MALI - Expires today's ultimatum for the release of Sergio Cicala, Italian kidnapped along with his wife Philomene Kaborè last December in the south-west of Mauritania. Yesterday was an audio message posted on the Internet hostage who appealed to the Italian government to commit itself to its release. The kidnappers, allegedly belonging to the movement of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqmi), sought in exchange for the release of the hostage liberation of some of their fellow prisoners.
NAMIBIA - have begun in the Court of Justice of Windhoek hearings of representatives of nine opposition parties to seek annulment of the presidential and parliamentary elections last November. The remedy there would be "the discovery of serious irregularities during the voting" that led to the re-election, with 76.4% of the vote, the outgoing President Hifikepunye Pohamba. With the elections for the deployment of most South West Africa People's Organization (Swapo) has retained a majority in parliament by two thirds.
LIBERIA - The government has imposed a curfew in the northern town of Voinjama, the border with Guinea, the scene of clashes in recent days among local communities that have killed at least four dead and 18 wounded. While some controls the local police have seized weapons and sticks. The causes of the disorder remain unclear.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Hundreds of people attended the funeral of Bangui was former President André Kolingba, leader of the country from 1981 to 1993, killed by a cancer on February 7 in Paris. After the ceremony, attended by representatives of institutions and politics as well as many private citizens, were arranged traditional songs and dances and a military parade. [ESO]
SOURCE MISNA
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