What We’re Reading: South Africa strike suspended

Sep 7th, 2010 10:35 AM UTC
By El Medhin

Billionaires Balk at Buffett and Gates Initiative – A brouhaha has been brewing in China amid rampant speculation that Chinese billionaires are dodging invitations to a banquet hosted by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett later this month… because they are nervous about being hit up for donations. (ABC News)

Uneasy Calm Returns to Mozambique After Last Week’s Violence – The head of news and current affairs at Mozambique television told VOA an uneasy calm has returned to the capital, Maputo, and surrounding areas hit last week by violent protests over rising prices that left at least 13 dead and hundreds injured. (VOA)

Four million poor children dying ‘of neglect’ – Save the Children says there have been four million preventable child deaths over the past 10 years because states have failed to help the poorest. (BBC)

Nigeria army in Maiduguri after ‘Boko Haram attacks’ - The army is conducting joint patrols with the police in Nigeria’s northern city of Maiduguri after a wave of killings blamed on the Islamist sect, Boko Haram. The police have also banned riding motorcycles at night as several of the shootings were carried out by people on motorbikes. Twelve people, including seven policemen, have died in the past month. (BBC)

South Africa Unions’ Strike Suspended – South Africa’s trade unions Monday suspended an almost three-week-old strike by hundreds of thousands of government workers that had closed schools and hamstrung ambitious new efforts to expand urgently needed medical services in the region’s richest but most inequitable economy. (NY Times)

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