http://www.702.co.za Talk Radio 702 - The Podcasts en-us 2006 22 May 2013 2 702webmaster@702.co.za Malawi's presidential jet has been auctioned off to a Virgin Islands company for $15 million after the government disposed of it to raise funds. Bohnox Enterprise beat three other bidders for the 14 passenger aircraft used by president Bingu wa Mutharika, who died last year. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:44:31 Police in Uganda have raided two newspapers and two radio stations in a bid to discover the source of a story embarrassing to the government of President Yoweri Museveni. On 7 May, the Daily Monitor published an article about the so-called "Muhoozi project". It claimed that there was a conspiracy to frame, or eliminate, high-ranking members of the government who do not support a plan for Museveni's son, Brigadier Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to assume power when his father steps down. Tue, 21 May 2013 10:25:17 The Democratic Republic of Congo declared that it will start the work on world’s biggest hydroelectric Inga dam on Congo River in October 2015. DRC made the announcement on the construction of the dam in Paris after the talks between the DRC and International officials ended. The meet on the development of the dam involved multilateral lending institutions. Mon, 20 May 2013 12:06:59 The government of Congo says more than 20 people have died in a collapse at a bush mine in the region of Masisi in North Kivu province. That's in the far eastern part of the country. The statement sent to reporters late Friday and signed by government spokesman Lambert Mende says the mine near the village of Rubaye collapsed Friday evening. The statement says a search is on for any possible survivors. Fri, 17 May 2013 08:59:49 Nigeria's military has made a massive deployment of men and resources to contain a burgeoning Islamist insurgency in the country's restive north-eastern region, it was announced late on Wednesday. The move comes a day after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, and ordered the military to take "all necessary action" to "put an end to the impunity of insurgents and terrorists" in the region. Thu, 16 May 2013 09:27:36 A blast outside a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday might have been an accident, ministers say.The government initially said that a car bomb exploded in a "terrorist act" that killed three people. Wed, 15 May 2013 14:16:00 A car bomb has exploded outside a major hospital in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more, according to official sources. Witnesses and an official said that the bomb struck the car park of the city's emergency Al-Jala hospital on Monday afternoon. Earlier estimates for the dead were as high as 15. Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan said in a statement on Monday that authorities did "not take adequate action" to address the country's fragile security situation. Tue, 14 May 2013 09:54:52 Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his planned state visit to Namibia, and will be returning home, after dozens of people were killed in a series of violent attacks that have rocked Africa's most populous nation in recent times. Jonathan left Nigeria Monday for a state visit to South Africa and also to attend the 8-10 May World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town. Mon, 13 May 2013 10:04:50 An ambitious new partnership to save the lives of a million of the poorest children in the world has been launched by GSK and Save the Children. This unique collaboration will see the two organisations work together in a very different way, sharing expertise, resources, reach and influence to tackle some of the leading causes of childhood deaths. Fri, 10 May 2013 08:34:21 A former US diplomat in Libya gave a dramatic account on Wednesday of the attack on the mission in Benghazi that killed the US ambassador, and told lawmakers that more could have been done to stop the assault by suspected Islamist militants. Gregory Hicks, the second in command at the US Embassy in Libya at the time, expressed his frustration in an emotionally charged congressional hearing that a US military jet and special forces were not sent to help in Benghazi. Thu, 9 May 2013 08:42:48