said Friday.
• Mozambique: Renamo Gunmen Force Closure of Ten Schools
  [AIM] Maputo -Ten primary schools in the western Mozambican province of Tete, near the border with Malawi, have been closed since the end of June, due to the presence nearby of gunmen of the former rebel movement Renamo, reports the Maputo daily “Noticias”.
• Africa: Africa Gears for Infrastructural Boom
  [IPS] Harare -The upcoming week for the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), which runs from November 13-17 in Abidjan, the capital city of Ivory Coast, is set to throw this continent into the full gear of infrastructural boom, development experts here say.

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