AFRICAN NEWS from our correspondents

NAMIBIA Economy – Development | Technology

Vodacom customer base grows to 41.3 million

The Vodacom Group has announced double-digit year on year growth in the first quarter ended June 2009, saying its customer base increased by a total of 19.5 percent to 41.3 million and revenue to R14.2 billion compared to the same quarter last year.

CONGO KINSHASA Politics | Society | Human rights

More people uprooted by DRC’s fighting

The latest outbreak of fighting in the troubled South Kivu province in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has forced 35,000 people from their homes, the United Nations refugee agency reported.

ZIMBABWE Travel – Leisure | Politics | Economy – Development | Society

A new low cost airline created in Zimbabwe

A group of Zimbabwean local investors have announced a project to create a low-cost airline to compete with the national airline, just few months after the country’s economy has shown signs of recovery following a decade of economic collapse.

LIBERIA Economy – Development | Politics | Society

Liberia’s threshold program approved

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has approved Liberia‘s Threshold Country Program (TCP), approving the government to take design of the Liberia Threshold Program to the next stage.

CAPE VERDE Politics | Economy – Development | Society

Cape Verde announces new measures to combat economic crisis

 The government of Cape Verde has promised to reduce the cost of short deeds by 20 percent and to eliminate fees to help the local companies cope with the current economic crisis.

SOUTH AFRICA Politics | Society

SA service delivery promise crippled by strikes

Public service delivery in South Africa is set to experience yet another huge blow starting Monday when municipal workers resume their indefinite strike over a salary dispute.

BURUNDI Society | Human rights

Albino murderers jailed

A Burundian court has slapped one person to life in prison and seven others to jail terms over the murders of albinos in the country. Three other suspects were acquitted by the court in Ruyigi province over the killings.

Source: AHU – From our correspondents

Edited by: AHU – Gyula Balázs Kisvárdai