Qaeda financier killed in Algeria

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The Algerian army has identified one of seven armed Islamists killed east of the capital earlier this month as a key financier of the local affiliate of Al-Qaeda, the El Watan newspaper reported on Saturday.

Izza Rezki, also known as Abou Djaffar, took up arms against the government in 1994, early in Algeria’s devastating civil war, and was a key aide of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) leader Abdelmalek Droukdel, the paper said.

He and his comrades were killed on Tuesday in a major operation that is still underway in the Boumerdes region, 50 kilometres (30

miles) east of Algiers. A total of nine suspected militants have been killed in the offensive.

Rezki’s reported killing follows those of AQIM spokesman Salah Gasmi southeast of Algiers last month and of its commander for the mountainous Kabylie region, Rabah Makhfi, alias Cheikh Nacer, in Bejaia province, east of the capital, in November.

AQIM has remained active in Boumerdes and neighbouring Kabylie despite frequent raids by the army to curtail its activities.

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Pakistani aid workers shot dead

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Peshawar, Pakistan – Unknown gunmen Saturday shot dead two Pakistani charity workers involved in an education project in the northwestern city of Charsadda, 80 miles (130 kilometres) from Islamabad, police said.

Zakir Hussain, head of the education wing of the Al-Khidmat Foundation in Charsadda, was attacked with his driver as they were on the way to visit one of the schools being run by the charity.

“Two gunmen fired at them in Utmanzai town, seven kilometres (four miles) north of Charsadda, and escaped on a motorcycle after the attack,” senior police official Nisar Khan Marwat told AFP.

An official for the Al-Khidmat charity also confirmed the attack.

A representative for an alliance of non-governmental organisations in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province demanded the attackers be arrested.

“We strongly condemn the attack on Al-Khidmat Foundation vehicle and killing of its workers and demand arrest of the attackers,” Idrees Kamal, the coordinator of Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network (PCSN), said in a statement.

On Tuesday, seven charity workers including six women and a man working for a Pakistani health and education charity involved in vaccinations were shot dead on their way home from a community centre in the northwestern Swabi district.

Pakistan has been battling a homegrown Taliban insurgency for five years, as well as a separatist Baluch uprising in the southwest. It also suffers from routine attacks blamed on a series of hardline Islamist factions.

Islamabad says more than 35 000 people have been killed as a result of terrorism in the country since the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

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Eight dead, 20 missing as Tanzania ferry sinks

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Arusha, Tanzania – A ferry sank in Lake Tanganyika overnight, leaving eight dead and around 20 missing, police said Friday.

“The ferry between Tanzania and Burundi had some 90 people on board,” police spokesman Advera Senso told AFP by telehone.

“At a certain point, there was a very violent wind and the boat capsized,” she said. “Eight people died – their bodies were recovered,” she said, adding that 60 people were rescued. – Sapa-AFP

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I Impregnated My Daughter To Appease The gods

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The Human Right department of Ilemba Hausa Police Division, in Ojo area of Lagos has arrested a 49- year-old man who allegedly had been having carnal knowledge of his teenaged daughter for five years.
It was discovered during investigation that his daughter Janet(not real name)got pregnant in the  process twice, only for her father to allegedly abort the pregnancy with the aid of a herbalist.
Sitting at a corner in the Human Rights Office,  17-year-old Janet could not raise her head to face her father, Wale Akinusi, who was also there. When approached, she simply stated  that at last, she had been freed from the psychological trauma associated with her father’s sacrilegious act.
Crime Alert gathered that Janet’s tale of woe started after her mother abandoned her barely when she was  two-year-old for her  paternal grandmother.
It was gathered that her mother who was then a Junior Secondary 3 student, was impregnated by Wale who was 32 years old.  Initially, he reportedly denied paternity of the pregnancy but later  opted for an abortion on the ground that he could not afford to father a child then because he was only an apprentice.
But his mother came to the rescue as she offered to  take care of  the baby who turned out to be Janet.
But when she was 12, her father, reportedly took her from her grandmother, with a promise to give her a better education.
Rather than live up to his promise, her father,  allegedly use her to satisfy his sexual urge, a practice that went on until he was arrested.
Narrating how it all started, Janet in her sitting position with her head bowed all through, said: “When I was leaving my grandmother’s house, I was happy because my father said  I would be attending a better school. But I waited for months without being enrolled in any school.
“One night, then, I was 12,my dad called me into his room and  told me  he took  an oat with my mother to be the first man to have sex with me. He said it had a spiritual connotation and that it was to enable him assume his proper financial state.
“Then, I was too young to understand what he meant. He had carnal knowledge of me that night. At a point, he asked if it was painful. All I did was to watch him have his way, still unable to understand what he was doing.”
First pregnancy aborted by a herbalist
“It continued until I was 14 years. Then, I started having a funny feeling. I told him I was sick and when we conducted a pregnancy test, it was positive.  Next day, he told me we were going somewhere and we ended up in the home of a herbalist in Ikorodu, who gave me some concoction. I drank  some in his apartment and took the rest home. After two days,  my menstruation started  and my father assured me all was well.
He only gave me a week’s break before he continued all over again. Two years later, when I was 16 years, I got sick again. When I informed daddy,  we went for another pregnancy test which confirmed my fear; I was pregnant again!
When he returned next day from his shop, he told me there was no need to go to the herbalist. Rather he gave me two sachets of Alabukun and squeezed some lime juice into a cup, asking me to take it in a gulp. It did the magic and the menstrual flow started  few days later.”
“After the second abortion, I became tired of the whole thing. I  started being afraid every night. At times, I would put tissue paper  under my panties , pretending I was witnessing my monthly flow. After a while, he got the trick, for he started  taking note of the date.
Challenges father
“I summoned courage and reported the sacrilegious act   to our neighbors. But none of them could confront him. Rather they told me they could not interfere into our family affair” , she stated, with her head still bent.
Apparently discouraged by the cold reaction from the neighbors, Janet decided to take the bull by the horn. Looking straight into his father’s eyes for the very first time since the sacrilegious act started, she told her father she was tired of the whole thing. To make do her threat, she reportedly rushed to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and  threatened to stab him if he attempted to force her.
“This happened on November 28, 2012. My father had come home from his shop . And at about 6pm, he called me inside to warm his bed.  But when he saw the knife, he retraced his steps. I quickly ran inside my room , with the knife in my hand and packed my things out of the house, to stay with a friend whose family welcomed me after I narrated all that has been going on in the past five years.”
“After spending three weeks with them, I received a text message from my father, asking me to come home, or I would die. When I showed the text message to the family I was putting up with, they suggested I reported the case to the police. I hesitated at first because I was scared he would be jailed.
“But I changed my mind when the text message threat continued”, she said.
I did that to appease the gods – father
When approached, it was obvious that  49-year-old Wale Akinusi, a fashion designer who hails from Ondo central in Ondo state was oblivious of the legal implication of the offense, as he showed no sign of remorse.
He bluntly told this reporter that what he did was not new under the sun, adding that this would not be the first time such story would be published on the pages of newspapers.
“It is not a new thing that a man has sex with his daughter and even if I am jailed at the end,  I will surely come out after serving my jail term. But  I promise that my daughter will join me” he  threatened, dismissing the issue with a wave of the hand.
Continuing, he said: “I went back to claim my child so as to fulfill the  oat made between her mother and I.  That was why I took her  to the herbalist when she was pregnant, so as to appease the gods of her mother’s land. You will not understand.
“You see, when her mother was six months pregnant, we made love. She later told me that it was a taboo  for a man to sleep with a pregnant woman in her place. She said the only  remedy was for the man to be the first person to sleep with the child.
“I initially did not want to do it. But along the line, I discovered that things were not going on well with me financially. And when I made inquiry, I was made to understand that I had to appease the god’s of her mother’s land, so as to attain my rightful place in destiny.”
Asked why he continued after the first time, he kept mute. Also asked why he did not satisfy his sexual urge on his wife who has had four children for him, he explained that they were leaving apart.
“My wife lives  in Ketu with the children while I live in Ojo. I had to live apart because I do not want my wife and children to suffer the consequences of my sin.  Also I did not want my wife to know I was sleeping with my own daughter”, he said.
Meanwhile, effort according to sources at the Human Rights department, was on to arrest the herbalist who allegedly gave Janet the concoction that aborted her  first pregnancy,while her father would be charged to court.

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Nigeria: Imo State Governor’s Daughter Marries Land Commissioner.

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The traditional wedding between the first daughter of Imo State Governor ,Rochas Okorocha to his Deputy Chief of Staff /Commissioner for lands and Survey Uche Nwosu took place at his home town Ogboko ,Imo State on Thursday 3rd January 2013.
The Church wedding will take place today at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Aladinma, Owerri today.

Governor Okorocha, who expressed joy and gratitude to God for the gift of a wonderful family, also prayed God to grant the couple His blessings and successful marriage. He urged them to always love each other as well remain faithful to God in their marriage life.The traditional marriage ceremony also had in attendance Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, Theodore Orji of Abia State and Aliyu Wammako of Sokoto State, as well as Senator Chris Ngige, Chief Arthur Eze and many other dignitaries.
Speaking at the event, Gen. Abubakar described Governor Okorocha as a good family man, a bridge between the north and southern part of the country and a detribalized Nigerian with outstanding leadership qualities.
The highlight of the occasion was when Uloma handed over the wine to her husband who gulped down the drink to the admiration of the cheering crowd.

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Zimbabwe: Fans Riot Over dancer Beverly Sibanda

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Angry revellers threatened to assault pole dancer Beverly Sibanda after she was unable to take to the stage at the Gunners Night Club in Highfield. So angry were the fans that Bev only avoided a beating by escaping through the backdoor.

Speaking through her manager Happers Mapimhidze, Bev said she was having heart problems and so was unable to perform.

Hundreds of people who thronged the joint felt shortchanged and wanted to vent their anger on the dancer.

Bev was saved from the mob by the club bouncers who sneaked her out of the club through the backdoor.

Club manager Charles Mageza had no kind words for the dancer.

“It was bad my man. Why did she come to the club when she was ill in the first place?

“She entered the changing rooms before she suddenly said she was too ill to perform. We were not happy and she started hurling obscenities at us.

“People wanted to assault her and some even tried to force their way into the room where she was sleeping,” he said.

Mapimhidze confirmed the chaos and apologised to the Highfield community for the fracas.

“It was something else – total chaos. We apologise to the Highfield community. She told me that she was ill and that she could not take to the stage.

Reports are that Bev’s camp has refunded the club owners.

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Poachers kill four rhinos in Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokeswoman Caroline Washaya-Moyo said the animals’ horns had been sawed off the carcasses, but were yet to be moved when rangers discovered the killings at the Thetford Estate in the farming town of Mazowe.

The raid raises fears that a rhino poaching epidemic in South Africa may be spreading to neighbouring countries.

“The animals comprised two adult males, one adult female and one sub-adult male and are valued at $480,000,” Washaya-Moyo said in a statement.

“A total of eight rhino horns were recovered… as well as 18 spent cartridges fired from a suspected 308 hunting rifle or an FN automatic rifle.”

She said Zimbabwe, with an estimated population of around 700 rhinos, lost 19 to poachers last year, a slight drop from 23 the previous year.

Poaching is rife in Zimbabwe’s game reserves, fuelled by cross-border syndicates from Mozambique, Zambia and South Africa.

Perpetrators are armed with advanced technology and aircraft, often outstripping wardens’ resources.

The rhino is targeted for its horn which is believed to be an aphrodisiac, anti-carcinogenic and an amulet in some Asian countries.

There is no scientific evidence to support those claims.

South Africa last year lost a record 633 rhinos to poaching.

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Ghana’s Afcon Opponents Dr Congo Line Up Gabon Friendly On Jan 14

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DR Congo’s Leopards will play Gabon on January 14 in the last warm-up before the trip to South Africa for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

According to radiookapi.net, the details for the warm-up friendly are still being finalized but it will be the last warm-up friendly for the Leopards.

The DRC team is currently in Oman, where they have set up camp having arrived on Thursday morning.

Coach Claude Le Roy has travelled with a 15-member squad made up of 13 locals and two international players.

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Ivory haul from Kenya hidden among stones

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Ivory smugglers are finding new ways to bring banned elephant tusks into Hong Kong, Customs officials said yesterday as they announced the third largest seizure of raw tusks in three months.

The 1.3-tonne haul of 779 pieces, estimated to be worth HK$10.6 million, had been hidden in a shipment labelled architectural stones in a 20ft container, which came from Kenya via Malaysia. The tusks were cut into pieces – despite whole tusks being more valuable – and wrapped in canvas bags, before being stored in five crates.

They were hidden among stones of similar shape and density to the tusks, so might have enabled the contraband to escape X-ray tests. They were consigned to a newly established company in Hong Kong, with no record of import or export.

"Imports from Kenya are usually agriculture or fishery products. Stones are rarely seen, so we were suspicious about the freight," Vincent Wong Sui-hang, group head of Customs' Ports and Maritime Command, said.

"After due investigation, we found that the name and address of the importing company were fake, so we detained the shipment for inspection."

The seizure comes after similar hauls in October and November. But officials yesterday denied that Hong Kong is becoming a regional hub for the illegal trade, saying that statistically there has been no obvious increase in ivory seizures over the past few years.

Wong said there were three such cases in 2010, four in 2011 and two last year. "Because the last two cases in 2012 were just in the past few months, people may have the impression that there were many cases," he said.

Wong said the market for ivory in Hong Kong was not big and the haul would probably have been shipped on to nearby regions, including the mainland.

The container had 16 crates, with the five containing the ivory placed in the middle, surrounded by crates containing stone.

In November 2011, 1.3 tonnes of ivory, worth an estimated HK$10.65 million, was found in the middle of a container of sunflower seeds shipped from Tanzania. In October 2011, a 3.8-tonne haul, valued at more than HK$27 million, was seized in two shipments from Kenya and Tanzania.

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Ghana: leader appeals to rivals for unity before inauguration

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Ghana’s president called for political unity on Friday, reaching out to rivals who are contesting his election due to suspicions of vote rigging.

John Dramani Mahama, a former vice president who took office in July after the death of President John Atta Mills, won a December 7 election and is due to be sworn in on Monday along with a new parliament.

“For the long-term survival of our nation, we must agree and commit to a multi-partisan process,” Mahama said in a speech to parliament. “Whatever our differences, whatever our politics, we must pull together and rise to meet these challenges.”

International and local election observers said the December election – in which Mahama won 50.7 percent of the votes – was free and fair despite delays and technical problems that forced voting into a second day.

Ghana’s main opposition party launched a legal challenge on December 28, saying the poll involved enough irregularities to affect the outcome.

The opposition NPP party, whose leader, Nana Akufo-Addo, came second with 47.7 percent, has threatened to boycott Mahama’s inauguration.

Ghana is one of Africa’s fastest growing economies and has maintained three decades of peace, making it a favorite among international investors and an anomaly in a region better known for coups and civil wars.

Mahama said economic growth in the cocoa, oil and gold exporting nation was between 8.5 and 9 percent in 2012, but that political unity was required to ensure the rising productivity resulted in development.

Ghana became Africa’s newest oil exporter in 2010 with the startup of Tullow Oil’s offshore Jubilee field, propelling economic growth to 14.4 percent in 2011. Mahama said he expected 2012 growth to be between 8.5 and 9 percent.

“We have not only held down inflation and maintained macro-economic stability, but we have also worked to ensure discipline in the government’s fiscal regime to avoid unbudgeted expenditures that could distort the economy’s performance,” Mahama said.

Inflation in Ghana has held under 10 percent.

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