CAPE TOWN, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Late former South African president Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has denied media reports that Mandela's family was at war after the death of the anti-apartheid icon.
In a statement, a copy of which was obtained by Xinhua on Thursday, Winnie expressed disappointment at the media's interference in closed matters of the Mandela family.
Madagascar: Candidates of Madagascar presidential runoff
ANTANANARIVO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- More than 7.9 million voters in Madagascar went to the polls on Friday to elect their future president. The following is the background information of the two candidates Jean Louis Robinson and Hery Rajaonarimampianina.
S. Africa dismisses report Mandela trained by Israeli agents
JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The South African Nelson Mandela foundation on Saturday denied the report that Mandela received the training from Israeli agents in 1962.
"We can confirm that we have not located any evidence in Nelson Mandela's private archive that he interacted with an Israeli operative," the foundation said in a statement.
U.S., Burundian militaries choose to go far together
Maj. Richard J. Sonnenfeld, Chief of Security Cooperation, U.S. Embassy Burundi salutes Burundian Battalion Commander, Lt. Col. Hakizimana. (Background) Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 13.3 trained one of the deploying Burundian Companies in Logistics and Urban Engineering from July 2013-December 2013. On Dec. 9, the U.S. government authorized U.S. aircraft to assist the Burundian National Defense Forces with their deployment to Bangui, Central African Republic. (U.S. Army Africa photo)
Russia: Kalashnikov assault rifle designer dead at 94 Years Old.
Zambia: Chipolopolo beats Tanzania to take 3rd place | CECAFA 2013
Kawowo.com, December 13, 2013.
Third Place Play-off:
Zambia 1 (6) - 1 (5) Tanzania
Zambian Chipolopolo goalie, Joshua Titima proved to the match winner for the 2013 CECAFA guest nation, Zambia with that penalty save off Kilimanjaro Star's skipper, Kelvin Yondani to help his team finish third in the 2013 edition of the tourney and also claim the Us dollars 10,000 prize at stake.
Prior the tense but exciting penalty shoot out, the two teams had played to a one all draw in regular time. Zambia took the lead 7 minutes after the half-time recess through Ronald Kampamba who netted his second goal of the campaign in as many games.
Live wire striker, Mbwana Samata justified his inclusion on the list of Africa's based players on the continent for the year 2013 with a beautifully executed strike off the tip of his left boot after a twist and turn around the goal area.
In the kick-off, Chananogo, Mwirisho Ngassa and Kelvin Yondani missed for Tanzania while Mtonga Kondwani and Justin Zulu had missed for the 2010 African champions.
Wheras Tanzania at most time had a goal advantage with great shots from Mbwana Samata, Erasto Nyoni, Mao, Kiemba and Yahaya Singano, Zambia successfully scored through Felix Katongo, Ronald Kampamba, Captain Bronson Chama, Julius Situmbeko, Rodrick Kabwe and Kabaso Chongo to have a goal advantage and take the 10,000 dollars at stake as top prize money.
Tanzania XI :
Ivo Phillip Mapunda (GK), Kelvin Yondani (capt), Erasto Edward Nyoni, Pius Michael Aidan, Said Hussein Moradi, Idd Athuman, Abubaker Salum, Saleh Dilunga, Alfan Ngasa Mwrisho, Ally Mbwana Samata and Kiemba Ramadhan.
Zambia XI:
Joshua Titima, Bronson Chama (capt), Jimmy Chisenga, Rodrick Kabwe, Kondwani Mtonga, Sydney Kalume, Alex N'gonga, Jistin Zulu, Festus Ndewe, Ronald Kampamba and Felix Katongo
Coach: Patrice Beaumelle
Match Officials: Mutaz Khairala (Sudan)-center referee, Gilbert Cheruiyot (Kenya)-1st assistant, Simba Honore (Rwanda)-2nd assistant, Richard Gahunzire (Rwanda)-Match Commissioner, Ali Ahmed (Somalia) - Referees' Inspector
#Zambia: #Chipolopolo beats #Tanzania to take 3rd place | #CECAFA 2013
Third Place Play-off:
Zambia 1 (6) - 1 (5) Tanzania
Zambian Chipolopolo goalie, Joshua Titima proved to the match winner for the 2013 CECAFA guest nation, Zambia with that penalty save off Kilimanjaro Star's skipper, Kelvin Yondani to help his team finish third in the 2013 edition of the tourney and also claim the Us dollars 10,000 prize at stake.
Prior the tense but exciting penalty shoot out, the two teams had played to a one all draw in regular time. Zambia took the lead 7 minutes after the half-time recess through Ronald Kampamba who netted his second goal of the campaign in as many games.
Live wire striker, Mbwana Samata justified his inclusion on the list of Africa's based players on the continent for the year 2013 with a beautifully executed strike off the tip of his left boot after a twist and turn around the goal area.
In the kick-off, Chananogo, Mwirisho Ngassa and Kelvin Yondani missed for Tanzania while Mtonga Kondwani and Justin Zulu had missed for the 2010 African champions.
Wheras Tanzania at most time had a goal advantage with great shots from Mbwana Samata, Erasto Nyoni, Mao, Kiemba and Yahaya Singano, Zambia successfully scored through Felix Katongo, Ronald Kampamba, Captain Bronson Chama, Julius Situmbeko, Rodrick Kabwe and Kabaso Chongo to have a goal advantage and take the 10,000 dollars at stake as top prize money.
Tanzania XI :
Ivo Phillip Mapunda (GK), Kelvin Yondani (capt), Erasto Edward Nyoni, Pius Michael Aidan, Said Hussein Moradi, Idd Athuman, Abubaker Salum, Saleh Dilunga, Alfan Ngasa Mwrisho, Ally Mbwana Samata and Kiemba Ramadhan.
Zambia XI:
Joshua Titima, Bronson Chama (capt), Jimmy Chisenga, Rodrick Kabwe, Kondwani Mtonga, Sydney Kalume, Alex N'gonga, Jistin Zulu, Festus Ndewe, Ronald Kampamba and Felix Katongo
Coach: Patrice Beaumelle
Match Officials: Mutaz Khairala (Sudan)-center referee, Gilbert Cheruiyot (Kenya)-1st assistant, Simba Honore (Rwanda)-2nd assistant, Richard Gahunzire (Rwanda)-Match Commissioner, Ali Ahmed (Somalia) - Referees' Inspector
#Zambia: #Chipolopolo beats #Tanzania to take 3rd place | #CECAFA 2013
Uganda: LRA rebels surrender in CAR
Bbc.co.uk, December 13, 2013.
Nineteen fighters from Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have surrendered following an offensive against the rebel group in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Ugandan army says.
Six children were among those who gave themselves up, the army said.
The LRA was forced out of Uganda in 2005 and since then has wreaked havoc in CAR and other neighbouring states.
The group says its mission is to install a government in Uganda based on the Biblical Ten Commandments.
It is notorious for abducting children to serve as sex slaves and child soldiers.
The US has listed it as a terrorist group and has offered up to $5m (£3.3m) for leads resulting in the arrest of its leader, Joseph Kony.
It has about 100 special forces working alongside some 3,000 regional troops trying to hunt down Mr Kony and his fighters in CAR, the Democratic Republic of Congo. and South Sudan.
The troops are operating under an African Union (AU) mandate.
In a statement, the AU said "Operation Monsoon" was launched in August, resulting in the destruction of several LRA camps in CAR and DR Congo.
Ugandan army spokesman Paddy Ankunda said the LRA had been "greatly degraded" in CAR.
The latest group to surrender would be repatriated to Uganda, he said, in a statement published in the state-owned New Vision newspaper.
The children had had "initial psycho-social rehabilitation", Lt Col Ankunda added.
The army remained "open-handed to receive LRA defectors who abandon violence", he said.
Ugandan troops were forced to temporarily suspend operations against the LRA in CAR in April.
This followed the overthrow of CAR President Francois Bozize in a rebellion led by Michel Djotodia.
Last month, Mr Djotodia said Mr Kony was negotiating his transfer.
However, AU and US officials cast doubts on his claim.
Nineteen fighters from Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have surrendered following an offensive against the rebel group in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Ugandan army says.
Six children were among those who gave themselves up, the army said.
The LRA was forced out of Uganda in 2005 and since then has wreaked havoc in CAR and other neighbouring states.
The group says its mission is to install a government in Uganda based on the Biblical Ten Commandments.
It is notorious for abducting children to serve as sex slaves and child soldiers.
The US has listed it as a terrorist group and has offered up to $5m (£3.3m) for leads resulting in the arrest of its leader, Joseph Kony.
It has about 100 special forces working alongside some 3,000 regional troops trying to hunt down Mr Kony and his fighters in CAR, the Democratic Republic of Congo. and South Sudan.
The troops are operating under an African Union (AU) mandate.
In a statement, the AU said "Operation Monsoon" was launched in August, resulting in the destruction of several LRA camps in CAR and DR Congo.
Ugandan army spokesman Paddy Ankunda said the LRA had been "greatly degraded" in CAR.
The latest group to surrender would be repatriated to Uganda, he said, in a statement published in the state-owned New Vision newspaper.
The children had had "initial psycho-social rehabilitation", Lt Col Ankunda added.
The army remained "open-handed to receive LRA defectors who abandon violence", he said.
Ugandan troops were forced to temporarily suspend operations against the LRA in CAR in April.
This followed the overthrow of CAR President Francois Bozize in a rebellion led by Michel Djotodia.
Last month, Mr Djotodia said Mr Kony was negotiating his transfer.
However, AU and US officials cast doubts on his claim.
Kenya: NYPD Report on Kenya Attack Isn't US Government View
Abcnews.go.com, December 13, 2013.
A New York Police Department report on September's Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi that suggests the terrorist gunmen may have escaped does not reflect the United States government position, the top U.S. State Department official for Africa said Friday.
The NYPD report, released earlier this week, angered the Kenyan government for suggesting the four gunmen from the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab may have escaped. Kenyan and Western officials have said the evidence suggests the four gunmen died inside the mall and that their remains have been recovered. The FBI worked closely with Kenyan officials during the investigation.
At least 67 people were killed in the four-day siege on the mall. The NYPD report says that "it is unknown if the terrorists were killed or escaped the mall." Other parts of the report suggests they were seeking an escape route.
"That report has no connection with any official U.S. government reporting. It was not shared with us and we don't share the conclusions that were in the report," Assistant Secretary of State Linda Greenfield-Thomas said. Greenfield-Thomas, who represented the U.S. at Kenya's celebration of its 50th anniversary of independence from Britain on Thursday, met with top Kenyan officials on her trip. She said the NYPD report was brought up in one meeting and that she told the Kenyan delegation that the report was not sanctioned by the U.S. government and does not reflect the U.S. position.
Maj. Emmanuel Chirchir, a Kenyan military spokesman, on Thursday said the bodies of the four attackers were discovered and dismissed the NYPD report, saying it used secondary information and that NYPD did not have representatives among the group of western investigators assisting Kenya with the probe.
At an NYPD briefing on Tuesday for corporate security officials, Lt. Kevin Yorke of the Intelligence Division presented an analysis of the Kenyan attack and the response by authorities there that he said was "based solely on open-source information we gathered and is unclassified."
Much of the presentation focused on closed-circuit footage of the four shooters during the first 12 hours of the siege. One segment showed the men hiding out in a storage area until one disabled a camera. Yorke said it was the last known images of the terrorists, and questioned why they weren't seen again even though other closed-circuit cameras around the mall were running for another 34 hours. Power to the mall and the CCTV camera feeds were cut on Monday at 11 a.m., the NYPD report says.
The NYPD report may only add to the cloudy information surrounding the mall attack, which has been troubled by inaccuracy from the start of the attack, when the first reports from the mall suggested a bank robbery was under way. Other statements and reports that turned out to false include:
— Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said that 10 to 15 terrorists carried out the attack. In truth there were only four attackers, officials now say.
— Lenku said an unknown number of hostages were being held. Officials now say no hostages were ever held.
— News reports attributed to unidentified officials said the attackers had rented a shop at the mall and installed weaponry including belt-fed machine guns. Officials say there is no evidence that is true.
— Kenya's president and foreign minister issued statements that some of the attackers came from the U.S. and Britain. There is no evidence that is true, though one attacker did spend time in Norway.
— News reports that some of the attackers may have escaped from the mall after changing clothes. There is no evidence that is true, officials now say.
A New York Police Department report on September's Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi that suggests the terrorist gunmen may have escaped does not reflect the United States government position, the top U.S. State Department official for Africa said Friday.
The NYPD report, released earlier this week, angered the Kenyan government for suggesting the four gunmen from the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab may have escaped. Kenyan and Western officials have said the evidence suggests the four gunmen died inside the mall and that their remains have been recovered. The FBI worked closely with Kenyan officials during the investigation.
At least 67 people were killed in the four-day siege on the mall. The NYPD report says that "it is unknown if the terrorists were killed or escaped the mall." Other parts of the report suggests they were seeking an escape route.
"That report has no connection with any official U.S. government reporting. It was not shared with us and we don't share the conclusions that were in the report," Assistant Secretary of State Linda Greenfield-Thomas said. Greenfield-Thomas, who represented the U.S. at Kenya's celebration of its 50th anniversary of independence from Britain on Thursday, met with top Kenyan officials on her trip. She said the NYPD report was brought up in one meeting and that she told the Kenyan delegation that the report was not sanctioned by the U.S. government and does not reflect the U.S. position.
Maj. Emmanuel Chirchir, a Kenyan military spokesman, on Thursday said the bodies of the four attackers were discovered and dismissed the NYPD report, saying it used secondary information and that NYPD did not have representatives among the group of western investigators assisting Kenya with the probe.
At an NYPD briefing on Tuesday for corporate security officials, Lt. Kevin Yorke of the Intelligence Division presented an analysis of the Kenyan attack and the response by authorities there that he said was "based solely on open-source information we gathered and is unclassified."
Much of the presentation focused on closed-circuit footage of the four shooters during the first 12 hours of the siege. One segment showed the men hiding out in a storage area until one disabled a camera. Yorke said it was the last known images of the terrorists, and questioned why they weren't seen again even though other closed-circuit cameras around the mall were running for another 34 hours. Power to the mall and the CCTV camera feeds were cut on Monday at 11 a.m., the NYPD report says.
The NYPD report may only add to the cloudy information surrounding the mall attack, which has been troubled by inaccuracy from the start of the attack, when the first reports from the mall suggested a bank robbery was under way. Other statements and reports that turned out to false include:
— Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said that 10 to 15 terrorists carried out the attack. In truth there were only four attackers, officials now say.
— Lenku said an unknown number of hostages were being held. Officials now say no hostages were ever held.
— News reports attributed to unidentified officials said the attackers had rented a shop at the mall and installed weaponry including belt-fed machine guns. Officials say there is no evidence that is true.
— Kenya's president and foreign minister issued statements that some of the attackers came from the U.S. and Britain. There is no evidence that is true, though one attacker did spend time in Norway.
— News reports that some of the attackers may have escaped from the mall after changing clothes. There is no evidence that is true, officials now say.
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