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  • DRC Elephants Attack Village in Katanga

    In DRC, A row has erupted in the province of Katanga following the continued attack by Elephants on the population.

    It was reported that on October 20, a herd of elephants ravaged ten fields before killing a woman when she was plowing her field.

    Another person went missing, according to the deputy administrator of the territory.

    The attack by elephants angered residents who later protested the laxity of territorial authorities…They burnt the office of police chief supervision and beat the police commander who was trying to contain the protestors.

    The Elephants attacked in Mangi village, located Bukama nearly 500 kilometers from Lubumbashi. This area has experienced repeated attacks from elephants.

    Protesters said they are angry because the politico-administrative authority has long remained deaf to their complaints about animal attacks.

    The demonstrators attacked the police station as well as the office of police chief supervision they burned the buildings.

    Contacted, the deputy administrator of the territory Bukama, Oscar Kanza said that elephants are animals under state protection.

    He said that the issue of insecurity caused by elephants Mangi was treated at a Security Council meeting held in the district a few days ago.

  • Foreign Jihadist Fighters Seen in Mali

    In Mali, Foreign Jihadist fighters have arrived in a northern town of Gao.

    Sadou Diallo said between 60 and 100 Algerians and Sahrawis had come into the town about four or five days ago.

    Two weeks ago, the UN Security Council gave the regional bloc Ecowas 45 days to draw up a plan with the details of its offer to send 3,000 troops to the vast desert region.

    Residents in the area say that Sudanese Islamists had arrived over the weekend.

    The Islamist groups and Tuareg rebels took control of northern Mali following a coup in March.

    Plans are under way for military intervention after Islamists took over northern Mali earlier this year.

  • Foreign Jihadist Fighters Seen in Mali

    In Mali, Foreign Jihadist fighters have arrived in a northern town of Gao.

    Sadou Diallo said between 60 and 100 Algerians and Sahrawis had come into the town about four or five days ago.

    Two weeks ago, the UN Security Council gave the regional bloc Ecowas 45 days to draw up a plan with the details of its offer to send 3,000 troops to the vast desert region.

    Residents in the area say that Sudanese Islamists had arrived over the weekend.

    The Islamist groups and Tuareg rebels took control of northern Mali following a coup in March.

    Plans are under way for military intervention after Islamists took over northern Mali earlier this year.

  • Barcelona vs Celtic: 2-1

    Celtic produced a performance full of heart and tactical discipline but lost out to an injury-time Jordi Alba goal.

    The visitors led after the presence of Georgios Samaras helped force Javier Mascherano to divert a Charlie Mulgrew free-kick into his own net.

    Barcelona were not at their best, but produced a moment of sheer class to allow Andres Iniesta to equalise.

    Celtic stood firm in the face of relentless pressure until the dying seconds when Alba stole in to score.

    It was incredibly cruel on Celtic, who were outstanding to a man.
    They remain second in Champions League Group G but now trail Barcelona, who maintain their 100% record, by five points.

    Spartak Moscow, who beat Benfica earlier in the day, are a point behind Neil Lennon’s side with the Portuguese side bottom with a single point.

    It had looked ominous for the visitors as early as the second minute when Barcelona sliced through their defence for the first time, Iniesta providing the killer ball, only for Alexis Sanchez to dink the ball wide of Fraser Forster’s right-hand post.

    That apart though, Celtic began the match comfortably, coping well with the constant passing and movement of the Catalan side.

    Forster’s first major test came 17 minutes in, and he dealt with it brilliantly.

    Lionel Messi floated the ball over the Celtic defence, Iniesta turned it across goal where Marc Bartra flashed a header on target, only for the giant Celtic keeper to push it away.

  • Barcelona vs Celtic: 2-1

    Celtic produced a performance full of heart and tactical discipline but lost out to an injury-time Jordi Alba goal.

    The visitors led after the presence of Georgios Samaras helped force Javier Mascherano to divert a Charlie Mulgrew free-kick into his own net.

    Barcelona were not at their best, but produced a moment of sheer class to allow Andres Iniesta to equalise.

    Celtic stood firm in the face of relentless pressure until the dying seconds when Alba stole in to score.

    It was incredibly cruel on Celtic, who were outstanding to a man.
    They remain second in Champions League Group G but now trail Barcelona, who maintain their 100% record, by five points.

    Spartak Moscow, who beat Benfica earlier in the day, are a point behind Neil Lennon’s side with the Portuguese side bottom with a single point.

    It had looked ominous for the visitors as early as the second minute when Barcelona sliced through their defence for the first time, Iniesta providing the killer ball, only for Alexis Sanchez to dink the ball wide of Fraser Forster’s right-hand post.

    That apart though, Celtic began the match comfortably, coping well with the constant passing and movement of the Catalan side.

    Forster’s first major test came 17 minutes in, and he dealt with it brilliantly.

    Lionel Messi floated the ball over the Celtic defence, Iniesta turned it across goal where Marc Bartra flashed a header on target, only for the giant Celtic keeper to push it away.

  • Apple Unveils iPad Mini

    Apple is set to start selling an 8-inch version of the iPad to compete with Amazon.com’s Kindle and other smaller tablets, but it set a higher-than-expected price tag of $329 that Wall Street fears could curb demand.

    Apple’s pencil-thin, smaller iPad Mini will cost much more than its competitors when it goes on sale on Friday, signalling the company is not going to get into a mini-tablet price war.

    The company debuted the iPad Mini on Tuesday, with a screen two-thirds smaller than the full model and half the weight. In a surprise, Apple also revamped its flagship, full-sized iPad just six months after the launch of the latest model.

    Apple’s late founder Steve Jobs once ridiculed a small tablet from a competitor as a “tweener” that was neither big enough nor small enough to compete with tablets or smartphones. Now Apple’s own Mini enters a growing small-tablet market dominated by the Kindle Fire.

  • Apple Unveils iPad Mini

    Apple is set to start selling an 8-inch version of the iPad to compete with Amazon.com’s Kindle and other smaller tablets, but it set a higher-than-expected price tag of $329 that Wall Street fears could curb demand.

    Apple’s pencil-thin, smaller iPad Mini will cost much more than its competitors when it goes on sale on Friday, signalling the company is not going to get into a mini-tablet price war.

    The company debuted the iPad Mini on Tuesday, with a screen two-thirds smaller than the full model and half the weight. In a surprise, Apple also revamped its flagship, full-sized iPad just six months after the launch of the latest model.

    Apple’s late founder Steve Jobs once ridiculed a small tablet from a competitor as a “tweener” that was neither big enough nor small enough to compete with tablets or smartphones. Now Apple’s own Mini enters a growing small-tablet market dominated by the Kindle Fire.

  • Syrian Government Won’t Bomb on Eid

    International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has said the Syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, a decision Damascus would announce shortly.

    “After the visit I made to Damascus, there is agreement from the Syrian government for a ceasefire during the Eid,” Brahimi told a news conference at the Cairo-based Arab League on Wednesday.

    The holiday starts on Thursday and lasts three or four days.

    Brahimi, a mediator appointed by the United Nations and League, did not specify the precise time period.

    Brahimi, who arrived in Cairo on Tuesday, is due to meet with the head of the Arab League Nabil al-Arabi for talks on the 20-month conflict.

    The envoy wanted “a long-lasting ceasefire that will enable a political process to unfold”.

    The 15-member Security Council is bitterly divided over the conflict with Western nations pressing for international actions against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and Russia and China blocking these moves.

    UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous spoke on Monday of tentative plans top assemble a peacekeeping force if the ceasefire takes hold.

    “We are getting ourselves ready to act if it is necessary and a mandate is approved,” Ladsous said..

    The Syrian authorities “are still optimistic,” deputy foreign minister Faisal Muqdad said. “The visit was successful and [Syria’s] co-operation with Brahimi is without limits.”

  • Syrian Government Won’t Bomb on Eid

    International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has said the Syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, a decision Damascus would announce shortly.

    “After the visit I made to Damascus, there is agreement from the Syrian government for a ceasefire during the Eid,” Brahimi told a news conference at the Cairo-based Arab League on Wednesday.

    The holiday starts on Thursday and lasts three or four days.

    Brahimi, a mediator appointed by the United Nations and League, did not specify the precise time period.

    Brahimi, who arrived in Cairo on Tuesday, is due to meet with the head of the Arab League Nabil al-Arabi for talks on the 20-month conflict.

    The envoy wanted “a long-lasting ceasefire that will enable a political process to unfold”.

    The 15-member Security Council is bitterly divided over the conflict with Western nations pressing for international actions against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and Russia and China blocking these moves.

    UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous spoke on Monday of tentative plans top assemble a peacekeeping force if the ceasefire takes hold.

    “We are getting ourselves ready to act if it is necessary and a mandate is approved,” Ladsous said..

    The Syrian authorities “are still optimistic,” deputy foreign minister Faisal Muqdad said. “The visit was successful and [Syria’s] co-operation with Brahimi is without limits.”

  • Former Mozambique Rebels Regroup

    The Former Mozambican armed movement REMANO is regrouping its command and reactivating its old headquarters in the Gorongosa mountain range in the centre of the country ahead of planned national “peaceful” demonstrations next month.

    Renamo, the main opposition party, has in the past threatened countrywide demonstrations but has yet to go through with any, including a December “revolution” last year.

    On Thursday, the 20th anniversary of the peace agreement with the Frelimo government, Renamo top brass joined about 800 former guerrillas from the central provinces of the country who were receiving military uniforms reportedly to provide security during the protests and continued their call for a new political order.

    Long time Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama, who left the capital Maputo two years ago to live in Nampula, the country’s third largest city, told the ex-combatants at a rally in Gorongosa that he would not leave his Nampula base until the ruling Frelimo addressed all his concerns.

    “I will not abandon the woods where I have been since Monday. I am not going to Beira, nor the village of Gorongosa. The talks will take place here in the woods. They will come here maybe in three days, but if they delay I will not be responsible for the consequences,” Dhalakama said.

    The Renamo leader has been calling for revision of the electoral law, the implementation of protocols from the 1992 Peace Agreement signed in Rome and the the improvement in living conditions for the general population.

    While in Gorongosa, Renamo’s old military base during its campaign against Frelimo, Dhlakama ordered military preparedness but said he was not planning to attack anyone but only to defend himself “if provoked by government troops”.

    Dhlakama has said he will not take up arms despite pressure from the demobilised forces. “I do not want to take up arms but the demobilised want to do so,” he said.

    Mr Dhlakama said he is was recruiting some of the former gurerrillas to strengthen his personal guard, in preparation for November’s demonstrations.