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Colombian team has tough visit to South Africa

Nicolas BrulliardMay 28, 2010 18:19
Colombia’s national soccer team is not about to forget its short stay in South Africa. The South American players, who failed to qualify for the upcoming World Cup, may have felt hard done by when they discovered after practice earlier this week that their hotel rooms had been robbed, but their hardship continued when several controversial calls by Kenyan referee Langat Samwel Kipngetich contributed to their 2-1 defeat to South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.

Malawi's Mount Mulanje revealed

May 28, 2010 17:08Updated May 30, 2010 14:53

Colombia robbed in more ways than one during South African trip

Nicolas BrulliardMay 28, 2010 14:09
Colombia’s national soccer team is not about to forget its short stay in South Africa. The South American players, who failed to qualify for the upcoming World Cup, may have felt hard done by when they discovered after practice earlier this week that their hotel rooms had been robbed, but their hardship continued when several controversial calls by Kenyan referee Langat Samwel Kipngetich contributed to their 2-1 defeat to South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.

Elton John wows Morocco

Erik GermanMay 27, 2010 15:08Updated May 30, 2010 14:52

Elton John wows Morocco despite Islamist protests

By Erik German and Solana PyneMay 27, 2010 14:19Updated May 30, 2010 14:52
RABAT, Morocco — British singer Elton John may not have played the hit tune “Madman Across the Water” at his concert here Wednesday, but that is how Moroccan conservatives portrayed the gay vocalist in the run-up to his controversial show. John’s visit sparked outrage among Islamists who said the pop star’s history of advocating for gay rights runs against traditional values in a country where 98 percent of the population is Muslim.

Ethiopian leader claims win amid charges of vote rigging

May 27, 2010 06:14Updated May 30, 2010 13:36
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Tens of thousands gathered beneath a scorching sun in the Ethiopian capital to celebrate Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s landslide election victory. International observers, however, criticized the polls as unfair and Ethiopian opposition groups claimed the voting was rigged.

US trains Mali army to fight Al Qaeda

Drew HinshawMay 26, 2010 07:06Updated May 30, 2010 13:36
KATI, Mali — Meet Cmdr. Alou Ongoiba’s special forces company of 40 men in mismatched uniforms and doo-rags sheared from actual rags — soldiers charged with scattering terrorists from the bleak Malian badlands that begin about 600 miles northeast of this practice battlefield. On a Monday, in 105 degrees Fahrenheit, Ongoiba’s troops and their American trainers were supposed to be shinnying down from helicopters and ambushing a make-believe Al Qaeda bivouac.

Dutch put Somali pirate suspects on trial

May 25, 2010 15:43
The international naval operation off the east African coast seems to have little trouble capturing suspected pirates. European Union forces rounded up 275 of them in March and April alone. Putting them on trial is more of a problem. Of the 275 people picked up by EU warships, 235 were sent home after their weapons were destroyed.

Rugby match in Soweto uplifts South Africa

Nicolas BrulliardMay 25, 2010 15:45Updated May 30, 2010 13:35
SOWETO, South Africa – Fifteen years after Nelson Mandela used rugby to convince South Africa's white minority to give a chance to the country's fledgling democracy, the sport has once again allowed the nation to reach another milestone in its quest for a nonracial society. Tens of thousands of white Afrikaners descended on Soweto over the weekend to follow the Blue Bulls, the Pretoria rugby team with a fanatical following that decided to relocate a crucial home game to the heart of South Africa’s most populous black township.
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