From: llk@kepler.unh.edu (Local Genius)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Newsbrief - mixed bag
Date: 21 Jan 1993 23:25:01 GMT
Organization: Department of Mathematics
NNTP-Posting-Host: kepler.unh.edu

Thus sayeth l_kaonga@unhh.unh.edu:

warning: most of the names below may be spelled wrong...

Nigeria - a dusk to dawn curfew is in effect in the northern Nigerian
          town/region of Puntwa. There was some violence in Katsina
          and the local ruler's residence, the local police station,
          and a Nitel (Telecom Nigeria) installation were destroyed or
          heavily damaged.

          the violence apparently started when students at two koranic
          schools started fighting...the reason for the fighting is not
          clear at this point.

Togo -    there was a kidnap attempt by Togolese (police?) aligned with
          General Eyadema on Bishop Kodjo...the bishop's residence has now
          been barricaded and it is being heavily guarded...and I believe
          General Eyadema or some official of his may have apologized for
          the mischief.

South Africa - Two mini buses carrying police opened fire at a group/crowd
          of boys standing outside some commercial area in Thokoza yesterday
          and one boy was shot to death (shot in the back according to an eye
          witness). There was more troble today but the details were sketchy.

Malawi -  The Malawi News Agency, Mana, seems to be in deep trouble with the
          government for the way it seems to have suddenly aligned itself with
          opposition groups in the country... Mana is a government-run news
          agency and the government is upset with Mana's report of the
          opposition rally and other recent meetings...the government is even
          complaining that at the same time that the opposition was holding the
          rally, the ruling Malawi Congress Party was also holding its own
          meetings which Mana apparently completely ignored to say something
          about. The government is now claiming that Mana has been infiltrated
          by the opposition and a witch hunt may be underway to flush out those
          scribes who're responsible for the bad verse, in the govt's opinion.

Meanwhile,

Zambia -  The trade union council, which President F. Chiluba used to chair
          before he run for president, is quite upset with the Zambian
          government's decision to buy 60 new mercedes benz luxury cars to
          replace the fleet of toyota cars the government is currently using.
          the leader of the trade union says that with the economy in shambles,
          and roads, even the ones in the capital, Lusaka, full of potholes and
          the fact that the government ordered a salaries freeze, it does not
          make too much sense for the government to buy these cars. According
          to the trade union, there is nothing wrong with the cars currently in
          use by government officials and it would have been more useful to
          invest the money in improving the country's infrastructure.


Source: this has been transcribed from the BBC World Service for Africa and I
        cannot guarentee the accuracy of the stories but I have tried to be as
        accurate as possible.







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