The debate over teacher recruitment that took place in Parliament on Thursday was quite significant. Schools are suffering due to acute teacher shortage while the Ministry of Education and Treasury are dithering over recruitment.
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Kenya: Stalemate over Teacher Recruitment Has to End
Scores of Zimbabweans were injured on Thursday, some seriously, when South African police indiscriminately opened fire with rubber bullets on travelers boarding buses to return to Zimbabwe at Johannesburg Park Station.
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South Africa: South Africa Police Use Rubber Bullets on Zimbabweans in Johannesburg
President Obama devoted much of Thursday to immigration issues. He said he would push for an overhaul this year only if he had Republican support.
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Obama Links Immigration Overhaul in 2010 to G.O.P. Backing
The Rev. Jim Wallis and others were outraged when the broadcaster said the words “social justice” and “economic justice” were code for Communism and Nazism.
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Outraged by Glenn Beck’s Salvo, Christians Fire Back
THE Senate, Thursday, passed into law a bill creating extra remuneration packages besides statutory pensions for former leaders of the country, but left out former heads of government who were not democratically-elected.
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Nigeria: Senate Rejects New Pay for Gowon, Buhari, IBB
At least three people, including the gunman and two Pentagon police officers, were wounded during a shooting Thursday evening at a train station near the Pentagon.
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2 Pentagon Police Officers Shot
The dispute between ZANU PF and the MDC over the recently gazetted indigenisation regulations is set to dominate Thursday’s Council of Ministers, which is to be chaired by the Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
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Zimbabwe: New Business Regulations Suspended Pending Talks
Weeks of fighting in parts of Darfur have raised concern over the plight of civilians, as insecurity has prompted humanitarian agencies to suspend activities in some areas.
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Sudan: Darfur Clashes Disrupt Aid
Travel was disrupted at major airports from Philadelphia to Boston by a heavy mix of rain and snow on Thursday.
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Another Cold, Wet Blanket Covers Northeast